Is there any defense to the tweet that everyone is talking about?

[Stuart G]

I am asking lawyers or students of "illegal threats." I don't know what to call the Trump Tweet. My gut says it is all over for Mr. Trump, but I would like to hear from others more knowledgeable on the subject.

[jberryhill]

1. The dress is blue and black

No, there is no defense for calling it white and gold.

[Ms. Toad]

5. Yup. n/t

[Hekate]

2. Chairman Schiff was a prosecutor before Congress. I'll go with what he says. nt

[Wellstone ruled]

3. After listening to Swallwell last night,

there is going to be new Articles of Impeachment about to be dropped on Moscow Don. Yesterday's Guilty Verdict on Ratfucker Roger changed the landscape .

[Mr. Ected]

4. I can think of three "defenses" that we may expect to hear:

1. The President did not have control of his cellphone when the tweet was submitted and would not have authorized its dissemination;

2. Twitter is not an official channel of communication for the Commander in Chief and therefore cannot be used to discredit him in an official impeachment proceeding.

3. Hunter Biden.


These are some of the lame excuses I'd expect a FOX contributor to spew.

[backtoblue]

7. Overheard on fox

The witness testifying would not have known about the tweet during the hearing were it not for Schiff reading it to her. Therefore, no witness tampering.

Its the most absurd thing ever. The tweet was intended to reach his base and disparage the Ambassador's credibility in real time as people were watching her testimony.

There is no logical defense I can think of. He attacked her personally, publicly, and with malice.

[shockey80]

6. There is none. That was witness tampering period.

You don't have to be a lawyer to figure that out. If you are being investigated by a grand jury and you threaten the witnesses. What do you think would happen to you? You would be charged with witness tampering.

Trump used the office of the presidency to threaten the witnesses. That's as bad as it gets.

[Midnight Writer]

8. The defense is he is Republican, and as long as Republicans hold the Senate, he is golden.