Lara Trump Denies 'Revenge' Tour, Responds to Pardon Rumor
By: Isaac Schorr (Mediaite)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
RNC co-chair Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, responded to rumors that President Joe Biden is considering issuing a number of preemptive pardons ahead of Trump's inauguration on Fox News Thursday.
After anchor Bill Hemmer made note of a Politico article on the subject, he asked Trump how she would respond to people asking about "the retribution aspect" of her father-in-law's rhetoric and agenda.
"Well, Bill, Donald Trump himself said that success will be his revenge. If there's anyone who understands how egregious it is to have the politicization of our systems against one individual, it is Donald Trump. And I think one of the reasons that the people of this country overwhelmingly came out and supported him is because they want to be able to trust these fundamental institutions like our Department of Justice again," began Trump. "He does not plan on retribution. He plans on restoring trust and faith of the American people into so many of these foundational elements of our country. And so I would say, look, if anyone has done anything wrong, then maybe they should be worried not because of Donald Trump, because maybe they've broken the law."
She continued:
But, you know, when it comes to Donald Trump, I think people are actually going to be very surprised to see how he operates because there has been so much fearmongering, there's been so many scare tactics when it comes to Donald Trump. We remember how he was the first term in office. He didn't start World War III. He was actually the first president in 82 years not to start a new war, not to get America into a new war. And much in the same way, I think people are going to see very quickly that this is a man who really just wants to go in there and take charge of this country as the American people mandated. You know, secure our border, bring down inflation, get us out of wars and do the right things for America. He has no intention on retribution or revenge.
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There is an inherent silliness to all this that would be pathetically funny if it didnt effect the way so many Americans feel about their country.
Lara Trump says Donald Trump will not seek to exact "retribution" and acts as if it is preposterous for anyone to think that he would ever consider doing that.
Reality check for Lara - Trump is known to have said and "truthed" many times that his opponents belonged in prison
Trump also famously said, as part of his stump speech at times "I am your retribution".
Given the chance, he will attempt "retribution". The only way it wont happen is if he suddenly decides there is nothing in it for him.
www.theatlantic.com /ideas/archive/2024/11/presidential-pardon-trump-critics/680627/
Pardon Trump’s Critics Now
By Paul Rosenzweig 3-4 minutes 11/13/2024
November 13, 2024
O ver the past several years, courageous Americans have risked their careers and perhaps even their liberty in an effort to stop Donald Trump’s return to power. Our collective failure to avoid that result now gives Trump an opportunity to exact revenge on them . President Joe Biden, in the remaining two months of his term in office, can and must prevent this by using one of the most powerful tools available to the president: the pardon power.
The risk of retribution is very real. One hallmark of Trump’s recently completed campaign was his regular calls for vengeance against his enemies. Over the past few months, he has said, for example, that Liz Cheney was a traitor . He’s also said that she is a “war hawk.” “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her,” he said. Likewise, Trump has floated the idea of executing General Mark Milley, calling him treasonous . Meanwhile, Trump has identified his political opponents and the press as “ enemies of the people ” and has threatened his perceived enemies with prosecution or punishment more than 100 times . There can be little doubt that Trump has an enemies list , and the people on it are in danger—most likely legal, though I shudder to think of other possibilities.
Biden has the unfettered power to issue pardons, and he should use it liberally. He should offer pardons, in addition to Cheney and Milley, to all of Trump’s most prominent opponents: Republican critics, such as Adam Kinzinger, who put country before party to tell the truth about January 6; their Democratic colleagues from the House special committee; military leaders such as Jim Mattis, H. R. McMaster, and William McRaven; witnesses to Trump’s conduct who worked for him and have since condemned him, including Miles Taylor, Olivia Troye, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson, and Sarah Matthews; political opponents such as Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff; and others who have been vocal in their negative views, such as George Conway and Bill Kristol.
Paul Rosenzweig is a principal at Red Branch Consulting and a special advocate for the Data Protection Review Court at the Department of Justice. From 2005 to 2009 he was the deputy assistant secretary for policy of the Department of Homeland Security. He teaches cybersecurity at the George Washington University Law School. He previously served as a senior counsel in the investigation of President Bill Clinton.
www.nprillinois.org /2024-10-22/trump-makes-more-than-100-threats-to-prosecute-or-punish-perceived-enemies
Trump makes more than 100 threats to prosecute or punish perceived enemies
Tom Dreisbach, Leila Fadel 5-6 minutes 10/22/2024
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
With just two weeks until Election Day, former President Donald Trump has been escalating his attacks on his political rivals and what he calls, quote, "the enemy within," unquote.
