Donald Trump on due process:
The “bad part” about bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami being captured alive is that now he’ll be treated to “amazing” medical care and an “outstanding” lawyer, Donald Trump said Monday.
After praising the efforts of law enforcement, Trump bemoaned how this “evil thug who planted the bombs” in New York and New Jersey over the weekend is now receiving medical attention after being wounded in a shootout with police earlier in the day.
“But the bad part, now we will give him amazing hospitalization. He will be taken care of by some of the best doctors in the world,” the GOP nominee told the crowd at a rally in Estero, Florida. “He will be given a fully modern and updated hospital room. And he’ll probably even have room service knowing the way our country is.”
Trump added that “on top of all of that, he will be represented by an outstanding lawyer,” saying Rahami’s case would take years to work its way through the criminal justice system until his eventual punishment is diluted. The Sixth Amendment ensures the right to a fair and speedy public trial and the right to a lawyer for all criminal defendants.
“What a sad situation. We must have speedy but fair trials and we must deliver a just and very harsh punishment to these people,” Trump said, to big cheers from the crowd.
This from the guy who wants to stand up in front of the world and solemnly swear to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
He seems to be a yuuuuge fan of ‘guilty until proven innocent’. I wonder how his case in regards to signing the check for the Florida Attorney General to not consider charges would work out – particularly if he was to have an outstanding public defense lawyer for his defense. Yeah, thought so.
His statement reminds me of the old TV westerns when the leader of the angry mob says, “We will give you a fair trial before we take you out and hang you.”
And the Red Queen in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”: “Sentence first, verdict after.”