CNN anchor, Laura Jarrett, this morning indicated that they have not gotten quite close enough

[diehardblue]

to blame Trump. She gave so many excuses why. What in the "hot peppers" is she missing? This seems to be somewhat of a theme on CNN that "maybe it is not enough" to really pursue a prosecution of 45. They constantly try to negate what is clearly outlined by the J6 Committee. Click, changed the channel!

[markie]

1. everyone

in the media seems to be saying that... so WHAT DOES it take... I'm discouraged

[brooklynite]

15. It takes enough evidence to convince a Jury...

...largely made up of people who aren't watching hours of cable news and reading political blogs.

[AntiFascist]

27. There needs to be an indictment first, are you talking about a Grand Jury?

what the media should be talking about is why the DOJ is being so slow.

[brooklynite]

28. I'm thinking about the bigger picture...

DOJ won't bring it to the Grand Jury unless they're convinced they can win the Court case.

[AntiFascist]

32. This is exactly why we have Grand Juries...

to decide whether to move forward on an indictment. According to Rachel Maddow, there are Federal Grand Jury subpoenas related to the fake elector slates that may implicate the Trump campaign.

[overleft]

2. Some of the corporate media turn blind eyes to obvious reality.

[Cha]

33. Yes.. that's what they DO.. for

Corporate Sake.

💙💛

[NewHendoLib]

3. The media needs the $$$ that the orange drama creates.

The media is just not that into the public... The truth...the country.

[Cha]

34. +1!!!! Oh & the "media" can Fuck OFF.

💙💛

[dwayneb]

4. Is the best goal prosecution of Trump?

We'd all love to see this Mafia scumbag in jail for the rest of his rotten life.

But putting Trump in jail would create a martyr that the Fascists would glorify for generations to come.

To me the biggest and most important objective is to ensure that he is so tainted that he can't win the Presidency in 2024. Because it is very likely that he will run and that he will win the nomination.

[Justice matters.]

16. Except for the fact we're not 100% sure fascists-dominated states will not...

engage in stealing Dems votes by just 'proclaiming' the orange terrorist won their electoral-college tally (and send them to the National Archives for Dec. 14, 2023).

They are evil but they don't realize it.

[Samrob]

36. The best thing to do is concentrate on removing the Senate and House insurrectionists--those

who aided and abetted the attempted overthrow of our government. Trump is powerless without them and so is the GOP. There must be enough evidence to remove enough of them from office for violating their oath of office and their role in the entire stop the steal, J6 insurrection and their continued law-breaking.

[malaise]

6. Who.

Who is she

[agingdem]

7. and who give a damn what she thinks

[malaise]

10. Precisely

One more paid hack

[Cha]

35. Because she's spreading shit on cnn..

💙💛

[H2O Man]

12. She is an attorney

who started working for CNN years ago. Much of her work before that was in Chicago, defending corporations the the federal government wa going after. Although I don't agree with her on this, I do understand that having more documentation than has been made public would be beneficial in prosecuting Trump. I note, however, that the DOJ already has more than the public knows.

It is important to keep in mind -- at least in my opinio9n -- that news hosts are at times tasked with debating the other side of an argument than their personal opinion. By a wild coincidence, lawyers are trained in this, too.

[malaise]

17. Thanks bro

I’m impatient these days- lock him up

[H2O Man]

18. Oh, me too!

And I don't always agree with Jarrett. She is a tad conservative for me. But I do listen to her, and usually -- even when I disagree -- can respect her opinion. In this instance, I'd note that she is aware that things are closing in on Trump. It woul be good, however, to have someone like Mark Meadows become a meadowlark and sing.

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. She's also Valerie Jarrett's daughter.

[H2O Man]

26. Right.

[CrispyQ]

8. I thought their panel coverage during & after the daytime hearings has been pretty good.

I switched to CNN for the daytime hearings. John King is majorly pissed off at what the Republican Party has become. He had some harsh words after the second hearing that focused on how they pressured/threatened Pence. But I admit I only tune in for the hearings. It's like the media thinks it will be business as usual if we go full-on authoritarian.

[EndlessWire]

19. I would think that

most sane people would realize that Pence was in danger of being hung. That's what Trump did. He almost offed his VP. Smartest thing Pence ever did was to not get in the car.

[BlueIdaho]

9. Opinions are like assholes...

Enough said.

[SoCalDavidS]

11. Preparing Us For The Inevitable

The reality is that he won't be indicted for so much as jaywalking. That's just how America rolls.

[Treefrog]

13. So you had to bring that here?

For those of us lucky enough to have missed it?

Gee thanks!

[GoodRaisin]

14. It's poppycock. We have been "close enough" to blame Trump since

January 6, 2021. That’s why he was impeached a second time.

Don’t listen to what they say. Watch what they do.

[msfiddlestix]

21. poppycock is exactly the appropriate descriptor

the media at large have very short memories, and they indulge in bogus "debates" based on an absurd premise.

"not enough evidence" Poppycock!

[brooklynite]

20. I find the thrust of the OP troubling...

...basically, "I heard an opinion I didn't like, so I changed the channel".

Personally, i tend to agree with the CNN commentator; I'm not convinced that there's a solid case to bring to a jury as long as Trump can say "My lawyers said what we were doing was okay".

[Bucky]

22. Prosecutors tend to want to slam dunk presentations of evidence

Especially with a person as thoroughly insulated as Trump is from reality and from legal consequences. It will be a mess trying to prosecute him. And he and his lawyers will be able to block and obfuscate and delay the procedures for months, for years really.

Most of the criminal stuff was done by Trump functionaries, going down two or three levels of organization, all covered with wink/nudge understandings of what illegalities they should do. The American political tradition of protect the principal, to maintain plausible deniability, is working in Trump's favor.

The goal isn't to present a case that would convince a reasonable person of guilt. The goal is to present a case that would convince 12 people who can legally demonstrate objectivity that there is guilt without a single exemption.

Trump did things that I'm convinced are crimes in the Georgia phone calls. But a lot of the things that amount to witness intimidation that we heard about yesterday are, frankly, acts of his unaffiliated fanboys who took it upon themselves to surround Lady Ruby's house with her pickup trucks or phone in anonymous death threats to state and local election officials

I want to see Trump prosecuted. But what do you do when the crimes are part of the national culture? You can't arrest a mob.

[Wounded Bear]

23. Legal proof aside, we have more on trump than he ever had on people he attacked...

[Midnight Writer]

24. They have an hour long tape of TFG threatening the GA Sec of State to "flip" lawful votes.

As well as witnesses who heard the phone call live and can testify to its accuracy.

That would be enough to convict me.

As for intent, why would he make these calls if he thought he won?

[Trueblue1968]

29. she is a MORON. of course they have enough to prosecute donnie rump she must be MAGA

[mcar]

31. She's Valerie Jarrett's daughter

hardly a moron or MAGA.

[viva la]

30. They need to listen to him calling down retribution

On two black women.

What excuse are they going to use for that?