Might be a good time to remind people of the Nuremberg trials.

Dems should send a clear message to Trump's underlings: Are you sure you want to trust Donald Trump, of all people, when he tells you that what he’s directing you to do is lawful, and that you’ll be protected later as a result?

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“This could indicate awareness of potential criminal exposure,” one legal expert tells me, and “may reflect consciousness that they’re in legally treacherous territory.”

Remember, the Admiral overseeing bombings just resigned. Did he think the orders are illegal?

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The memo “signals fear that what they’re doing is illegal and that they could possibly be subject to criminal action under US law and international law,” Rep Adam Smith, top Armed Services Dem, tells me.

This opens them up to Qs about why they put this in there:

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This memo justifying Trump's boat murders is ugly stuff. DOJ lawyers take the White House's version of reality as gospel and use that as the basis for their case.

But note what the memo says about future prosecutions of people carrying out these orders. It's a tell:

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And here's 2016 Schumer. www.politico.com/story/2016/1...

(reposted because of a stupid typo). Here's the 2016 piece on Trump internment camps: www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/u...