Donald Trump Calls For ‘Due Process’, Conveniently Forgets All The Times He’s Ignored It<\/b>
\nDonald Trump has been slammed for his hypocrisy after calling for \u201cdue process\u201d in the wake of allegations that have surfaced about two members of his staff.<\/p>\n
The US president said on Saturday that people\u2019s lives \u201care being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome are true and some are false,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cSome are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused – life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?<\/p>\n
February 10, 2018
\nHis comments come following the departure of two White House staff over allegations of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n
White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned on Wednesday after allegations from his two ex-wives\u00a0that he was abusive\u00a0to them surfaced. Colbie Holderness, Porter\u2019s first wife, alleged that he punched her in 2005 and provided photos of bruises she says were inflicted by him.<\/p>\n
Senior White House aide Rob Porter physically assaulted two ex-wives, they tell @theintercept. Full story to come in the morning. His first wife, Colbie Holderness, provided these photos from a vacation they took together in Florence, Italy: pic.twitter.com\/tl3TbyGA8Y\u2014<\/a> Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) February 7, 2018 \u201cIt\u2019s obviously a tough time for him. He did a very good job in the White House. And we hope he has a wonderful career,\u201d\u00a0Trump added, Reuters reports. \u201cBut we absolutely wish him well.\u201d<\/p>\n Later on Friday, the White House said a second Trump administration official had resigned over allegations of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n David Sorensen, a speechwriter who worked at the Council on Environmental Quality, resigned after being confronted by White House officials, spokesman Raj Shah said.<\/p>\n The Washington Post reported on Friday that Sorensen\u2019s former wife claimed he was violent and emotionally abusive during their two-and-a-half-year marriage, accusations that he denied, saying that she had in fact victimised him.<\/p>\n Trump famously bragged about being able to grab women<\/a>\u00a0\u201cby the pussy<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0and has been\u00a0accused by more than 20 women<\/a>\u00a0of sexual misconduct and abuse, accusations which he denies.<\/p>\n His push for \u201cdue process\u201d, which allows for fair treatment through the normal judicial system, sparked outrage on Saturday, with many pointing to the multiple times the 71-year-old had jumped – and stuck to – conclusions even after they had been proven false.<\/p>\n Donald Trump called for the Central Park Five to be executed, started Birtherism without evidence, led banana republic \u201clock her up\u201d chants, & implied that Ted Cruz\u2019s dad helped kill JFK. His favorite way to start a sentence is \u201cpeople are saying.\u201d He can STFU about due process.<\/p>\n February 10, 2018 February 10, 2018 February 10, 2018 Trump spent $85,000 on newspaper ads demanding the men<\/a> be killed.<\/p>\n At the time, Trump wrote: \u201cMuggers and murderers should be forced to suffer and, when they kill, they should be executed for their crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n He has never apologised, even after serial rapist Matias Reyes confessed to the crime.<\/p>\n Trump has gone a step further and doubled down on his earlier comments, saying in a statement to CNN in 2016: \u201cThey admitted they were guilty.<\/p>\n \u201cThe police doing the original investigation say they were guilty. The fact that that case was settled with so much evidence against them is outrageous.\u201d<\/p>\n This is the full-page advertisement Donald Trump took out calling for the execution of the Central Park Five. They were later exonerated by DNA evidence, although President Trump maintains that they are guilty. pic.twitter.com\/vspZemnW93\u2014<\/a> Scott Bixby (@scottbix) February 10, 2018 February 10, 2018 He insisted that his predecessor was born in Kenya, questioning the legitimacy of Obama\u2019s birth certificate.<\/p>\n It was only during his bid to become president that Trump retracted his false accusation.<\/p>\n \u201cI say nothing,\u201d Trump said during a 2016 debate with candidate Hillary Clinton regarding Obama\u2019s long-form birth certificate. \u201cI say nothing because I was able to get him to produce it.\u201d February 9, 2018 He has also\u00a0repeatedly claimed that Clinton lied to the FBI\u00a0regarding her private email server.