system for most crimes. it says you can only be prosecuted for five years from the time you ve committed a crime. so, that can be a long statute with a conspiracy charge because it s five years from, for instance, the last act that concealed a conspiracy. but if trump is worried about prosecutors in the southern district of new york, then that clock is running. and if he is impeached within the next, say, year, he would be out of office and fair game for prosecutors of the southern district of new york, well within the statute of limitations. i feel like 2019 s going to be interesting, joyce. when we come back, the trump presidency is bad for business! we ll bring you new reporting on the hotel projects at a standstill under the direction of trump s two sons. stay with us. [ doorbell rings ] janice, mom told me you bought a house. okay. [ buttons clicking ] [ camera shutter clicks ] so, now that you have a house, you can use homequote explorer. quiet. i m blasting my quads.
so that can be a long statute with a conspiracy charge because it is five years from, for instance, the last act that concealed a conspiracy. but if trump is worried about prosecutors in the southern district of new york, then that clock is running. if he is impeached within, say, the next year he would be out of office and fair game for prosecutors of the southern district of new york, well within the statute of limitations. i feel like 2019 will be interesting, joyce. when we come back, the trump presidency is bad for business. we ll bring you new reporting on the hotel projects at a standstill under the direction of trump s two sons. stay with us.
philosophical reason that rev identifies, although i think that s incredibly important. pragmatically, impeachment is a terrible threat to this president. because if he is successfully impeached, if some bombshell drops in the mueller report that brings republicans to the table, once he s out of office, he s no longer immune from indictment. it s not just the threat of indicting his children. impeachment poses the threat that donald trump himself could be indicted. that, i think, is what s driving the madness. that s a really important point. let me ask you to underscore that. that is based on the statute of limitations for charging people for crimes out of the southern district, for example. can you explain that more for us, joyce. yeah, sure. so there s a five-year statute of limitations in the federal system for most crimes. it says you can only be prosecuted for five years from the time you committed a crime. so that can be a long statute with a conspiracy charge because it s f
and money-laundering. mana429 this. money-laundering is a continuous crime. the statute of limitations is 7 years but it doesn t start to take in until the last act is completed. the first act was 2005, the last act was 2014. if they go after manafort can they go after comey? judge napolitano: that is a good question. comey is one of bob mueller s star witnesses, and it is inconceivable the same prosecutors will ask a grand jury to accept the credibility of somebody they would indict the person for lying under oath. a variety of inconsistent stories, don t know when the truth comes out or when it will be on the hot seat. and this here and that s there, we won t know the answer. it is a problem when the star
congressman tom cole, great to have you on the show. thank you very much for being on. joining us now historian and biographer craig shirley. his new book the last act about the final years and emerging legacy of ronald reagan. great to have you on the show, craig. pretty shocking revelations about the relationship with bill and hillary clinton. let s start there. well, no doubt, there was a lot of animosity between the clintons and more so on the clinton s part toward the reagans. they didn t have much of a relationship. the week of the reagan funeral bill clinton made a pain in the neck of himself. he kept pestering anybody associated with nancy reagan to speak at the funeral. they had it worked out the