Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel August 18, 2000 (Whether a Former President May Be Indicted and Tried for the Same Offenses for Which He Was Impeached by the House and Acquitted by the Senate)

Whether a Former President May Be Indicted and Tried for

the Same Offenses for Which He was Impeached by the House

and Acquitted by the Senate

T he C onstitu tio n p erm its a form er President to be indicted and tried for the sam e offenses for which

he w as im p each ed by the H ouse o f Representatives and acquitted by the Senate.