I was told by a lawyer friend that this is not a viable defense...?

[pbmus]

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[liberalmuse]

1. The "He made me do it!" defense?

Yeah, I learned that one when I was 3 years old. Doesn't work!

[frazzled]

2. "My friend told me to do it'

If you commit a crime, it doesn’t matter who told you to do it, even the president. If it against the law, you shouldn’t do it.

[torius]

3. "I was just following orders."

Where have we heard that before?

[rsdsharp]

4. The "I was just following orders" defense was pretty popular

at the Nuremberg by trials. Didn’t work too well.

[magicarpet]

6. It should reflect poorly on trDump that so many are saying that.

But then the words of the power of a president can move mountains. That is a gross abuse of the authority the American people gave to trDump to shoot off him mouth and miss lead people to that extent.
Lies upon lies upon layers of more lies.

Dude is not by any means,.. or any way,... any shape,.. or any form,.. Presidential Timber - more like wet toilet tissue trDump is.

[Laelth]

7. Duress is what we're talking about here.

Duress actually works as a defense if someone holds a gun to your head and says, “Do it, or I am going to blow your brains out,” but the reasonable threat of injury must be present. The President giving a speech? No. That’s not duress.

-Laelth

[Rhiannon12866]

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[Gothmog]

9. This defense was not covered in law school

Admittedly that was a long time ago