Lindsey Graham's vile 'riots' threat gives away Trump's game
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Greg Sargent
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Lindsey Graham's threat of "riots" is disgusting. But let's not overlook his other trope: That it would be unfair to prosecute Trump because Hillary was not prosecuted. That's a demand for absolute impunity for Trump *regardless of what the facts show.*
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Lindsey Graham’s vile ‘riots’ threat gives away Trump’s game
Underlying the threat of political violence is a bigger and more pernicious Trump scam.
9:05 AM · Aug 29, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/29/lindsey-graham-threatens-riots-trump-prosecution-mar-a-lago/
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So the argument is this: Clinton was not prosecuted, therefore prosecuting Trump would constitute unequal treatment before the law. (Another variation holds that not only should Trump be spared prosecution; Clinton was not prosecuted but should have been.)
We can’t let this go unchallenged. It contains a sleight of hand that will become more widespread.
As you’ll recall, former FBI director James Comey announced in July 2016 that an exhaustive investigation had failed to produce evidence to make a criminal case against Clinton. The Justice Department inspector general subsequently found no grounds for questioning that decision.
In other words, Clinton was not charged because the facts did not merit it. We don’t yet know whether Trump will be criminally charged. But if the Justice Department decides in this case that the facts do merit charges — which of course should be the foundation of any determination to charge — the disparity in charging decisions cannot by itself constitute unequal treatment.
Indeed, in both cases, the facts would be dictating the outcome. That may seem obvious on its face. But it’s precisely the point that Trump and propagandists like Graham want to obfuscate.
Let’s be clear: Their argument, effectively, is that equal treatment constitutes refraining from prosecuting Trump regardless of whether investigators conclude that the facts add up to evidence of crimes that investigators believe would sustain a conviction!
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are Grasping at straws and Falling into the Abyss!
and also their last and ONLY defense left - and should be thrown right back into their faces - but they are too dense to realize what is happening to them..... and they NEVER WILL GET IT - and certainly will never 'admit' to it........
An internet friend made the completely and obviously mocking claim that if Trump is arrested then Jesus will FINALLY make his return.
And darn it, you just know that some of his followers ("his" could mean either Jesus or Trump but more likely both) might actually glom onto that idea.
Billions of people have been waiting around for a couple of thousands years and many people have suffered or inflicted suffering on others while waiting for Christianity's grand promise. And you just betcha that Trump's pride will be just the thing to get him to saddle up that white horse.
Revelation 19:11
Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And he who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
It's very stirring stuff. And if Trump had any idea that it was all written about him, I bet he would have actually read it. 