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Meidas Touch-By his own admission #TrumpIsGuilty (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2022
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Trump Is Guilty" Is Top Trend As New Viral Video Uses Ex-President's Own Words To Make A Case
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2022
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Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)1. Diarrhea Donny must have touched himself -- he's turned to shit...
magicguido
(6,315 posts)2. Hey Dems; Meidas is just too good; hire these guys.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,334 posts)3. Trump Is Guilty" Is Top Trend As New Viral Video Uses Ex-President's Own Words To Make A Case
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Pleading the fifth amendment isnt inherently an admission of guilt. Even if you do it hundreds of times in a single interview, there is a legal right to protect oneself from self-incrimination.
However, sometimes in the court of public opinion, a persons own words come back to bite them. For example, suppose a person is being accused of criminal activity, and they rely on the fifth amendment extensively, but just a few years ago, they made repeated public statements insisting that guilt was the only reason to ever invoke the 5th, and that anyone who hid anything from investigators must be guilty. Perhaps they even led crowds in chants calling for such an individual to be locked up.
Enter MeidasTouch and their newest political ad, which reminds Trump, and the rest of us, that he has insisted that pleading the fifth is proof of guilt.
Trumps view hasnt stopped multiple people connected to him (including his son Eric Trump) from pleading the fifth amendment in multiple cases, including the investigation into the January 6th attack, and the investigation into Trump Organization financial practices. Nor does he seem to think his if youre innocent, what have you got to hide attitude, displayed towards Hillary Clinton before the 2016 election, applies to him, as hes insisted hes the victim of a witch hunt while fighting in court to keep records from taxes to White House visitor logs secret.
However, sometimes in the court of public opinion, a persons own words come back to bite them. For example, suppose a person is being accused of criminal activity, and they rely on the fifth amendment extensively, but just a few years ago, they made repeated public statements insisting that guilt was the only reason to ever invoke the 5th, and that anyone who hid anything from investigators must be guilty. Perhaps they even led crowds in chants calling for such an individual to be locked up.
Enter MeidasTouch and their newest political ad, which reminds Trump, and the rest of us, that he has insisted that pleading the fifth is proof of guilt.
Trumps view hasnt stopped multiple people connected to him (including his son Eric Trump) from pleading the fifth amendment in multiple cases, including the investigation into the January 6th attack, and the investigation into Trump Organization financial practices. Nor does he seem to think his if youre innocent, what have you got to hide attitude, displayed towards Hillary Clinton before the 2016 election, applies to him, as hes insisted hes the victim of a witch hunt while fighting in court to keep records from taxes to White House visitor logs secret.
Rhiannon12866
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