On Thursday, the #scotus will be hearing arguments where lawyers for the criminal defendant are arguing that all former presidents are forever immune from criminal prosecution for any official acts done in office.
Failure to respect the election of a new President, is the ultimate crime against the people, who are the basis of government. The President, by constitutional design, should have no role- official or unofficial-in the determination of the people's
vote. Immunity for the crimes here alleged would be most abhorrent to the Framers, because immunity would upset the constitutional scheme and aid a President in overriding the people's power over him.
The Framers would also have been appalled that Trump, despite having left office, seeks permanent immunity. As a Federalist wrote for the Maryland ratifying convention:
It seems, however, that the president may possibly be continued for life. He may so, provided he deserve it.
If not, he retires to obscurity, without even the consolation of having produced any of the convulsions, attendant usually on grand revolutions. Should he be wicked or frantic enough to make the attempt, he attones for it, with the certain loss of wealth, liberty or life.
The Founding Generation sought to ensure that, unlike a king, the President would not acquire any special status that would carry forward after the end of his term. Instead, the President would be "elected from the mass of the people, and, on the expiration of the time for which he is elected, return to the mass of the people again."
Former President Trump evidently does not wish to bear the burdens of "the mass of the people" again. That's understandable; no one enjoys being held to account. But Founding Era history provides former President Trump no solace in his efforts to evade the ordinary operation of law.
#Judiciary Cmte Chair #JimJordan issued a #subpoena Fri for #FaniWillis to hand over records, including documents & any communication, related to receiving or using #FederalFunding since Sept 1, 2020, acc/to a copy of the subpoena….
It’s the latest step in a larger #House#GOP probe into whether or not Willis used federal funds as part of her investigation into #Trump….
#GymJordan, in a letter…that accompanied the #subpoena, said #FaniWillis’ office had failed to voluntarily comply w/2 previous requests for info. But Willis, in a letter to Jordan last year, accused him “abusing your authority as Chairman of the Cmte on the #Judiciary to attempt to #obstruct & interfere w/a #Georgia#criminal prosecution.”
#SCOTUS on Wed said it will hear an appeal that could upend hundreds of charges stemming from the #Jan6 Capitol riot (#insurrection), including against #Trump.
#SCOTUS will review an appellate ruling that revived a charge against 3 defendants accused of #obstruction of an official proceeding. The charge refers to the disruption of Congress’ certification of Joe #Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory over #Trump.
That’s among 4 counts brought against Trump in #SpecialCounsel#JackSmith’s case that accuses TFG of conspiring to overturn the results of his election loss. Trump is also charged w/ #conspiracy to #obstruct an official proceeding.
Trump filed notice on Thurs saying he will appeal a DC judge’s ruling that he was not #immune from being charged w/ #federal#crimes for his efforts to undo the outcome of the #2020election, either by his fmr role as president or the #Constitution’s rules for #impeachment. (Both frivolous arguments)
Trump’s legal team says the charges that he conspired to #obstruct Joe #Biden’s 2020 victory should be thrown out for 2 reasons:
#DoJ indicted Trump on four felony counts, and intends to prove Trump is responsible for the attack on the #Capitol, and that he conspired to #obstruct an official proceeding, and #conspired to deprive us of our right to #vote and have our vote counted.
His indictment is built for speed, with March 4, 2024 trial date. There are 6 un-indicted co-conspirators, on Aug 1, 2023, Smith said the coup investigation continues. So why is Trump the only one indicted? Because the indictment is built for speed.
Trump has filed a motion to dismiss the case on immunity grounds. That's a constitutional issue and is considered an interlocutory appeal, which means it must be fully adjudicated BEFORE the trial. It's his best chance to push the trial past the election.
DoJ is going to wait to indict everyone else until AFTER trump's trial is complete so he can keep the shortest schedule and get the trial done before the election, allowing the people to have answers before they vote.
“In a court filing Thursday, Trump's attorneys recommended starting the trial in April 2026, more than two years after prosecutors are seeking to get the trial underway.”
In a filing last wk, #JackSmith's team requested that jury selection begin Dec & that the #trial start… on Jan 2, 2024. That date, per Snr Asst #SpecialCounsel Molly Gaston, "would vindicate the public’s strong interest in a #SpeedyTrial—…guaranteed by the #Constitution & fed #law…, but of particular significance here, where the defendant… is charged w/ #conspiring to overturn the legit results of the 2020election, #obstruct the certification of the election, & discount citizens’ legit votes."
I'd like to remind all relevant law enforcement agencies that the guy who's about to be indicted again, probably twice, has access to this aircraft capable of departing the United States on short notice, destined for countries with regimes friendly to him.
@LOLRH1 PS. That his plane didn't accidentally experience a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly (RUD) is the #1 evidence that the "Deep State" doesn't exist.
That he's still flying around in it is the #1 evidence that the "Deep Swamp" does exist.