Tune into @msnbc right now! renato_mariotti is doing a mock trial on the #TrumpRussia collusion, con

[riversedge]

real good so far


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Tune into @msnbc right now!

@renato_mariotti is doing a mock trial on the #TrumpRussia collusion, conspiracy, & obstruction of justice

Get your popcorn, this is great stuff!

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[hlthe2b]

1. i'll have to watch the video--can't STAND Dershowitz

[kydo]

2. Doh! I just posted the samething

[riversedge]

3. great minds, yes. we are.

[kydo]

4. I see many great minds here today

As many posted too.

I am going to delete mine. And then go back to watching this program. It's pretty good.

[riversedge]

5. I think Dershowitz rebuttal is basically saying there was no law for Trump to break??

[kydo]

6. That's what I got too

That's a weak argument. But it is really the only argument that they might have. Lets hope so for the real thing.

[Cicada]

8. Dershowitz says there is no statute against collusion. Why is that a weak argument?

Can you tell us the statute which makes it illegal?

Has any President been charged? Did FDR break a law colluding with Stalin in WWII?

I think Dershowitz is right. The closer case is whether Trump is guilty of obstruction of justice. Dershowitz who tilts toward protecting people charged with crimes, who usually wants to limit the reach of prosecutors, who is a defender of civil liberties, for which we should praise him rather than blast him, probably argues the President is in charge of federal prosecutions so he can do pretty much anything he wants to obstruct justice. That is a closer call and most jurisprudes probably disagree with him on that.

[WinkyDink]

11. Russia became our Ally.

[librechik]

7. Okay, Dersh, prove collusion is not a crime.

You say the prosecutor can't prove collusion is a crime. Prove otherwise. And then we can deal with the evidence, not hypotheticals. Dersh is all hypotheticals. He's just trying to change the subject.

[Cicada]

9. Can you prove it isnt a crime to drink milk?

If you are indicted for drinking milk do you have the burden to prove it’s not illegal?

The prosecutor must cite a specific law you have broken when you drank milk. He must prove exactly what you did which is forbidden by that law.

What specific law outlaws colluding with Russia? How did Trump’s behavior violate that law?

If we can’t meet that burden then Dershowitz is obviously correct that Trump is not guilty.

[WinkyDink]

12. Robert Mueller, however, is not "we." I trust Robert Mueller's knowledge more than I do that of A.D.

[Cicada]

13. I trust Mueller too. He wont charge collusion

He may charge obstruction, maybe not. He may charge conspiracy to hack to get emails illegally. He may charge money laundering. He may charge submitting false financial forms to get a loan. He may charge fraud to sell real estate. I bet Trump has broken many laws. But there is no such law making collusion with Russia illegal.

[WinkyDink]

10. I cannot stand Dershowitz. I passed.