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The American Experiment is over
Jul. 4th, 2019 06:07 pmJIMMY CARTER SUGGESTSTRUMP IS AN ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT
"There's no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election. And I think the interference, although not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf," Carter said at the Carter Center's retreat in Leesburg, Virginia on 28 JUN2019.
Let me underscore one point - in the decades since he left office, Jimmy Carter has served to certify elections around the world. Mr. Carter is a globally recognized expert at validating elections. This is no partisan amateur. When he speaks, we should listen.
When pressed by host and moderator Jon Meacham if he believed Trump was an illegitimate president, Carter responded "Based on what I just said, which I can't retract."
The message is clear.
There is a long established and well defined principle of law - "Chain of Evidence" - that states that if the chain of custody of evidence is broken, that evidence is no longer valid.
I strongly believe in a parallel corollary in governmental principle- "Chain of Government". Once the chain of constitutional government is broken, THAT GOVERNMENT IS INVALID.
This is not the same as Impeachment. This is a question of a foreign government, an historic enemy of the United States under the leadership of a former KGB agent, interfering in and altering the course of the United States by placing its choice of president in power.
This goes far beyond the Donald's other crimes; it isn't rectifiable by IMPEACHMENT. The entire administration is the result of foreign action. There is no valid "fallback" at this point.
It is time for a new Constitutional Congress to establish a new and legal government to go forward from this day forth.
"There's no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election. And I think the interference, although not yet quantified, if fully investigated would show that Trump didn't actually win the election in 2016. He lost the election and he was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf," Carter said at the Carter Center's retreat in Leesburg, Virginia on 28 JUN2019.
Let me underscore one point - in the decades since he left office, Jimmy Carter has served to certify elections around the world. Mr. Carter is a globally recognized expert at validating elections. This is no partisan amateur. When he speaks, we should listen.
When pressed by host and moderator Jon Meacham if he believed Trump was an illegitimate president, Carter responded "Based on what I just said, which I can't retract."
The message is clear.
There is a long established and well defined principle of law - "Chain of Evidence" - that states that if the chain of custody of evidence is broken, that evidence is no longer valid.
I strongly believe in a parallel corollary in governmental principle- "Chain of Government". Once the chain of constitutional government is broken, THAT GOVERNMENT IS INVALID.
This is not the same as Impeachment. This is a question of a foreign government, an historic enemy of the United States under the leadership of a former KGB agent, interfering in and altering the course of the United States by placing its choice of president in power.
This goes far beyond the Donald's other crimes; it isn't rectifiable by IMPEACHMENT. The entire administration is the result of foreign action. There is no valid "fallback" at this point.
It is time for a new Constitutional Congress to establish a new and legal government to go forward from this day forth.
