Re: It’s telling that there’s no Impeachment thread on VS...
Originally Posted by
Corso
My point is that he should still be treated like any other American: Innocent until proven guilty.
This conversation should move to the impeachment thread, but here goes:
Trying that.
Under what system of justice would the accused be allowed complete non-cooperation with the investigation, and even to extend that non-cooperation as an order to other witnesses?
Even if one elects to plead the 5th Amendment, they still have to take the stand.
And under Miranda, one is not required to say anything, but what they do say can and will be used against them in a court of law. It’s not as if he’s been quiet. Just that he’s trying to adjudicate this in a different forum.
Last edited by thollandpe; 01-12-2020 at 03:16 PM.
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