"Trumpworld’s unbounded view of free speech, if applied consistently, would eliminate most state and federal crimes. After all, perjury is speech. (That did not stop independent counsel Ken Starr from investigating Bill Clinton for it or the House for impeaching him over it.) Bribery is speech. Many types of fraud are speech. Insider trading is speech. Identity theft is speech. Forging checks is speech"
~ Matt Ford
#Trump #Republicans #crime #FreeSpeech
https://newrepublic.com/article/174836/first-amendment-trump-indictment-speech
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