Before, Trump couldn't be indicted because he was the president. Now we're being told the Senate can't try him because he isn't the president. It's always something! Whatevs, but please just quit with the pieties, "no one is above the law" and so on, blah, blah, blah, it's obviously b.s.
Trump's fixer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to a crime he was directed to commit by "Individual-1." Cohen served time in prison but Individual-1 went on with his life, playing golf, watching cable "news" on Fox, committing more crimes and impeachable offenses. He's referred to as "Individual-1" in court documents because law enforcement officials have a practice of protecting the reputations of persons who haven't been indicted. But in this case, Individual-1 hadn't been indicted because he was the president, and the president can't be indicted, on the theory that the need to defend himself would distract from the performance of official duties—in this case, playing golf, watching tv, criming.
Senator Rubio said the other day that only third world countries imprison their former leaders. Assuming we don't want to be stained with third worldliness, this is a straightforward endorsement of the notion that Trump is beyond the law's reach, when he was president and forever after.
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