Panel Could Recommend Criminal Charges for Trump

[applegrove]

Panel Could Recommend Criminal Charges for Trump

March 20, 2022 at 11:59 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 207 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/03/20/panel-could-recommend-criminal-charges-for-trump/

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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said the Jan. 6 committee is considering recommending enhanced criminal penalties for the “kind of supreme dereliction of duty that you saw with President Trump,” Axios reports.

Said Cheney: “I can tell you I have not learned a single thing since I have been on this committee that has made me less concerned or less worried about the gravity of the situation and the actions that President Trump took and also refused to take while the attack was underway.”

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[ShazzieB]

1. Oooohhh, interesting!

Criminal penalties for Trump? Yes, please!

[Faux pas]

2. Kickin'

[SoonerPride]

3. I'm sure the DOJ will get right on that.

I mean it’ll be nice to have someone say “you know he broke the law.”

But expecting anything to be done about it is a pipe dream.

[Deuxcents]

4. Would. Could. Should. But when?

[Tripper11]

16. my thoughts as well

So sick and tired of all the this will happen, that will happen etc etc.
We all know how guilty he and his family are and nothing, nothing EVER happens.
Honestly, the wretched monster will die way before anything comes to fruitarian.
Maybe we might get lucky with his evil spawn, but frankly, done holding my breath.

[bottrott]

5. I believe she is referring to adding new laws

to penalize inaction by a sitting president, not speaking to criminal charges brought under existing law. Remember the J6 committee is not about a criminal investigation, it is about changing legislation to prevent this In the future. As it currently stands, I don't know of any existing law concerning dereliction of duty on the part of the president, so her statement simply reinforces the premise that the committee exist for a legislative purpose. That has been a common line of attack by the GOP.

[applegrove]

6. Damn.

[Blue Owl]

7. No more tip-toeing around FF45 -- DROP THE HAMMER

[Timewas]

8. Sure

Dream on, just don't bet much on it.

[calimary]

9. Ooooooooooooooh YEAH!!!!!

[AverageOldGuy]

10. There will be . . .

. . .NO charges of any kind brought against Trump -- not by DOJ, not by the NY AG, not by Jesus Christ, not by anyone.

Why not? Because to bring charges would be "divisive." And we can't have any divisive court proceedings.

Trump will walk away, reinforced in his belief that he is untouchable -- which he is.

[blueinredohio]

11. I couldn't have said it better myself.

I agree totally.

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. OMG!!! TRUMP IS ABOUT TO BE SENT TO JAIL, AND HIS LITTLE DOGGY KIDS TOO!

Its no wonder McConnell has a perpetual smirk on his face. He knows no top Republican will ever pay for any of their crimes. Prove me wrong Democrats, prove me wrong.

[LiberalFighter]

13. I hope they recommend penalties too.

Like prison in quantanamo or trade for the basketball player.

[KPN]

14. Could?! Damn well better if credibility with

the majority of the public matters a bit.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. "Dereliction of duty" is an escape from actually defining TDFG's motive and mindset

"Dereliction of duty" describes his actions. Cheney never gets to his intent, so she doesn't deal with the grand conspiracy planning and assemblage of all the pieces.

"Yeah, that was really bad, we should do something about that next time."

[kentuck]

17. I think they should do it before they hold their public hearings, rather than afterward...

That would seem more timely to me.

Just my opinion.

[Mr. Ected]

18. In some dystopian future I'm sure most of us would be asking

Why didn't we do something about it when we still had a chance?

"Because the wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine".

"Kind of a lame reason, if you ask me".

[DeeDeeNY]

19. Jan 6 Committee can only recommend charges.

It is up to Justice Dept to bring criminal charges, and they don’t need to wait for charges to be recommendedhttps://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/03/democrats-justice-department-trump-jan-6-00013847?_amp=true.

[Samrob]

20. Whatever the hell they recommend, i wish they would hurry up and do it!

Get that report out and drill it into everyone's head continuously like they did HRC's emails. Give referrals to Justice and demand action.
People begin to lose interest. Link as much shit to Putin and Trump as possible and keep pressing it. Remind folks that the insurrection was part of the Trum/Putin plan and how Trump tried to shakedown Zelensky. And Please do not leave out the GQP folks in the House and Senate who adore Putin and Trump.