@rbreich
He's a private citizen right now, and anyone who has committed crimes should be held to the same standards. It's not political if you actually did the crimes, you know... @countcol
@rbreich Surely it only sets a precedent because no previous president was accused of criminal acts? All precedents are set because something unusual heppened.
@rbreich These people are repeating the falsehoods made by the Republican leadership. If the Republican leadership says climate change, a Presidential election, vaccines are fake, Republican Supporters follow their lead and say the same. Turning a blind eye to the criminal acts or behavior of any member of our society is a breach of justice. No one is above the law, no one.
@rbreich The interesting thing to me about this, is that was the exact argument to not do anything to Nixon. Because that would set a dangerous precedent and then all our presidents would be constantly in legal battles.
That didn't really happen, and in fact, if we'd actually done more that direction we probably wouldn't be in so much trouble now with Trump. So let's try that version for a bit!
people say all kinds of stupid stuff
people who bother to think realize the precedent of prosecuting a former President who has clearly committed serious crimes is a very, very good precedent as a deterrent to future Presidents who might otherwise think it fine to commit crimes
@rbreich Many of the people who make that argument live in a post-truth world. To them there are no facts: Democrats say this, Republicans say that, it would be a violation of neutrality and journalistic ethics to take sides. Since there is no truth and Trump's supporters say the prosecution of him is political, that in their minds would justify jailing of Democrats if the GOP to gains power, no evidence needed because evidence is about what is true and there is no truth, only spin.