The Gateway Pundit reports that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has turned up the heat, attacking Trump in a Wall Street Journal op-ed – filing criminal charges.
Republican leader Mitch McConnell took a brutal swipe at President Trump after he was acquitted for the second Time by the U.S. Senate on Saturday, the report said.
McConnell and the Republican “elite” have been working against President Trump for years to prevent him from passing his popular agenda to protect America, workers and citizens, the report said.
As reported earlier, McConnell attacked Trump for “shameful malfeasance” and for trying to “overturn the election results.
He claimed that the protesters stormed the Capitol because they had been “fed crazy lies by the most powerful people on the planet” and that Trump “bears actual and moral responsibility for provoking the events of the day.
Then Mitch McConnell proposed that President Trump could still be prosecuted in the criminal justice system!
On Tuesday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s outrageous comments intensified. McConnell continues to push for criminal charges to be filed against the former Republican president.
In his op-ed, McConnell wrote, “Former officials remain liable to be tried and punished in the ordinary courts of justice.
McConnell is leading the charge against Trump to arrest and prosecute him, according to the report.
McConnell is the leader of the Senate Republicans, the report analyzed. They will surely support this matter.
McConnell said in the Wall Street Journal report that
“Jan. 6 was a shameful day. A mob bloodied law enforcement and laid siege to the first branch of government. American citizens tried to use terrorism to stop a democratic process they didn’t like.
There is no doubt that former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol as he shouted insane lies into the world’s largest megaphone. His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riots to praising criminals after the riots were over.
I am as outraged as any other member of Congress. But the Senators themselves swore an oath that it is not our job to find ways and means to inflict punishment, and that the Senate’s first and fundamental duty is to protect the Constitution.
Some distinguished scholars believe that the Senate can try and convict former officials. Others do not. The text is unclear, and I do not complain about my colleagues’ own conclusions. But after thorough research, I conclude that Article II, Section 4 limits impeachment and conviction to sitting officials.
Everyone agrees that “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors” are valid grounds for conviction. Thus, the list of persons in that sentence – “the President, Vice President, and all civil officers” – likewise exhausts its valid subjects …….
The Constitution requires that anyone convicted by the Senate must have a position from which he or she can be removed. This does not mean that leaving office exempts you from accountability. A former official remains liable to trial and punishment in the ordinary courts of justice.’ Criminal law and civil procedure ensure that there is no such thing as January immunity.”
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