Peter Carr, a spokesman for the special counsel’s office, declined to comment in response to our questions whether the president could be indicted or subpoenaed to testify. Let’s assume Mueller obtained an indictment of the president or a subpoena for the president to testify before a grand jury. The justices have never said whether the president can be indicted, nor whether the president can be subpoenaed for testimony. The Constitution allows Congress to consider impeachment of the president regardless of whether the special counsel, or anyone, issues a report. “But the Department of Justice has in the past, when the issue arose, has opined that a sitting president cannot be indicted.

Source: Washington Post May 22, 2018 07:01 UTC