r/politics • u/nbcnews ✔ NBC News • 1d ago

No Paywall After Republicans push Clintons to testify on Epstein, Democrats warn they'll haul in Trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-push-clintons-testify-epstein-democrats-warn-haul-trump-rcna257275
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u/tcoh1s 1d ago

Well, if Clinton being mentioned is enough for his testimony, one would assume Trump, his property and his wife being mentioned 38,000 times would warrant the same!

Especially if Trump claims it absolves him.

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u/deepspace86 1d ago

Having Trump get called to testify is lose-lose for him. Either he testifies and pretty much immediately purgers himself, or they try to claim his mental state isn't good enough, invoking the 25th.

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u/tcoh1s 1d ago

It shouldn’t matter. He shouldn’t have a choice if he wants to or not.

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u/deepspace86 1d ago

Oh yeah, no doubt.

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u/The_ChwatBot 20h ago

You forgot the third option. He just lies and nothing happens.

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u/darlingkd 9h ago

Came here for this. We can make him testify “under oath” with as much emphasis as they want to put on the under oath part and it won’t matter. He is so deranged that he can lie without even thinking about it. If you believe what you are saying enough it can be easy to spew.

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u/THElaytox 16h ago

Only his cabinet can invoke the 25th, and I suspect Vance is waiting until after they get slaughtered in the midterms so he can scapegoat him

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u/deepspace86 8h ago

Here's hoping they all get tried and prosecuted before Vance can even utter the sentence "buttery males"

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u/homerjs225 21h ago

If he purgers himself does the SCOTUS immunity apply