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Who? Trump? What does that have to do with anything?
by freejazz 2y ago
Who? Trump? What does that have to do with anything?
- jazzyjackson 2y agoWell supposedly federal govt can't intervene in state cases but the conviction against trump is at the state level, so why isn't he being sentenced? Because power isn't about rules.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoAs others said above, the president has certain immunities to prevent constitutional crises. But that's only for the president, and it's not part of his pardoning powers (which wouldn't work here anyway).
- jazzyjackson 2y agoSo why isn't he going to jail for felony falsification of business records (forget the classified records case, he's not meant to be immune from that but here we are) My point is that power is not about what the law says, it's about what people can get away with through their relations with other people.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoTrump or Jones? I agree but the cases are very different. There's not much worth comparing them. It's different kinds of corruption.
- freejazz 2y agoHis conviction wasn't overturned, they are just delaying his sentencing because he's now going to be the president again. He's not doing it by any power of the federal gov't.
- jazzyjackson 2y agoExactly, there's no rule (certainly no federal rule) that says a guy can't go to jail just because he was elected president. So why isn't he? Because he has power that is not assigned to him by any law. He is a bully with a cult of personality that makes people fear him and/or act as his sycophants.