is impeached and removed. second of all, you can t indict a president for obstruction of justice if the president merely exercises his constitutional authorities under article 2 by firing somebody or by pardoning somebody,io the george w. bush case establishes that. george w. bush pardoned five people on the eve of their trial, including the former secretary of defense, and he did it for the purpose of ending the investigation, according to the special prosecutor, but the special prosecutor never considered t indicting him or going after him. third, president trump simply didn t obstruct justice. you can t obstruct justice by doing things in public, making statements in public and firing people in public. that s not obstruction of justice. obstruction of justice occurs in secret and behindn closed doors. tucker: in terms of the president exercising j authority over executive branch employees, doesn t matter what his