05-25-2022, 02:58 PM
(05-24-2022, 02:36 PM)Dill Wrote: Well no, I don't think Trump obstruction charges should take precedence over 1/6 and the Green Bay Sweep. A direct attempt to subvert the valid results of a presidential election originating within the Executive, and coordinating RNC members in seven states with sitting members of Congress, is a FAR MORE SERIOUS CRIME with far more serious consequences for democratic government.
Trump’s party protected him from illegally disrupting U.S. foreign policy to coerce an ally into creating disinformation helpful to Trump's re-election campaign, and the Senate could not even impeach him for siccing a mad crowd on the Capitol to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power and threaten their own lives. This continued placing of party above the law brings us to another point:
There is a statute of limitations on the 1/6 and Green Bay Sweep investigations as well—much shorter than any MR charges against Trump. If the Republicans win Congress in 2022, the Republican Party leadership will end investigations into the Republican Party leadership.
The results of Trump obstruction should have been impeachment. Trump is past that now. If charged now, the result would at best be fines and perhaps some imprisonment, what others have gotten for much less obstruction. Further, as J and W explain, that prosecutors have allowed the SOL to run out on some of the MR’s charges doesn’t mean they will allow the more serious ones to elapse. So it's a bit premature to write that off, and illogical to assume that absence of prosecution is somehow evidence the obstruction didn't occur.
What is highlighted in red is 100% false but it is the crux of your argument of why Garland let many of the charges in the MR expire.
Obstruction and Criminal conspiracy both have 5 year SOLs, just like the charges in the MR, and wont expire until early 2026.
