The post that was quoted here has been removedThat's the great American Way, isn't it?
Many Americans think this way, while others do not. The concept of imprisoning a President is something of an anomaly. If one President is sent to prison, this may set an uncomfortable precedent, whereby the legal system can be weaponized as a political tool to neatly dispose of a President by the opposing political party, who wishes that person gone. Frankly, I think this fear is somewhat misplaced, and can think of no other President in our history who so richly deserves prison than Donald J Trump. Once out of office, he still has to answer for a multitude of state and federal crimes, including fraud, income tax evasion, campaign finance violations, and emoluments violations, and may even face charges of obstruction of justice regarding the Mueller investigation. I don't know if prison will be in his future, but do know his legal and financial situation is a very dark one.
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-trump-faces-lawsuits-and-legal-threats/
Sorry but little of this is likely to happen
If you go on to Parlay you will see that Trump has already invoked the Isurrection Act
If i was a gambling man I would bet that this stuff around a second impeachment is probably an attempt to take the heat off counter charges of criminaliity.
Executive Order 13959 was announced directly (24 hours) before this all kicked off.
@medullah saidAccording to both Reuters and Snopes, this is a totally fake newsstory. Also Politifact. Can you provide us with any actual evidence that they're all wrong?
Sorry but little of this is likely to happen
If you go on to Parlay you will see that Trump has already invoked the Isurrection Act
If i was a gambling man I would bet that this stuff around a second impeachment is probably an attempt to take the heat off counter charges of criminaliity.
Executive Order 13959 was announced directly (24 hours) before this all kicked off.
@medullah saidDo you possibly mean Parler?
Sorry but little of this is likely to happen
If you go on to Parlay you will see that Trump has already invoked the Isurrection Act
If i was a gambling man I would bet that this stuff around a second impeachment is probably an attempt to take the heat off counter charges of criminaliity.
Executive Order 13959 was announced directly (24 hours) before this all kicked off.
There is obviously something to say for the argument that politicians should be exempt from prosecution.
A bit like diplomatic immunity or job protection when doing union work, etc.
What you don’t want is the democratically elected body having decision making influenced by threats of retribution.
So, although I do completely agree with impeachment processes and the ability to to democratically remove individuals and even presidents, I generally don’t think it’s good for a democracy to be able to punish them for decision making.
It’s also very hard to judge behaviour. We don’t have all the facts policy executives have.
Something like rape, murder, corruption is maybe a different kettle of fish. I don’t dare comment on that.
But would you want your democratically elected body jailed for murder, when a newly elected body finds their war illegal or something?
Just something to ponder.
And yes, it is different than murdering your wife.
As for the case in hand: yes. The man needed impeaching. And I seriously think the republicans should ban him from their party.
But I don’t feel a jail sentence would be in the US’s best interest in the long run.
@badradger saidIf the same number of shooter as were gunning for JFK from the grassy knoll are gunning for Trump, he will be very safe indeed.
A shooter in a grassy knoll is far to good for Trump.
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@kewpie said.........REUTERS is a trusted, reliable news source.
Google can't find parlay as a webpage. Parley is an eco site. I'll stick to the sources I listed, thanks.
The Reuter site has a fact check on the story, very detailed, which shows that it was a fake Parler account.