A group of constitutional lawyers is arguing that criminal charges ought to be brought against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). 

The lawyers called for the charges in a joint letter that they recently send to the prosecutor in Clark County, Ohio.

The letter can be read in its entirety here.

The was submitted on behalf of the Free Speech For People group. The group's "about" page states:

Free Speech For People, a national non-profit non-partisan organization, is a catalyzing leader in the country challenging big money in politics, confronting corruption in government, fighting for free and fair elections, and advancing a new jurisprudence grounded in the promises of political equality and democratic self-government.

The charges

The lawyers, in their letter, come out in support of a recent criminal complaint that was put forth by the San Diego-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA).

According to Commondreams.org:

The complaint alleges that Trump and Vance (R-Ohio), the Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees, disrupted public services, made false alarms, and engaged in telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing.

This is in relation to the claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were caught stealing people's pets and eating them. Trump and Vance both used the claim in support of their immigration policies, but the political left has attempted to turn the situation around on them.

The left, of course, claims that these allegations have no credible basis, and, now, this group of constitutional lawyers is even claiming that Trump and Vance ought to be prosecuted for making them.

To understand why, a few more details are needed.

That's "dangerous"

Any speech that the left disagrees with they label as "dangerous," and this is basically what is going on here.

Commondreams.org reports:

Friday's joint letter argues that Trump and Vance repeated the dangerous claims after they knew them to be false and that their statements predictably caused security threats; it characterizes this as "severe criminal misconduct."

The lawyers argue, "Trump and Vance's positions of authority do not immunize them from the consequences that would fall—and have fallen—upon anyone else."

The question now is whether the prosecutor will actually bring these charges against Trump and Vance. The question, at the time of this writing, remains unanswered.

Neither Trump nor Vance has commented on the situation, though they have stood behind their claims about what is going on in Ohio neighborhoods.