Congress Quote by Brett Kavanaugh

Whether the Constitution allows indictment of a sitting president is debatable.

— Brett Kavanaugh

I think probably, you know, from my perspective, the folks who say a sitting president cannot be indicted have the better of the argument…

— Neal Katyal

An indictment is not a conviction.

— Howard Coble

No responsible scholar who thinks a sitting president cannot be indicted also thinks an attorney general can try to truncate a process of oversight…

— Neal Katyal

We should not burden a sitting president with civil suits, criminal investigations, or criminal prosecutions.

— Brett Kavanaugh

There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of a president to have anything to do with criminal…

— Sam Ervin

“grand jury indictment is not a conviction.”

— Alan Dershowitz

There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president.

— Donella Meadows

In general, presidents do sit for interviews or respond to requests from prosecutors because they take their constitutional responsibility to faithfully execute the laws…

— Neal Katyal

Indictments of any kind are serious. That being said, let's not forget that an indictment is not a conviction. We still have due process…

— Rob Simmons

Americans should expect far more from a president than merely that he not be provably a criminal. They should expect a president to comport…

— George T. Conway III

Indictments obtained in the absence of sufficient proof under the law do not stand up and are not fundamentally fair to anyone.

— Daniel Cameron