Lee Plotted to Overthrow the U.S. Government

Utah Sen. Mike Lee says it is "dangerous" to prosecute Donald Trump. While in power, he cannot be held liable for crimes, Lee suggests. 

Not so. Not at all. Yes, the Constitution does have a provision that congressional members shall not be arrested while going to and fro from their attendance in the House and Senate -- a rule that protects them from being arrested by a president who might attempt to subvert them from casting votes not in accord with his wishes -- it has no such provision for the president. 

Mike Lee's conduct has been dangerous. It called for, in essence, the overthrow of the U.S. government. Emails to the White House that have been uncovered show him saying, “If a very small handful of states were to have their legislatures appoint alternative slates of delegates, there could be a path (to overturning the election).” Lee said that. He said it on Dec. 8. He said it to keep Trump in power. The election was over. The Constitution does not offer an alternative path just because you don't like the way things turned out. When the election has already taken place, that is it. There is no legal, no constitutional path to overturn it. Lee might have been sincere, or he might just have been desperate to keep Trump in power. Either way, he was still plotting the overthrow of the government. You are not innocent just because you are well-meaning. You commit a crime, you are guilty of a crime. You plot to overthrow the U.S. govenment, you are guilty of plotting to overthrow the U.S. government.