Posted on 08/05/2023 9:53:49 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
The indictment charges Trump with four counts, including “conspiracy to defraud the United States.” But in a portion recounting Trump’s speech at the “Stop the Steal” rally, Smith repeats the errors made by House Democrats in Trump’s second impeachment trial: he focuses on Trump’s use of the phrase “fight like hell,” and omits a sentence highlighted by Trump’s defense team: “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
Dershowitz told the Megyn Kelly Show podcast on Friday that by his own standard, Smith could be charged with fraud, because of his omission of Trump’s “peaceful” rhetoric.
“Under the indictment itself, Jack Smith could be himself indicted. He told a direct lie in this indictment. He purported to describe the speech that President Trump made on January 6th. And he left out the key words, when President Trump said, ‘I want you to demonstrate peacefully and patriotically. You know, a lie by omission, under the law, can be as serious as a lie by commission.”
The fact that Smith repeated the error of the House impeachment managers would appear deliberate, because these phrases were the crux of Trump’s Senate trial. Trump’s lawyers even played footage of Democrats using similar “fight” rhetoric, to show its common usage.
Trump’s defense team returned, again and again, to the fact that Trump told his supporters to rally “peacefully” at the Capitol, which was ultimately a major reason he was able to defeat the House impeachment charge of incitement.
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Notably, Smith did not charge Trump with incitement. But in his statement to the press, he claimed that Trump’s “lies” about the election caused the riot, all but making the claim of incitement.
Unlikely. They’ll probably brush it off as an innocent mistake and Jack will get away with it
If only there was one US Attorney in America that actually believed in the Truth and America, this could be their day to shine and make a name for themselves by INDICTING JACK SMITH TODAY.
Rigghhhtttt....suuurrre...
Conspiracy to commit Fraud with much of the DoJustUS crewe, starting with The Meritless Garland and Lisa Monaco too.
How many, from 2016 to the present time, are guilty of treason?
Wish Levin and Dershowitz were on his team.
I think someone should publish all of his personal information. Let people keep him and his family awake at night. Gotta use their playbook to get their attention.
By omitting those few words proves that Smith’s indictment of Trump is slanted and he should be disbarred immediately. If the Judge allows it, that would make her equally as guilty and is deserving charges be brought against her.
I suspect this will be rebuffed with a strongly worded letter warning that it should never happen again.....
Indicted by whom? The D.O.J.? And if he were to be indicted, where was his crime committed? Why in the District of Columbia, a place where impartial, apolitical juries are well-known.
Not only are we playing in a casino where the casino sets the rules, the casino is playing with a marked deck.
It’s called “disclosure” and it’s law 101. It’s an immediate mistrial and is cause for immediate disbarment.
Evening new never shows the peaceful part either.
The news still refers to Jan. 6 as a deadly insurrection
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Let’s see if the judge threatens him with tampering with the jury?
104. d. Finally, after exhorting that “we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore,” the Defendant directed the people in front of him to head to the Capitol, suggested he was going with them, and told them to give members of Congress “the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.”
105. During and after the defendant’s remarks, thousands of people marched toward the capital.
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