A MARTÍNEZ, HOST:
Now an NPR investigation has found that Trump has made more than a hundred threats to investigate, prosecute, jail or otherwise punish his perceived opponents, including private citizens.
FADEL: NPR's investigative correspondent, Tom Dreisbach, has been looking into this. Good morning.
TOM DREISBACH, BYLINE: Good morning.
FADEL: So we know former President Trump has talked about, quote, "locking people up" for a long time. What's new about what you found here?
DREISBACH: Right. And, you know, Trump's allies say, come on. This is just campaign rhetoric. The media is overhyping this. So we wanted to find out - just how often does Trump do this? And we looked at rally speeches, interviews, social media posts just since 2022, when he was preparing for this campaign. And that's how we found more than 100 examples.
FADEL: More than a hundred examples - who exactly is he targeting?
DREISBACH: Well, at the top of the list are his political opponents. He says if he wins, on Day 1, he will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate President Joe Biden and Biden's family. He says Vice President Kamala Harris should be prosecuted. He's reposted calls for former President Barack Obama, former Congresswoman Liz Cheney to face military tribunals. And then he's also pushed for prosecutions and arrests of people involved in the criminal and civil cases against him - prosecutors, judges, even a courthouse staffer. And in one case, he floated the idea of prosecuting a member of the Georgia grand jury that indicted him for election interference.
FADEL: OK, so this goes well beyond just politicians, including private citizens, like this juror you just described, but also journalists. What has Trump said about them?
DREISBACH: Well, he said journalists who refuse to give up their sources should go to jail. He says CBS and NBC should be investigated and lose their broadcast licenses because he didn't like their news coverage. He's also attacked people who criticize or protest the Supreme Court. This is from a rally this September.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
DONALD TRUMP: These people should be put in jail. The way they talk about our judges and our justices, trying to get them to sway their vote.
FADEL: I mean, what you're describing, Tom, is pretty frightening. And all of this obviously raises the question - could former President Trump actually do this?
DREISBACH: Well, there's been a norm that's generally accepted for decades that the White House does not direct investigations by the Justice Department, but it is not the law. And at the end of the day, the president does control the Justice Department. Of course, there are guardrails. Judges can refuse to sign warrants. They can dismiss charges. But investigations alone, legal experts told me, can be terrifying - cost a ton of money in legal bills. And there's this concern that just the threat of a prosecution can make someone say, if opposing the president gets me investigated, is it really worth the risk?
FADEL: So a chilling effect there. What does your reporting tell you about whether Trump would actually take action on these threats?
DREISBACH: Yeah, an analysis from an NYU law professor found a dozen cases from Trump's first term where he pressured the Justice Department to investigate, and they did follow through. And I also talked to multiple people who said they're preparing for the worst case in case Trump wins. Stephanie Grisham was a press secretary in Trump's White House, but she now says he's unfit for office.
STEPHANIE GRISHAM: I just know that once he's in office, with no reason to worry about reelection and only the most fervent, loyal people surrounding him, that he will absolutely make sure his enemies pay for what he perceives to be their crimes.
DREISBACH: And Grisham told me she's already saving money, getting ducks in a row in case she's subjected to, say, an investigation or IRS audit. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Republican Party responded to our reporting by saying that Harris is the threat to democracy.
FADEL: That's NPR's Tom Dreisbach. Thanks so much for your reporting, Tom.
DREISBACH: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
Democrats (and their cohorts) fear a reckoning far more than they fear revenge. The results of the election suggests the electorate may be ready for that reckoning, too.
Should Democrats fear voters more than they fear Trump? Will Democrats' gossip politics avoid the electorate's disdain? Tune in tomorrow for the next uninspiring episode of 'As the Big Tent Burns'.
Next time try and respond to the topic.
Bill Hemmer changed the topic from the possibility of Biden's preemptive pardons to Trump's retribution agenda. Lara Trump's quoted comment reported in the seed is
"He does not plan on retribution. He plans on restoring trust and faith of the American people into so many of these foundational elements of our country. And so I would say, look, if anyone has done anything wrong, then maybe they should be worried not because of Donald Trump, because maybe they've broken the law."
Lara Trump specifically points out that Trump's agenda is not one of revenge but, rather, of reckoning. My comment is that Democrats (and their cohorts) fear a reckoning much more than they fear revenge. The election results suggest the electorate may be ready for that reckoning, too.