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Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner thinks President Trump's coronavirus admissions should land him in prison.
In a Thursday appearance on SiriusXM's The Dean Obeidallah Show, the MSNBC legal analyst gave an incredibly harsh assessment of Trump's interviews with veteran reporter Bob Woodward. Trump's insistence in March that he wanted to "play down" the coronavirus threat despite knowing its deadliness "upped his own criminal ante to second-degree murder," Kirschner said, breaking down the pieces of the alleged charge step by step.
"There are only two elements for second-degree murder. The first is you caused the death of another," Kirschner said Thursday. That factor was fulfilled because Trump "was lying to the American people about the danger this virus posed," and now 190,000 people are dead, Kirschner said. "The second element is the intent element," which would "get tricky if we didn't have Trump's incriminating admissions," he continued. But "in my opinion as a career prosecutor," Trump admitted to "conscious disregard" of the risk his coronavirus downplay created, thus admitting to "second-degree murder" that he "must be held accountable" for, Kirschner finished.
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Mme. Defarge
(8,045 posts)Not to be missed.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)malaise
(269,187 posts)Bernstein called it the worst presidential felony of all time
gristy
(10,667 posts)Cause and intent. Both are now readily proven in court.
demigoddess
(6,645 posts)calimary
(81,509 posts)Maraya1969
(22,505 posts)said nothing so as not to "create a panic". If those 2 planes collide that person is guilty of murder
Blue Owl
(50,514 posts)triron
(22,023 posts)One of the most destructive men in world history.
oregonjen
(3,341 posts)He posts videos nearly everyday. They are great to watch and learn!
Edited to add video on the ops topic
He does outstanding presentations.
Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)moondust
(20,006 posts)Does that make it second-degree genocide?
cayugafalls
(5,645 posts)50,000? 100,000? 190,000?
On that scale, it becomes Mass Murder. Donald J Trump is a Mass Murderer.
Mr. Evil
(2,856 posts)patphil
(6,217 posts)A truly great mass murderer.
H2O Man
(73,623 posts)Glenn's pod cast is outstanding. I have great respect for him.
Cha
(297,723 posts)the big mouth trump to hide his actions.
42bambi
(1,753 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,864 posts)The Southern District of New York wants his ass in prison.
StarryNite
(9,460 posts)[link:&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2DiLJpx73HRRIXiTLp3Y_tJaZJRzrYQ6MqAqMzSzHoiJb1PGueEWXGoAE|
PatrickforO
(14,592 posts)the horror of the separations of children from their families at the border.
He is truly guilty of crimes against humanity.