President Trump Thread...

[Irving Cowboy]

So you can commit a “crime” and if your reasoning behind it is acceptable to some, it just might be ok? Noted.

I would like to ensure that you are not talking about me, because I never said such a thing.

 

[NoDak]

I would like to ensure that you are not talking about me, because I never said such a thing.

Relax, Irv. Did I either quote or mention you? No?

I think we’re good then.

 

[Cujo]

If Biden were smart, he'd pardon Trump. It would make him look magnanimous and Trump look weak.

That really would be a 4D move. He'd never do it because he doesn't have any balls. Just a ball-less sack.

 

[Cujo]

The average person never would have had those charges brought against him. They twisted the law like a pretzel to even find a case against him. If you only watch msm or yahoo, etc and don't realize that, I'm sorry.

Moreover, Bragg had a chance to bring charges against him in 2022. Why did he wait? Well, we fucking know that, don't we?

 

[Cotton]

Well, we fucking know that, don't we?

Yep.

 

[Cujo]

Somehow I doubt Rachel Maddow told Irv about any of this.

She definitely omitted that part.

 

[Cujo]

From Vox:
“ The prosecution’s argument rested on untested legal theories, not absurd ones. Contrary to the claims of prominent Republicans, Trump’s conviction does not prove that Democrats will stop at nothing to persecute their political adversaries. Rather, it proves that if a man perpetrates a wide variety of frauds over the course of decades — and routinely advertises his contempt for the rule of law — prosecutors may aggressively scrutinize the legality of his business records and get a bit creative in holding him legally accountable.”

“ Even if Trump were guilty, the statute of limitations on his offense has already expired. The statute of limitations on misdemeanor business records falsification is two years; for the felony version, it’s five years.

Trump committed his alleged offense in 2017. But New York law holds that the clock on its statute of limitations stops when a defendant is “continuously” outside of the state. Therefore, it is plausible that the years Trump spent primarily in the White House and Mar-a-Lago do not count against the clock.

Still, even under this interpretation, Syracuse University law professor Gregory Germain argues that two years have certainly passed since Trump allegedly falsified records related to his hush money payment. In Germain’s view, it “is not clear whether the felony can stand when the misdemeanor is time barred” because the “felony statute requires showing that the misdemeanor was committed, since the felony is really a penalty enhancement on the misdemeanor.”

I quit reading at "From Vox," LOL That's completely objective (/sarcasm)

 

[boozeman]

So he now needs TikTok since Truth Social went belly up?

I thought Jina was bad.

 

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[Thorn]

That tracks. We've seen a huge uptick in cheaply made Chinese Trump 2024 knock off stuff the past few nights.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

God damn, I am still livid about this.

Do you believe as many do that this verdict will be what ends up putting Trump back in the White House?

 

[Thorn]

Do you believe as many do that this verdict will be what ends up putting Trump back in the White House?

I know that question isn't for me but I don't get the logic of that. People who are all-in on Trump are already going to vote for him. You can't... vote harder.

I don't think it will hurt him much at all. Think the dems have a false sense of accomplishment that this will somehow sink his odds in the election. But the idea that this will suddenly make millions of people start supporting Trump that didn't already doesn't track for me.

Edit: Only way I see it improving his odds is if that false sense of accomplishment leads to less democrat turnout. Now that I could see happening.

 

[Cotton]

Do you believe as many do that this verdict will be what ends up putting Trump back in the White House?

I think he will gain votes from it, yeah.

 

[Cotton]

 

[Cotton]

 

[Irving Cowboy]

I think he will gain votes from it, yeah.

Then why are you so pissed?

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Then why are you so pissed?

I'll answer for myself: Because it's wrong in principle. You don't bend the law to defeat and/or imprison your political opponents. Even if it backfires on the perpetrators.

 

[Cotton]

Then why are you so pissed?

Because it sets a precedent that is terrifying. Surely you see that.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

I see a guy who has thumbed his nose at the law his entire life has finally been held accountable, petty as it may be. I hope they hold Hunter Biden, Bob Menendez, etc accountable too.

 

[NoDak]

I see a guy who has thumbed his nose at the law his entire life has finally been held accountable, petty as it may be. I hope they hold Hunter Biden, Bob Menendez, etc accountable too.

Maybe he has. But that doesn't make this any more right. What this does is set precedent. Now, if for whatever reason somebody in power deems fit, they can bend the laws to make shit fit just so they can go after somebody. I understand you don't like Trump. That's fine. But you should absolutely HATE that this was able to take place. The entirety of the American public should be outraged over this. But since so many people are so blinded, they allow something like this to happen. Just because of WHO, not because of right or wrong.

And for the record, if the R's decided to fight fire with fire and go after somebody like say, Nancy Pelosi (only an example because I can't stand her) I would still hate that they are doing it.