Robert Urbanek
Platinum Member
He opposed “partisan witch hunts . . . We need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards . . . Nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past . . . we must resist the forces that divide us, and instead come together on behalf of our common future."
Is this the language of a Republican candidate whitewashing Trump’s actions regarding the January 6 insurrection? No, they are reasons given by President Obama as to why he did not prosecute CIA agents and their superiors who engaged in torture or approved it in the post 9-11 war on terror.
If a Republican other than Trump wins the 2024 presidential election, Obama’s comments will give him or her the perfect rationale for pardoning Trump and even others convicted for their involvement in the January 6 upheaval.
Furthermore, Obama’s failure to take the torture issue to court tacitly let stand the argument that CIA agents were following the legitimate legal advice of John Yoo, the deputy assistant attorney general who drafted the memo that redefined torture as “enhanced interrogation techniques.”
If CIA agents received immunity after following legal advice, then, Trump’s lawyers might argue, the former President should also receive immunity after following legal advice that his efforts to halt the election certification were legitimate.
Obama's justice department grants final immunity to Bush's CIA torturers | Glenn Greenwald
Is this the language of a Republican candidate whitewashing Trump’s actions regarding the January 6 insurrection? No, they are reasons given by President Obama as to why he did not prosecute CIA agents and their superiors who engaged in torture or approved it in the post 9-11 war on terror.
If a Republican other than Trump wins the 2024 presidential election, Obama’s comments will give him or her the perfect rationale for pardoning Trump and even others convicted for their involvement in the January 6 upheaval.
Furthermore, Obama’s failure to take the torture issue to court tacitly let stand the argument that CIA agents were following the legitimate legal advice of John Yoo, the deputy assistant attorney general who drafted the memo that redefined torture as “enhanced interrogation techniques.”
If CIA agents received immunity after following legal advice, then, Trump’s lawyers might argue, the former President should also receive immunity after following legal advice that his efforts to halt the election certification were legitimate.
Obama's justice department grants final immunity to Bush's CIA torturers | Glenn Greenwald