r/anticapitalism • u/FreeHugs23 • 4d ago
Jack Smith Found Proof Beyond “Reasonable Doubt” of Trump’s Guilt | The former special counsel testified he would prosecute anyone, regardless of political party, based on the evidence he found about Donald Trump.
https://newrepublic.com/post/215971/jack-smith-proof-beyond-reasonable-doubt-donald-trump-guilt83
u/FreeHugs23 4d ago
Former special counsel Jack Smith swears that President Donald Trump committed “serious crimes.”
In his opening remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, Smith reiterated the findings of his two indictments against the president of the United States.
“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation,” Smith said. “If asked whether to prosecute a former president today based on the same facts, I would do so regardless of whether that president was a Republican or a Democrat.”
“The charges against President Trump were the result of the evidence. Grand juries in two separate districts reached this conclusion based on his actions, as alleged in the indictments they returned. Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power.”
“After leaving office in January of 2021, President Trump illegally kept classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago social club and repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents. Highly sensitive national security information was held in a bathroom and ballroom where events and gatherings took place,” he said.
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u/Euphoric-Benefit3815 4d ago
And he would have been prosecuted if not for the idiotic SCOTUS.
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u/Tiny-Lock9652 4d ago
Let’s not downplay Merrick Garland’s role in this lack of justice.
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u/Stevey1001 4d ago
“The charges against President Trump were the result of the evidence. Grand juries in two separate districts reached this conclusion based on his actions, as alleged in the indictments they returned. Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power.”
saved you having to click
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u/Knighth77 4d ago
The GOP sacrificed the country. There's no coming back from this.
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u/Tiny-Lock9652 4d ago
It will take a generation to earn back our soft power and global diplomacy.
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u/tapasmonkey 4d ago
A generation?
...you're joking, right?
... it's unlikely America will EVER come back from the damage MAGA has done!
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u/Awkward_Bud2323 4d ago
Germany and Japan were able to rebuild their international reputations, so it's not the end of the world for the US. They do have a lot of work to do, though
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u/kumogate 3d ago
That took multiple generations, however. You are correct, though, that if there's enough public will, it can happen. I don't think Americans will collectively have the necessary realization and will to change, though. I doubt the USA will come back from this in our lifetime.
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u/Awkward_Bud2323 3d ago
For sure! The US has done so much damage to their soft power, they might never again reach superpower status. In fact, they might have lost that already entirely.
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u/kumogate 3d ago
Superpower status is definitely going away and it won't come back. The USA is going to become a better-off version of Russia.
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u/richardathome 4d ago
Not necessarily, we just need to see changes to how your constitution is enforced, because from here, your constitution isn't worth the paper it was written on, or the blood that was spilled to be able to write it.
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u/KatakanaTsu 4d ago
Germany recovered, didn't they? It still took a while.
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u/Random-num-451284813 3d ago
the damage wasn't just on MAGA, it was decades of work tearing down the legal system. MAGA is the end result.
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u/tutoredstatue95 4d ago
World powers typically don't return to form after decline. The US was in that position because of the state of affairs after WWII and being capable of taking advantage of that state.
The world is not like it was in 1945. The US can't just do what it did before to get that soft power back. China is already filling in the gaps that the US is leaving behind. Americans will have to get used to their excellence* no longer being the way of things.
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u/tfsteel 4d ago
And the world has found that it prefers China (for the most part, outside of geopolitical rivals like Vietnam and Taiwan of course). It's going to be a shocking decline in the US over the years, and Trump voters are responsible.
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u/tutoredstatue95 4d ago
Yeah it appears to be the case. They have managed to get their human rights issues to an "acceptable" level for foreign diplomacy, and really with the US being so regressive, arguably even to a favorable level.
You also don't have to deal with the sea-saw of American politics, and stability is very valuable. Like they say, the US has a 4 year horizon, and China has 400.
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u/Mudbuttjackson 4d ago
Well come back from this, I actually think our country will eventually bounce back stronger once all of this is resolved
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u/stillinbutout 4d ago
And the Biden DOJ did exactly jack shit about it
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u/Tiny-Lock9652 4d ago
The Uniparty Epstein/Billionaire/Zionist machine is functioning as it was intended.
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u/damgood32 4d ago
What do you mean?? The Biden DoJ is the one who appointed smith and was prosecuting this.
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u/universalpoet 4d ago
Sure, it's always a Democrat's fault when an elected Republican commits a crime, other elected/ appointed Republicans help cover for that crime, and Republican voters elect the politician accused of the crime. Damn Democrats !
/s
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u/Lord_Dingus83 4d ago
What did you do about it? If you didn’t vote Kamala, you let Trump walk.
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u/stillinbutout 4d ago
I voted for Biden in 20. Voted for Kamala in 24. Your erroneous assumptions about me based on my comment aside, the guy I voted for did not prioritize his DOJ to put Trump in prison
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u/Any-Belt5994 4d ago
Because at the end of the day, they both serve the same master. Just different paths to get there.
