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John Dean: ‘Trump’s in trouble’ after Maine ruling
The Hill ^ | 12/29/2023 | NICK ROBERTSON

Posted on 12/29/2023 6:47:18 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Nixon White House attorney John Dean said Thursday he believes the Maine decision to remove former President Trump from the ballot will be difficult to overturn, calling it “very solid.”

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) determined late Thursday that Trump should be kept off the state’s primary ballot because his conduct surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots violated the 14th Amendment.

Dean denounced criticism by the Trump campaign, which called the decision “election interference.”

“There was ample due process in this proceeding, and they just lost by a straight, honest reading of the 14th Amendment,” Dean said in a CNN interview. “Trump’s in trouble.”

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KEYWORDS: dean; globalistpropaganda; lol; maine; trouble; trump
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To: bk1000

The left does what they do because we whine but nobody does anything to stop them.


61 posted on 12/29/2023 7:28:52 AM PST by dforest
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To: Fresh Wind

Yeah, all they needed was one last scream, from dean hisself, and it is all over, THIS TIME!


62 posted on 12/29/2023 7:30:49 AM PST by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: AnthonySoprano

USAs are under Garland authority

Virtually no metro or local city state attorneys on GOPe side

And uniparty GOPe has no interest helping Trump either


63 posted on 12/29/2023 7:32:26 AM PST by wardaddy (I have seen true anti semitism is more common in USA than I imagined. A disease in the public mind)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Watergate was caused by Dean trying to coverup that his then-fiancee, now wife, was a DNC call girl.


64 posted on 12/29/2023 7:32:41 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
This alone should be enough to keep FJB off the ballot on all fifty seven states.


65 posted on 12/29/2023 7:37:02 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who cares what he thinks!


66 posted on 12/29/2023 7:38:31 AM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: Arlis

You forgot “not even charged”.


67 posted on 12/29/2023 7:40:19 AM PST by TalBlack (I We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Very solid?! The Maine SoS unilaterally decides to remove Trump from the ballot? I don’t think so.

As for Dean, where did they drag him up from?!


68 posted on 12/29/2023 7:40:46 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man on)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The rat speaks.


69 posted on 12/29/2023 7:40:48 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Dr. Franklin
... It is the state legislature which determine how the state electoral votes are given, and not the courts or executive branch....

True enough, but the US constitution determines qualifications of the presidential election, so that has to determine who can receive votes. Then the state "could" decide to send electoral college reps to the contrary of the voters' choice, but then there'd be consequences - biggies.

70 posted on 12/29/2023 7:41:56 AM PST by gloryblaze
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yup they got him now, for the zillionth time.


71 posted on 12/29/2023 7:43:20 AM PST by Mouton (US Home to one party rule)
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To: Shadow44

Dean’s boss, Nixon, was a RINO. Big time.


72 posted on 12/29/2023 7:43:43 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Hill?

BARF!

Nothing but pure BS!


73 posted on 12/29/2023 7:45:04 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

None of these leftist idiots have ever heard of due process. Trump has not been charged with insurrection and has been convicted of nothing. he cannot have his fundamental rights of free speech and pursuit of elective office denied without due process of law. That means a notice of the charge he’s facing and the opportunity to be heard in a fair and neutral court of law.

If you want to end, democracy, vote Democrat.


74 posted on 12/29/2023 7:47:07 AM PST by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

“Remove Joe from one Ballot, and the Supreme Court will be in Emergency Session that night.”

**********

You have it exactly right. Our dual system of justice is always vigilant to protect and shield liberals in any way they can.


75 posted on 12/29/2023 7:47:34 AM PST by Starboard
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Furthermore, John Dean was the mastermind behind whatever the Watergate scandal was. He was in it from start to finish, and he sacrificed his president and his country for his own guilty ass. What is the kind of so-called American that the leftist media loves to snuggle up to.


76 posted on 12/29/2023 7:49:22 AM PST by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: Dr. Franklin

It is the state legislature which determine how the state electoral votes are given


Yes, but both she and the Colorado SC are attempting to remove Trump’s name from the primary ballots. The Constitution is silent on the subject of primaries. They are hoping to deny Trump the Republican nomination.

In the general election, although Trump’s name might be on the ballot, voters are actually voting for Electors pledged to vote for Trump. Don’t know how they can exclude Trump Electors from the ballot.

I can see the next step of law fare being the challenging of Electors in states Trump wins using the same ‘insurrection’ argument. Control of the House and Senate could prove to be essential.


77 posted on 12/29/2023 7:55:17 AM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: Altura Ct.
"The deep state is scared of Trump."

More terrified than just scared, and more the Trumpenproletariat than Trump.

The elites can keep Trump off the ballots, they can put him in prison, they can even kill him.

It won't matter.

"They thought Trump was the river when he was really the dam." - Michael Malice

78 posted on 12/29/2023 8:00:44 AM PST by Sooth2222 (“Toute nation a le gouvernement qu’elle mérite.” /"Every nation has the government it deserves.” )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Dean seems to forget that Trump hasn’t been convicted of anything.


79 posted on 12/29/2023 8:01:37 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Would everyone please stop hyperventilating about this decision? Just like the Colorado decision, everyone’s apoplectic without READING the ruling. Trump is not taken off the ballot.


80 posted on 12/29/2023 8:07:47 AM PST by sunny bonobo
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