No one should be above the law. Especially public officials such as the President. We should not set precedent to allow someone to get away with what he has done.

I would say the same about Clinton, Obama, or Biden, had they done the same. This is not about party politics or team sports.

I’m not an American and I read the whole 45 pages indictment. One one hand, because it was highly entertaining to read Agent Oranges tweet in such a serious context, on the other hand because, in a way, this affects the whole world. The defendant was such a horrible (and effective) role model to authoritarian politicians around the globe and I honestly believe the US won’t recover from a not-guilty verdict or even worse, a second term of that ape.

But even IF he somehow, miraculously, gets a prison sentence - there is still so much to be done. The whole apparatus that enabled him should face justice. Not only his direct co-conspirators but also republican congressmen & -women that violated their oath to protect your republic from exatly the tyranny that the defendant tried to establish.

But who am I kidding; In reality I am already waiting for the announcement of his second term, the pardoning of each and everyone of his co-conspirators plus a self-pardon (how crazy is that?!) from '47. Thats how much trust I have in your system at this point.

Ill get the champagne ready

This makes 79 felony charges so far

Hush Money case for Stormy Daniel’s, a former Playboy model, and a 3rd woman

• 34 felony counts - Falsifying business records in the first degree

Classified Documents Case

• 32 felony counts of willful retention of national defense information in violation of the Espionage Act
• 6 felony counts of obstruction-related crimes
• 2 felony counts of false statements to the FBI
• 1 felony count attempted destruction of evidence

Attempted Coup (January 6th)

• 1 count conspiracy to defraud the United States “by using dishonesty, fraud and deceit to obstruct the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election”
• 1 count conspiracy to impede the Jan. 6 congressional proceeding
• 1 count conspiracy against the right to vote and to have that vote counted
• 1 count obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct and impede, the certification of the electoral vote

Georgia Election Interference

• Greater than 0 but TBD

When does he fly to Russia?

Unknown political consultant could be the first informant who might never even be charged.

Rudy offered a proffer not that long ago. If he gave them anything they didn’t already have, he’s worked out a deal and has flipped. If not, the case is much stronger than people are saying.

They have Eastman’s phone, and they took it with zero warning, so they have all his communications.

A former colleague of Jeffrey Clark is cooperating and claims to have turned over hundreds of documents and sat through “many hours of recorded depositions.”

Not a good day for Team Trump.

Being a US citizen, it is interesting to observe my social circles reactions to both President Biden and President Trump.

Most of the men I know trend towards being pro Trump and I don’t think this will sit well with them. The reason being that I think it is less about what Trump actually does to them, but rather what he represents. Last I checked via wikipedia, Trump has anti trans campaign points for 2024.The trend I notice is that men I knew who grew up going to church feel displaced by their traditional view being eroded by things like LGBT, gender identity questions, and changing of the times in general. While the women I know who even often date these men the opposite; they feel more comfortable being accepting of everyone by default.

Should Trump be convicted, I think it will alienate a group of voters into full disbelief of the existing system. The question is does that matter at all in the grand scheme of things or should these voters feel slighted - will that matter since they have no real recourse or will they simply forget Trump given time.

In preparation for comments on this - please don’t try to assign me politically. I’m simply remarking on what I’ve observed as a citizen when speaking with other adults in my life.

There’s a very legitimate chance that Donald Trump could be convicted in multiple cases of multiple crimes and still win the presidency.

The implications of that are terrifying.

Interesting to see what an active post looks like on Lemmy. At time of this comment, there are 672 comments and the pot itself has 2721 score total.

So, if there was a conspiracy to deny voting rights can we file a class action lawsuit?

Real harms have been done to our democracy and everyone is suffering because of it.

The world is watching America. Send this man to prison.

If you think this is great, wait until you see who’s going to be judging him!

As someone who has the Secret Service on his tail 24/7, how will he escape to Russia?

Woohoo! May he spend the rest of his days in prison.

So the rumor mill in Washington D.C. circles on co-conspirator #6 appears to be targeting Boris Epshteyn.