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, former Trump administration official Flynn pleaded guilty last December to misleading the FBI about talks he had with Russian officials.<\/p>\n \u201cHillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI, nothing happened to her,\u201d Trump said last December. \u201cFlynn lied and they\u2019ve destroyed his life. I think it\u2019s a shame.\u201d Trump promoted a bizarre conspiracy theory at the time that Cruz\u2019s father, Rafael, was\u00a0somehow involved in President John F Kennedy\u2019s 1963 assassination.<\/p>\n The theory that Cruz\u2019s father was involved in the murder plot was first reported\u00a0 in March 2016, and included a photo supposedly taken in 1963 showing a man<\/a> it identified as Cruz\u2019s father helping JFK assassin\u00a0Lee Harvey Oswald\u00a0distribute pro-Fidel Castro literature in New Orleans.<\/p>\n Cruz denied that the story was true and Trump\u00a0refused to apologise\u00a0for repeating the claim.<\/p>\n Q: Are you confident that the release of the JFK files will vindicate your father? CRUZ: \u201cHaha, I look forward to seeing what\u2019s in the files,\u201d says the idea that his father had links to Oswald is a claim \u201cthat (goes) beyond ludicrous\u201d pic.twitter.com\/0ljjTdDXsu<\/a><\/p>\n October 26, 2017 Trump\u00a0told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper\u00a0in 2016: \u201cWe are building a wall. He\u2019s a Mexican. We\u2019re building a wall between here and Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n Curiel is an American who was born in Indiana.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s comments drew widespread criticism at the time, with House Speaker Paul Ryan saying the criticism was the\u00a0\u201cthe textbook definition of a racist comment.\u201d Donald Trump Calls For ‘Due Process’, Conveniently Forgets All The Times He’s Ignored It Donald Trump has been slammed for his hypocrisy after calling for \u201cdue process\u201d in the wake of allegations that have surfaced about two members of his staff. The US president said on Saturday that people\u2019s lives \u201care being shattered and destroyed … Continue reading Donald Trump Calls For ‘Due Process’, Conveniently Forgets All The Times He’s Ignored It<\/span>
\nTrump has stressed that Porter maintains his innocence, telling reporters:\u00a0\u201cHe says he\u2019s innocent, and I think you have to remember that. He said very strongly yesterday that he\u2019s innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTRUMP: False allegations are dangerous ALSO TRUMP: Obama is a foreigner. Central Park Five are guilty. Rafael Cruz killed JFK. Judge Curiel can\u2019t be fair because he\u2019s Mexican. Gold Star widow Myeshia Johnson lied about our phone call<\/a>. People who didn\u2019t applaud committed treason. t.co\/J0kF43HCgz<\/a><\/p>\n
\nLet\u2019s just talk about the elephant in the room… Donald Trump thinks if you are male<\/a>, white, and Republican then you are always innocent… And that\u2019s sick.<\/p>\n
\nIn 1989, a group of black and Hispanic men<\/a> were convicted but later exonerated of the rape of a female<\/a> jogger in Central Park, in New York City.<\/p>\n
\nDonald Trump, due process fan, once called for the execution of five suspects who turned out to be wrongfully convicted. He has never apologized. pic.twitter.com\/RHW9o1ikDY<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTrump promoted the conspiracy that Barack Obama was not born in the US.<\/p>\n
\nLast year, Trump falsely accused Obama of having \u201dwires tapped\u201d in Trump Tower. The Department of Justice\u00a0flatly denied the claim.
\nTrump’s rules of evidence: Central Park Five: guilty despite DNA evidence exonerating Obama: Possibly born in Kenya. Worth investigating. Raphael Cruz. Might have killed JFK. Worth investigating Rob Porter: “He says he’s innocent.”<\/p>\n
\nTrump coined the term \u201ccrooked Hillary\u201d during his US election campaign, frequently referring using it at rallies and in social media posts.<\/p>\n
\nFormer head of the FBI James Comey, who Trump fired, told Congress there was \u201cno basis to conclude she lied to the FBI.\u201d\u00a0
\nDuring the 2016 presidential campaign,\u00a0Ted Cruz was Trump\u2019s closest rival for the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n
\nDuring his presidential bid, Trump attacked US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel on national television, saying the \u201cMexican\u201d justice could not impartially rule on\u00a0lawsuits against Trump University\u00a0because of Trump\u2019s promise to build \u201ca wall between here and Mexico\u201d.<\/p>\n
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