Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) with her latest policy proposal is taking aim at the Department of Justice policy saying a sitting president can't be indicted.
Warren laid out her plan to end this policy in a Medium post on Friday, saying it would involve Congress passing a law clarifying its "intent that the Department of Justice can indict the president of the United States."
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