Finally, a road map to hold Trump accountable

[AZProgressive]

(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.

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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?

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

[lagomorph777]

1. "How can a prosecutor prove what Trump was thinking..." ROLL THE VIDEO!

It's not that hard, people.

Does the cop have to "prove intent" when I run a red light? No.

Does the prosecutor have to "prove intent" when somebody embezzles thousands? No. Millions? Yes, because now the criminal is a millionaire, and entitled to special privileges.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. Red light running by law does not require intent.

Embezzlement actually does require proof of intent…intent to commit fraud, provable not by an alien mind probe but by admissible circumstantial, documentary or testimonial evidence of that criminal level intent, an inference then open to the court.