Jamie Raskin Perfectly Explains Why Trump Should Go To Jail If Convicted

Rep. Jamie Raskin identified that there are at present individuals serving years in jail for counterfeiting one vote whereas Donald Trump tried to steal a complete election.

Raskin mentioned on NBC’s Meet The Press:

A technical violation of the Structure is a violation of the Structure. The Structure, in six totally different locations opposes riot and makes {that a} grievous constitutional felony offense, so our Structure is designed to cease individuals from attempting to overthrow elections and overthrow the federal government. However in any occasion, there’s a entire equipment of felony regulation that’s in place to implement this constitutional precept. That’s what Donald Trump is charged with violating.

He conspired to defraud the American individuals out of our proper to an trustworthy election by substituting the actual authorized course of we’ve got below federal and state regulation with counterfeit electors. I imply, there are people who find themselves in jail for a number of years for counterfeiting one vote in the event that they tried to vote illegally as soon as. He tried to steal the whole election. His lawyer’s up there saying that’s only a matter of him expressing his First Modification rights. That’s deranged. That’s a deranged argument.

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Jamie Raskin, “There are people who find themselves in jail for a number of years for counterfeiting one vote…He tried to steal the whole election. His lawyer’s up there saying that is only a matter of him expressing his First Modification rights. That is deranged.” pic.twitter.com/lfgF4SUI5p

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) August 6, 2023

Raskin went on to say that Trump is attempting to nominate himself immune from the rule of regulation. If a person can get years in jail for voting illegally as soon as, what ought to occur to somebody who tried to steal a complete election? Donald Trump is harmless till confirmed responsible, but when Trump is convicted, he belongs behind bars.

Possibly not for the remainder of his life, however he deserves some kind of authorized punishment and confinement.

Trump’s entire argument could be boiled all the way down to claiming that the regulation and the Structure don’t apply to him, but if it does, he didn’t do anything wrong.  

The argument that Trump’s legal professionals are trotting out is a catastrophe, and as Rep. Raskin put it, the argument is unquestionably deranged.