Sam Lowry said:
RMF5630 said:
Sam Lowry said:
RMF5630 said:
Sam Lowry said:
I'm not saying it carries no weight. I'm saying it's not dispositive, as many of you like to pretend.
Sam, I am talking legal burden of proof. If this Commission is going through this on TV without any standard but the slandering of the Trump Administration, than it is a political hatchet-chop that should have a disclaimer on it. So far all this Commission has done is say, see what an ******* Donald Trump is don't vote for him.
There has to be some standard of proof for this to mean anything, at least an impeachment that is a political event has a vote on the other side and the accused is allowed to defend themselves. This has neither and now we are being told that there really isn't a legal or Grand Jury level of burden on the Government. See the problem?
As McCarthy pointed out, grand juries have indicted on far less.
For what? What charges could you get a Grand Jury to indict Trump? Throwing a plate at a wall? Not believing the election? Telling the demonstrators to fight harder and to demonstrate peacefully? What has this shown that hasn't been scrutinized over the last 16 months?
You insist on reducing it to plate-throwing and pouting, but there are more serious implications. As an example already cited, aiding and abetting the forcible intimidation of government officials.
No Sam. There isn't. EVERYTHING brought up is either 3rd party, what Trump felt about something or what Trump believed.
So far the actions that can be attributed to him or his Administration so far are:
- He spoke to the crowds and told the to demonstrate peacefully (on tape)
- Pence certified the election
- He left for Mira Lago on January 20th
- He did not pardon anyone involved with Jan 6th
Here is another example of this being a witch-hunt. Trump told SecDef to "take any necessary steps to support civilian law enforcement requests in securing the Capitol and federal buildings." Than when they did, said Trump was not in the decision. Come on. You may disagree with timing, you may disagree with method, but he clearly told him to support and defend. That doesn't count. Why? Because we disagree with how long it took. That is playing games, he told him days before Jan 6th. Sorry, any reasonable person would take that as he told them to prepare. Except Trump, nothing he does it right.