Posted on 04/05/2024 8:05:08 PM PDT by thegagline
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Friday to appoint a special counsel to review cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot against rival Donald Trump and his supporters if Kennedy wins the Oval Office — arguing one can oppose the former president but still be “disturbed by the weaponization of government against him.”
“As President, I will appoint a special counsel — an individual respected by all sides — to investigate whether prosecutorial discretion was abused for political ends in this case, and I will right any wrongs that we discover. Without the impartial rule of law, there is no true democracy or moral governance,” Kennedy, 70, said***.
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That case, brought by special counsel Jack Smith, is currently on hold while the Supreme Court considers whether Trump can claim “total immunity” for actions taken during his presidency.
As of January, more than 1,230 people had been charged with federal crimes in connection with the riot, which disrupted the formal count of electoral votes in Biden’s favor. Roughly 730 people had pleaded guilty to charges, while roughly 170 more had been convicted of at least one charge at a trial decided by a judge or a jury, according to an Associated Press database.
RFK Jr. also said that “reasonable people” have told him that “there is little evidence of a true insurrection” taking place that day.
“Like many reasonable Americans, I am concerned about the possibility that political objectives motivated the vigor of the prosecution of the J6 defendants, their long sentences, and their harsh treatment,” he said. “That would fit a disturbing pattern of the weaponization of government agencies — the DOJ, the IRS, the SEC, the FBI, etc. — against political opponents.”
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He should quit trying to say good things about Trump and start attacking him from the left to be of use to us.
If I remember Perot correctly, he spent most of his time, 3/4ths of his time, attacking Bush.
That made sense as Bush was the one in the office and in charge.
RFK Jr can say those things because he knows he will never be elected, and won’t have to see them through. AND he’s only implicitly saying good things about Trump-—he’s just recognizing the controversy, and positing that it may happen to him, considering how unpopular he is with primarily the Dems and Rinos. I don’t think this makes him of no use to us.
He’s a lone wolf now that democrats wouldn’t acknowledge him period ! He basically is saying anything now to catch a headline!
Well, THAT’S gonna get him divorced!
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“He should quit trying to say good things about Trump and start attacking him from the left to be of use to us.”
which is precisely why he does not do that. He is making a gesture toward the reluctant Trump supporter. You know, the ones who voted for Biden, and hate themselves for doing it, but maybe can be persuaded to vote for not Biden and not Trump.
I don’t care, it is very pleasing to me to know that someone else...Robert Kennedy, of all people, who recognize what is happening to our country.
This is more, much more than election integrity.
trump don’t need no stinkin special council: he’s said he just going to pardon the whole lot of ‘em ...
Disappointing.
special counsel’s are BS. Not a single one them has ever been anything but a whitewash. Pure Garbage. We need a real public trial.
Heck, biden did that much!
RFK Jr. also said that “reasonable people” have told him that “there is little evidence of a true insurrection” taking place that day.
“Like many reasonable Americans, I am concerned about the possibility that political objectives motivated the vigor of the prosecution of the J6 defendants, their long sentences, and their harsh treatment,” he said. “That would fit a disturbing pattern of the weaponization of government agencies — the DOJ, the IRS, the SEC, the FBI, etc. — against political opponents.”
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playing to a new target market?
Psrt of RFKJ’s full statement:
“...it happened with the encouragement of President Trump, and in the context of his delusion that the election was stolen from him”
Good!
To THIS DAY we cite the Boston Massacre as one of the triggers of the American Revolution. Likewise the attempted arms confiscation at Lexington, Concord, and elsewhere.
Likewise the Tea Tax and how singularly it motivated protests and rioting.
Every minute these jaywalkers are kept in prison will be paid back to the Commies with thumbreaker-level interest. They will rue the day they decided to put these normals into prison. Likewise Peter Navarro. Likewise Bannon.
To THIS DAY we cite the Boston Massacre as one of the triggers of the American Revolution. Likewise the attempted arms confiscation at Lexington, Concord, and elsewhere.
Likewise the Tea Tax and how singularly it motivated protests and rioting.
Every minute these jaywalkers are kept in prison will be paid back to the Commies with thumbreaker-level interest. They will rue the day they decided to put these normals into prison. Likewise Peter Navarro. Likewise Bannon.
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