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Politics
Chauncey DeVega

Some people really are "above the law"

I have a great amount of respect for former President Barack Obama, both as a leader and a man. That does not mean, however, that I always agree with him. 

During an interview last Thursday with CNN's Christian Amanpour, the former president told a big fib, or what could more generously be described as a white lie. He said the following about Donald Trump finally being indicted for his crimes: "But the fact that we have a former president who is having to answer to charges brought by prosecutors does uphold the basic notion that nobody is above the law and the allegations will now be sorted out through a court process."

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