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demmiblue

(37,987 posts)
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 08:36 AM Jan 14

Special Counsel report: The incoming president of the United States would have been convicted of violent crimes...

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Special Counsel report: The incoming president of the United States would have been convicted of violent crimes against the Constitution if his case had been brought in a timelier manner.

January 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM

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Jack Smith writes biting defense of Jan. 6 probe, says jury would have convicted Trump

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump "inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence" on Jan. 6 and knowingly spread an objectively false narrative about election fraud in the 2020 election, special counsel Jack Smith said in a report defending his investigation made public early Tuesday.

The 170-page report summarized Smith's investigation into Trump's efforts to maintain power after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, which culminated in the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Smith's office conducted interviews with more than 250 individuals in connection with the investigation and federal grand jurors heard testimony from more than 55 witnesses as part of the probe.

Smith has been the subject of unending criticism by Trump, whose allies have suggested the special counsel should now face criminal charges, and he used the report to deliver a full-throated defense of his decision to bring charges.

"To all who know me well, the claim from Mr. Trump that my decisions as a prosecutor were influenced or directed by the Biden administration or other political actors is, in a word, laughable," Smith wrote.

If it wasn't for Trump's election in November that prevented the prosecution from moving forward, the case would have ended in the president-elect's conviction, he wrote.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-dept-sends-congress-jack-smiths-report-trumps-effort-overturn-rcna187492
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Special Counsel report: The incoming president of the United States would have been convicted of violent crimes... (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 14 OP
Oh dear, gab13by13 Jan 14 #1
Merrick slept, Justice wept. Trump needs to step down. The American people deserve better. Blues Heron Jan 14 #2
Jeez. So it's right there in black and white, then? ms liberty Jan 14 #3
So if you can dupe enough people to vote for you... spanone Jan 14 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author spanone Jan 14 #5
Here we are. Passages Jan 14 #6
Glenn K on what this report opens up in AZ... RobertDevereaux Jan 14 #7
Who is/are responsible for this? malaise Jan 14 #8
Jack Smith is saying what I have been saying for 4 years gab13by13 Jan 14 #9
You were and are correct malaise Jan 14 #10
These 3auld6phart Jan 14 #13
Agree malaise Jan 14 #14
You took unending shit, my friend. And you handled it graciously and with fortitude. Scrivener7 Jan 14 #28
Please do not forget Judge Cannon's role in this. Jit423 Jan 14 #29
#1 -- Republicans and their media are responsible for it. #2-- SCOTUS is responsible LymphocyteLover Jan 14 #24
We saw it happen in real time. Garland played a hide game in plain sight. Autumn Jan 14 #11
Two months before the election instead of two months after would have been nice. still-prayin4rain Jan 14 #12
No surprise here. Katinfl Jan 14 #15
Trump would have never been convicted since Aileen Canon decided she was part of the defense team Ray Bruns Jan 14 #16
Mission accomplished.. Escape Jan 14 #17
Ignorant, misinformed voters were Trump's "Dream Team." RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 14 #18
Link to download PDF of report....👇 iluvtennis Jan 14 #19
A nice headline would be: Mr. Evil Jan 14 #20
And yet, Trump will still be President. jalan48 Jan 14 #21
Illegitimate president johnnyfins Jan 14 #22
GREAT JOB EVERYONE! LymphocyteLover Jan 14 #23
Does Jack Smith state that tsf is guilty of insurrection? KS Toronado Jan 14 #25
DOJ are accomplices to the Trump crimes. Irish_Dem Jan 14 #26
Marcy Emptywheel will be along in a moment to tell us how Jack Smith is wrong. Scrivener7 Jan 14 #27
Time did matter. republianmushroom Jan 14 #30
Well all thats going to happen now is it will go down the memory hole. Figarosmom Jan 14 #31

spanone

(138,053 posts)
4. So if you can dupe enough people to vote for you...
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 08:44 AM
Jan 14

You can get away with the most grievous of crimes in America.

All charges will be dropped.

The Justice Department failed America.

Response to demmiblue (Original post)

malaise

(280,403 posts)
8. Who is/are responsible for this?
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 08:53 AM
Jan 14

Special Counsel report: The incoming president of the United States would have been convicted of violent crimes against the Constitution if his case had been brought in a timelier manner.

This is undiluted fuckery.

gab13by13

(26,159 posts)
9. Jack Smith is saying what I have been saying for 4 years
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 09:01 AM
Jan 14

Time Mattered.

Our DOJ is the most powerful investigative agency in the world. Our DOJ went crawling to the J6 select committee begging it to turn over to them the evidence it had dug up on Trump and his insurrection.

The J6 select committee with its limited resources was way ahead of DOJ in the investigation of Trump.

malaise

(280,403 posts)
10. You were and are correct
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 09:02 AM
Jan 14

Rec

That said MoscowMitch, Kevin McCarthy , the RWs at the Supreme Court et al must not get a pass.
Add

3auld6phart

(1,376 posts)
13. These
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 09:28 AM
Jan 14

Are he asholes fthat are Hellbent on destroying the USA. If it survives their legacy will be total mud they won’t feel it be cause they will be dead.but their families wilbearthe shame and go down in history n Ifamy.

Scrivener7

(53,797 posts)
28. You took unending shit, my friend. And you handled it graciously and with fortitude.
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 12:09 PM
Jan 14

Times when I wanted to throw things, you just kept making lucid, measured arguments and letting the insults and swarming roll off you.

LymphocyteLover

(7,197 posts)
24. #1 -- Republicans and their media are responsible for it. #2-- SCOTUS is responsible
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 11:23 AM
Jan 14

#3 -- the corporate media is responsible. #4-- social media is responsible. #5-- Dems are responsible for not doing more to prevent this treasonous POS from taking office.

IMHO.

Katinfl

(287 posts)
15. No surprise here.
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 09:40 AM
Jan 14

Anyone with brains knew what the outcome would have/ should have been. Plenty of blame to go around , but I think the fact that Garland wasted time is the biggest factor and that’s why the blame falls on him. Consequently, we are f&^%*&!

Ray Bruns

(4,890 posts)
16. Trump would have never been convicted since Aileen Canon decided she was part of the defense team
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 09:50 AM
Jan 14

Escape

(98 posts)
17. Mission accomplished..
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 10:00 AM
Jan 14

for Merrick Garland. He knew all of this and did nothing.

He drove the getaway car for the felon.

Mr. Evil

(3,018 posts)
20. A nice headline would be:
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 11:11 AM
Jan 14

Merrick Garland found guilty of 'aiding and abetting after the fact.'

Scrivener7

(53,797 posts)
27. Marcy Emptywheel will be along in a moment to tell us how Jack Smith is wrong.
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 12:03 PM
Jan 14
Goddamn it.

All of it was done in plain sight, and a ton of people ON OUR SIDE tried to gaslight us and tell us we weren't seeing what our eyes were showing us.

Goddamn it.

Figarosmom

(4,108 posts)
31. Well all thats going to happen now is it will go down the memory hole.
Tue Jan 14, 2025, 10:38 PM
Jan 14

I doen't know what will happen to witnesses. But I do know that tsf has put into motion with his cabinet placements the destruction of all evidence in every department there may be against him. That will include all the evidence of him being a Russian asset. It will all be gone.

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