There are countries where you are presumed guilty until proven innocent. Our government is based upon the principal that you are innocent unless proven guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt". This is to prevent the government from prosecuting people based on their political beliefs. This is why we require "probable cause" to even investigate someone. The heart of our criminal justice system is built on the need to ensure a fair trial. A fair trial means the accused: A- Gets the right to confront their accuser; B - Has the right to question witnesses: C - Has the right to have an attorney represent with them: D - Has the right to show additional information: E - Has the right to see all the evidence to be used against them in advance of the trial: F - Has the right to know what they are being charged with once the accusations are charged. This is why you are given a reading of "your rights" (Miranda rights) upon arrest. For the first time in our history, NONE of these rights are being provided to President Trump and the media and the neo-liberals and the neo-cons are all okay with that. Fundamental to making these rights have meaning is the right to talk to you attorney in privacy.
The media and the establishment scream on a daily basis that Trump asking for the same rights is "obstruction of congressional oversight" except, they are not doing oversight, they say they are conducting an "Official Impeachment Inquiry"; but they do not use the word "Formal" because that means you have to follow the rules, the form and that requires that you give due process. The inquiry being done is not official as it has not been sanctioned by the House by vote. By the way, this is still not my post on the Ukraine "scandal". This post is also not just about the impeachment witch hunt. It is about what rules we will all live under.
The second the courts say the President does not have rights to due process, it means you don't either. Many people don't care and that is scary. We are seeing the perversion of fairness. Consider the French revolution, a commoner would point to someone they disliked and say, "I accuse of helping the royals" and they would be hung as guilty, no proof needed. The Soviet Union had a presumption until proven guilty so did the Nazi's. For the past few decades the establishment has been pushing us in that direction. The "#MeToo" movement has clearly said that we should believe all women, something clearly ludicrous to anyone who has lived in a house of women where they constantly call each liars. They don't really believe we should believe all women, they believe we shouldn't believe anything men say.
The same establishment saying Trump is guilty till proven innocent doesn't accept Mueller's finding that Trump did not collude with Russia in the 2016 election. Just a small offside point, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) which has fought for the rights of Nazi's and Communists has remained completely silent on the Trump inquiry. I have supported those clowns for 50 years and now find them cowards and partisans, rather than protectors of civil rights. I should also mention that in court you cannot use second hand account (someone told me garbage), you have to have heard or witnessed something first hand to testify on it.
You might wish to believe that the denial of basic rights to Trump is one time thing; but, it would be precedent and means it can happen to everyone at anytime. I will tell you this, the Supreme Court will NOT enforce these so called congressional "subpoenas" if they do not comport to and allow for due process. The Democrats in congress know this, that is why they are trying to say "Obstruction of Congressional Oversight" is their charge against Trump without having an underlying crime. The truth is denying someone due process is an obstruction of justice.
For new readers, I did not and don't intend to vote for Trump. I have not voted for a Bush or Clinton. The Nazi's were given more rights during the Nuremberg trials where they were accused of the holocaust.
