@MichaelAlbertMD I trust you hold no opinions that apply to anything other than medicine right? You always forfeit your opinion on matters of law, politics, finance, history, war, etc. to anyone with specialized knowledge right? I've never seen a doctor give the deference they demand of others.
@IrwinRedlenerMD Love how the "we are science, we know everything, you must obey us or else" people now think they can play the "we were learning as we go, everyone makes mistakes" game now that the bill has come due. Justice would be a Nuremberg part 2, with you and Fauci on the gallows
@CurtisHouck@jasonrantz Sen. Paul wanting to put Fauci behind bars somehow delegitimized the proceedings, but Latitia James and friends running on the promise of finding some crime to prosecute Trump for somehow is irrelevant when it comes to his prosecutions.
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor Lol perfect, Biden pardons him making it impossible to charge/indict for crime so you never have reason to look at the truth, almost like that was the point. Lets hope you keep this energy when Trump preemptively pardons everyone associated with his admin for the last 50 years ๐คฃ
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor The same known and unknown crimes he was pardoned for, if you want to play that game. Let's start with lying to congress about funneling funds to gain of function research and fabricating evidence regarding viral origin to cover his tracks and impede research to counter the virus
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor What was not covered by the pardon, or legal precedent, is his refusal to answer for his pardoned criminal behavior. To avoid admitting before the world that which he already admitted to in emails to staff and his personal diary.
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor HE ACCEPTED THE PARDON, OF COURSE HE HASN'T BEEN INDICTED OR CHARGED, THAT'S HOW PARDONS WORK. Emails and diary entries subsequently released (evidence) prove he knowingly lied under oath and to the American people resulting in deaths, all protected by the PARDON.
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor Did you read any of his diary entries? Have you looked at any actual evidence? I'm guessing MSNOW didn't include any of that in your blue no matter who talking points ๐คฃ
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor Look at that list you sent and explain how answering what color tie he was wearing, as asked by Sen. Hawley, falls within one of the exceptions? Then realize the same process applies to every question asked as it pertains to the "possibility" of state charges.
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor And it does not apply when there is no criminal risk. Every question did not fall within potential state-level crimes for a variety of reasons including lack of jurisdiction, "necessary and proper" under Supremacy Clause, statute of limitations, etc.
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor Incorrect. The perjury he committed initially when he testified is within the scope of the initial pardon, meaning if he told the truth today he faced no harm. It's only perjury today if he repeated the lies or told new lies.
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor He accepts the pardon protection or he does not. It's the legal nature of a pardon. He can't enjoy the protection from prosecution while denying the criminal action occurred. Just as claiming self-defense requires admitting to the harm before you can claim a justified defense.
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor Pleading the 5th was not one of the two options available under the SCOTUS precedent. That's not a "trap," at least no one arguing it now thought it applied when that "trap" was used against former members of Trump's first admin.
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor Pardon acceptance = accepting responsibility for all crimes covered. Under precedent he legally can't accept a pardon and hide behind the 5th to avoid answering for it. Fauci was legally safe if he just admitted the crimes he cannot be prosecuted for, or lie and go to jail.
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor Your comment I initially replied to specifically tried to call into question the settled legal SCOTUS precedent prohibiting pleading the 5th to hide from accountability for the criminal action covered by a pardon. The rest is goal shifting :)
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor So are we arguing over whether he has the right to accept a pardon while simultaneously hiding behind the 5th, or are we arguing the likelihood of the contempt citation to succeed? It sure feels like we changed...
@davidaxelrod I hate when people ask me questions regarding my personal writings to trap me into lying about all the criminal behavior I engaged in prior to my pardon... Oh wait, I'm not a criminal pardoned by a corrupt administration, so that's never been a problem for me
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor That's why they asked them so he had to either honestly admit to the criminal behavior he engaged in and accepted the pardon for, or he can lie and face a current contempt of congress, its a catch 22 created by the Biden Admin's attempt to circumvent justice.
@GAnn_5050@nicksortor They intentionally asked many of the same questions he answered in previous testimony regarding his federal crimes that he accepted a pardon for meaning that he has no right to plead the 5th when asked to answer those same questions now.