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Old 13th October 2022, 01:29 PM   #1
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Sometimes it seems like it all happens at once.

These trials and investigations take years, and suddenly like in the last couple days there is some sort of resolution. Just in the last 24 hours we've had

--Alex Jones civil fine of nearly $1billion
--Parkland shooter jury decision - recommends Life in prison without parole
--The Jan 6 committed concludes and recommends subpoena for Trump

Something like this happened a few weeks ago where there were also several unrelated major legal results in just a few hours. (Can't remember -- there have been too many!)

It's all a lot to absorb.
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Old 13th October 2022, 02:01 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by alfaniner View Post
These trials and investigations take years, and suddenly like in the last couple days there is some sort of resolution. Just in the last 24 hours we've had

--Alex Jones civil fine of nearly $1billion
--Parkland shooter jury decision - recommends Life in prison without parole
--The Jan 6 committed concludes and recommends subpoena for Trump

Something like this happened a few weeks ago where there were also several unrelated major legal results in just a few hours. (Can't remember -- there have been too many!)

It's all a lot to absorb.
We heard for awhile that some people didn't think Trump would face any consequences for what he has done over the course of his presidency and after. It's beginning to look like that's not true. He's getting nailed from multiple different directions.
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Old 13th October 2022, 03:43 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by plague311 View Post
We heard for awhile that some people didn't think Trump would face any consequences for what he has done over the course of his presidency and after. It's beginning to look like that's not true. He's getting nailed from multiple different directions.
I'm sure he used to like that...just not with legal cases.
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Old 13th October 2022, 04:26 PM   #4
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There's never one there when you need one, and when you don't need one, ten of them turn up all at the same time!
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