“If the President does it, that means it’s not illegal” was the famous quote from Richard Nixon, prompting the question, is the President above the law? Equality before the law is as American as mom and apple pie, and usually provokes the emotional refutation of the premise; no, the President is not above the law. Here’s the trouble: the law gives the President powers that citizens just don’t have.
 
Enter Mueller, who’s closer to the disgraced James Comey than most Americans like. And is basically probing to see if President Trump obstructed justice by firing his FBI Director, who gave him ample reason to do so with the public fumbling of the Clinton investigation. If Presidents are susceptible to the charge of obstruction, Barack Obama has his own problem: he sealed documents that proved Hillary Clinton compromised classified information with her private email address on foreign soil. If Presidents can use their constitutional powers to break the law, then we have to apply the same standard to President Obama.
 
By definition, as former prosecutor and legal expert Andrew McCarthy notes, neither President can be guilty because their position enables them to fire appointees and seal records. If this power is abused, impeachment by Congress is the only recourse. The trouble is that President Trump doesn’t have to ask Congress before he dispenses with the services of unreliable personnel, and the whole matter is a political production that is attempting to remove a duly elected President by partisans. Trump clearly had the power to fire Comey, and if Congress escalates this, it’s a profound double standard, as Barack Obama clearly was aware of Clinton’s lawlessness, and used his own power to cover it up.

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