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Can Trump Be COMPELLED to Testify in Senate Hearings (Original Post) Skraxx Jan 2021 OP
Please don't. Why give him a megaphone? Raven123 Jan 2021 #1
Are You Kidding? Skraxx Jan 2021 #3
He's incoherent. Will ignore the questions and spout lies and conspiracies. Raven123 Jan 2021 #8
Exactly! Watching that Horror Show Sweat and Squirm Under Harsh Scrutiny Would Be The Greatest Skraxx Jan 2021 #10
Yes! DonaldsRump Jan 2021 #2
Let's throw in Ivanka, Don Jr., Jared and Eric Rorey Jan 2021 #5
No. I don't ever want to hear another syllable spoken by it. onecaliberal Jan 2021 #4
He'd take the 5th. El Supremo Jan 2021 #6
They can give him immunity DonaldsRump Jan 2021 #7
You order a mafia-style hit on Congress, Congress will make you testify NotASurfer Jan 2021 #9

Skraxx

(2,981 posts)
3. Are You Kidding?
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:00 PM
Jan 2021

It would be the first reality show I’d enjoy watching. Imagine him being grilled by Klobuchar.

Raven123

(4,858 posts)
8. He's incoherent. Will ignore the questions and spout lies and conspiracies.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 08:40 PM
Jan 2021

Rather see him in a courtroom, where he has to take the Fifth as he watches evidence prove his crimes or testify and get slapped down by judge as he tries that stuff

Skraxx

(2,981 posts)
10. Exactly! Watching that Horror Show Sweat and Squirm Under Harsh Scrutiny Would Be The Greatest
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 11:04 PM
Jan 2021

Spectacle since the Hindenburg. And the irony of the "reality show" aspect of it, well, "poetic justice" doesn't quite describe that accurately.

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
2. Yes!
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:59 PM
Jan 2021

He'll plead executive privilege etc. But the thing is that he won't have the Department of Justice to do his bidding this time, and he will be liable for criminal perjury for lying and criminal contempt if he doesn't show up or refuses to answer questions baselessly.

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
7. They can give him immunity
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:11 PM
Jan 2021

He has no 5th Amendment rights if given immunity.

I don't expect to see Trump in prison. I do expect that the US will investigate the hell out of this monster to find out everything he has done.

NotASurfer

(2,153 posts)
9. You order a mafia-style hit on Congress, Congress will make you testify
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 08:46 PM
Jan 2021

He tried to whack a VP he can't fire and both Houses of a co-equal branch of government, all in one violent attack.

They ought to be able to figure out how bring him in for questioning at this point

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