I don’t have a ton of time right now, as I’ve just decided my night would be better spent watching Sidney Lumet’s Murder on the Orient Express than analyzing Pam Bondi’s performance today, but I wanted to at least note the fact that, this afternoon, during the Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, Alan Dershowitz made […]
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Dershowitz argues that Trump can’t be found guilty so long as he felt his actions, regardless of how self-serving they may have been, were also in “the public interest”
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged abuse of power, Andrew Napolitano, cheating, Constitution, Donald Trump, election interference, election rigging, executive overreach, extortion, federal deficit, FOX News, impeachment, John Bolton, Lawrence Tribe, Murder on the Orient Express, National Security Advisor, public interest, quid pro quo, Rupert Murdoch, Sidney Lumet, Supreme Ruler, Ukraine 95 Comments
Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump’s defense attorney, conceded in 1998 that there “certainly doesn’t have to be a crime” for impeachment to be pursued. “If you have somebody who completely corrupts the office of president, and who abuses trust, and who poses great danger to our liberty,” he said, that’s all the justification you need.
Now that the articles of impeachment have been relayed from the House to the Senate, and all of our Senators have sworn under oath to provide “impartial justice,” we’re ready for the trial of Donald J. Trump to commence. While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has yet to come forward with the rules that will […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2020, abuse of power, Adam Schiff, Constitution, constitutional law, corruption, cover-up, criminal defense, Donald Turmp, election interference, George Stephanopoulos, high crimes and misdemeanors, impartial justice, impeachment, Jeffrey Epstein, Joe Biden, massage, military aid, Mitch McConnell, national security, Russia, Senate, Ukraine, underwear 106 Comments
The rich and powerful Jeffrey Epstein is finally being brought to justice for the sex trafficking of minors. Will there be others?
Early yesterday evening, FBI agents took billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein into custody at his Manhattan townhouse. According to reports in the press, Epstein, who is an admitted sex offender, will be arraigned in federal court tomorrow on sex trafficking charges. This marks a dramatic reversal for the powerful and influential Epstein, who had no doubt […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged #metoo, Alexander Acosta, Bear Stearns, Bill Clinton, blackmail, child molestation, child molesters, Crime Victims’ Rights Act, Donald Trump, FBI, Florida, Ghislaine Maxwell, investment banking, Jeffrey Epstein, John Schindler, Lolita Express, Mar-a-Lago, massage, Miami Herald, New York, Palm Beach, pedophiles, pedophilia, Prince Andrew, prostitution, pyramid scheme, rape, sex crimes, sex cult, sex trafficking, Virginia Roberts Giuffre 242 Comments