Andrew Weissmann, former lead prosecutor for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, talks about why it's important that Donald Trump, as a citizen after he leaves office, face accountability for crimes he may have committed before he was elected as well as potential crimes while in office, like obstructing the special counsel's investigation. Aired on 11/18/2020.
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Weissmann: Citizen Trump Should Be Prosecuted For Obstructing Special Counsel Mueller
Trump is the worst thing that happened to America. EVER!!!
!00% Agree and a lousy human being. What is the matter with 72Million who voted for Him? Says alot about our education system.
Nah, this guy and the nose goblin tribe he is associated with…is.
@Nicks Flix LOSER!
@A pierro the rightwing and social media played a huge part
Trump is NOT the problem. He is just the symptom. He is the messenger (the Chosen One) delivering what ills America.
Trump merely exposes, projects and magnifies American hypocrisy and values for the world to see.
From AUSTRALIA.
Bank fraud and tax fraud are two alleged crimes committed by Trump. There are others.
Justice must prevail and be seen to prevail in all matters
BANK FRAUD & TAXES…HE IS FINISHED AND HE KNOWS IT!!
Thank You, you’re correct.
@Andrew Bird Biden is no socialist.
@Eric C. Sabadin it got Al Capone.
@George B. Wolffsohn Right…. so you do t know about the “great reset”? Maybe you should look into that because making more stupid comments?
The presidency is not a get out of jail free card for criminals.
@patricia campbell That was not illegal. Gulf War II ws a bad decision due to being too willing to believe intelligence reports based on too few and unreliable sources, but not illegal.
@KLQL Kirin members of that and Blair administration are claiming that. They miss interpreted UNSC 1441 to justify their actions. It was illegal and Cheney knew about the wmd lies, Bush perhaps too stupid to be culpable.
@patricia campbell The U.S., including when it was under the Obama administration, has never agreed to submit itself to international law unconditionally. Its appeal to the World Court has always been selective.
Joe better not Gerald Ford widdle donnie.
@SorbusAucuparia Nixon yielded before he was impeached. Not so for widdle donnie.
He should be prosecuted for many things, not just obstruction.
@Mike Jones : Add twenty something sexual assault and defamation complaints.
Coiffure crimes !
Pigmenting the presidential pelt !
Genocide, for one… 250,000 and counting.
** #Stevie Ray Vaughn Proteg’e …..?
https://youtu.be/ZZSgVxReass…..
@DV Emoluments clause violations. He definitely profits from being president
THE ELECTION PROCESS HAS BEEN RIGGED FOR OVER A DECADE BY FRACTIONAL VOTING YOU DUMBASSES
video how fractional voting works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fob-AGgZn44&feature=emb_logo
why do you think they keep “finding” thumb drives with thousands of votes in georgia!!! the democrats games are up trump knows how this works and how dominion makes votes dissapear and switch by turning every vote into a percentage vote. the claims that millions of votes got deleted and switched are true and its the biggest election scam ever!!!!!
Yes he should and yes they should get trump indict him.
@oltedders dude, the report said no collusion between Trump and the Russians.
@Kennedy Suggs
Where exactly in the report did you say that was?
@oltedders you are literally acting like this isn’t widely known
@Kennedy Suggs
So what you are telling me is that you don’t have the answer.
Of course you don’t need any facts to be convinced of something, do you?
@Kennedy Suggs
And you’re acting like being obstinate is presenting factual evidence. It’s not. Widely held ideas are not synonymous with truth. You’re passing on your one opportunity to prove me wrong.
Set the standard so future Presidents and cronies never try fraud again
Yet you probably voted for corrupt Biden???
If he is not prosecuted for all the crimes, then this nation is really a xhitho!e.
@Sandra D You’re insane.
@Sandra D Trump didn’t do anything for Americans. Everything you believe about him is a carefully crafted lie by fascist media Fox and Oann. For instance, he personally made 13 million dollars from Turkey while changing us foreign policy to accommodate their military goals and shunning our biggest allies in the middle east. Turned his back on the Kurds for profit. What’s worse is that Turkey paid for the TRUMP name for some kind of “branding” deal. Translation, they simply gave him cash for no reason. That’s called a bribe. This one instance of corruption out weighs everything every other president has done combined. He’s literally a traitor to the United States and he’s profiting off it.
Justice Matters!!!
@Sandra D Not sure about Biden being sued but how do you know POTUS is rich? He is unwilling to show his tax returns and as for losing wealth he gave himself a tax cut so that makes up for any wealth loses
Obama was never put in prison.
Trump should be prosecuted for murder. How many are dead or sick due to his actions?
@mike cowley china should be charged. You people are stupid
@DeityFree Dee there are laws in this country. Invite them live with you and you pay for them
Bury him UNDER the prison. So far down he could see Chyyna.
@Yellow hmm brennan, obama, clapper, already there.
You people are so stupid and neieve. Was china unleashed this virus. President saved lives early stop watching lame stream media. Biden is ballot fake freak of nature. I’m proud maga supporter.
If the president can get away with crimes why should anyone follow the law?
@Nurse Kathy You probably aren’t the only one thinking that 🤨
Good and valid question!! Ty
** #Stevie Ray Vaughn Proteg’e …..?
https://youtu.be/ZZSgVxReass…..
Easy. Because clearly there are two sets of laws. One set for him and another set for everyone else.
Best reply I’ve read yet.
This country needs accountability.
On all levels.
Hwow
goodhttps://youtu.be/zFJ2AN_CZH8
Like when the media doesn’t mention Biden’s corruption type of accountability.
@Ronald Lovelace trump has been the most openly corrupt president ever . He was bent before he came to office and hasn’t changed a bit . Biden has been an open book for his entire period in office .
@Ronald Lovelace What about ?
What about ?
