Trump sets 'terrible precedent' by crossing red line on Huawei case

[BadGimp]

Source: CNN.com

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's suggestion that he might use an arrested Chinese tech executive as a bargaining chip in trade talks with Beijing drew rebukes for setting a "terrible precedent" crossing the red line that separates American politics from the rule of law.

The remark triggered pushback from law enforcement officials, criticism from lawmakers and concern from legal and business analysts who said it's not only a weak bargaining move that might create more friction with allies, but it represents a "poisonous" precedent that could eventually undermine the safety of Americans overseas.

"The US, like Canada, we're both rule of law countries based on a constitution, legal principles, rule of law," said William Reinsch, the Scholl chair for international business at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Our history is that things like this proceed through the criminal justice system and justice is blind. Trump is basically saying he might interfere with this process, which is a terrible precedent."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/12/politics/trump-huawei-bargaining-chip/index.html

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This is so dangerous and wrong. This man must be removed from office.

Here is a related CNN story: Law enforcement officials rebuff Trump over prosecution of Chinese executive
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/12/politics/huawei-executive-donald-trump/index.html

[central scrutinizer]

1. Hostage? Ransom?

Jeebus

[Eugene]

2. DOJ 'not a tool of trade' in China dispute, official vows, after Trump suggests he might intervene

Source: ABC News

DOJ 'not a tool of trade' in China dispute, official vows, after Trump suggests he might intervene

By MIKE LEVINE Dec 12, 2018, 1:21 PM ET

As critics blast President Donald Trump for suggesting he might “intervene” in the Justice Department’s pending prosecution of a prominent Chinese executive so his administration can resolve a growing trade dispute with China, the Justice Department’s top national security official on Wednesday insisted his prosecutors will not be influenced by what the White House does.

“We are not a tool of trade when we bring the cases,” Assistant Attorney General John Demers told a Senate panel.

“What we do at the Justice Department is law enforcement. We don’t do trade,” he added.

Demers was responding to a question from Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who said Trump’s suggestion that he “would intervene in (a) criminal prosecution for political purposes” was “extremely, extremely disturbing.”

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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-tool-trade-chinese-exec-case-official-vows/story?id=59775531

[Haggis for Breakfast]

3. When CSIS talks, sit up straight and listen carefully.

[rpannier]

4. Sounds like something criminals and terrorists do

[iluvtennis]

5. trumpty dumpty is an a-hole.

[SunSeeker]

6. Trump is an enemy of the rule of law. nt

[PSPS]

7. Sounds like something russia would do. Oh, wait...

[ripcord]

8. The problem is that this is the only language China understands

They have already taken two Canadians hostage over this.

[loveandlight]

9. so your suggestion is we become like that?

We are supposed to be the better nation, following the rule of law, not going to the lowest level with terrorist tyrants. I know that is what Trump is doing, but we cannot let that be who we are.

[ripcord]

10. China is very much like Trump

They have been creating false incidents for decades and playing the victim any time they are in the wrong and it has worked. They are bought off and placated every time, as much as I hate Trump he may be the only one who can deal with his mirror image.