August 2, 2023
As a rules official for Mass Golf, I am very familiar with the definition of “known or virtual certainty.” The definition states that “Although there is a very small degree of doubt, all reasonably available information shows that it is at least 95% likely that the event in question happened.” As a multi-time club champion golfer and a former head of the Justice Department, Donald Trump is certainly familiar with the concept of known or virtual certainty (KVC.)
Donald Trump has been indicted for his illegal activities surrounding his “Stop the Steal” campaign after the 2020 election. The independent counsel is saying that, despite Trump’s claims that he believed what he believed, it was known or virtually certain that Trump knew he lost the election, and knew that he was lying. Dozens of Republican officials have testified under oath to this effect.
On the golf course, a player running afoul of KVC typically gets either a two stroke penalty in stroke play or a loss of hole in match play. Donald Trump is looking at what we call in golf a disqualification.
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