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Since we're wishfully thinking, one hopes more Republicans will take this line:
"Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the only GOP senator to vote to convict Trump in both of his impeachment trials, was a rare voice of criticism. While Romney stressed that Trump is entitled to presumption of innocence, he said he believes the charges are serious and Trump brought them on himself." '“These allegations are serious and if proven, would be consistent with his other actions offensive to the national interest,” Romney said." https://apnews.com/article/23fc661b7...538232f4653f2b |
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Meanwhile William Barr says:
"I was shocked by the degree of sensitivity of these documents and how many there were, … and I think the counts under the Espionage Act that he wilfully retained those documents are solid counts," he said. "If even half of it is true, then he's toast." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-...ment/102468304 |
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Is Nauta being charged at the same time? I find it odd that a guy I've never heard of is on the same docket as The FPDJT. What's the over/under until he flips?
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A telling element in this stupid deification of sorts is the DOJ memo that prohibits charging a criminal thug POTUS while in office. Leaving it up to politicians to oust such a creature sure is a reliable alternative, ain't it? *snort*
If anything screams two-tiered justice loud and clear, spelled out in red ink, this is it. It's time for America to pull its head out of its ass and jettison this low-rent, but dangerous pseudo royalty idiocy. What it's doing is inviting unsavory elements by essentially advertising, "Hiring a President now,! No educational or professional requirements! Criminal history or inclinations no impediment! Yankistan is an equal opportunity employer!" |
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I wonder if the orange turd will be paying for Nauta's counsel? If not it is a guarantee that he will flip.
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In fact, the DoJ would be expected to object to that, because The Fat Orange Turd and Nauta have differing interests - a lawyer paid by The Fat Orange Turd would likely put tremendous pressure in Nauta not to flip. This is similar to the situation with Cassidy Hutchinson. She had a lawyer who was paid for by FOTUS. That lawyer tried to coach her what to say and what not to says. But that young lady was too smart by half not to see right through what they were trying to do. She went and got her own lawyer, and that is what Nauta ought to do. |
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It would be a great service to the country and the legal system if a decent legal firm would take up Nauta's case pro bono.
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I for one was quite satisfied when the news got back to "fairly boring", meaning there was very little reporting about The FPDJT for several months. Coinciding with news ratings drops. Of course, the current news is a big deal, but it was refreshing to watch an hour of news (at 3am) that did not focus on him the whole time. What, there's other stuff going on in the world that warrants more than a two-line report? Who knew?
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From his pre-president time: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016...y=75&auto=webp
What's so funny is all the copies of magazines that feature him - obviously ready to give to each and every visitor. |
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Why would anyone serve on a jury to convict Trump? I wouldn't. I would just yell out "he is guilty" as the jury pool is herded into a room for selection.
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My question remains what non-electoral route do you have in mind here. The plan last time around was to flip selected state delegations to the electoral college, thereby preserving democratic formalities while overturning the will of the majority. Of course, the EC was created to thwart the will of the majority in the first place (e.g. 2016) so it's fairly well-adapted to such an approach.
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Here's a link to an article gathering the times when Trump also had trouble with documents (as opposed to the documents in the indictment(s)).
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Trump maybe not being as stupid as we think in the way we think he is stupid 100% all of the time is a scary thing to consider.
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Yes, supermax will likely be secure enough to prevent outside attempts at "helping" Trump. Of course trying to keep trump there will probably result in various legal challenges from Stubby McBonespurs... "These facilities are for violent offenders. Trump only passed state secrets on to other countries". In addition you'd still probably have to modify some of the protocols used in incarceration... more separation between prisoners than normal, work to prevent doxxing of prison guards, etc.
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But he knew about the "plan to attack Iran" before he was put on notice that he needed to return certain papers. He had that one to hand in 2021 in a meeting with 2 people working on a biography of Mark Meadows so he did know at least some of what he took.
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Find me a prison where 40% of the prison guards aren't Trump Loyalists.
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