a recording of trump saying and we ve heard this with our own ears saying to the secretary of state of georgia, just find me 11,780 votes and i ll do the rest. when we hear all of that, the chances are he will be found guilty. it s going to be political either way. just a point of law, and i want to keep this brief, because there s so much else i want to talk to you about, professor tribe, butjust on a point of law, as i understand it, even if donald trump were found guilty of criminal offences and he is, of course, also being investigated in new york state, and i believe there is some sort of investigation of his role after election night in georgia, as well but even if ultimately he s found guilty of offences, that is not going to bar him from running for the presidency again, is it, just on a point of law? on a point of law, you re correct, if the offences are tax offences, but one of the key offences is aiding and abetting an insurrection, and under the united states
a decision to give him a bye and to essentially say that he is above the law will look political as well. it seems to me that the least dangerous course is to follow all of the evidence where it leads. of course, it will ultimately be up to a jury to decide whether the chief of staff meadows, or whether giuliani, or whether trump or anybody in his circle was guilty of trying to undo a fair election but when the evidence is presented, when we hear a recording of trump saying and we ve heard this with our own ears saying to the secretary of state of georgia, just find me 11,780 votes and i ll do the rest. when we hear all of that, the chances are he will be found guilty. it s going to be political either way. just a point of law, and i want to keep this brief, because there s so much else i want to talk to you about, professor tribe, butjust on a point of law, as i understand it, even if donald trump were found
the fourth anniversary of his silence. while his colleagues on the bench ask what appears to be a growing number of questions, clarence thomas has been the exception, he seldom asked questions in is first year. lately he s taken to not asking any at all. he s talked freely about this in appearance to law students. he told one group he wants to hear from the lawyer and sees no point in the zooconstant interruptions from other justices. for this idea that oral argument is the first chance for the justices really not to talk to the lawyers but to each other through the lawyers, thomas dismisses that, too. he said, this is a quote, all nine of us are in the same building. if we want to sway each other, we know where we are, we don t need oral argument to do that. it doesn t make any sense to me. some legal scholars say if thomas has a view of a case that s unusual or considering voting based on a point of law that the lawyers did not raise,