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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDOJ Prosecutors Have Evidence To Charge Trump!
So when in hell are they going to do it?
Fullduplexxx
(7,864 posts)P
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)If someone doesn't drop an indictment NOW, he and his loyalists will whine that it's all political persecution.
This is a case of justice and politics being on a collision course, and justice appears to be the weaker of the two.
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)If we do it now, it's the midterms. It's to damage TFG so he can't run in 2024, etc. They will whine no matter what.
I don't care what they do. If he committed crimes, charge him.
deRien
(165 posts)depend on the results of this election. If the Republicans will big, he will run, if the Democrats win, I don't think he will. I bet he's counting on Republicans to win in a lot of states especially those who would "fix" the election for him.
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)whose campaign slogan was (swear to god) "Indicted but never convicted."
I wish TFG would rot in jail, his family left penniless (and most of them in jail, too), but I have a feeling he's going to drag this out for the rest of his god-forsaken life.
msfiddlestix
(7,282 posts)msfiddlestix
(7,282 posts)There is only ONE Single Truthful remark he's ever made to the American Public.
and you might have heard it before: paraphrasing:
'I can shoot someone on 5th Ave in broad daylight in the middle of the street, and they'll still vote for me'
Read that to also mean: 'And I'll never be Charged with a Crime'
Regardless of how many "investigations", he will die of old age before he ever spends a single day behind bars.
Kaleva
(36,307 posts)People here assume that if TFG is charged, a conviction by a jury of his peers is a sure thing
Justice matters.
(6,930 posts)Not prosecuting any citizen or any foreigner for committing the first crime, moreso when some of the highest secret documents are "missing" - no matter what "previous" position the criminal had or not - would only incite others in the future to do the same and citing precedent.
hair furhair will be charged with both. The rest will be decided by a Jury of his peers as it must. Otherwise, Justice is a farce. Nothing else than a big joke.
msfiddlestix
(7,282 posts)at least not when it's involving that guy.
Emile
(22,788 posts)msfiddlestix
(7,282 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)To a foreign agent/government. But he'd not be dumb enough to do that himself, he'd set up a fall guy/gal. So proving that he ordered it would possibly be tough. Dude's a bit of a criminal mastermind, despite being an idiot in so many ways.
Anything less I think he's at most fined/barred from doing business in some places, and POSSIBLY gets stuck on probation for awhile.
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)That's a challenge with many of these espionage cases.
That's why most reach a sweetheart deal before court.
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)That's a challenge with many of these espionage cases.
That's why most reach a sweetheart deal before court.
Kaleva
(36,307 posts)If they charge him and the jury finds him not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, then he won't be able to be charged later. Even if there's enough evidence found later to make the case a slam dunk.
Justice matters.
(6,930 posts)The Jury will then have to return a "unanimous" verdict: Guilty or Innocent.
IF judged guilty, then hair furhair will appeal. The rest is speculation.
With Kash Patel being immunized, DOJ may wait after Patel testifies to the Grand Jury, as he probably has valuable evidence.