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In reply to the discussion: Wow !!! - Judge Chutkan faces call to seize Trump's passport after threat to flee to Venezuela [View all]ForgedCrank
(2,061 posts)43. I hate
to break it to everyone because I don't want to get Brooklynite-'d, but Trump isn't gong anywhere.
He's not going to jail even if he is convicted one day. If he ran, he would lose everything and be forced to live among the regular people. You really think Trump is capable of that?
Not gonna happen.
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Wow !!! - Judge Chutkan faces call to seize Trump's passport after threat to flee to Venezuela [View all]
Rubyshoo
Aug 13
OP
Let me anticipate the next question: Yes, Venezuela does have an extradition treaty with US... BUT
hlthe2b
Aug 13
#4
And the same applies to that other oft-mentioned Trumpian exile option: Argentina
peppertree
Aug 13
#28
Yeah, I know. But it isn't bad to contemplate finally being free of him... albeit
hlthe2b
Aug 13
#49
That's my opinion as well. Just let him leave and let the courts try those cases in absentia.
japple
Aug 13
#17
His violent goons are cowards who wil run at the first sign of armed pushback.
LakeArenal
Aug 14
#68
I do not think Trump would ever see the inside of a jail cell here in the US. I say GO!!
riversedge
Aug 13
#67
I am all for him disappearing from the USA, but if he is planning to go to Venezuela, something venezuelans don't
Escurumbele
Aug 13
#20
Please don't take his passport. Please just let him go, charge and convict him in absentia so we never
ColinC
Aug 13
#23
Once he chicken shits out, can the U.S. Govt please seize all the sleaze properties & convert them to homeless shelters?
Brainfodder
Aug 13
#26
and they should boot/ground his plane. and maybe epstein's plane that he was flying in the other day. nt
orleans
Aug 13
#27
"Eliason noted Tuesday that Chutkan had not required Trump to surrender his passport when he was first arraigned."
Frank D. Lincoln
Aug 13
#32
It would not stop him. Someone would be willing to take him without his passport *
Oopsie Daisy
Aug 13
#37
Better yet: Tell interpol it's been rescinded and is no longer recognized by the US.
lindysalsagal
Aug 13
#57
Trump's 'Venezuela' invitation to Musk raises 'fight risk' fears among legal experts
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 13
#65