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empedocles

(15,751 posts)
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 01:13 PM Jun 2022

Prosecuting trump

'Most Americans think Trump should be prosecuted. It’s not that easy.'

Analysis by Philip Bump
National correspondent
June 20, 2022 at 11:02 a.m., Washington Post

" . . . Writing for the New York Times, former assistant attorney general Jack Goldsmith walks through the questions facing Attorney General Merrick Garland when it comes to charging Trump. Garland might need to appoint a special counsel, Goldsmith argues, to isolate the decision from the political complexities of filing charges against Garland’s boss’s most likely 2024 opponent. He notes that, from the viewpoint of a prosecutor, the evidence at hand might not make a conviction likely — that, unlike the House committee’s hearings, a criminal trial with standards of evidence and cross-examination would necessarily give jurors a much less clear-cut picture of Trump’s guilt. . . . ''

[I want to see traitortrump prosecuted - successfully]

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Prosecuting trump (Original Post) empedocles Jun 2022 OP
At the end of this article it says trump has zero defense Beachnutt Jun 2022 #1
Let's hope empedocles Jun 2022 #2
I've said from the start it's the only one I think he might go down on Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #4
6 out of 10 won't be a definitive jury decision C_U_L8R Jun 2022 #3
The only thing that saves us from trump is the Grim Reaper. SoonerPride Jun 2022 #5
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. I've said from the start it's the only one I think he might go down on
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 02:05 PM
Jun 2022

But OTOH it'll be a fine and probation most likely.

C_U_L8R

(45,020 posts)
3. 6 out of 10 won't be a definitive jury decision
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 01:28 PM
Jun 2022

The trumps are counting on just one magat juror on each trial to absolve them of their crimes.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
5. The only thing that saves us from trump is the Grim Reaper.
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 02:07 PM
Jun 2022

Congress won't stop him.
The courts won't stop him.

Only death.

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