Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTrump posts fan fiction about Biden stealing nomination back from Harriswww.rollingstone.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1404arrow-down114cross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldneoliberal@lemmy.world
arrow-up1390arrow-down1external-linkTrump posts fan fiction about Biden stealing nomination back from Harriswww.rollingstone.comArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square40linkfedilinkcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.worldneoliberal@lemmy.world
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·1 year agoNot to mention not testifying has nothing to do with innocence. That’s not how our justice system works.
minus-squarethallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoAlthough true, for Trump, testifying would only lead to him further incriminating himself, so I feel context is important when making such distinctions.
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.