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Manfred Arcane

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4. No, criminal law cant' deal...
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 02:53 AM
Feb 2021

with some of this. Is failure to uphold the presidential oath of office a criminal offense? I doubt it. Not all impeachable offenses are criminal offenses. I thought McConnell even said that though he felt Trump was morally and practically responsible for the Jan. 6th insurrection, that what he did/said probably would not qualify in criminal law as incitement. Unfortunately, I think he is probably correct on this point (unless an investigation digs up more info.) The impeachment trial is not a criminal trial and the standard of proof is different. That said, there's gotta be some stuff that is going to stick on Trump in a criminal trial, but probably not incitement of the insurrection.

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