Finally, a road map to hold Trump accountable

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Norm Eisen
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Trump’s Jan. 6 plot was a coup in a search of a legal theory.

As I explain w/ @FredWertheimer, this week’s big ruling provided a roadmap for how federal & state authorities can overcome key obstacles & hold Trump accountable @CNNOpinion.

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Opinion: Finally, a road map to hold Trump accountable
Norman Eisen and Fred Wertheimer write that Judge David Carter's opinion sets out a road map for finally imposing consequences on former President Donald Trump and those who continue to perpetuate...
1:03 PM · Mar 30, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/opinions/trump-road-map-accountability-january-6-eisen-wertheimer/index.html


(CNN)The resignation of two Manhattan prosecutors for their boss's failure to charge former President Donald Trump over potential financial crimes last month has reignited debate over whether he will ever be held accountable for his alleged misdeeds.

That matters not only looking back but also going forward because perhaps his most notorious outrage -- the big lie that he won the 2020 presidential election -- has not halted. It continues to drive hundreds of voter suppression and election sabotage bills and anti-democratic candidates across the country. And it has captured and corrupted a significant faction of the Republican Party.

Thankfully, Judge David Carter's decision on Monday, finding Trump "more likely than not" committed crimes, sets out a road map for finally imposing consequences for the big lie. It does so by tackling the thorniest legal issues regarding Trump, his enablers and the events in and around January 6, 2021 -- and showing how they can be addressed by prosecutors.

Perhaps the most daunting of these is the question of Trump's criminal intent. How can a prosecutor prove what Trump was thinking when he publicly claims good faith but refuses to testify, when those closest to him also resist or are hostile witnesses and when he does not use the prosecutor's best friend, email?

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[Poiuyt]

1. Good. I can start holding my breath now.