Cassidy Hutchinson’s recent bombshell testimony before the January 6th House Select Committee has left former federal prosecutor and current MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner feeling pretty certain that ex-President Donald Trump could ultimately spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Kirschner’s analysis came during an appearance on an episode of Dean Obeidallah’s SiriusXM radio, The Dean Obeidallah Show this week when the radio show host asked for the former federal prosecutor’s take on Hutchinson’s explosive surprise testimony and specifically questioned whether the former WH aide’s revelations supported a treason charge against Donald Trump.
Kirschner wasted absolutely no time in laying out the laundry list of massive crimes Donald Trump has seemingly committed that could stack up to a prison sentence that would cost the ex-president the rest of his life.
“But now with the new evidence from yesterday, what is your thought on really article three, section three, clause one, treason?” the show’s host asked.
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Kirschner responded:
Yeah, treason is defined in the federal law as whoever, owing an allegiance to the United States, levies war against them, the United States, is guilty of treason. And what Donald Trump was, in a very real sense, levy war. And we now know that his warriors were armed. He knew that. And he launched an attack, that he wanted to lead himself, on the U.S. Capitol, on the Democratic process, on the certification of the rightful win of a president. And that constitutes, in my opinion, levying war against the United States. That constitutes the crime of treason. You know, he certainly is on the hook for obstructing the official proceeding, the certification of Biden’s win. He’s on the hook for a conspiracy to defraud or commit offenses against the United States, inciting a riot, inciting an insurrection, seditious conspiracy, treason. And then if you want to talk about, I think, new charges that are supported by Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony, we can talk about things.”
The former prosecutor and legal analyst went on to add, “The government, a government official, 18 United States Code 111, something that I think is now squarely in play, because if you assault, not only assault, but if you assault, oppose, impede or intimidate a government official while engaged in or on account of the performance of their official duties, like certifying the results of a presidential election. That’s an eight-year felony.”
“However, if it involves that deadly or dangerous weapon, it’s a 20-year felony. What we now know, what do we now know? Not only did he oppose, impede and intimidate by the tweet, “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what was necessary,” but he intentionally set an armed mob on the Capitol. That makes it a 20-year offense. Again, you can only confine a man for but one life. So how many of these charges you want to stack up? It doesn’t really matter. Donald Trump just needs to be indicted.”
Long story short here — Donald Trump is screwed.
Watch the clip of Glenn Kirschner’s analysis on The Dean Obeidallah Show here:
“He’s on the hook for a conspiracy to defraud or commit offenses against the United States, inciting a riot, inciting an insurrection, seditious conspiracy, treason.. Donald Trump just needs to be indicted.”@glennkirschner2 to @DeanObeidallah on #CassidyHutchinson‘s testimony pic.twitter.com/8vui5W6QIn
— SiriusXM Progress (@SXMProgress) June 30, 2022
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