Strawmen, whataboutism and straight-up lies. That’s what Donald Trump and his allies seem to be offering, says mehdirhasan.
, Greg Gutfeld called the indictment “garbage dressed up with a legal thesaurus … criminalizing speech.”Gutfeld is correct: You do have a right to think or say the election might be rigged or fixed. Jack Smith agrees.: “The defendant had a right, like every American, to speak publicly about the election and even to claim, falsely, that there had been outcome-determinative fraud during the election and that he had won.
But Smith goes on to note that Trump “pursued unlawful means of discounting legitimate votes and subverting the election results.” In other words, you can speak freely, as long as you’re not engaged in crimes, or in criminal conspiracies.Trump’s defenders have also latched on to the charge of defrauding the United States.: “As the Supreme Court reaffirmed just a few weeks ago, fraud in federal criminal law is a scheme to swindle victims out of money or tangible property.
Attorney General Merrick Garland outsourced the investigation to Smith precisely to avoid the risk of politicization or weaponization. In fact, Joe Biden isn’t involved in any of the indictment investigations, and won’t even comment on them. And Attorney General Merrick Garland outsourced the investigation to Smith precisely to avoid the risk of politicization or weaponization., who made the original plea deal that has so upset congressional Republicans.case. It’s not"weaponization."
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