Not Charging Trump Will 'Destroy' Legitimacy of US Institutions: Kirschner

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner believes that failing to hold former President Donald Trump "accountable for his crimes" will "destroy" the legitimacy of U.S. institutions.

Trump is facing multiple high-profile investigations, and some legal experts have urged the Justice Department to indict the former president or appoint a special counsel to investigate him. Kirschner has previously contended that Trump will face accountability for his actions related to January 6, 2021—when hundreds of his supporters violently attacked the U.S. Capitol.

In addition to the Capitol assault—which came after Trump urged his supporters to march to the federal legislative building and "fight like hell"—the former president and his allies are being investigated for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump pressured then Vice President Mike Pence to reject the Electoral College votes of several key swing states so they could be replaced by alternate slates of electors that supported him, despite the will of voters.

"DECLINING to hold Trump accountable for his crimes in light the overwhelming evidence would be a political calculation. It would also would make a mockery of honest, law-abiding politicians & destroy the legitimacy of the institutions of American government. This is an easy call," Kirschner, who now works as a legal analyst for MSNBC and NBC News, wrote in a Saturday tweet.

Link to tweet

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/not-charging-trump-will-destroy-legitimacy-of-us-institutions-kirschner/ar-AAV0IG0

[ck4829]

1. Absolutely correct

[hadEnuf]

2. Failing to peocecute someone like Trump allows him to declare he is "vindicated"

and the coup of the United States continues, fully energized.

This is a no-brainer. He needs to be stopped.

[Rebl2]

19. Absolutely!

[Initech]

3. It will be the crime of the century if Trump is allowed to get away with January 6th.

[Tommymac]

4. It's time for the bullshit 'It's politics' excuses to stop. Charge the assclown.

Link to tweet

[BSdetect]

5. How much evidence does it take? It has been way too long.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. 6-7 weeks is too long?

Because that’s when the SCOTUS ruled against Trump’s privilege claims, which resulted in the release of thousands of documents, including the memos regarding seizing the voting machines. It’s also just been a few weeks since Pence’s staff, some of whom were in the room when the coup was plotted, testified to the committee.

So it hasn’t really been that long since most of the significant physical evidence and testimony has emerged.

[Nululu]

7. Agreed. Absurd foot-dragging by DOJ.

He should've been indicted months ago.

[Scrivener7]

29. People seeing him not facing any ramifications for trying to overthrow an American

election, fourteen months after the fact, is seriously undermining that legitimacy already.

[KS Toronado]

8. "LOCK HIM UP" already

[tetedur]

10. I hate to say it but the legitimacy is already gone.

No Republican president has ever been held to account for their crimes or deceits and none ever will.
Nixon was never charged for his crimes but is the only president that had to leave office. Reagan/Bush who had their Iran/Contra affair pardoned everyone and were never held to account for what they did.

W. Bush brought this country to war in Iraq with lies and tortured people and was never held to account.

Every lie and every time they were allowed to get away with what they did, it tarnished the integrity of our justice system.

And the results of this? Today when the president tells the world the truth that Putin is maneuvering his army for attack against Ukraine, a big portion of the world doesn't believe us. Why should they?

It turns the stomach.

[burrowowl]

11. Bush I and Raygun Iran Contraand the list goes on

I agree with you the legitimacy is long gone.

[NewHendoLib]

13. Agreed.

[NewHendoLib]

12. Letting all the repubs off the hook makes our laws a joke

It legitimizes criminal acts

[Rebl2]

20. Yep

[NewHendoLib]

21. Our constitution works ..until a person or group decide differently

Then it doesn't.

[CaptainTruth]

14. When Bush & Cheney got away with war crimes I said...

...there would be no justice in America until they were charged & prosecuted. I said it set a dangerous precedent.

I don't want to see that precedent become the routine.

[NewHendoLib]

22. Agreed

[ancianita]

15. We've charged him twice. We can keep charging him. Charges are made all the damn time.

It's the ENFORCEMENT of charges through weak, politically biased courts that allow money to stall justice, and that allow justices to hold their nominators in power.

What he really means is handcuffed under criminal charges and held until trial.

Here's the timeline of upcoming court cases in which Trump has been charged.

https://www.justsecurity.org/75032/litigation-tracker-pending-criminal-and-civil-cases-against-donald-trump/


Read Elie Mystal's Allow Me to Retort to get a flavor of how unserious enforcement of the law is unless another branch calls the charges a matter of national security.

[ShazzieB]

31. Thanks for this link!

Very detailed, so much so that I had to stop reading after a little while, to rest my brain.

This site looks like a great reference for keeping track of this stuff. Of which there is a lot more than I reaIized--the sheer volume is kind of mind boggling!

[yaesu]

16. In my mind its already been destroyed after decades of republican fascists getting away with shit

Will will see if they can convince me otherwise but not holding my breath.

[NewHendoLib]

23. THIS

[dchill]

17. K&R!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

18. And it would inform the ignorant about actual laws and crimes.

Instead of allowing the media to get away with focusing on "law and order" or "DON'T DEFUND THE POLICE", focus on white collar crime. At this time the IRS is only going after the poor because it's easy pickins'. I recall Bush elimating IRS employees as a way to skirt paying taxes for the wealthy. It's got even worse.

Run on this!

The agency’s workforce has been sharply reduced, and audit rates, especially for large corporations and high-income taxpayers, have plummeted. As a result, the tax gap — the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid — is large and growing.

The tax gap — the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid — is large and growing.

https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/the-need-to-rebuild-the-depleted-irs

[SleeplessinSoCal]

30. I've a hard time imagining Manchin and Sinema, the devils' advocates, voting for this bill.

It's going to take a miracle to do what would truly help us all.

You're welcome for the link.

[Rebl2]

24. Might as well

face it Mr. Kirschner that’s the plan. I don’t like it either, but the Russian mob bosses are trying to take our democracy away from us.

[SheltieLover]

25. Absolutely!

Coddling tfg & ALL coconspirators serves only to embolden them!

Same with putrid pootin. Companies have been kissing his ass for decades.

[monkeyman1]

26. just need a great Russian round-up here !! Russia does it , why can't we do it ?

[UTUSN]

27. K&R