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Adam Schiff speaking in the senate:
What does it mean to be a nation of laws, and is it still true in America in the era of Trump.
Are we a nation of laws, on characterized by a legal code that applies equal to every citizen?
A justice system in which no one is above the law or beyond its reach, in which there is not on law for the rich and powerful and yet another for everyone else?
or have we become a nation of men in which the law must bend to the will of its most powerful citizens?
A society in which wealth and privilege mean that the need not apply to them, and with the same force which it applies to others, or not at all.
Four years ago, after losing his reelection campaign, Donald Trump conspired to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power and incited a violent attack on thecapital.
He also withheld highly classified material and obstructed an investigation into that offense.
In what can be seen as a vindication of the rule of law, Donald Trump was indicted for these crimes.
But system of justice bound by the rule of law requires not only the charging decisions be made against people similarly situated, without preference or disfavor according to their position, but that the conduct of those prosecutions likewise be timely and appropriate.
In this our justice system failed miserably.
Trump was able to seek endless delays in court and the courts, understanding that motivation, mindful of the fact that justice delayed can mean justice denied, willfully delayed the prosecution of Donald Trump until he could avoid a reckoning with justice altogether.
Comment:
Adam Schiff is the last person who should be preaching to us about the rule of law.
The House of Representatives censured Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for pushing false claims that former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.
Schiff is just the third member of the House to be censured since the turn of the century.
Schiff is still attempting to push the crazy radical left conspiracy theory that Trump lead an insurrection.