Trump indicted on 4 new counts by Smith's team

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Re: Trump indicted on 4 new counts by Smith's team

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Chuck Rosenberg interview:

'"There is a technical legal word for it, and Mr. Barr used it -- absolute nonsense," he began. "Think of it this way: speech designed to commit a crime, speech designed to commit a fraud is not First Amendment protected speech. If I lie on my tax return, that is speech, but it is not protected by the First Amendment."

"Willie, if you and I are running a Ponzi scheme, and we solicit money from Joe and Mika and tell them we're going to invest it in our investment fund and, instead, we buy a boat, and an island and minor league baseball team, that is not First Amendment protected speech," he elaborated. "That's a crime."

"Instructing a witness to destroy documents is speech, but it's not protected by the First Amendment," he added. "So I completely agree with Mr. Barr on this point. That defense that the First Amendment precludes prosecution of Mr. Trump here is nonsense, it's garbage."
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