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hlthe2b

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6. Lawrence Tribe, Barbara McQuade, Joyce Vance beg to set the ignorant has-been in his place
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 04:02 PM
Aug 2021
Laurence Tribe
@tribelaw
.@JeffreyToobin
says AG Garland shouldn’t even investigate Trump’s role in the seditious insurrection because “the leading precedent … comes from a case from 1863!” Hmmm. Could that maybe be because. . . wait for it: This is the first insurrection we’ve had since the Civil War?





Barb McQuade
Could not disagree more. This assumes intent cannot be proven if someone lies about his own. No other criminals get that kind of pass. Trump shouldn’t, either. There’s more than enough predication to investigate and a substantial federal interest in protecting election




Joyce Vance:
Toobin makes the remarkably wrong claim that “based on the available evidence, there is no basis to prosecute Trump & little reason” to investigate. Of course, he doesn’t know all of the evidence DOJ possesses & “little reason” is enough to investigate.


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