These are two separate questions: (1) can a sitting president be indicted, and (2) can a sitting president be put on trial. Spoiler: Probably yes, and probably no. Let’s start with the first question. There is nothing in the Constitution that says a president can’t be indicted. On the other hand, the Constitution offers a …
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[View as a Twitter Thread] I am going to answer this question because I believe it is sincere, and because I think the question goes to the heart of the problem: By problem I mean this: How it was that “her emails” sank so deeply into the public consciousness that a large percentage of the …
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[View here as a Twitter thread] Michael Cohen, in his riveting testimony Wednesday before the House Committee on Oversight, illustrated how Trump’s Cult of Leadership operates. The classic definition of a leadership cult comes from Robert O. Paxton: 1/ In a leadership cult the followers look for a strong authority (always male) culminating in a …
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Before Cohen’s hearing, I posted a thread on Twitter outlining possible crimes in which Cohen implicated Trump in his written statement. Here is an updated account after the hearing. Cohen’s written statement is here. The C-SPAN recording of the hearing is here. Crimes in red. First Crime: Campaign finance violation (and/ or aiding and abetting …
[View as a Twitter thread] Graham says that the checks Trump signed reimbursing Cohen for hush money shows that Trump didn’t think he was doing anything wrong because “People don’t write checks” if they think it’s a crime. I don’t believe Lindsey Graham expects anyone to actually believe his argument. He knows it’s absurd and …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Absorbing Michael Cohen’s hearing yesterday and reading MAGA commentary, I’m struck by the deep and destructive levels of cynicism in the GOP and America’s far right wing. GOP cynicism, it seems to me, explains much of what we are seeing. 1/ As Michael Cohen outlined numerous crimes and instances …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Trump & pals have positioned the goalposts: If Mueller doesn’t produce evidence of Trump crimes in each filing, it’s all a hoax. I suspect Team Trump invented the nonsense that Mueller is ready to submit a report next week. 1/ Look how clever that was. It set up the …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Incredibly enough, people still say Mueller has turned up “no evidence” of TrumpRussia crimes The comment is so absurd it shouldn’t even require an answer. This is for easy argument settling and re-tweeting. So here we go: a quick trip through the court findings, plea agreements, and indictments. 1/ …
[View here as a Twitter thread] People ask “is it too late to save our Democracy?” 1/ No, of course it’s not too late. The damage can be repaired. But it won’t be easy. Some of the panic is centered around Trump packing the courts, so let’s talk about that first. Through most of U.S. …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Much is shocking in the Motion for Pre-Trial Detentionor Christopher Paul Hasson (the guy planning to mass murder liberals) but one detail jumped out at me. 1/ On page 3, Christopher Paul Hasson is quoted as writing, “Looking to Russia with hopeful eyes . . .” Last summer, Tucker …
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