"Just remember, you heard it here FIRST! I have inside information from credible intelligence sources, that Donald J. Trump likes to get golden showers from Russian prostitutes!"
What utter nonsense. All of this ridiculous speculation is just annoying
The president may not be fully informed on this issue. If he is and still supports it, well that is why legislators write laws.
But even though everyone knows it was a joke, we’ll just go ahead and take his statement out of context in order to make him look bad. Remember, we report objectively.
I doubt it
If true that Trump supports this practice shame on him. Needs to talk with Bannon.
“Sheriff Aubrey of Jefferson County, Kentucky, raised the issue: “The other thing is asset forfeiture. People want to say we’re taking money and without due process. That’s not true. We take money from dope dealers.” “
Liar. That is not necessarily true in many other places.
America is finished. We have let the Country go communist. The left will use the communists courts destroy. Civil War II is the only chance.
...and innocent people alike.
The permanent confiscation of any personal property (including money)without being so ordered as a result of due process, should be illegal. I can see the temporary taking of evidence until due process is complete, but just taking cash from a suspected drug dealer and keeping it is wrong.
Hopefully this isn’t his real position. Civil asset forfeiture, without due process of law, is profoundly immoral and corrupting and he should outlaw it.
There should be no civil liability in ANY matter where the under laying wrong is normally classed a crime without an actual conviction first.
Trump will get this right...just another, futile, attempt by the left to sever the bond between Trump and his supporters.
"Just remember, you heard it here FIRST! I have inside information from credible intelligence sources, that Donald J. Trump likes to get golden showers from Russian prostitutes!"
This could be a slippery slope. CAF might well prove to be justified in court, but the a priori act of seizure strikes at the “innocent until proven” standard. Not sure Trump should be commenting w/o knowledge of specific instances. I get why LE like it - I knew a County Sheriff that was “rewarded” with a Corvette for participating in an FBI drug sting.
It was obviously meant as a joke.
No one was named.
If true, this is entirely consistent with his support of Kelo v. New Haven Connecticut in supporting the large expansion of government powers to seize private property from citizens...this is a different issue from that case, but entirely consistent viewpoint as to the powers of the government.
There are many things the President has done so far that I support - some of us are pleasantly surprised by some of those. However, it was very clear during the campaign that there were many things he is for that we should never support - his strong support of Kelo was one of those things and this is another.
I’m opposed to civil asset forfeiture and wrote a letter to Pres. Trump. Forfeiture should only result as a penalty on a guilty verdict.
We knew Sessions was a fan of “civil” “forfeiture”, and we knew Trump was a fan of eminent domain. Let’s hope they don’t show a fondness for those matters in office.