A former federal prosecutor has called for the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump, saying he was responsible for “an unabated crime wave as president.”
On Friday’s episode of MSNBC’s “Last Word,” Glenn Kirschner warned of a future “runaway criminal president” if Trump is not held accountable for some of the “many” offenses he committed while in office.
Kirschner, who was a prosecutor in the District of Columbia’s U.S. attorney’s office for 24 years and now works as an MSNBC legal analyst, listed some of Trump’s misdeeds, including being impeached over the Ukraine scandal and his administration’s obstruction of congressional proceedings.
“There are so many other offenses,” Kirschner said. “There are countless, avoidable COVID deaths that I think could be pursued by the states. Then, of course, there is inciting the insurrection. We saw it with our own eyes.”
“If he is not held accountable, if we don’t prosecute him, then what we are doing is we are encouraging tomorrow’s version of Donald Trump,” he added. “We have to prosecute today’s version of Donald Trump to send the message that we will not tolerate a runaway criminal president.”
ShakeMyHeadSadly on June 12nd, 2021 at 13:41 UTC »
In my lifetime, I've never seen a more corrupt administration. Now, that might be because Trump didn't even attempt to hide the corruption, in fact, he often seemed proud of what he was able to get away with. All that notwithstanding, he had an entire party of enablers to help him with his crimes. All should be prosecuted under the RICO statutes.
preston181 on June 12nd, 2021 at 11:07 UTC »
Trump’s brand is what my friends and I have termed, “a firehose of fuckery”. He does so many things, all the time, that it’s impossible to keep track, because while you’re investigating one thing the next five things have already occurred in the span of mere hours.
I expect the same is true for crimes and betrayal of his oath of office, and just outright treason.
So, rather than trying to nail him down for everything, pick a few of the most egregious things, (the spying, the insurrection, and his financial crimes should do), and charge his ass. Then charge anyone else involved as well, up to and including his lawyers. And throw him in prison, with the threat of carrying out the maximum penalty for treason, should he or his lawyers try to turn on the firehose of fuckery during his trials. Fascists should fear us. Not the other way around.
imjustlurkinghere244 on June 12nd, 2021 at 10:51 UTC »
That is why we demand accountability, trials, and Donald Trump in prison.