Post-match: The Post Presidency :: Trump Faces The Music Thread

I'm just waiting for the Republican candidates to make their entire platform that they will pardon Trump first if they win presidency.

 

Comparatively few are ending up with felonies on their record. In fact, a Federal judge scathingly criticized the DOJ for exactly that.

 

If he wins, pardoning himself will definitely be his first action.

 

Misdemeanor couping. What a country!

 

According to the figures linked below, 60% of the 500+ people sentenced so far have received prison time (this despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of them have pleaded guilty in exchange for leniency).

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/09/965472049/the-capitol-siege-the-arrested-and-their-stories

Maybe you're a tough guy who would shrug off a few months in Leavenworth - but for most people, the prospect of any significant amount of time in federal prison is a pretty strong deterrent. That's a big part of the reason that, despite Trump's relentless efforts to mobilize unrest, the only people who showed up for his NY indictment were a small number of weirdo protestors.

 

Strangely enough, I could probably do the ADX.

 

Merrick Garland was confirmed as AG on March 11, 2021. The text messages were deleted by the end of January, 2021. Perhaps you see an issue here…

 

@Bootsy Collins is just begging for @Auria to go on another rant, isn’t he?

 

I was gonna respond too, saying the texts weren’t the key issue. But you’ve said it all here.

The other issue is these ********ers have had time to dig in their heels. They should have been sitting in jail awaiting prosecution or under house arrest and a gag order. Instead, they are grifting their way to the good life, making it all the harder to hold them to account.

 

Sorry. This is bullshit. Nobody here expected him to be convicted in the senate. Nobody. What I personally didn’t expect was Garland politicizing the DOJ by choosing to do nothing and being a complete coward. But he’s now been forced to act.

I’ve been banging on this since the beginning. Everyone claiming the DoJ was investigating in silence was full of shit. There was no way people in trumps orbit were going to keep their traps shut if interviewed by the DoJ. FFS….think of all the leaks from the Trump White House. Silence was impossible. Within weeks of Smith’s appointment we got weekly leaks.

 

Just because you’re in a coup doesn’t mean it should go on your permanent record.

 

That isn't how the US justice system works, especially for white collar crimes. It takes years of investigations and just as long for pre-trial, trial, and appeals. Anyone that thought Trump would be in jail by now was kidding themselves.

 

Ahhhh. OK. I thought the one they were charging for interrupting federal proceeding was a felony. Turns out, it is just a class-a misdemeanor.

 

Number of Trumpy bigwigs/fundraisers indicted so far: 0

 

source/link? And, is that even a definable category?

 

Going by memory, SD. But seems like all the 1/6 grunts are getting arrested, convicted & doing some time. None of the organizers and folks on the political side.

 

I spy with my little eye a Rhodes trip to the penitentiary.

 

Two questions:
1) is his a resource issue with the courts/DOJ or does the actual work take that long?
2) Isn’t Jack Teixara in jail now? It’s not like he committed a violent crime.