Daily Beast -The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed a 170-year-old exception to the Constitution’s
double-jeopardy clause, and left the door open for state prosecutors to
prosecute Trump campaign officials regardless of whether federal
officials have already done so. The case, Gamble v. United States,
has drawn attention for its potential effect on Special Counsel Robert
Mueller’s federal prosecutions on Russian interference in the 2016
election. Had the “dual sovereignty doctrine” been repealed, states
would not be able to pursue investigations parallel to the federal
government, the National Law Journal reports. State prosecutors in New
York have brought charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort Jr., who was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison, in the event that President Trump pardons him.
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