This is the Kator Daily Podcast for Wednesday, August 10th, 2022.

I'm Caleb Brown.

Donald Trump's Florida home was searched by the FBI earlier this week,

and though the precise reasons aren't totally clear it's worth

considering the pros and cons of establishing the norm of charging former

presidents with crimes even in cases when it's clear the crimes occurred.

Cato's Walter Olson has thought long and hard about it.

We spoke last week before the FBI made its move.

I remember Donald Trump in a late in a debate in 2016, suggesting to Hillary Clinton that

she ought to be in jail.

And you know, after January 6th 2021 there were a lot of people on the left and

some on the right who were arguing well Donald Trump ought to be in jail.

He ought to be arrested and charged for the misconduct, the maladministration,

over and above impeachment and removal and disqualification from high office that he

deserved to be imprisoned for his conduct. Now I guess I want to there is at least evidence regarding January 5th that's right

January 5th the president engaged in a phone call with the Secretary of State of Georgia in which

he seemed to strongly imply that, hey, you don't go out there and find me 12,000, think votes you might be in some trouble there

but it's you know nice office you have there be a shame if something happened

to it that was at least my takeaway and Brad Raffinsberger resisted. There was a prominent campaign

attorney who was on the call who lost her job over essentially just being on that call.

And so I wondered when impeachment proceedings came forward shortly after January 6th that why wasn't that part of the discussion and that's

not really what we're talking about but I do want to want to say that it there's at least a reasonable case to say well this was a felony in Georgia.

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