Posted on 05/08/2023 6:56:58 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Former President Donald Trump has a "moral responsibility" for what unfolded at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but it will remain up to the Justice Department to determine if he's legally responsible as well, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is campaigning against Trump for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, said Sunday.
"The question is whether there is a criminal responsibility, and that's a judgment that the Department of Justice is going to have to make," Hutchinson, also a former U.S. attorney, told NBC's "Meet the Press."
His comments came while he was discussing the convictions of four members of the Proud Boys, including their former leader, in connection with a plot to attack the Capitol to keep Trump in power.
The cases were "difficult" to make, as there was a "high bar" to prove, and the federal attorneys were successful, said Hutchinson, and the verdicts reflect the "seriousness of the offense of Jan. 6, and undermining our democracy."
As for what happens with Trump, though, Hutchinson said he thinks the answer will lie in the ballot box, "not what happens in the courtroom."
Meanwhile, Trump is at the top of all current polls, but when asked why voters think he is the best candidate, Hutchinson responded that Trump's numbers have gone up "because he's played the victim" in prosecutions against him, particularly in the New York case involving Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
"You look back to the true numbers, which is after the last midterm elections, and his numbers were down," said Hutchinson. "He was responsible for a lot of the failure in growth that we expected and wins in a number of different states, and so his numbers were down."
He added that he jokes sometimes that Bragg is Trump's "campaign manager" because his indictment caused Trump's numbers to
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Shouldn’t this basturd be running Canada of something?
Asa has been rewarded well for serving as the U.S. attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas from 1982 to 1985 and providing shade for the Mena drug operation???
Asa has been rewarded well for serving as the U.S. attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas from 1982 to 1985 and providing shade for the Mena drug operation???
And twice as strong as hulk hogan
Just go away!
Hutch and Pence, both giving me the opportunity to explore the many meanings of the word “Contempt”.
“Please clap.”
It’s amazing how easy it is to assign moral responsibility on someone else.
Asa is an empty suit with no moral fiber or good sense.
I hope that worthless sack of ‘Rat comes to my neck o’ the woods to campaign!
I will attend if I can, for sure. I’ll bring a megaphone, signs, and handbills.
If you know what I mean.
trump is responsible for the largest peaceful protest about election irregularities... no insurrection here.
https://rumble.com/v181401-january-6th-rally-2021.html
This guy is not a RINO, he’s gotta be a DEMOCRAT.
This isn't about getting the nomination, it's about putting donor money into his pocket.
Nobody cares what he says. He’s struggling to hit even 1% in the Republican primary.
The Globalist Corporatist Candidate for POTUS he wins the “Davos Poll” IMHO and that says it all.
Hey ass-uh.......🖕
You got that right.
GFY, Hutch.
No asa the uniparty does
Asa is sounding a lot like Hilliary, must be an Arkansas thing.
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