06-15-2021, 08:32 PM
(06-15-2021, 05:32 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(06-15-2021, 03:12 AM)Captain Genet Wrote: In the days following the Capitol Putsch, media reported Trump will be prosecuted in Georgia for attempting to change the election results in Georgia: Prosecute Donald Trump. His Georgia call is enough evidence - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
So what's going on with this issue?
Georgia and the LA times might as well be in different countries, for how much they understand each other.
Suppose that the San Jose city police have some suspicions about a car... and the cop in the patrol car can input the license-plate number into the police computer. The plates are registered to an owner who has reported the car stolen. The police approach the driver and ask for identification and get told a bunch of BS about the car. It's an easy case of grand-theft auto. The case will go quickly to trial after the arrest because most elements of the crime are obvious. Car is reported stolen, and the person driving isn't the owner.
(I pick San Jose, California because it was the first city to put computers in police cars. Arrests for grand theft auto spiked, and then fell of precipitously as the criminal element learned quickly to not steal cars).
It is not so clear with Donald Trump. He can deny making the call, or he can deny its content. He can say that he was joking, and there are people who might believe him. A rush to judgment may result in an acquittal, so prosecutors must ensure that all elements necessary for a prosecution are solid.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.