Biden Will Be Forced to Indict Trump Whether He Wants To Or Not

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11-18-2020

Mueller prosecutor explains why Biden will be forced to indict Trump whether he wants to or not.

When President Barack Obama came into office, he wanted to “move on” from the previous administration’s scandals and ultimately ignored President George W. Bush’s administration’s use of torture on prisoners of war taken during the Iraq and Afghanistan battles.

President-elect Joe Biden has privately told campaign allies that he doesn’t want to spend his entire administration dealing with the crimes of President Donald Trump. But with things reaching such an egregious level of lawlessness, he may have no choice.

Former senior prosecutor for special counsel Robert Mueller, Andrew Weissmann, explained Trump’s situation is very different from any other president in history.

“We’re going to be, as of January 20th, 2021,
in the situation where we no longer are talking about indicting the president but, rather, a former president, somebody who is a civilian,” Weissmann explained.

“And the question’s going to be:
Does the rule of law apply to that person?
And it’s very hard to see an argument if it is shown, for instance, that in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office that the president has committed tens of millions of dollars of tax fraud or bank fraud or both.

Any other person would normally be prosecuted, then it really shouldn’t be the case that just because he becomes president, that he shouldn’t have the day in court where a jury decides whether or not he committed those crimes prior to becoming president.”

As for his conduct during the Mueller investigation, Weissmann explained that not prosecuting Trump for the ten examples of obstruction of justice would essentially make all special counsel investigations in the future pointless.

“You have to remember in the Mueller report, there is substantial evidence that the president obstructed justice, in other words, obstructed the special counsel investigation,” he continued.
“And to me, that’s even more important to vindicate.

If you are not going to hold a president accountable for a special counsel investigation obstruction, then there’s no reason to actually have a special counsel in the future.
In other words, the precedent that you’re setting in the future is don’t bother appointing a special counsel because there isn’t going to be any accountability to a president who obstructs that investigation.”

A New York Times column suggested that putting Trump on trial for obstruction of justice will be perceived as Biden putting 72 million Americans who voted for Trump on trial.

“You know, I think that’s looking at it the wrong way,” Weissmann explained.
“Remember, a jury is going to have to make the decision and is going to have to find proof beyond a reasonable doubt in the same way any other defendant is entitled to all of the due process rights that we have in this country.

And Donald Trump, if he were to be indicted, whether federally or by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, would enjoy all of those same rights in the same way, for instance, that Paul Manafort went to trial and a jury made up of citizens from a cross-section of the community made a decision regardless of politics, whether someone’s a Democrat or a Republican, just on the facts and the law.
And Donald Trump would face the same kind of jury making that determination.”

Trump, like every other American, deserves his day in court and deserves an opportunity to be vindicated by a jury of his peers.

Biden could appoint a special counsel, he could delegate any Trump charges to district prosecutors, and have nothing to do with any of Trump’s impending legal troubles.
Trump will be facing a number of suits when he leaves office on the state level and civil level, even without any Biden Justice Department indictments.
If it happens early enough in his presidency, Biden has an option to get it out of the way, and all of the suits can meld into each other in the public’s mind.

Given that Biden was elected by many Americans voting against Trump, he could be hurting any reelection chances by ignoring the president’s lawlessness.

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Biden has his own problems - starting with Hunter.

Add Ukraine, Iran, and China into the mix, and Biden might as well throw down the white flag while he can.

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The Wise And Powerful wrote:: Biden has his own problems -

Biden won't be bothered with it..
That will by the DOJ, Barrs replacement
and others in-kind..

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11-16-2020

Trump accused of ‘innumerable crimes against the United States’:
Congressman demands DOJ investigation.

In a statement on Tuesday, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) called for a broad, sweeping Justice Department investigation into outgoing President Donald Trump in the coming year.

“Donald Trump and members of his administration have committed innumerable crimes against the United States.”

“He has endangered our national security.
.. He ripped families apart.
.. He poisoned the Census.
.. He has personally profited from his office.
.. He has engaged in treachery, in treason.
.. He has attacked our elections and sought to throttle democracy.
.. He has all but given up on governing and protecting our nation and if he had a shred of dignity he would resign today.”
.. He was rightly impeached by the House of Representatives.

“Therefore, in 2021 the entire Trump administration must be fully investigated by the Department of Justice and any other relevant offices.

Donald Trump along with his worst enablers must be tried for their crimes against our nation and Constitution,” added Pascrell.
“There must be accountability.”

According to NBC News, President-elect Joe Biden does not intend to pressure the DOJ to pursue criminal investigations of Trump, wanting to turn a page on Trump’s repeated attempts to weaponize federal prosecutors against his political opponents.

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Temple wrote:

The Wise And Powerful wrote:: Biden has his own problems -

Biden won't be bothered with it..
That will by the DOJ, Barrs replacement
and others in-kind..

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Non-Partisan Facts: https://usafacts.org

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Temple wrote:

The Wise And Powerful wrote:: Biden has his own problems -

Biden won't be bothered with it..
That will by the DOJ, Barrs replacement
and others in-kind..

Of course not. bitem could knock bird nests down and the media would claim he cured fleas.

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11-19-2020

FBI agents interviewing witnesses as investigation into Rudy Giuliani continues:

While Rudy Giuliani is spending his time pushing conspiracy theories that President-elect Joe Biden did not actually defeat Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

“In recent weeks, FBI agents in New York contacted witnesses and asked new questions about Giuliani’s efforts in Ukraine and possible connections to Russian intelligence, according to a person briefed on the matter.

The FBI investigators, who have spoken to at least one witness previously months ago, came back to ask new questions recently about possible origins of emails and documents related to Hunter Biden that appear similar to those that the New York Post reported that Giuliani and others helped provide.

“CNN has previously reported that the ongoing probe is examining whether Giuliani is wittingly or unwittingly part of a Russian influence operation, according to people briefed on the matter.

“But questions about that probe have been out of the spotlight as Giuliani stepped into focus as the campaign’s chief post-election lawyer.”

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11-25-2020

If Trump wants a pardon for hiself —
he’ll have to admit he’s guilty first.

When you accept a pardon, there is the imputation of guilt.
Trump would need to admit to crimes to be pardoned from them.
You can't be pardoned for not committing any crimes.

Trump is also facing state crimes in New York for tax and bank fraud,
it doesn’t absolve him from those concerns.

Also; these matters will have to be addressed by the incoming
attorney general because corrupt pardons cannot be
permitted to stand unchallenged.”

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