Special counsel Jack Smith took a meeting with attorneys representing former President Donald Trump earlier this year and reportedly sat in stone-cold silence while they pleaded with him not to indict their client.

Politico reports that ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl’s new book on Trump’s post-presidential life claims that Trump lawyers Trump attorneys Todd Blanche and John Lauro met with Smith’s team over the summer and gave them a list of reasons why charging Trump with crimes related to his efforts to illegally remain in power would be a mistake.

According to Karl, Smith sat through through the presentation without saying a word.

    • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      It actually would be really fucked up if it could as most minorities wouldn’t be able to hold elected office, and those felonies are often extremely arbitrary ones put in place by racist jurisdictions with the explicit purpose of denying minorities their right to vote.

      The fact that you can lose respect for any of your constitutional rights as a consequence of a court proceeding should terrify everyone.

      There are better ways to deal with fascists.

    • bufordt@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I mean technically he could become president while in jail, and maybe pardon himself if it’s for a federal offense.