That thought process is the same reason I always get excused from jury duty. I always answer in the affirmative when lawyers/judges ask if it would color my view of a defendant who chose not to testify on his own behalf. Then they boot me because hey, 5th amendment. However, I do think it's disingenuous to say, "well he's not cooperating with people who are unabashedly out to get him, so he must have done something wrong!"
As I was drifting off to sleep last night I was listening to this. https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=a...X0KHeTVCm4QjrkEegQIBRAG&ep=6&at=1576691282923 What a weird time in history.
"Rope"?...what rope. If he has nothing to hide and if the people who were subpoenaed had been allowed to testify they would surely clear Trump, right? If he had allowed them to testify, this whole thing could/would have already been completed a long time ago, one way or the other...those witnesses could have easily blown the Dems plans right out of the water. The simple answer is that your boy is guilty, and THAT is why he forbade them to testify.
I will answer for you because you will never get one of his supporters to. If trump or any of his underlings go under oath they are going to have to do one of two things. Tell the truth and or Lie. Either one and they will bury trump. So it is easier to just spin it and sidestep it rather then testify.
Ahhh, so you don't consider Clinton committing a felony as just cause for impeachment?...I see. So you're somehow spinning and using that as a defense for Trump?
Well, that would assume that an ever day criminal trial is the same as as an impeachment inquiry/trial...they're not. "Checks and balances" vs criminal law.
Just saying that what Clinton did was much worse than whatever the Dems are throwing at Trump. And I still don't think it passes the threshold for impeachment.
LOL, yeah, right. If Trump allowed the subpoenaed cabinet members to testify, they would certainly clear him, right?
I'm not commenting on his obligation, though, just his mindset. You asked "why" would he instruct people not to cooperate--that's why. If you have zero confidence in the investigators to analyze information objectively, why would you give them anything?
Because they would also be questioned/cross-examined by Republican congressmen as well as Dems. Like I said earlier, had the subpoenaed cabinet members been allowed to testify, this whole thing would have been over a long time ago.
The problem with a 5th amendment argument is that a criminal defendant cannot prevent others from testifying by claiming 5th amendment rights. barfo
See this is why I could never be a Democrat... they don't live in reality at all. I'm definitely not a Republican anymore, but I can't go over to La La land where free healthcare falls from the sky and everyone can live in peace and harmony.
You would think that Trump would want his people to testify and his documents entered as evidence to prove his innocence. Why doesn't he do this? Oh, I think I know, I think I know.
