The Special Committee on the Jan.6 invasion of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters to block the certification of Joe Biden as the lawfully elected President has produced original documents and testimony under oath by those Republicans who witnessed or participated in the conspiracy. That record will be preserved in the Congression…
The Special Committee on the Jan.6 invasion of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters to block the certification of Joe Biden as the lawfully elected President has produced original documents and testimony under oath by those Republicans who witnessed or participated in the conspiracy. That record will be preserved in the Congressional Record , in the Committee’s final report in the public media and in the history books.
Under the Constitution, the Congress is forbidden to indict, judge and punish citizens accused of crimes, including elected politicians and appointed members of of the Administration. That responsibility rests exclusively with the Federal Department of Justices and the Attorneys General of the states. The only except is Impeachment of the President, Vice President and Federal judges.
The inevitable question which the D.O.J. must answer is whether the case agains President Trump and other Republican politicians is so persuasive that at trial before a jury will that jury find them guilty beyond any reasonable doubt. The trials of more than a few mobsters and O.J. Simpson makes clear that jury verdicts are never certain.
Further in which venue will the President and his conspirators be likely to obtain a fair trial. On what grounds will jurors be justifyably excused by thejudge, the prosecutor and Mr. Trump’s defense. These are difficult questions with no certain answers. Whether the verdict were to be guilty or not guilty, half the population will be enraged and Americans will be more divided than the Trump Presidency has already made us. Thus the damage Trump and the Republican Party has done to American Politics may be irreparable by any court of law. If only Senator McConnell and his Republican majority had not blocked a fair Impeachment trial twice, this catastrophe need not have happened.
The Special Committee on the Jan.6 invasion of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters to block the certification of Joe Biden as the lawfully elected President has produced original documents and testimony under oath by those Republicans who witnessed or participated in the conspiracy. That record will be preserved in the Congressional Record , in the Committee’s final report in the public media and in the history books.
Under the Constitution, the Congress is forbidden to indict, judge and punish citizens accused of crimes, including elected politicians and appointed members of of the Administration. That responsibility rests exclusively with the Federal Department of Justices and the Attorneys General of the states. The only except is Impeachment of the President, Vice President and Federal judges.
The inevitable question which the D.O.J. must answer is whether the case agains President Trump and other Republican politicians is so persuasive that at trial before a jury will that jury find them guilty beyond any reasonable doubt. The trials of more than a few mobsters and O.J. Simpson makes clear that jury verdicts are never certain.
Further in which venue will the President and his conspirators be likely to obtain a fair trial. On what grounds will jurors be justifyably excused by thejudge, the prosecutor and Mr. Trump’s defense. These are difficult questions with no certain answers. Whether the verdict were to be guilty or not guilty, half the population will be enraged and Americans will be more divided than the Trump Presidency has already made us. Thus the damage Trump and the Republican Party has done to American Politics may be irreparable by any court of law. If only Senator McConnell and his Republican majority had not blocked a fair Impeachment trial twice, this catastrophe need not have happened.
First order of business: impeachment witnesses need to be under oath. I mean, wtf?
Hard questions that have no easy answers, a bumpy ride by all on the American train.