Crime and Punishment?
Maybe?
Robert Reich: “It was the most chilling depiction yet of a president in charge of an attempted coup. Trump knew exactly what was happening and what he was doing. He knew he was acting in violation of his oath of office and inciting violence in order to stay in office. He repeatedly refused to listen to reason, or to change course.”
“More than any other hearing to date, the audience for today’s hearing was not just the American public but also the Attorney General. Time and again, Hutchinson gave testimony about serious federal crimes.”
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Jonathan Chait: “The January 6 hearings have two basic functions. The first is to reveal, to the degree it is possible, as much as can be uncovered about Donald Trump’s efforts to negate the 2020 election result and remain in office. The second is to expose the allies who are, in one way or another, complicit in his crime. On both counts, the committee is delivering…”
“At this point, even with the hearings in progress, it seems safe to rate this as the greatest political scandal in American history. This is true when measured by its depth (the lengths the perpetrators were willing to go extended to the violent overthrow of the U.S. government) as well as its breadth (the guilty parties included elected officials, lawyers, foot soldiers, and, of course, the president of the United States).”
“It is all the more striking, then, that the Republican Party stance was, and is, that none of this should be investigated.”…
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Former Trump White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney tweets:
“Cheney’s closing is stunning: they think they have evidence of witness tampering and obstruction of justice.”
“There is an old maxim: it’s never the crime, it’s always the coverup.”
“Things went very badly for the former President today. My guess is that it will get worse from here.”….