Posted on 04/22/2024 7:17:25 AM PDT by lowbridge
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Donald Trump’s arguments that he is immune from prosecution for his efforts to steal the 2020 presidential election. It is likely that all — or nearly all — of the justices agree that a former president who attempted to seize power and remain in office illegally can be prosecuted. I suspect that some justices may also wish to clarify whether doctrines of presidential immunity might apply in other contexts — for example, to a president’s actions as commander in chief during a time of war. But the justices should also recognize the profoundly negative impact they may have if the court does not resolve these issues quickly and decisively.
If delay prevents this Trump case from being tried this year, the public may never hear critical and historic evidence developed before the grand jury, and our system may never hold the man most responsible for Jan. 6 to account.
The Jan. 6 House select committee’s hearings and final report in 2022 relied on testimony given by dozens of Republicans — including many who worked closely with Mr. Trump in the White House, in his Justice Department and on his 2020 presidential campaign. Special counsel Jack Smith’s election-related indictment of Mr. Trump relies on many of the same firsthand witnesses. Although the special counsel reached a number of the same conclusions as the select committee, the indictment is predicated on a separate and independent investigation. Evidence was developed and presented to a grand jury sitting in Washington, D.C.
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Isn't that rich. Didn't the January 6 committee withhold, suppress, and destroy evidence?
Liz Cheney. That’s where I stopped reading.
That statement is correct. However, it has nothing to do with what happened on January 6th.
Go catch some flies Lizard.
It’s afraid....
Reminded me to take out the trash
The dems seem to think that the American public lives and breathes “JAN. 6TH!!!” every day of their lives. No one is voting based on Jan 6, in my opinion.
Liz trying to get her name in the press again. I think she realizes that her 15 minutes of fame are almost up. Ironically, she should be praying that Trump gets elected. That’s the only thing that will keep her grift going.
And DJT was still president on J6
But if that had been the case for PDJT he ought to have been convicted in the impeachment trial. He wasn't!
Hey Liz, didn’t the voters kick you out of Wyoming by their vote? Take comfort that it was just a vote and not torches and pitchforks.
No Immunity for Trump means no Immunity for all politicians and any damage they do they should be sued
No wonder she GOT VOTED OUT !!!
“of the justices agree that a former president who attempted to seize power and remain in office illegally”
Would like to hear the NYT explain exactly how Trump tried to do that.
Such nonsense.
She should be very careful here. I’d hate to see Dick Cheney arrested and put on trial for Iraq.
The skunk should be locked up. RINOs are a danger to the republic.
She’s right. They should swiftly reiterate the importance of Presidential immunity, stop the show trials. And then imprison those like Cheney who dishonestly attempted to prosecute non-crimes for political gains.
Exactly....Im not sure any Justices think such a thing happened to be honest. They would need to stick to the facts. Trump words, actions certainly do not lend credence to the conspiracy. Just last week NG and Capitol police basically corroborated Trump claims of security being turned down because of “optics.” and video shows us all where the violence started.... with the police. Trump is constitutionally allowed to dispute an election , especially one that contained so many anomalies and alternate electors certainly weren’t invented by Trump... its part of the process.
“the public may never hear critical and historic evidence developed”
Isn’t that rich. Didn’t the January 6 committee withhold, suppress, and destroy evidence?
Yes, they did. They did it with eyes open. The had people testify that they knew were lying, and whistleblowers suppressed that stated they had proof. Basically, the Jan. 6th committee destroyed and suppressed evidence for political purposes, and denied the public access to the work product. They violated the laws. The Jan. 6th committee members are not above the law, but nothing has been done to them because they did the ‘uniparty’ attack on Trump. Trump isn’t above the law, he is below the law. The future will not look kindly on the acts of the Jan 6th committee, nor the acts of the current executive, done for political purposes.
Hard to believe we used to be a Constitutional Republic, what is occurring now is so Hitler and Stalinist.
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