Assuming the president has the unmitigated ability to terminate a federal investigation, how would that play out in the following scenario? 

Trump invites me out on his boat for lunch and a sea cruise. After lunch, he offers to let me drive his boat. I say sure, and take the wheel. Then he shoots me like 50 times, and I'm dead. We are the only two people on the boat, and he's literally blowing the smoke from his gun barrel as he cruises into the dock. The moment we get back to land, he terminates the investigation. How has he just committed an unprosecutable murder?

I'm using this absurd scenario to illustrate the lunacy of investing unmitigated powers into a single office. But if Professor Dershowitz has a response, I would love to hear it.

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