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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YES! In a sane world, where you are not outright owned by your enemies.
So what if he did? So what if anybody does? What happened to personal responsibility for adults? Something on social media and people riot? Someone says jump off a bridge and you do, that’s your fault.
It’s criminalizing free speech. Obey the law, period.
The left blames guns, YouTube videos, anyone else….,instead of themselves.
It’s a casino where even if you have a blackjack the dealer can just not pay you. Remember how they edited Trump’s remarks on Charlottesville?
If you are going to indict for lying don’t lie on the inditrment. Lol
Thank you, Mr. Dershowitz, for your incisive comments on the Trump case—always incisive but this time even more convincing to some since you are not a Trump voter.
May justice prevail.
👍100% correct.
There is NO ONE to take the trash out. Period.
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