Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTrump posts fan fiction about Biden stealing nomination back from Harriswww.rollingstone.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down114cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1389arrow-down1external-linkTrump posts fan fiction about Biden stealing nomination back from Harriswww.rollingstone.comArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square41fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·3 months agoThat last one needs to be updated
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·3 months agoNot to mention not testifying has nothing to do with innocence. That’s not how our justice system works.
minus-squarethallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 months ago“You see the mob takes the Fifth,” he said during one rally in Iowa. “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-quote-about-fifth-amendment-resurfaces-allies-use-it-jan-6-panel-1660741
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·3 months agoAlthough true, for Trump, testifying would only lead to him further incriminating himself, so I feel context is important when making such distinctions.
That last one needs to be updated
Not to mention not testifying has nothing to do with innocence. That’s not how our justice system works.
“You see the mob takes the Fifth,” he said during one rally in Iowa. “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-quote-about-fifth-amendment-resurfaces-allies-use-it-jan-6-panel-1660741
Although true, for Trump, testifying would only lead to him further incriminating himself, so I feel context is important when making such distinctions.