Bill Kristol

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

“Anti-anti-Trump Republicans have decided…to actively abet Trump in his ongoing attempt to break American democracy. Why have they done this? They are afraid of their own supporters…This is not a sustainable condition for a functioning democracy.” https://t.co/yMLvDzgcqi — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

“No one believes that the potential criminal prosecution of Trump could move one of his followers, either at the popular or elite levels. That’s progress of a sort. It means supporters of democracy finally understand the realities of what they are facing.” https://t.co/yMLvDzgcqi — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

RT @AmbDennisRoss: Iran insists that in order to return to JCPOA, the IAEA drop its investigation of the 3 undeclared sites where it discov… — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

Imagine that. Imagine the rule of law. Imagine equality under the law. Imagine applying the law equally to a big shot like a former president. Imagine the American republic working as it should. It’s beyond the MAGA imagination. — PolitiTweet.org

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Perhaps I speak for other Never Trump types who were never supporters of Andrew Cuomo and don't support Andrew Yang: Both of them are embarrassments. — PolitiTweet.org

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"The right...to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, & effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, & no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause...particularly describing the place to be searched, & the persons or things to be seized." — PolitiTweet.org

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The Fourth Amendment does not, last I looked, have an exception forbidding the issuance of warrants, upon probable cause, against big shots or individuals who were once in high office. Here in the United States we have equality under the law. — PolitiTweet.org

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Is any Trump supporter actually claiming Trump is unlikely to have broken the law? It all seems to be Trump is above the law, not Trump is innocent under the law. — PolitiTweet.org

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Much "crossing the Rubicon" talk today. But it's Trump who long ago crossed the Rubicon. And while (if IIRC) many officials of the Roman Republic fled Rome when Caesar crossed the Rubicon, in this case many citizens and officials aren't intimidated by the attempted usurpation. — PolitiTweet.org

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"Exit take: The GOP now fully embraces the notion that Trump should, indeed, be above the law, and that Tump 2.0 will be a bonfire of vengeance." https://t.co/3jJq075wvV — PolitiTweet.org

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"Apparently the information in the FBI’s possession convinced the AG there wasn’t going to be any more voluntary turnover...And that a subpoena wouldn’t be honored...The evidence in search warrants has to be 'fresh.' The evidence was recent & compelling." https://t.co/qukjvSrhiv — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JoyceWhiteVance: 3/3 A copy of the warrant & a return of service that has an inventory of items seized are provided to the property own… — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

RT @JoyceWhiteVance: 2/3 You can see a blank search warrant at the link. The judge/magistrate judge fills it out if they agree there is pro… — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

RT @JoyceWhiteVance: 1/3 Probable cause is more than just suspicion, it means a reasonable person reviewing the evidence would conclude a c… — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

Good thread. The search of Mar-a-Lago is not "unprecedented." Executing a search warrant signed off on by a judge where there could well be evidence of criminal behavior is about as precedented as it gets. — PolitiTweet.org

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I believe a copy of the warrant is left at the location at which it's executed. So Trump has access to it. And, as far as I know, can make it public if he wishes. — PolitiTweet.org

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All the Trumpists complaining should join to urge Trump to make the presumably flimsy and unjustified search warrant public. Now. — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

RT @neal_katyal: Search of Trump abusive? Law enforcement leaves a copy of the search warrant, which itemizes what they are looking for and… — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

"For the FBI to conduct a search like this, it needed a warrant, which means everyone from FBI lawyers to AG Garland had to sign off on the warrant application, and then a federal judge had to examine the affidavit setting forth their evidence and concur." https://t.co/VGPwdSytEH — PolitiTweet.org

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"What’s sad is that so many Good Republicans had really hoped that DeSantis would be something more than a Trump knockoff. See the berating Liz Cheney took over the weekend...By holding unity rallies with Lake and Mastriano, DeSantis proved Cheney right." https://t.co/aWWFETAeTh — PolitiTweet.org

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"DeSantis is laying the groundwork not for a challenge but to be Trump’s 2024 understudy. Should Trump find himself suffering from a case of unexpected prisonitis, DeSantis will be waiting to be called to the stage by an adoring crowd of insurrectionists." https://t.co/aWWFETAeTh — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

"What you have to understand is that as DeSantis tours the country laying the groundwork for a potential 2024 bid, it’s not that Lake or Mastriano is endorsing DeSantis. DeSantis is endorsing them. DeSantis must think he needs the MAGA street cred..." https://t.co/aWWFETAeTh — PolitiTweet.org

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“McCullough’s books made history fun for generations of readers and convinced millions that reading was a worthy endeavor…His career was defined by lifting forgotten moments out of the shadows…” https://t.co/FhgSHSzVu1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump can go to court to challenge any or all aspects of the search. The governors and senators who are complaining have access to lawyers who can help in this effort. But the Republicans who are screaming don’t believe the search is illegal. They believe Trump is above the law. — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

The Republican reaction to a legally executed search—over-the-top-denunciation, violence-incitement-adjacent, extreme-hatred-of-law-enforcement-and-the-courts—is indicative of the unabashed extremism that’s overtaken the GOP. One might almost call such a party…insurrectionist. — PolitiTweet.org

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Why are Trumpists upset? The search warrant was approved by a judge not Joe Biden. But if nothing incriminating is found, Trump won't be indicted, or if indicted of course wouldn't be convicted by a jury of his peers. Trump supporters are upset because they suspect...he's guilty. — PolitiTweet.org

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Wouldn't the search warrant have to specify the safe as a place to be searched? Wouldn't it have to give some sense of what documents--documents the possession of which would presumably be a crime or be evidence of a crime--the FBI thought might be in the safe? — PolitiTweet.org

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FWIW, I doubt the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago to confirm Trump was careless about or even lying about possession of some random classified documents. The content of these classified documents presumably matters. And why Trump was concealing them, if he was. — PolitiTweet.org

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Well said. — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

RT @stevanzetti: "Just one more thing, Mr. Trump. You wouldn't happen to have an evidence safe at Mar-a-Lago, would you?" https://t.co/EEKL… — PolitiTweet.org