: "I suppose that was always an option. But if he refused to turn over subpoenaed evidence he could not be tried for that as a crime? Still he can be impeached even for that. Would he just not leave the office even if convicted? That’s when “who does the military obey” enters the drama."

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I suppose that was always an option. But if he refused to turn over subpoenaed evidence he could not be tried for that as a crime? Still he can be impeached even for that. Would he just not leave the office even if convicted? That’s when “who does the military obey” enters the drama.

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The threat of criminal prosecution after leaving office kept Nixon from pulling such stunts. Pretty much every Founder said that the president wasn’t a king and so was subject to the law like everyone else *precisely* for this reason. Pipsqueak minds like Roberts think they know better.

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