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In reply to the discussion: Can a DU legal expert explain to me... [View all]Ms. Toad
(38,734 posts)I spent a fair amount of time trying to explain the law, generally, and as it relates to the crimes with which Trump was charged.
Those crimes have nothing to do with when an election is over, nor do they have anything necessarily to do with what the losing candidate says.
Again. You can't convict someone of a crime based on someone else's mental state. You have to prove the mental state of the person accused. He may, or in most instances does not, say what was in his mind. You can prove what was in his mind based on circumstantial evidence - but the jury has to decide based on the evidence it was presented with that he knew he lost, regardless of what he says, that he lost. If he didn't know he lost - and was acting on his belief that he won - it is impossible for him to have committed fraud.
If you're just interested in arguing crap, please don't ask lawyers to waste their time explaining the law to you.