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Trump should be charged for crimes against the United States
The Los Angeles Times via MSN ^ | July 24, 2022 | by The Times Editorial Board

Posted on 07/24/2022 7:19:18 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Charging a former president with crimes would be an extraordinary development in American history and carries the risk of forever reshaping our politics as well as the very future of the nation. It should not be undertaken lightly.

But former President Trump's multifaceted attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election that culminated with him inciting violent mobs to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was certifying Joe Biden’s victory, was also an extraordinary development in American history — one that nearly destroyed our democracy. The country is already in uncomfortable, uncharted waters navigating the wreckage Trump left in his wake.

At a minimum, the Department of Justice should prosecute him for conspiring to defraud the United States and conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, the electoral vote count. These crimes carry maximum sentences of five and 20 years in prison, respectively.

Prosecuting the foot soldiers is only partial justice for this grave attack on American democracy. To restore the nation's standing in the world, and among its citizens, it's critical that the ringleader of this shameful chapter in history be held accountable as well. Prosecuting Trump will demonstrate that the bedrock principles of the United States remain firm: The voters decide who holds power, and no one is above the law.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chargebiden; chargelat; chargepelosi; democrats; journalism; lat; media; press
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1 posted on 07/24/2022 7:19:18 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wow.


2 posted on 07/24/2022 7:20:35 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Spoken like the despots American leftists have become.

We will fight you.


3 posted on 07/24/2022 7:21:18 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s his Constitutional right to question the vote. Period.


4 posted on 07/24/2022 7:22:38 AM PDT by databoss
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Everyone associated with the enemedia should be charged for crimes against the United States.


5 posted on 07/24/2022 7:22:45 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

These people are absolutely terrified.


6 posted on 07/24/2022 7:23:06 AM PDT by gdzla (Tyrannis Seditio, Obsequium Deo)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I know even know where to begin with this garbage.

The Times has a decent sports section, and that’s it. The rest of it is best used to line a birdcage.


7 posted on 07/24/2022 7:23:38 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If they did that, they would have to charge the L.A. Slimes Editorial Board for its crimes against the people of Los Angeles. Clowns.


8 posted on 07/24/2022 7:24:35 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Women who look like a thumb shouldn't gripe about abortion rights." - Matt Gaetz)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Does anyone still believe that we can reason with those cretins?


9 posted on 07/24/2022 7:24:35 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The “Elites” in this country will destroy this country before they give up the power they have gained through the rigged election. They will tear down every pillar, because if they lose power they will be held accountable.


10 posted on 07/24/2022 7:24:49 AM PDT by WinstonSmith1984
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Like what?!
11 posted on 07/24/2022 7:26:16 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I'm old enough to remember when the Los Angeles Slimes covered for every Democrat everywhere 24/7/365.

Oh, wait - they never stopped. They still cover for every Democrat everywhere 24/7/365.

So they can have a nice big cup of Hush.


12 posted on 07/24/2022 7:26:55 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Does the LAT want a civil war? Because that’s how you get a civil war.


13 posted on 07/24/2022 7:28:52 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: stanne
Democrat Party house organ LATimes weighs in.

Democrats think that Republicans should be prosecuted, and if it takes third-world BS from Gauleiter Garland, his "Deportment of Jesters" and their back-shooting Praetorian thugs at the J. Edgar Hoover, so be it.

14 posted on 07/24/2022 7:29:03 AM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“How dare he try to undo our fraud!”


15 posted on 07/24/2022 7:29:20 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, of course that’s why they set up the “hearings.” They hate him so much that they were willing to create a false “Russia” narrative, vote for impeachment twice, totally refuse to cooperate with him in any way, collude with the chicoms to create and release a deadly virus, collude with cities and states to cheat in the election, set up the Jan 6 protest as a pretext to indictment and totally violate the Constitution by using law enforcement as their private weapon.


16 posted on 07/24/2022 7:29:51 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Damn it! We need Trump! America First!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All of this hysteria is proof of how scared the left is of Trump running again, which means they think he can win. Good news!


17 posted on 07/24/2022 7:29:58 AM PDT by Spok (Don’t pee down my leg and tell me it’s raining.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think this tabloid rag should be more worried about the crimes being committed in their own city.


18 posted on 07/24/2022 7:30:49 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Watched watched Atlas Shrugged again (all 3 part of the movies). It is exactly what is happening now.


19 posted on 07/24/2022 7:30:52 AM PDT by IC Ken
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To: ComputerGuy

No. They need a complete attitude adjustment with a 3/4” galvanized pipe.


20 posted on 07/24/2022 7:31:14 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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