THE Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday filed a grave threat charge against Vice-President (VP) Sara Duterte-Carpio before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) over remarks threatening the assassination of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and his family. “We confirm that today, the DoJ filed 3 counts of Grave Threats cases against the Vice-President with the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City,” he said in a statement. “Equally important, as a sitting impeachable officer, the Vice-President may not be prosecuted for an alleged offense that is also the subject of an impeachment case. She explained that Joint Circular 2015-01 prohibits the use of confidential funds to reimburse expenditures made prior to the encashment. “It was only stated that Mr. Fajarda was the special disbursing officer of DepEd for the confidential funds,” she said.