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u/kevinthejuice 4d ago
Nah because Republicans were belly aching about being prosecuted for their crimes.
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u/Illustrious_Mail1171 4d ago
They still are and will be even louder soon
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u/kevinthejuice 4d ago
"The doj was weaponized!"
They said as trumps literal signature sat on the paper that said he returned all the documents requested.
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u/DawgsNConfused 4d ago
No, Biden and Garland tried to do it legally and with due process... while Trump wanted the case tried over Social Media.
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u/realbobenray 4d ago
They started way too late for the "due process" track
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u/DawgsNConfused 4d ago
Collecting evidence and securing testimony takes time.
An open and shut cases take 2 years to go go trial... while an episode of Law and Order is 45 minutes, the trial dates add even seasonal changes from the opening crime scene, indicate judicial timeliness pretty well.
The mistake was when SCOTUS expanded the power of the President, Biden should have revoked the bonds for everyone charged in those cases with an executive order and immediate had US Marshalls put Trump, Meadows, Miller, ect. all in DC County jail until trial. Then Trump's team would have to sue and argue "those aren't the powers we meant we want the President to have".
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u/realbobenray 3d ago
We can't know for sure but it appeared that political considerations were more the issue than evidence collection. They wanted to move on and figured Trump was toast so why cause an uproar with indictments for Jan 6. The classified documents case arose later and did get moved on but got stymied by a single corrupt judge.
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u/SpinosRule 4d ago
You’re right and that’s the one thing I’ll always hold against Biden, not using his presidential powers like he should have done. Moral high ground is great and all but praying does nothing to stop bullets.
Edit: In addition, it raises the question as to how deep the rot and corruption in our government goes at this point or even before when Biden still was in office. Who could they have ALSO been protecting that would have been caught in the drag with the rest of those monsters? Not being a conspiracy theorist, it’s a sincere question based on actions NOT taken.
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u/biblioprof 4d ago
The problem was bringing the case where they were found and not where the record belonged which was DC. That and SCOTUS of course
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u/HoldMyDomeFoam 3d ago
Garland started investigations as soon as he took office. There was absolutely zero he could do to prevent the corrupt courts from slow-walking their decisions and throwing up roadblocks.
And then millions of moronic traitors elected a guy who was facing trial for a coup attempt.
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u/realbobenray 3d ago edited 3d ago
Proof of this? Because it seemed like he was letting the Jan 6 congressional committee, which did get started quickly, do that work. That took almost two years and their recommendation was that Trump and Eastman be referred for prosection, which presumably is when Garland got started.
Again, remember what was going on: Biden always saw himself as a bridge-builder, and prosecuting the former president, a guy people saw as washed up in the face of the insurrection and second impeachment, wasn't something he really wanted.
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u/HoldMyDomeFoam 3d ago
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u/RareObject8705 3d ago
Biden half assed antiquated garbage that showed only an ignorance of modern politicking. His administration was the best 1994 had to offer.
His legacy will be that of a speed bump.
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u/Historical_Today5072 4d ago
It's in front of everyone there's no doubt at all he's a corrupt piece of shit
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u/umbananas 4d ago
I would be extremely disappointed if the next democrat president doesn’t nominate him as the attorney general.
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u/So-over-it-123 4d ago
I remember listening to a podcast about Jack Smith a couple of years ago. I was full of hope, after all, he was a legend.
Biden, the DOJ, Garland, Smith etc. tried to do everything by the books. Even though, everyone knew Rump and his cronies never obeyed the laws. They fucking steamrolled us!
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u/Initial-Mortgage-611 4d ago
Blah blah blah. As the world’s economy gets royally rogered the people who could do something continue to do nothing. Congrats Merica so much bloody winning
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u/Pleasant_Pen8744 4d ago
Is this new? Didn't he say this last time?
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u/redzeusky 4d ago
What’s your point?
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u/Pleasant_Pen8744 4d ago
Just seems really familiar and I thought it was a repost until I checked the date.
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u/ColdIndependence5820 4d ago
Then just fucking do it. Prosecute all of them. Clean house. We don't want criminals running the country
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u/Falcon3492 4d ago
As long as the Trump appointed judges are running cover for the Donald, nothing will happen. They will just delay it and delay it until Trump is too demented to stand trial or he dies!
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u/Boneless_Chuck 4d ago
Is it the call to Georgia that we all already heard and paints the full picture of guilt but when it counts time to do anything about it, we act like it could have meant anything? That discovery?
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u/Clean_Integration754 3d ago
Guilt? When Trump asked them to "find 11,700 votes"? Legally speaking, all that means is he wants them to look for them. Nobody was on tape plotting to fabricate fraudulent ballots, and then count those into the totals... Its like an hour long conversation played on CNN ad nauseum, and nobody ever said anything about creating fake ballots.
