1. And in issuing it, Wright may have opened the door a little wider for Starr to try to indict the president for perjury or obstruction of justice. 2. A. The significance is that this is the first time that a sitting president was indicted. 3. Buchen convinced Ford that he had the authority to pardon Nixon before the former president was indicted for any crimes. 4. He met with Slobodan Milosevic one day after the Yugoslav president was indicted for war crimes by an international tribunal in The Hague. 5. It had been called by Starr to determine how the office would decide whether to indict the president. 6. Many legal scholars believe that a sitting president cannot be indicted. 7. Most experts believe a sitting president cannot be indicted. 8. Ray has hinted that he may still indict the president after he leaves office for lying about his relationship with Lewinsky. 9. Ray, unlike Starr, said he may try to indict the president after he leaves office. 10. That is because Kenneth Starr, the Whitewater independent counsel, has indicated that he will not have the grand jury consider whether to indict the president. |