Marvolo
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Trump will absolutely take this to court, and I suspect a judge will courteously rule in his favor because he was president.
I fail see how executive privilege could extend to someone who's no longer the executive.
I fail see how executive privilege could extend to someone who's no longer the executive.
This is really how America is going to collapse, isn't it? Dems being too in love with tradition to take an existential threat to our democratic system seriously. Heck, Trump is openly admitting to pressuring Kemp to steal the election for him AGAIN and AG Merrick Garland does nothing.Its been tradition in the US to officially treat a former president with the same respect as a current president, and to extend them all due deference and a lot of leeway.
Seriously. How can they even be.ieve this crap?These people are like those religious nutjobs who constantly change the date for when the world is going to end.
So the Republicans not only believe in a work of fiction, the bible but watch fake news as well? Typical!
The **** house lawyering of the online world's "debates" is how so many could turn from the truth in front of their eyes from months ago.
The so-called Christians would say that's hearsay. They cut out liberal sides.Look up conservative bible project.
This is one time when both sides are at fault. In different ways. Dems and the Justice department have let this drag on for too long, and the misdemeanor charges have undermined the idea that it was a serious crime.
They can't act like it's a serious matter while acting like they have all the time in the world to deal with it. And how can the public and media take any supposed coup seriously when the insurrectionists are only being charged with misdemeanors and trespassing?
You might be right, but I have my doubts. I'm not an attorney, but charging someone with something that may not stick could end up being worse than charging someone with a lesser crime. Say they charge people with treason or something like that and all they have to say is "Trump said it was rigged and I believed him. I was just protesting a rigged election" and maybe they get off. That's hypothetical, but it doesn't seem out of the question. Ditto for the length of time it takes to charge. Make sure you have enough to make any charge stick and that takes time; especially when you are dealing with the sheer volume of people who took part in the insurrection. Overplaying your hand can lead to you looking like an idiot down the road AND encourage people to act similarly in the future when they beat the charge.
I think this belongs squarely on the shoulders of the leaders of the republican party (and media outlets) who downplayed this.
One thing I don't understand is how 80 and then 60 percent of republicans said it was important to prosecute these people and yet I've read polls that say up to 70 percent of republicans think the election was stolen. Something seems wrong there.
You are ignoring the facts of how the court system works. How the criminal justice system works. The bigger crimes takes longer to investigate. The feds are likely getting a decent amount of help right now in taking down the Proud Boys/Oath Keepers, who are the true insurrectionists. You don't rush something like this.