This prosecution of Donald Trump is bogus, for the following reasons.
The Presidential Records Act lets him take papers. He is not accused of violating that law.
The charges are that he violated the 1917 Espionage Act. That law says nothing about classified documents. The press and DoJ keep talking about the documents having classified markings, but that does not matter to the 1917 law.
That law applies to people stealing documents and giving them to foreign military powers. Nothing like that is even alleged.
The supposed smoking gun is him telling his attorney: "Well what if we, what happens if we don't respond at all or don't play ball with them?". It is Trump's constitutional right to get confidential legal advice from his attorney, and asking questions like that cannot be held against him.
The other smoking gun is Trump saying: “As president, I could have declassified, but now I can’t.” That is simply a statement of the law, as everyone agrees. It does not have any bearing on his lawyers' arguments that he constructively declassified it by taking it out of the White House, or that he had a privilege to take it.
The prosecution is entirely political. Pres. Biden and AG Garland ordered it in order to stop his 2024 campaign. Many others have similarly taken papers and not been prosecuted. Biden's spokeswoman today did not deny that Biden personally signed off on the prosecution.
PBS TV is partisan, and never presents issues fairly. It rarely gives Trump's side of anything. Yesterday, in a rare move, it showed a clip of Trump defending himself against the charges, and showed this disclaimer on the bottom of the screen:
EXPERTS WARN THAT INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS OR PEOPLE IN POWER CAN PROMPT INDIVIDUAL ACTORS TO COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE.Everyone who says this is a legitimate indictment is lying to you.
3 comments:
Why do you hate America?
Dear MikeAdamson,
Why do you beat your wife?
...see what I did there?
Uninformed cheap shots are easy to do, but don't really mean anything except that you are trying to be insulting. If you really want to insult someone, put some effort into it and then own it.
EXPERTS WARN THAT INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS OR PEOPLE IN POWER CAN PROMPT INDIVIDUAL ACTORS TO COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
I do adore the 'official style' of speaking in Washington. It is the language of mediocre journalists and political cowards, where being deliberately vague to the point of absurdity is considered the highest virtue and accomplishment.
Who are these 'EXPERTS'?
Why is 'INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC' only used by Republicans? Seems like highly selective hyperbole to me. What the hell was BLM rioting supported by Nancy Pelosi and most Democrats for goodness sake, mildly perturbed speech? Believe all women? Russian Collusion? Abuse of power? Basket of Deplorables?
.... Please, tell me more about inflammatory rhetoric oh wise and mighty 'experts'.
Dear lord, 'INDIVIDUAL ACTORS', sounds dangerous... almost like individuals with free will or something making their own choices of who to vote for despite being mislead by the very agencies claiming to be fighting 'disinformation'... in a country based on free speech with the constitutionally enshrined first amendment and individual freedoms...who knew.
"the freedom of Speech may be taken away—and, dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter."
George Washington
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