Innocent people don't behave like this

[ffr]

Despite the disturbing nature of the latest reporting, the president insists he has done nothing wrong. But time and again, we have seen Donald Trump and company declare their innocence while engaging in behavior that only shows how guilty they are. - PoliticusUSA

Keep that in mind as this explosive scandal evolves.

tRump, Pence, Barr, and McConnell are up to their eyeballs in whatever is going down and are willing to go to great lengths to cover up whatever it is they don't want the public to know.

[lunatica]

1. That's exactly what I thought all day today

Jesus! They are all so predictable now!

I bet they think they’re very cleverly fooling us. Fact is, they’re pretty damn stupid. Better criminals would fool us. We wouldn’t have a clue.

[tanyev]

2. And if he's proven to be the dealmaker in an effort to manipulate election #2,

it completely undercuts his story that he knew nothing about the manipulations of election #1.

[Act_of_Reparation]

3. He doesn't protest his innocence...

...so much as he asserts he wouldn't be stupid enough to get caught.

[Stuart G]

4. Just saw this now."Innocent people don't behave like this" 6 words, total truth.. late k and r

[Hortensis]

5. Yes. No question they're innocent. The entire Republican leadership

has betrayed this nation many times and I believe still have many plans to complete before achieving their end goals. They don't intend to leave office in disgrace or any other way, much less be prosecuted.

Frank Figliuzzi reciting the criminal federal law that is most commonly used to address federal corruption just now: "A public official who seeks, directly or indirectly, something of value in return for the promise of an official act is violating the law." And could face up to 15 years in prison."

We need to fix that last. Consequences for public officials and others, such as poll workers, who betray their duty to whole populations should be much higher than stealing a few cases of whiskey.