Can an American president be held accountable to those he kills or injures in an effort to hold onto power? That question is far from hypothetical. As president, Donald Trump orchestrated the “Big Lie” that his electoral defeat was fraudulent, and then exploited the beliefs of many of his supporters in that lie to foment a deadly insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
It’s increasingly possible that the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., will criminally prosecute Trump for strong-arming Georgia’s secretary of state to steal the election for him, and that the Department of Justice may pursue his potential violations of Civil War-era federal statutes criminalizing seditious conspiracies, insurrection and rebellion. But the politics of prosecuting a former president are enormously complex. Many will urge turning the page to avoid the appearance of a banana republic, where ousted leaders are routinely jailed by their successors.
Even successful criminal prosecution, however, would fail to compensate the myriad victims of Jan. 6. That’s where civil lawsuits, and their promise of compensatory and punitive damages, come into focus. But as plaintiffs begin to line up, many worry that this promise may ring hollow in light of the considerable obstacles to litigation, particularly against former presidents.
So in that case, the Democrats should be made to pay for all the damage caused by BLM and Antifa?!?
It was not a lie. The election was stolen. Just read Mollie Balls’ article in February Time. Besides, many of us believe (and there is evidence to support it) the theory that Piglosi didn’t want additional security because she wanted chaos. SHE is the one who should pay along with the other radicals who are destroying our country now.
DA of rectumville another retard and we thought on Maryland had one of these
It’s been proven Democrats are responsible
That’s been disproven up and down. The 1/6 riot was pre-planned by militia groups, then a bunch of dumb MAGA yahoos got wrapped up in the moment and joined in.
So when the iranian sleeper cells go into action we can then sue the, bushes, clinton and obama and their handlers..
When the illegal who have killed american citizens we can sue the politicans who supported open borders by Voilating federal laws, when we expose the collusion of the election by democats and covid crisis we can sue! Riots
, damage deaths, by Anifta, BLM connected with soros and democrats politicans we can sue..
Make Pelosi PAY for it ALL !!!! Trump is innocent !!!
If you think Trump should pay for what took place at the Capitol Building then you must not have read any real news about how the Left put those people there and gave them the maps of where to enter the Capitol and where to hold their fiasco. Members of the left have admitted to it. If we go by the theory Trump is responsible why can’t Hillary still be tried for the murder of 4 Americans in Bengazi answer that one.