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In reply to the discussion: This is why I am so fired up convinced Trump will be indicted. [View all]Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)a criminal act, in and of itself?
I'm saying that it's tough to make a case that a collection of ostensibly legal acts (taken individually) amount to a criminal conspiracy. On top of that is the fact that no POTUS has ever been prosecuted for anything remotely like ... what he tried to do.
Do you think there's a law on the books discussing Presidents pressuring VP's to refuse to certify election results? Or them filing dozens of frivolous election lawsuits. Making up claims that the election was rife with fraud? Receiving a powerpoint presentation from some rando person explaining how the election results could be circumvented? ALMOST signing an EO to confiscate voting machines? Telling a crowd of people to go protest at the Capitol?
Which THING ... are you laughing at me about, Lago?
I'm not saying he SHOULDN'T be prosecuted for something like sedition, he absolutely should. But I don't see prosecutors having the stomach for it ... nor, in fact, the needed laws that make it possible to make a serious case against him for trying to squat at the White House beyond his time.