Do you really want to live in a system that an accusation by the media (or by partisans like you or me) can determine guilt? For example, do you think my accusation that Peter Strozk committed insurrection against Trump should be considered even though Durham did not charge him? I could make just as good a case against him as you did against Trump?
No, I *don't* think people like you and me can ultimately determine guilt - we have our opinions. That's why I said I leave it to Jack Smith & the Supremes. Trump is accused of many crimes (91 I think?) and some of them are on tape, like the Georgia 11,000 votes, and some are confessed ("Yeah, I had all those top secret docs. I was entitled to them.") I think he's pretty damn close to insurrection but if Jack Smith can't nail him...that's fine. I didn't like Mueller's findings either but I accepted it. Trump's guilt, in my mind, is knowing what was going down on Jan 6 and doing nothing to stop it. Throwing Mike Pence to the wolves. (I never thought I'd be legitimately worried about Mike Pence's life but I sincerely hoped he'd escape Washington). Being begged by everyone around him to put a stop to it and he didn't, for hours. He's culpable, in my mind, but I'm not, lucky for you, on the Supreme Court. It's the closest I've ever seen a President in my lifetime get to insurrection, and I'm 60 years old. So I don't remember Fort Sumter, sorry!
Do you really want to live in a system that an accusation by the media (or by partisans like you or me) can determine guilt? For example, do you think my accusation that Peter Strozk committed insurrection against Trump should be considered even though Durham did not charge him? I could make just as good a case against him as you did against Trump?
No, I *don't* think people like you and me can ultimately determine guilt - we have our opinions. That's why I said I leave it to Jack Smith & the Supremes. Trump is accused of many crimes (91 I think?) and some of them are on tape, like the Georgia 11,000 votes, and some are confessed ("Yeah, I had all those top secret docs. I was entitled to them.") I think he's pretty damn close to insurrection but if Jack Smith can't nail him...that's fine. I didn't like Mueller's findings either but I accepted it. Trump's guilt, in my mind, is knowing what was going down on Jan 6 and doing nothing to stop it. Throwing Mike Pence to the wolves. (I never thought I'd be legitimately worried about Mike Pence's life but I sincerely hoped he'd escape Washington). Being begged by everyone around him to put a stop to it and he didn't, for hours. He's culpable, in my mind, but I'm not, lucky for you, on the Supreme Court. It's the closest I've ever seen a President in my lifetime get to insurrection, and I'm 60 years old. So I don't remember Fort Sumter, sorry!