So How Come, with Sam Bankman Fried

[Otto_Harper]

they can go from the first inklings of irregularities to sentencing in under 2 years. And yet, TFG is still out loose, committing all sorts of crimes for the past 8+ years, and, due to the pernicious normalcy bias of our systems, is still dancing footloose and fancy free?

Just asking for a friend.

[Irish_Dem]

1. The courts are terrified of Trump. They coddle him.

He is white, male, powerful and entitled.

[dalton99a]

4. And the evidence is clear.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Yes. We have seen some of the evidence on TV.

We saw his speech encouraging the insurrection.
Describing extensive voter fraud when there was none.
Seen the boxes of classified documents.
Heard him talk about assaulting women.
Seen his defamatory texts.

[Faux pas]

2. Tell your friend

that it's because the hump's been playing the game much longer.

[marble falls]

3. Apples and Oranges. Besides Bankman isn't using the system to delay upfront like TFG ...

Bankman will use his energy appealing. TFG will have no grounds for appeal, he resolved those issues in pretrial motions he lost.

TFG said his bonds are unfair and unprecedented. Bankmans are six times what TFG's are.

[gab13by13]

5. The Supreme Court just gave a hard no

to Jack Smith's request to expedite the Trump immunity appeal which means there will be no SC hearing until June.

Chances are getting pretty slim that a Jack Smith trial will happen before the election.

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. The SC immunity hearing is scheduled for April

Did you mean the ruling would be announced in June?

[gab13by13]

11. TY for the correction,

There will not be a ruling until some time in June.

[Voltaire2]

9. It took more than two years to bring any federal charges against the stinky sick fuck.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. Tell your friend to read more and educate themselves on the differences

1) the crimes and circumstances are vastly different
2) SBF had no claims of Executive Privilege or Attorney Client privilege (involving dozens of lawyers) to enable him to delay the process.
3) SBF didn’t have the good fortune of drawing judge he himself had appointed to assist in delaying the process.

That’s just for starters.

[gab13by13]

10. So in other words, Trump out maneuvered Garland and Smith.

What about all of the other people in Trump's inner circle who were involved in the coup? How many of those people has DOJ prosecuted and indicted?

Read this article about why Trump will not be held to account by DOJ before the election.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/us/politics/trump-jan-6-merrick-garland.html

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. Your words, not mine

Trump would have successfully used Executive Privilege and Attorney-client privilege to “out maneuver” any AG or prosecutor, not just Garland or Smith.

EP was a unique delay tactic available to him, and his nearly unique circumstances where his crimes involved dozens of lawyers as either witnesses or co-conspirators gave him the ability within our existing system to delay further.

[Voltaire2]

7. Exactly. A giant WTF is with our DOJ?

[thomhartmann]

14. Sam stole from rich people; Trump steals from middle class rubes and upper middle class apartment purchasers...

Those people who rip off the rich - like Bernie Madoff, who died in prison - get nailed hard. But if, like Trump did with his phony university and many of his real estate deals, rip off working class people, you just get a slap on the wrist...

[flying_wahini]

15. I'll tell you why, because the tax break alone is financially large enough to line their pockets first

and worry about the mongrel public later. It’s not the wealthy’s concern.
That why they pay half the SCOTUS off.

[Joinfortmill]

16. Because he's a former President.

It opens a can of worms.

[republianmushroom]

17. trump to political for DOJ.