As your Impeached Orange Coward has said ” It is what it is…get over it already”.
Asshat.
@Ronald Lovelace *_This is not a media problem. I realize in the US, people use the media as an excuse for everything and anything, but this is not a media problem. This is a president problem. The question was, should the president be prosecuted for crimes he committed while in office, yes or no ??? How can you possibly link this to the media ???? This kind of deflection and distraction is unique to the US, where the media is supposedly responsible for almost everything that goes wrong, but very little of what goes right_*
I really agree, Trump should be prosecuted, so next moron does not consider himself/herself above the law of the nation.
@William Crowley 👍👍👍
@The Ministry of Truth No, all the more reason to stop it once & for all! ✳️
@Ash Roskell 👏👏👏
** #Stevie Ray Vaughn Proteg’e …..?
https://youtu.be/ZZSgVxReass…..
Then way obama administration in jail
I agree. Allowing crimes to go unpunished would set the stage for future presidents to do the same crimes, or worse.
A great Seymour Hersh expose in London review of Books..I think this article made Sy Hersh persona non grata overnight..
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v38/n01/seymour-m.-hersh/military-to-military
@Mac Daddy 50 I’m sorry you feel that way
@Mac Daddy 50 *Republic
@Zero Two ~ We watch from afar (another country) and have Seen AMERICA has a penchant of LETTING CRIMINALS GO???? ~ We Wonder, is it a “Hollywood-Thang”????… Lett’n the Bad-guy GO??
Americas “System” resembles Swiss-Cheese – it has a huge amount of Loop-holes!!
This is possibly WHY the tRump-man has got away with MURDER?? (literally Murder – 250k citizens DEAD)!!
Trying to weed through politician’s lies is bad enough now we have to worry if they’ll try & pull a Trump. No thank you! I don’t need this crap every 4 years. We’ve all lost a year of our lives we’re not getting back and let’s not forget about the people that lost their lives and the grieving people that loved them. We have to do it for them if nothing else. We would be in jail for this kind of negligence and so should they. Trump proved he wasn’t fit or experienced in government to be President therefore should not get Presidential treatment for treating us like crap. The word President should never appear with Donald Trump’s name without an asterisk.
The stacks are getting so so so tall on the lawsuits citizen trump will face January 22nd 2021💋
It is going to be so lovely!!
@George Chachati trump is the shady one, he’s proved it over and over hope he’s locked up
Pro covid19 Trump GOP and republicans and Senate- “ America does not need PPP it needs Amy barret! The Senate decided to nominate a corrupt supreme court judge instead of giving America PPP and then they decided to go on vacation until next year leaving America out in the cold 🥶 to fight covid19 by ourselves, Georgia you’re the only hope to save America please vote for the Democrats so America can survive the trump virus 🦠
Unfortunately you won’t be able to make out his sick pathetic face as it will blend in with the Orange Jump Suit he’ll be wearing when he’s hauled out of the White House.. Can’t wait..
True story..I’ve been binging on news recently, like CNN, MSNBC, so I can be uniformly informed. Well, now I’m starting to suspect that a couple of my neighbors may be Russian spies, working for you know who. The thing that tipped me off at first was the MAGA hat.
To be honest, early on I couldn’t make out if they were Nazis, or if they might be KKK white supremacists, or if they were simply deplorable mysogynists, or, to cut to the chase, if they were what my gut was telling me, namely living, breathing Putin operatives!
I was vigilant, constantly snooping around until finally I had what I was looking for, my evidence! One night as I was peering through their windows, I saw them watching RT, and when I saw Larry King staring back at me, I suspected they were KGB..
Btw, I wake up some times in the middle of the night suddenly in a cold sweat screaming “boogaloo boys!!”. Should I get that checked out?
🙈enjoy 4 more
In a country where is illegal to j walk and shoplift in a dollar store, why does the president get away with gigantic crimes???
@patriot 1776 nemesis Do you think that KKK AND PROUD LITTLE BOYS ARE THE ANSWERS TO YOUR PROBLEMS???
@Marshal Giggleman How sad and broken system we have..
Obama did
@Joe Joe Only in the minds of MAGAts
@Hex Jumper I accuse of Moby Trump having a hideous ugly orange face, and it makes me sick to look at his fat flabby rump; truly a crime against humanity
Add this too his 10 other lawsuits he’ll be dealing with. He’s a bad person. 🇺🇸
** #Stevie Ray Vaughn Proteg’e …..?
https://youtu.be/ZZSgVxReass…..
Trump and family need to be prosecuted as soon as he leaves office. No one is above the law.
@G Guest What law did he break?
@NPC #1776 What law did he not break?
@NPC #1776 are you high?? You clearly can’t be that dumb to not see the hundreds of laws he broke knowingly before and during his presidency. He’s going DOWN!
@Brandon Mills Bots 🤖 can’t see. Lol 😆
@Brandon Mills And you still didn’t answer the question.
Pelosi should get him out . He’s trying to start a war. Obstructing president elect should be a crime.
He’s trying to overthrow our government
@Lisa Garrison
absolutely.
And if that’s not treason
I don’t know what is.
It’s time, gentlemen.
He must be prosecuted. Otherwise this sets a dangerous precedent.
@cs strike The voter fraud was on the Republican side. There are fewer of you than you think.
@Chard O’Mania You’re going to have your mind blown very soon.
@cs strike TFB!
@cs strikethey r indoctrinated in a cult with Trump at the helm. This is right and wrong, truth vs fact at stake. These virtues still matter to the majority.
@Am Pat Declass? No, that failed. Durham? No, that’s not it. Hmmm…when is Jade Helm going down? lol
He should be prosecuted yes..a president doesn’t goes against the law
Torch him and his family. They’ve turned the presidency into a criminal enterprise.
That was the goal from the start