THREAD—> Reality Check: This Senate is not going to remove Trump, no matter what else happens during this trial.
It’s still important, though, for two key audiences.
Read on...1/
It’s still important, though, for two key audiences.
Read on...1/
The first key audience is one very important man:
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts will watch and listen to every word of every presentation. He will hear the key arguments of both sides.
He’s taking notes. 2/
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts will watch and listen to every word of every presentation. He will hear the key arguments of both sides.
He’s taking notes. 2/
Roberts’ presence at this trial is important because in two months, he will preside over another trial across the street at the U.S. Supreme Court.
That trial will decide some very important questions regarding the limits of presidential powers under the U.S. Constitution. 3/
That trial will decide some very important questions regarding the limits of presidential powers under the U.S. Constitution. 3/
For instance, SCOTUS will decide whether the President can assert so-called “absolute immunity” from prosecution or even investigation of himself or his family and associates while he is in office.
(Spoiler alert: He can’t) 4/
(Spoiler alert: He can’t) 4/
The Court will also decide whether the President can block a subpoena of his financial records by a state (vice federal) grand jury.
Every appellate court to this point has rejected Trump’s argument, some of them quite forcefully. 5/
Every appellate court to this point has rejected Trump’s argument, some of them quite forcefully. 5/
Importantly, the Court will also decide whether the President can block a Congressional subpoena into his personal finances, whether in the context of oversight or as part of an impeachment investigation.
This part is particularly relevant. 6/
This part is particularly relevant. 6/
Regardless of what you think of Roberts or the Supreme Court in general, you would be hard-pressed to find a serious court watcher who believes that Trump will prevail in any of these cases. Go ahead, I’ll wait.
Because he won’t. 7/
Because he won’t. 7/
When Trump loses these cases, his finances will be open to some of our nation’s most skilled forensic accountants to start digging.
What do you think they will find? 8/
What do you think they will find? 8/
Spoiler alert: They will find that Trump is the titular head of a criminal organization with deep ties to the Russian Mafia, and heavily compromised by various shady international figures.
MBS, I’m looking at you, habibi. 9/
MBS, I’m looking at you, habibi. 9/
Hey, you’re probably saying about now, way back in the first post, you said the trial has *two* key audiences!
Who is the second key audience? 10/
Who is the second key audience? 10/
The second key audience is you, the American voter.
You’re going to watch as Moscow Mitch and his Merry men (and they’re almost all men, and white) make a mockery of justice. You’re going to be outraged as they let Trump go unscathed.
And you’re gonna remember in November. 11/
You’re going to watch as Moscow Mitch and his Merry men (and they’re almost all men, and white) make a mockery of justice. You’re going to be outraged as they let Trump go unscathed.
And you’re gonna remember in November. 11/
By the time this is all over, around mid summer, the whole nation is going to be sickened and appalled by this criminal who calls himself President.
And you’ll be disgusted at the lengths the GOP has gone to in his defense.
And then you’re going to vote them all out. 12/
And you’ll be disgusted at the lengths the GOP has gone to in his defense.
And then you’re going to vote them all out. 12/
The Republican Party, who brought us Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt, and Eisenhower, and Reagan, is going to die.
Maybe not in 2020, but soon. Trump is bringing them down faster, but it has been inevitable for a while now. 13/
Maybe not in 2020, but soon. Trump is bringing them down faster, but it has been inevitable for a while now. 13/
The fact is that since 2004, they have been steadily losing voter share, especially among the fastest-growing segments of the population. That’s a recipe for electoral disaster.
Trump, with his anti-immigrant, isolationist rhetoric, has accelerated this process. 14/
Trump, with his anti-immigrant, isolationist rhetoric, has accelerated this process. 14/
So do not despair. We stand at the threshold of a great historical moment.
We the People will reclaim our government, heal the wounds, and move forward into the 2020’s with our heads held high. 15/
We the People will reclaim our government, heal the wounds, and move forward into the 2020’s with our heads held high. 15/
If you would like more information on the pending cases before the Supreme Court, read the article linked below, or just follow @blakesmustache who has been all over this from the beginning.
For info on Trump’s criminal ties, follow @SethAbramson 16/END
justsecurity.org/67461/understa…
For info on Trump’s criminal ties, follow @SethAbramson 16/END
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MORE: @JRubinBlogger writes on Chief Justice Roberts in her Washington Post column:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
WHAT TO DO NOW:
This isn’t the end game.
It’s the election, stupid.
@Teri_Kanefield writes:
If enough people get involved, democracy can be saved. We need enough people involved and voting to offset the inevitable cheating.
Read more at her blog:
terikanefield-blog.com/things-to-do/
This isn’t the end game.
It’s the election, stupid.
@Teri_Kanefield writes:
If enough people get involved, democracy can be saved. We need enough people involved and voting to offset the inevitable cheating.
Read more at her blog:
terikanefield-blog.com/things-to-do/
