Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTrump posts fan fiction about Biden stealing nomination back from Harriswww.rollingstone.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1404arrow-down114cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1390arrow-down1external-linkTrump posts fan fiction about Biden stealing nomination back from Harriswww.rollingstone.comArthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square41fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·3 months agoNot to mention not testifying has nothing to do with innocence. That’s not how our justice system works.
minus-squarethallamabond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 months ago“You see the mob takes the Fifth,” he said during one rally in Iowa. “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-quote-about-fifth-amendment-resurfaces-allies-use-it-jan-6-panel-1660741
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·3 months agoAlthough true, for Trump, testifying would only lead to him further incriminating himself, so I feel context is important when making such distinctions.
Not to mention not testifying has nothing to do with innocence. That’s not how our justice system works.
“You see the mob takes the Fifth,” he said during one rally in Iowa. “If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-quote-about-fifth-amendment-resurfaces-allies-use-it-jan-6-panel-1660741
Although true, for Trump, testifying would only lead to him further incriminating himself, so I feel context is important when making such distinctions.