05-26-2022, 07:40 AM
(05-25-2022, 03:54 PM)Dill Wrote: Possibly you missed the point here.
I was saying that if the Republicans take the House this year, expect them to shut down the 1/6 and Green Bay Sweep investigations.
I was not making a literal statement about some actual statute of limitations on Congressional investigations.
The SOL in this case is a POLITICAL one.
If you want to disagree with me on this "100% false" point, then you need to explain why we should NOT expect the Republican leadership to shut down an investigation into the Republican leadership. They protected Trump legal consequences, but they won't protect themselves?
No, you literally said there was a SOL on 1/6 and GBS that was shorter than what was in the MR. If I missed the point, it's the way in which you conveyed your point.
Even so, it still makes no sense. If you're up against the clock because of the mid terms, why would you not indict on something, anything that you can rather than try to rush to build an investigation before a November deadline? Especially if a key goal is to prevent Trump from running in 2024. From the way I understand it, that was the driving reason behind the 2nd impeachment, so why wouldn't you move to indict since a conviction would accomplish the same thing?
Also, you're assuming that it's either/or, that the government can't walk and chew gum at the same time. The government is fully capable of doing both, indicting Trump on what's in the MR while continuing to investigate the GBS and 1/6.
No indictment = not a strong enough case to win in court. Not a strong enough case to win in court = we really don't know for sure and we can only speculate.
Added thought....
See what you are doing here? You know damn well that if there was enough evidence, or strong enough evidence in the MR, that Garland would've indicted Trump by now, especially in light of the expiring SOLs. You don't just throw away the time, money, effort, and the stress that the country endured because something something bigger came along in 16 and GBS, or whatever other excuse has been offered up.
Surely you don't believe that but here you are convincing yourself that is the case so that you don't face the facts about the MR. And this is what Im talking about when I say come to the Indy side. You wouldn't have to twist yourself in knots trying to defend the MR.
