Trump said: “So there are five people taking the Fifth Amendment. Like you see on the mob, right? You see the mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?”
Remember that quote from 2016?
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/politics/trump-deposition-ny-attorney-general/index.html
This is now.
I wonder how Fox News is spinning this. Probably portraying this as a wise and justified strategic move by their noble leader.
POS is guilty, and we don't need his testimony to prove it. Let him clam up if he wants.
Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis
I wonder how Fox News is spinning this. Probably portraying this as a wise and justified strategic move by their noble leader.
POS is guilty, and we don't need his testimony to prove it. Let him clam up if he wants.
And just what is he guilty of?
His attorneys believe he is guilty of something otherwise he wouldn't have pled the 5th. In a civil case the Judge/Jury can treat it like an admission of guilt.
Originally posted by: Mark
His attorneys believe he is guilty of something otherwise he wouldn't have plead the 5th. In a civil case the Judge/Jury can treat it like an admission of guilt.
You did not answer my question.
So the 5th is only in place to protect guilty people, then why is this protection in place?
Originally posted by: Boilerman
So the 5th is only in place to protect guilty people, then why is this protection in place?
Thats what Dumb Donald is on record saying. So either he was being honest then which makes him a criminal by his own standard. Or he was a filthy liar then and jusgt spewing bullshit to anger up his base for political reasons.
Which do you think it was, Boilerman ?
Originally posted by: Boilerman
So the 5th is only in place to protect guilty people, then why is this protection in place?
That isn't why it exists. And there are no guilty people DURING a trial, which is when it applies. It exists to protect the rights of the accused.
There's a perception among laymen that an innocent defendant should be eager to testify on his own behalf and therefore, anyone who takes the Fifth is probably guilty. That was the basis of Trump's idiot statement from 2016. However, that is absolutely incorrect. There are many situations where a defendant can't help his case by testifying--such as, no one's going to believe him--and he may hurt his case by exposing himself to cross-examination. In fact, Trump's current case is like that.
So for the Orange Pusbag, taking the Fifth is a smart move. I'm sure his lawyers had to force that down his throat, as much as he loves to talk.
Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis
That isn't why it exists. And there are no guilty people DURING a trial, which is when it applies. It exists to protect the rights of the accused.
There's a perception among laymen that an innocent defendant should be eager to testify on his own behalf and therefore, anyone who takes the Fifth is probably guilty. That was the basis of Trump's idiot statement from 2016. However, that is absolutely incorrect. There are many situations where a defendant can't help his case by testifying--such as, no one's going to believe him--and he may hurt his case by exposing himself to cross-examination. In fact, Trump's current case is like that.
So for the Orange Pusbag, taking the Fifth is a smart move. I'm sure his lawyers had to force that down his throat, as much as he loves to talk.
Lewis, you really are an opinionated smug bastard. "Orange Pusbag"?
Let's undestand that Kevin is telling us that Charles Manson was not guilty until the trial ended.
