I wonder if he is found guilty, can other Presidents be charged with past crimes? I mean, I get the anger from Lefty Lemmy, but, there has to be a middle ground. A President simply can’t be charged for something just because one side thinks he’s guilty. If that’s the case, I can see Republicans going after Obama for crimes he committed while POTUS…
Now now, Trump isn’t NECESSARILY being charged with just that.
He also removed confidential documents from the White House without them being properly redacted, potentially sold or gave those documents to other parties (or at least allowed them to see the documents), AND may have conspired to silence stories about him in an illegal manner prior to the 2016 election, AND may have also conspired to submit false documentation regarding the 2020 election results to several states AND may have also attempted to force the Georgia Secretary of State to falsify their results.
Unfortunately, I have little hope of any of these coming to fruition as convictions - Cannon is all but conceding the documents trial to Trump via extensions, delays, and simply attempting to drop the trial entirely, Georgia’s prosecution forgot it was improper to fuck each other during a case, and New York can’t help but keep giving them more time.
A President simply can’t be charged for something just because one side thinks he’s guilty.
He’a being charged because he committed a crime. Republicans could retaliate in kind and charge Obama, but it wouldn’t work because Obama didn’t commit a crime. Simple as.
Hopefully, if someone commits a crime they should be charged, and novel trials may improve justice by setting precedent through transparent jury trial instead of closed doors scotus. If you charge someone without sufficient evidence you should be open to a countersuit. Based on oral arguments it sounds like they are defining where ‘in the line of duty’ ends and ‘actions of some guy who also has a job as president’ begins. Asking for 11,780 votes pretty obviously falls outside of the bounds of the job and it shouldn’t take months to rule on that.
I wonder if he is found guilty, can other Presidents be charged with past crimes? I mean, I get the anger from Lefty Lemmy, but, there has to be a middle ground. A President simply can’t be charged for something just because one side thinks he’s guilty. If that’s the case, I can see Republicans going after Obama for crimes he committed while POTUS…
Name one president who has been charged with a crime more serious than a speeding ticket.
Now,
Name another US president that staged a fucking insurrection because he lost the fucking election.
While we wait for those answers, do you really think your bronzed-idol trump is actually being falsely accused?
Now now, Trump isn’t NECESSARILY being charged with just that.
He also removed confidential documents from the White House without them being properly redacted, potentially sold or gave those documents to other parties (or at least allowed them to see the documents), AND may have conspired to silence stories about him in an illegal manner prior to the 2016 election, AND may have also conspired to submit false documentation regarding the 2020 election results to several states AND may have also attempted to force the Georgia Secretary of State to falsify their results.
Unfortunately, I have little hope of any of these coming to fruition as convictions - Cannon is all but conceding the documents trial to Trump via extensions, delays, and simply attempting to drop the trial entirely, Georgia’s prosecution forgot it was improper to fuck each other during a case, and New York can’t help but keep giving them more time.
He’a being charged because he committed a crime. Republicans could retaliate in kind and charge Obama, but it wouldn’t work because Obama didn’t commit a crime. Simple as.
Hopefully, if someone commits a crime they should be charged, and novel trials may improve justice by setting precedent through transparent jury trial instead of closed doors scotus. If you charge someone without sufficient evidence you should be open to a countersuit. Based on oral arguments it sounds like they are defining where ‘in the line of duty’ ends and ‘actions of some guy who also has a job as president’ begins. Asking for 11,780 votes pretty obviously falls outside of the bounds of the job and it shouldn’t take months to rule on that.