Comment on Why wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?

• meco03211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  But did Bush knowingly lie to a degree provable in court?

  He would have had to have known it was a lie and for that to be proven in court. With trump, his crimes were so egregious there were devout party line adherents backing out and explicitly stating just how illegal what they were doing is. Trump had been told multiple times, in multiple ways that what he was doing was illegal and he went for it anyways.

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  • Bumblefumble@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Another point to add. It is not illegal for anyone to lie, so unless he was testifying under oath, Bush could lie as much as he wanted without legal repercussions.

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    • kbotc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not quite. The constitution has a cutout for official duties of the office. The president must faithfully carry out the duties of the office. So knowingly lying can fail that test.

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      • Archpawn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The Constitution lists one crime: treason. He didn’t do that. Not faithfully carrying out the duties of the office is absolutely grounds for impeachment, but it’s not a crime.

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      • Bumblefumble@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s not illegal to not do that. The legal framework to deal with that is impeachment and trial by Congress.

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• Archpawn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What are you going to do, arrest every president?

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