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Byron York: Is 'can't prove untrue' new standard in Trump probe?
by Byron York
 | April 23, 2018 06:02 PM

When a political figure is accused of wrongdoing, a conversation begins among journalists, commentators, and public officials. Are the charges true? Can the accusers prove it?

That's the way it normally works. But now, in the case of the Trump dossier – the allegations compiled by a former British spy hired by the Clinton campaign to gather dirt on presidential candidate Donald Trump – the generally accepted standard of justice has been turned on its head. Now, the question is: Can the accused prove the charges false? Increasingly, the president's critics argue that the dossier is legitimate because it has not been proven untrue.

It's an argument heard at the highest levels of government, academics, and media.

"Not a single revelation in the Steele dossier has been refuted," noted Sen. Dianne Feinstein, top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, in February.

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Re: Byron York: Is 'can't prove untrue' new standard in Trump probe?
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2018, 02:04:09 pm »
Ah, the from the Dan Rather school of journalism.

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Re: Byron York: Is 'can't prove untrue' new standard in Trump probe?
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2018, 02:11:06 pm »
Byron York: Is 'can't prove untrue' new standard in Trump probe?
by Byron York
 | April 23, 2018 06:02 PM


"Not a single revelation in the Steele dossier has been refuted," noted Sen. Dianne Feinstein, top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, in February.

Yeah,like Di-Fi can tell the difference between the truth and a lie. Di-Fi,the gun grabber married to the lawyer that was the chief consul for Norinco,maybe the largest arms company in the world since it is the state armory for China.
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Re: Byron York: Is 'can't prove untrue' new standard in Trump probe?
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2018, 02:22:02 pm »
That is what makes this thing so maddening.
We've been told for a year now that the administration has something to hide, yet the best they've come up with so far?
Trump paid a porn star off that he slept with years ago, to keep her quiet.
They haven't even been able to prove a law was broken there, yet.
Hardly stuff that is jeopardizing National Security.

Yet, the Awan family is something to look into, and has largely been ignored.

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Re: Byron York: Is 'can't prove untrue' new standard in Trump probe?
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2018, 02:22:12 pm »
I'm seeing all sorts of application of the reversed burden of proof.  The gun-grabbers who've come out of the woodwork since the High School shooting in Florida have fallen back on the argument:  "Prove that gun registration will lead to confiscation."  No, that's ass backwards.  You want to register guns?  Prove that it will NOT lead to confiscation and we'll talk.

This is  fallacy that's always been played, we've seen it many times before. 
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