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Originally Posted by TCLGirls
Doesn't the Prez have freedom of speech too?
After all, his office executes the laws. That's why the DOJ is under the executive branch. So it is entirely acceptable for the executor of laws to comment on legal cases. Preventing the President from commenting on cases would be like preventing the DA from commenting on cases...that would be absurd.
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it could be grounds for a mistrial. if the president being a very influential person can create bias towards one side or the other it taints the idea of innocent until proven guilty. nixon's comment on the charles manson trial comes to mind. there wasn't a mistrial because manson had poor representation but it should of been.