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luv2fly

(2,475 posts)
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 08:57 AM Nov 2020

No healing without prosecution

"There is an opportunity to rediscover our common ground with one another — and the way forward does not involve relitigating the last four years in federal criminal court," argues Michael Conway, former counsel to the House Judiciary Committee, in an NBC News opinion piece arguing that Joe Biden should actually pardon Donald Trump, for the love of heaven — the incumbent president who's still sending his minions to court, trying to steal the election.

Unfortunately, Biden is living up to every stereotype of the quisling Democrat and taking this advice seriously. Reports suggest that in the interest of national "unity," Biden is discouraging the idea of prosecuting Trump.

More at:
https://www.salon.com/2020/11/29/forget-about-moving-on-from-trump--the-nation-cant-heal-without-accountability/

Lock them all up.

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AlexSFCA

(6,137 posts)
3. maybe pardon could be offered in exchange of full testimony under oath
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 09:49 AM
Nov 2020

it appears that the only way to make republicans tell the truth is testimony under oath. It’s not so much about putting them in jail as to have them tell the truth to American people, we need tools to combat disinformation.

Phoenix61

(16,993 posts)
4. Maybe we wait and see if we get the Senate or not
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 11:31 AM
Nov 2020

so we can plan accordingly. Lots more options with McTurtle out of the way.

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MineralMan

(146,254 posts)
6. My suggestion is that we wait a bit, let Joe Biden
Sun Nov 29, 2020, 11:37 AM
Nov 2020

get inaugurated, and then let him discuss all this with his Attorney General. There cannot be any prosecution without investigations, grand juries and all of the other factors that go into it.

There may be state prosecutions, and there is very likely to be resignation and pardon of Trump by Pence. It is too early to begin talking about prosecuting Trump in any real sense.

I encourage patience and avoidance of attacking Biden before he is even inaugurated. I mean, really, folks...

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