The former AG in the Trump administration believes that the four 2020 election charges against the former president are just the 'tip of the iceberg.'
unless they can show criminal intent and that Trump was aware he was taking part in a conspiracy or committing fraud with his words and actions.
"The prosecution even says in the indictment every American has a right to speak publicly about an election and to make claims that might not be true. But what they're saying is that Trump took that a step too far," Joshua Ritter, a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney, told"They'll have to prove what was happening in Trump's own mind, and that's very difficult, short of an incriminating statement of motive coming out of his own mouth.
said that Trump had every right to dispute the election results under the First Amendment and therefore cannot face prosecution over it."I really don't think that's a valid argument," Barr told Collins."As the indictment says, they're not attacking his First Amendment right. He can say whatever he wants. He can even lie. He can even tell people that the election was stolen when he knew better.
"But that does not protect you from entering into a conspiracy," he added."All conspiracies involve speech, and all fraud involves speech. Free speech doesn't give you the right to engage in a fraudulent conspiracy." A similar First Amendment defense was made by Trump in a post on Truth Social."The Radical Left wants to Criminalize Free Speech!" he wrote.
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