New episode of @PostVideo series The Flip:
After the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, some Republican senators said that the legal system — and not impeachment — should be used to consider Donald Trump's actions.
Now, those same senators are criticizing the legal system.
Mitch McConnell
Feb. 13, 2021: "We have a criminal justice system in this country ... former presidents are not immune."
July 19, 2023: "I'm not going to start critiquing the various candidates for president."
John Cornyn
Feb. 13, 2021: "The Constitution makes legal offenses committed while in office subject to investigation and prosecution after a president is no longer in office."
Aug. 4, 2023: "The Biden Justice Dept [indicting] their principal opponent"
Marco Rubio
Feb. 4, 2021: "The president's a private citizen now. ... He's accountable to the criminal justice system."
Aug. 3, 2023: "Apparently it is now a crime to make statements challenging election results"
Trump impeachment attorney Bruce Castor on Feb. 13, 2021:
"A former president is subject to criminal sanction after his presidency."
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