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Finally, we are hearing about how Authoritarian Leaders look upon democracy and free-speech. Apparently, the Trump campaign and the Republican Party feel that lies, disinformation, fraud, slander, libel, false-claims, & false-advertising are all protected free-speech. PLEASE NOTE: Donald J. Trump is not defending/proving his 'Stop-the-Steal' lies. He is arguing that he has the right to lie to me, to you, to your Children/Grandchildren, and to his fellow Americans about Election Fraud & Stop-the-Steal, and that he cannot be held accountable for lying to us. I wonder how January 06 Insurgents who are doing jail time feel, knowing that Trump has mislead them about 2020 Election Fraud and Stop-the-Steal, while letting them take-the-fall in jail because they believed Donald J. Trump's lies??? — We have laws which PROHIBIT fraud, slander, libel, false-claims, and false-advertising too. Con-Men usually end up in jail. ... Ask Fox News Channel about their $787 MILLION settlement with Dominion, when Dominion challenged FNC reports of 2020 Presidential Election Fraud ... Bernie Madoff died in prison after lying to investors & defrauding them out of $18 Billion. ... The leaders of the Genesis II Church are behind bars because they sold 'Miracle Mineral Solution' (containing Bleach) to their congregation, lying to them as they claimed efficacy in treating COVID-19, Alzheimers, Autism, AIDS/HIV, etc. -- Then again, there is always God's Commandment: Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness ** SO, what's it going to be? Are Con-Men free to lie, to mislead, to injure our fellow Citizens, & to harm our great Nation? Who needs rule-of-law, when you have caveat emptor?
When a lawyer in the USA can argue that intentional lying is just free speech, it’s obvious we need legal reform. Any lawyer who would bring such a frivolous action should be either sanctioned, fined, or disbarred. “Donald Trump’s lawyer argued Thursday the former president can’t be prosecuted Georgia for trying to steal the 2020 election because his alleged conduct was political speech that must be protected under the First Amendment − even speech that was lies. Prosecutors argued Trump’s statements contributed to a wide-ranging conspiracy of making false statements to government officials, submitting false and forged documents and impersonating public officials. Trump asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to "find" the votes he would need to carry the Peach State. “It’s not just that he lied over and over and over again,” said prosecutor Donald Wakeford. “It’s that each of those was employed as part of criminal activity with criminal intentions.” U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has already rejected Trump’s argument that his statements are protected by the First Amendment, in a federal case with similar charges of election interference. Wakeford directed McAfee to her reasoning for a detailed explanation for why Trump is wrong.” #legalreform #nooneisabovethelaw #justice #commonsense #accountability #stoptheinsanity
Doesn't this fall under you not be allowed to falsely yell FIRE in a theater? Doing so is not protected free speech. Trump lied to and threatened a Georgia state official, Brad Raffensburger. That is not protected free speech.
If you put politicians in jail for lying we would have two, maybe three, people left in Congress. 😁