I have repeatedly written in my published work that Donald Trump has a decades-long history of sharing lawyers with anyone he has committed crimes with to ensure that they do not hurt him. A key moment today was when a Greene lawyer suddenly stood up and said he represents Trump.
This lawyer was so scared of the possibility Greene would reveal things Trump had said in the days leading up to an insurrection he incited that he tried to claim executive privilege on Trump’s behalf against Greene—who has no such privilege as a member of the legislative branch.
Many folks are asking me what the remedy is for Greene perjuring herself for *hours* on camera today.
The answer is actually not so complicated: as this judge can’t credit Greene’s testimony, he must not and should not rule she is eligible for elected office.
Period, full stop.
The answer is actually not so complicated: as this judge can’t credit Greene’s testimony, he must not and should not rule she is eligible for elected office.
Period, full stop.
When you’re a criminal like Donald Trump or Marjorie Taylor Greene, you really have nothing left to lose by committing perjury—and in fact that charge is usually trickier to prove than your underlying crime. But here, the judge can just deny Greene what she really wants: *power*.
If there’s no punishment for a witness who acts as Greene did today—meaning if it doesn’t change how this judge receives her testimony and whether he chooses to credit it—there’s no reason this judge shouldn’t spend the rest of his legal career getting lied to by *every* witness.
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