“Politically Motivated” Investigations? Trump’s GOP sounds like Nixon’s GOP
letters to the editor
April 5, 2023
About the publisher: I grow tired of hearing many Republicans use the term “politically motivated” about former President Trump’s alleged criminal activity related to hush money payments, as if that would make the investigation inappropriate or wrong. (“How Kevin McCarthy’s Bakersfield Responds to Trump’s Impeachment,” Apr. 3)
I don’t recall this term being used in connection with Trump University’s $25 million settlement in 2017 from an investigation that began in 2010. Nor was it used to embezzle funds from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, leading to a $2 million settlement in 2019.
Would justice be better served if Trump were just a New York real estate investor?
If Republicans used that term “politically motivated” in investigating President Nixon’s role in the Watergate burglary and cover-up, it certainly didn’t stick after the country learned the facts.
And here’s a thought: What if these “politically motivated” studies make candidates reconsider going? This could discourage criminals from running, knowing that their past crimes would be exposed. This would be the best result of “politically motivated” investigations.
Steve Latshaw, West Hills
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About the publisher: According to Greg Perrone, Speaker of the Greater Bakersfield Republican Assembly, “The left has a zero batting average against Donald Trump.”
Who will tell him that the left beats Trump by .750 (three to four) in the elections (2018, 2020 and 2022)?
George W. Serbia, Irvine
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About the publisher: As a retired assistant district attorney for Los Angeles, I get very upset when bad legal information comes out.
In the article reporting Bakersfield’s response to Trump’s impeachment, Perrone is quoted as saying, “The law says innocent until proven guilty.”
This is not the law. You are
contract
innocent until proven guilty. Suspicion does not make you innocent.
I was an assistant district attorney for 37 years; Before that, I was an assistant city attorney for Los Angeles. I’ve seen people get into trouble for their wrong assumptions about the law.
Richard Lowenstein, Tarzana
Source: LA Times
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