Daily we ask ourselves these questions: can Barr be charged for ordering attacks on protestors; can Trump be charged for his reckless/incompetent/intentional mishandling of the COVID crisis resulting in needless/preventable deaths; can Trump administration officials be charged
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with crimes for putting kids in cages? As a result of Trump’s unchecked crimes and abuses there are hundreds of other “can they be charged” questions. There is only one fair and accurate way to answer these questions (even if the answer is, at this moment in time, unsatisfying).
The answer is this: if, after a full, fair, nonpartisan criminal investigation there is enough evedince to support criminal charges then the answer is “yes.” The way we handle these criminal investigations beginning in January will go a long way to restoring
an allegiance to the rule of law and the people’s confidence in our institutions. Interestingly, I think the way the McCabe investigation - resulting in NO criminal charges being brought (which undoubtedly angered Donald Trump) - is an important example illustrating this point.
I’ll be posting a video later today on my YouTube channel trying to tackle, from a career prosecutor’s perspective, the “can they be charged for . . .” questions. #TeamJustice #TrumpCrimesCommission #JusticeIsComing
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