The Hill is out with my response to the Washington Post attacking me for saying that the Georgia call is not evidence of a crime. While I continue to disagree with Trump's claims in the call, it was widely misrepresented by the Post and other papers... thehill.com/opinion/crimin…
...Critics have stated the obvious. There was a prior recount and no systemic fraud was found. I criticized Trump's claims but that does not make this call a criminal matter. The transcript shows Trump making the case for another recount or investigation...
...Trump was clearly referring to his objective in finding votes and the threshold he needed to meet. That is a predictable argument for a candidate in pushing for a continued investigation. One can disagree with those claims (as I did) without believing that the call is a criminal matter...
...There is also an irony to Phillip Bump's column on why Trump should be prosecuted for spreading lies. Bump has repeatedly spread false stories and then refused to accept the falsity of his own earlier claims, even after others admitted the errors. jonathanturley.org/2023/05/18/wai…
...Despite my disagreement with Trump on these claims and my support for the decisions of the Georgia officials, there is a danger to the criminalization of such claims in election challenges. I fail to see a limiting principle in these arguments.
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