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Frivolous Trump Arguments against the Mar-a-Lago Indictment
The National Review ^ | 06/12/2023 | Andrew McCarthy

Posted on 06/12/2023 4:09:22 PM PDT by thegagline

People in their right minds who care about the country could never defend the factual details of Donald Trump’s conduct, as alleged in the federal indictment unsealed last week.

No one is going to say, “It makes total sense to me that he was storing the crown jewels of national defense — such as how other countries could go about attacking American military vulnerabilities — next to the toilet at a beach club.”

No one is going to say, “I can certainly see why Trump would refuse to return such top-secret intelligence to government officials, who pleaded with him for over a year to return it before finally resorting to coercive measures.”

No one is going to say, “It was so vitally important for Trump, who had no official government duties in his post-presidency, to retain possession of top-secret government intelligence reports that it made sense for him to defy a subpoena and mislead a grand jury in order to keep them.”

No one is going to say, “If a Democratic former president had done what Trump did, I’d be fine with that.”

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Since Trump’s conduct is indefensible, his apologists have adopted the familiar tactic of making bombastic claims that the prosecution is so fundamentally unfair and un-American that the facts don’t matter. Remarkably, the people asserting these claims never tire of pointing out that Trump is not merely a former president but a current presidential candidate. Putting aside whether he is guilty of crimes (he appears to be, but he’ll get his day in court), what could possibly be more relevant to his fitness for the presidency than the facts of the case?

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There is no doubt that the FBI, the DOJ, and the White House are after Trump. There is also no doubt that they want to wound him enough to be unelectable. The Judge who may preside over the case is pro-Trump. However, the prosecution may move to disqualify her.

That said, Ad hominem attacks, moral relativism, logical fallacies, and the “but officer, other cars were speeding too” defense to follow:

1 posted on 06/12/2023 4:09:22 PM PDT by thegagline
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To: thegagline

Andrew McCarthy is a failed deep state hack that is suffering from terminal TDS. He needs to read the first sentence of Article II of the U.S. Constitution.


2 posted on 06/12/2023 4:12:45 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
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“It makes total sense to me that he was storing the crown jewels of national defense

Mark Milley's "plan" to invade Iran - the same woke armchair warrior who "planned" the Kabul widthdrawl - is the "crown jewel" of our national defense??

3 posted on 06/12/2023 4:12:56 PM PDT by montag813
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To: montag813

It’s the crown jewel of the neocon coup.


4 posted on 06/12/2023 4:14:14 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Make the GOP illegal - everything else will follow)
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To: thegagline

You are quoting spin, there are only 31 documents(which will be disputed) basically 31 pages mixed in with thousands of documents....this is politics...remember this is a politicized DOJ slant to make things look like that...wait for other side.

Its just a mess to get people to vote for other candidates...it is a strategy...these people are smart.


5 posted on 06/12/2023 4:14:20 PM PDT by bte
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To: thegagline
No one is going to say, “It was so vitally important for Trump, who had no official government duties in his post-presidency, to retain possession of top-secret government intelligence reports that it made sense for him to defy a subpoena and mislead a grand jury in order to keep them.”

It doesn't matter what we think. The Presidential Records Act (1978) allows him to do it. Which is why Garland and Smith did not mention that Act a single time in their banana republic "indictment."

6 posted on 06/12/2023 4:14:28 PM PDT by montag813
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To: thegagline

That tags Andrew McCarthy as either stupid or corrupt.


7 posted on 06/12/2023 4:15:36 PM PDT by odawg
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To: thegagline

What poppycock!

the crown jewels of national defense

LOFL... No, that’s in Biden’s sock drawer. Or was that Clinton’s cigar humidor? Hillary’s bathroom server rack? Or maybe Barracks panty drawer?


8 posted on 06/12/2023 4:15:43 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: thegagline

Related from an earlier post:

SEND THIS VIDEO TO TRUMP - Barnes Analysis of Federal Indictment - IT’S BULLPLOP! Viva & Trump Clip

Attorney Robert Barnes enumerates multiple legal grounds for Trump’s defense. Excellent, hard hitting video.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4160383/posts


9 posted on 06/12/2023 4:15:56 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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Comey, Huma, Weiner, Hillary, Joe, Joe’s boy, Strzok, and Page all had Top Secret National Security Docs and plans at their houses, illegally.

Barr said Comey wasn’t charged, as we don’t want to be a country that charges former FBi Directors.

Sally Yates brazenly lied to Congress (a Felony).

McCarthy’s roots are Feds targeting their enemies and using the Power of the State to do it.


10 posted on 06/12/2023 4:16:27 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: thegagline

Andrew McCarthy is what is wrong with the American legal system. He is a joke.


11 posted on 06/12/2023 4:16:36 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: thegagline

Poor Andrew McCarthy.


12 posted on 06/12/2023 4:17:00 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: thegagline

To use this hack’s premise: “No one is going to say” that this bastard mccarthy is talking out of any opening than the one betweeh his butt cheeks.


13 posted on 06/12/2023 4:17:46 PM PDT by Migraine
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Andrew McCarthy:

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As much as I loved Rush Limbaugh, Adrew McCarthy has jumped the shark with me.

14 posted on 06/12/2023 4:18:40 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: montag813

The neocons want the US to attack Iran. They want it desperately. But an “attack” without a plan to conquer and occupy the country is against our national interest, and if we could not conquer and occupy Iraq or Afghanistan, we CERTAINLY can’t do that to Iran.

Iran is a big problem - for Israel. If I lived in Israel - I would move.

But deterrence is more than sufficient to protect American national interests.


15 posted on 06/12/2023 4:19:19 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Make the GOP illegal - everything else will follow)
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McCarthy will make an extra $50 Grand from FOX for peddling this on shows.

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16 posted on 06/12/2023 4:19:51 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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Sometimes PDJT is his own worst enemy:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/secret-information-trump-audio-recording-talks-declassifying-documents/story?id=99960824

(More “engage brain before opening mouth” needed).


17 posted on 06/12/2023 4:19:58 PM PDT by Drago
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To: thegagline

LOL Andrew McCarthy LOL


18 posted on 06/12/2023 4:20:47 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: thegagline

Andy’s totally lost it at this point.


19 posted on 06/12/2023 4:20:58 PM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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Frivolous is in the wrong place in their sentence at least they include it in their lexicon and will know the concept when it finally bites their asses.


20 posted on 06/12/2023 4:21:56 PM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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