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Trump and his brethren are out for blood after the 34 felonies and the assassination attempt. Hope the attempt at 'rule of law' (and sentence of basically noth

by ty6853 2y ago

Trump and his brethren are out for blood after the 34 felonies and the assassination attempt. Hope the attempt at 'rule of law' (and sentence of basically nothing) for rarely prosecuted paperwork crimes was worth it because it's looking like the most costly prosecution in US history in terms of after effects.

krapp 2y ago
I don't know. I feel like the real problem there is that Trump committed 34 felonies. Or that he got off. Or that committing 34 felonies doesn't disqualify someone from being president. Or even that Trump and his brethren are even "out for blood." Not that anyone had the audacity to apply the law to a sitting president to begin with. Although it's weirdly controversial to claim that the president shouldn't be above the law.
- ty6853 2y ago
  I don't disagree, but there is a reason for the saying 'if you take a shot at the king you had better not miss.' Trump doesn't care if what comes after is right or wrong. Prosecutors can smugly pat themselves on their back while everyone else suffers even more.
- tim333 2y ago
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  - krapp 2y ago
    What's weird is that the "what even is the crime here" and "they aren't real felonies" spiel only ever applies to Trump. If Biden tried to hide hush money payments to a porn star to keep a scandal about tax dodging and campaign finance law violations out of an election cycle you'd be calling for his head. I mean that's basically what the whole Hunter Biden laptop story is supposed to be, isn't it? There isn't even any there there but Trumpists act like it's the biggest scandal since Watergate.
    - ty6853 2y ago
      Biden pardoned the whole family for every federal non-violent crime, and hunter for violent ones too. HN comments historically, true or not, love to say accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt.
    - tim333 2y ago
      I'm not that up on the US stuff as I'm a Brit but it's the only case I'm aware of of let's make up a new crime to get the guy that's made it into the British press. I mean Trump is probably guilty of real crimes, especially the confidential documents one but the stuff he was convicted of is kind of lame. I'm not a Trump fan but as a strategy to stop Trump getting elected it didn't work very well.

by ty6853 2y ago

krapp 2y ago

I don't know. I feel like the real problem there is that Trump committed 34 felonies. Or that he got off. Or that committing 34 felonies doesn't disqualify someone from being president. Or even that Trump and his brethren are even "out for blood." Not that anyone had the audacity to apply the law to a sitting president to begin with. Although it's weirdly controversial to claim that the president shouldn't be above the law.

ty6853 2y ago
I don't disagree, but there is a reason for the saying 'if you take a shot at the king you had better not miss.' Trump doesn't care if what comes after is right or wrong. Prosecutors can smugly pat themselves on their back while everyone else suffers even more.
tim333 2y ago
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- krapp 2y ago
  What's weird is that the "what even is the crime here" and "they aren't real felonies" spiel only ever applies to Trump. If Biden tried to hide hush money payments to a porn star to keep a scandal about tax dodging and campaign finance law violations out of an election cycle you'd be calling for his head. I mean that's basically what the whole Hunter Biden laptop story is supposed to be, isn't it? There isn't even any there there but Trumpists act like it's the biggest scandal since Watergate.
  - ty6853 2y ago
    Biden pardoned the whole family for every federal non-violent crime, and hunter for violent ones too. HN comments historically, true or not, love to say accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt.
  - tim333 2y ago
    I'm not that up on the US stuff as I'm a Brit but it's the only case I'm aware of of let's make up a new crime to get the guy that's made it into the British press. I mean Trump is probably guilty of real crimes, especially the confidential documents one but the stuff he was convicted of is kind of lame. I'm not a Trump fan but as a strategy to stop Trump getting elected it didn't work very well.