Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case

[FireDragon76]

The report reveals that prosecutors also considered charging Trump with violating the Civil War-era Insurrection Act ... Smith said prosecutors felt they had enough evidence to prove Trump had provoked the Jan. 6 attack but opted not to charge him with insurrection because they had no modern precedent to guide them and believed the other charges Trump faced were sufficient.

“The Office did not find any case in which a criminal defendant was charged with insurrection for acting within the government to maintain power, as opposed to overthrowing it or thwarting it from the outside,” the report says.

In case law interpreting “insurrection" in another context, one court has observed that an
insurrection typically involves overthrowing a sitting government, rather than maintaining
power, which could pose another challenge to proving beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr.
Trump's conduct on January 6 qualified as an insurrection given that he was the sitting President
at that time.

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Sounds like a loophole that Congress should address with specific legislation.

It will forever be a stain on Lincoln's GOP that the party nominated a liar, rapist, and insurrectionist for President, and spent untold riches to get him elected. Abe must be rolling over in his grave.

 

[civilwarbuff]

It will forever be a stain on Lincoln's GOP that the party nominated a liar, rapist, and insurrectionist

Every politician is a liar; can you find even one that has told the truth to get elected and/or stay in office?

Now, can you post the conviction of rape and/or insurrection of Trump?

Seems like you would make a great politician......

 

[civilwarbuff]

The report reveals that prosecutors also considered charging Trump with violating the Civil War-era Insurrection Act ... Smith said prosecutors felt they had enough evidence to prove Trump had provoked the Jan. 6 attack but opted not to charge him with insurrection because they had no modern precedent to guide them and believed the other charges Trump faced were sufficient.

“The Office did not find any case in which a criminal defendant was charged with insurrection for acting within the government to maintain power, as opposed to overthrowing it or thwarting it from the outside,” the report says.

In case law interpreting “insurrection" in another context, one court has observed that an
insurrection typically involves overthrowing a sitting government, rather than maintaining
power, which could pose another challenge to proving beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr.
Trump's conduct on January 6 qualified as an insurrection given that he was the sitting President
at that time.

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Sounds like a loophole that Congress should address with specific legislation.

Actually his sounds more like they KNEW they didn't have a case and didn't want to be humiliated in front of Congress and the public so they came up with a (cough, cough) 'excuse' to not prosecute. Insurrection is insurrection whether you are inside or outside the government. A loss would have been humiliating and probably would have forced them to dismiss the same and/or similar charges on others.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Attorney General Bondi fired at least 20 officials with ties to Jack Smith investigation: Sources​

Sure, you did the job you were assigned, but nowadays, the primary measure of job performance is not to do your job, but to do everything in accordance with Trump's wishes.

Senior leadership at the department had already ousted most of the remaining prosecutors associated with the probes.

Some of staffers who have been identified through the Justice Department's "weaponization working group" may not have had any significant role in driving the prosecutions themselves and were, support staff, litigation assistants and U.S. marshals, according to sources.

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What politicization of the DOJ looks like

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

Attorney General Bondi fired at least 20 officials with ties to Jack Smith investigation: Sources​

Sure, you did the job you were assigned, but nowadays, the primary measure of job performance is not to do your job, but to do everything in accordance with Trump's wishes.

Senior leadership at the department had already ousted most of the remaining prosecutors associated with the probes.

Some of staffers who have been identified through the Justice Department's "weaponization working group" may not have had any significant role in driving the prosecutions themselves and were, support staff, litigation assistants and U.S. marshals, according to sources.

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What politicization of the DOJ looks like

So, they got fired for doing their job. I'm not surprised. I guess it's okay for Trump and people to break the law. But not certain people.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Final report into Trump's handling of classified documents should never be released: DOJ​

Transparency!

Watchdog pushes for release of Jack Smith’s Trump report​

The public has still not seen special counsel Jack Smith's full report on Trump's handling of classified documents​

American Oversight, a non-partisan watchdog group, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, asking the court to vacate Cannon’s gag order and allow the documents to be released. Under the current gag order, the documents are exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests.

“Transparency isn’t optional in a democracy,” she continued. “The public has a right to know what Special Counsel Smith found, [We The People paid for it!] and the Justice Department cannot continue to withhold a report that should have been released nearly a year ago under federal law. By keeping this order in place, Judge Cannon is undermining both accountability and the rule of law.”

 

[essentialsaltes]

Watchdog pushes for release of Jack Smith’s Trump report​

The public has still not seen special counsel Jack Smith's full report on Trump's handling of classified documents​

American Oversight, a non-partisan watchdog group, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, asking the court to vacate Cannon’s gag order and allow the documents to be released. Under the current gag order, the documents are exempt from Freedom of Information Act requests.

Appeals court finds ‘undue delay’ in Cannon’s handling of litigation over Jack Smith report​

A judicial panel gave the Florida judge, who presided over Trump’s classified documents case, 60 more days to rule on long-pending release motions.

On Monday, the federal appeals court that covers Florida issued an order putting Cannon on a two-month clock to rule. In a one-page order, a three-judge panel noted that the Trump-appointed trial judge has had release motions pending before her [for] months, but that she “has not ruled or conducted any other further proceedings on the pending motions.”

Transparency!