""The president is allowed to have opinions about the law enforcement of the federal government," Vance said. "He is the chief executive officer of the federal government. Him having opinions doesn't mean that we prosecute people unless we have the legal justification to do so. What we're doing is letting the law drive the prosecution's decisions in the Department of Justice. You know who we haven't prosecuted? Joe Biden, or Barack Obama, or Hillary Clinton," he said."
""I'm not worried about what they said about members of our administration. I asked the question, what does the law say? And if the law says that you engage in mortgage fraud and a local prosecutor, a local grand jury and a -- and finally a jury convicts you of that crime, then that is how the justice system is meant to work in the United States of America,""
DOJ indictments of James and Comey were not ordered by the president, and prosecutions proceed only with legal justification. The president may have opinions about federal law enforcement, but opinions alone do not trigger prosecutions. DOJ prosecution decisions are driven by law, and prominent Democrats such as Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton have not been prosecuted. James faces charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution, while Schiff has not been charged. A ProPublica report on cabinet members' mortgages was dismissed as a "left-wing blog," and legal standards for mortgage fraud and conviction were emphasized.
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