In criminal law, everyone is presumed to intend the “natural and probable consequences” of his or her actions.
Thus, an accomplice who only agrees to rob a bank may be prosecuted for intentional murder if a guard is killed, because the robbery created a dangerous situation that could foreseeably result in death.
By this standard, we should all be talking about possible Chinese interference in the 2020 presidential election. Only two months ago, many political commentators, even on the left, thought Donald Trump was a shoo-in to be reelected in November, since he was riding the wave of a booming economy and successful trade deals.
Now, that’s far from clear. Bill Clinton’s political guru James Carville now claims that the “only” way that Donald Trump could be reelected in November is if he cheats.
Carville is always entertaining, but often wrong. His statement echoes a standard Democrat tactic: trying to delegitimize any election they don’t win. But it also illustrates how things have changed in the last month or two. What happened? The coronavirus pandemic caused seven million potential voters to become unemployed. Some experts now predict the coronavirus will “doom” Trump’s prospects for reelection
This is not the time to debate whether President Trump and his team could have done better in fighting the pandemic. That will undoubtedly be an issue in the upcoming presidential election, perhaps the issue.
The more interesting question at present is whether or not the Chinese government intentionally allowed the virus to spread in order to derail the booming Trump economy and defeat him in the fall. Where are the James Comeys, Andrew McCabes, and Peter Strzoks to investigate possible foreign interference in our elections when we actually need it?
Here is what we know based on public information. President Trump had been tough in trade negotiations with the Chinese, much tougher than his predecessors, as he frequently reminds us. He also urged U.S. companies to move their operations out of China, which could cost the Chinese economy a bundle . . . . Full Story - E. Donald Elliot - American Spectator
Obama calls on Democrats to ‘go further’ in pushing ‘unfinished’ leftist agenda on America
Going in for the Kill?
“I could not be prouder of the incredible progress that we made together during my presidency, but if I were running today, I wouldn’t run the same race or have the same platform as I did in 2008,” Obama said. “The world is different; there’s too much unfinished business for us to just look backwards. We have to look to the future. Bernie understands that, and Joe understands that.” Read More
Declassifications Show Durham Is Democrats’ Worst Nightmare
Durham report and all that entails
Let’s hope, for more reasons than one, that the CCP virus is no longer too heavily with us this summer, because America is going to need its full attention, or what’s left of it, for what’s coming down the pike—the Durham report and all that entails.
That means, of course, the investigation of how and why the Mueller/Russia probe happened, and whether anyone will be prosecuted for it.
Many have been skeptical that any of the possible guilty parties in this situation would be punished, but the tide toward prosecution may be turning. Read More