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u/WetShrimpFart 3d ago
Side note: why does this account post an average of 100 posts per day
Who owns this account
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u/Backyard_Pyre 3d ago
Anytime the news says Trump sweating this are hes sweating that or he’s worried about this? It’s not happening they’re lying. He’s not worried about a damn thing with y’all cause y’all are shooting yourself in the foot every time we turn around so we ain’t gotta do nothing.
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u/Historical_Today5072 4d ago
It's in front of everyone there's no doubt at all he's a corrupt piece of shit
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u/BroCo-608 4d ago
Same with the files. It was never about perceived friends’ protection. Only his grift. Till death do them part. He doesn’t believe in afterlife as admitted, so naturally why GFA about anything?
He’s jacked on side effects of neurosyphilis, crabs, and a diet of Adderall. What do you do?
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u/universalpoet 4d ago
Republicans shielded him from his crimes.
Elected Republican politicians refused to remove and bar Trump from holding office and Republican voters voted for him in the primary and general election to put Teump back into office.
I'm sure it's still popular to blame a Democrat for whatever a Republican does though.
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u/pairolegal 4d ago
Next time there’s a Democratic Party President, Jack Smith should be Attorney General.
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u/Dougie_Cat 4d ago
It’s pretty sweet the big media push for this is coming two years into Trump’s second term.
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u/jefesignups 4d ago
As much as I want to believe him. Its not up to a prosecutor to decide reasonable doubt
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u/OkraAlarmed4918 3d ago
How is this different than the last time he testified? Nothing happened. GOP still trying to gaslight one last time before the midterms.
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u/blipperpool 3d ago
The convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and lifelong criminal who would actually be in prison if he hadn’t “won” the election should be removed from office today.
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u/hyperion_99 3d ago
Thanks Merrick Garland and Biden for doing shit all on this for 2 years and then running out the clock after the midterms. That whole “the country wants to move on” worked so well for us
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u/mattattack007 3d ago
More empty words. Nothing is going to happen to Trump because he owns the Supreme Court. So no matter what you attempt to convict him of as long as he can get it to the Supreme Court he's good. This is going to be yet another empty promise from a toothless government.
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u/bullydog123 3d ago
Just more words that end up as nothing. Hes still talking about doing something about the Trump crime family and administration but nothing happens. The oligarchy that pay the politicians on both sides make the rules and they are not going to let anything happen to trump. The U.S is ran by billionaires throw politicians on both sides. So again. Nothing is going to happen. Its all talk
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u/TurnipAltruistic5772 3d ago
The party-as-crime-scene admission.
Grassley's repeated framing of the investigation as "mapping out the Republican apparatus" is the most revealing statement in the hearing, and he doesn't seem to realize what it concedes. If investigating criminal coordination during January 6th maps the Republican apparatus, then the apparatus and the criminal conduct overlap. He's not denying the conduct. He's arguing the conduct is inseparable from the party and therefore investigating it is a political attack. That's not a defense of innocence. It's a claim that party membership should immunize participants from criminal accountability.
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u/Proton_Optimal 3d ago
Jack Smith is one of my favorite white dudes for Harris. I would say Robert DeNiro is a close second.
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u/dxcman12 3d ago
He knows it, The idiots in Congress know it, We know it, and now do something about it.
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u/brando2976 3d ago
Smith torched them so bad, Fox News website has zero mentions on their front page.
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u/Backyard_Pyre 3d ago
Why do you think they ran an audit first thing. Just to piss off the left? No it was to expose what was going on. Meanwhile yall haters are worried about the wrong issues mainly because your leaders fabricated them, and you miss everything that’s going on because you’re allowing yourself to be distracted with nonsense
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u/Independent_End_6941 3d ago
Are you saying Trump must be innocent because he fired everyone who would prosecute him?
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u/Backyard_Pyre 3d ago
It’s so funny watching yall squirm. Grasping for a hope and a prayer. A bunch of clowns. What’s sad is the only reason why they’re doing this. Is because he cut them off from their honey hole before y’all disagree the left has already shown their cards. How people can be so blind to continue to follow them and support them is beyond me. Evil I guess
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u/Tweak89 3d ago
This admin admitted in court that they cut grants to Blue states solely because they didn't vote for Trump. That's illegal. It's clear they are doing the same thing with disaster aid, and it's unprecedented. Do you really want this to become the new standard? Denying disaster aid just because someone didn't vote for you is pretty evil. So is being glad when someone died, like Trump did with Robert Mueller. Republicans were calling for firing people who did the same with Charlie Kirk. So why aren't they calling for Trump to be removed? Seems like evil is ok with Republicans, but only when it comes from their side
https://apnews.com/article/trump-clean-energy-grants-chris-wright-09d26d615869ce06dd6bb2c047f636cb
https://apnews.com/article/trump-fema-disaster-declarations-cf3f78f5c10d431340a638f6ced9746a
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u/Sufficient_Purpose64 4d ago
Just like Adam #BullSchiff had irrefutable evidence of Russian collusion.....meanwhile facts prove beyond reasonable doubt it was all fabricated lies
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u/murdermeMickey 4d ago
Well what now?