RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
January 30, 2021 at 12:08 am
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2021 at 12:09 am by Bucky Ball.)
(January 26, 2021 at 5:23 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(January 26, 2021 at 5:16 pm)Brian37 Wrote: That is my point. But when you read the "DOJ" recommendation, "you can't indict a sitting President". They were talking about criminal indictment which could land a a no name on trial and criminally responsible.
There is no way Trump is not criminally responsible for what he incited. The KKK back in the 70s and 80s had leaders not only civilly liable financially, but members and leaders were held criminally liable too.
The point of convicting him in the Senate is about sending a message to any politician, of any party that you cant let people in position of power get away with what is clearly what would be a slam dunk if a no name did the same.
Right, you can’t indict a sitting president, but that’s not what you asked earlier.
It’s moot - Trump is no longer a sitting president (which is why John Roberts isn’t presiding at the upcoming trial) and can be indicted for whatever a grand jury decides to indict him for.
Boru
There is nothing in US law that says you can't indict a sitting president. It's merely a DOJ "memo".
Someone should get off their ass, and write a new memo.
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