Imal prosecution, there can be no presidency as we know. For 234 years ofmecan history, no president was ever prosecuted for h oicial act. The framers of our constitution viedn energetic executive as essential to securing liberty. If a president can be charged, put on trial and in prison f his most controversial decision as soon as he leaves office, that looming threat will distort the president s decisionmaking precisely when bold and fearless action is mo nded. Every currt esident will face de facto blackmail and tortion by his political rivals while he is still i office. E implications of the courts decision here extend fareyd the facts of this case. Could president george w. Bush have been sent to prison for obstructing an official proceedi oallegedly lying to congress to induce war in iraq . Could president obama be charged with murder for killinu. Citizens abroad by drone strike . Could President Biden someday be charged with unlawfully inducing immigran tenter the country illega
This deal represents the same failed approach of the past that brought us to the current imminent threat we face from north korea. Secretary tillerson stating that the Iran Nuclear Deal negotiated under president obamas, quote, failed approach. But his own state Department Just confirmed that iran is complying with the terms of the obama negotiated deal. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell asked the secretary about that today. Mr. Secretary, by your own letter to the speaker of the house, iran is complying with the terms of the nuclear deal. If you break out of that deal, wont that send a signal to north korea and other rogue nations that the u. S. Cant be trusted to keep its end of the bargain . I think its important in any conversation on jcpoa and i think this was one of the mistakes in how that agreement was put together, is that it completely ignored all of the other serious threats that iran poses. It is another example of buying off a power who has nuclear ambitions. We buy them off for a shor