The Trump Arrest thread

June 7th, 2023 at 1:28:09 PM permalink
ams288
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Seems like a big deal:

Quote:
Prosecutors are ready to ask for grand jurors to vote on a Trump indictment as early as tomorrow, on charges of obstruction of justice and Espionage Act violations.



It is understood that Mr Trump's last White House chief of staff, @MarkMeadows, has agreed to plead guilty to several lesser federal crimes in exchange for his testimony under a limited grant of immunity.


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-indictment-espionage-prosecution-charges-b2353397.html
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June 7th, 2023 at 6:28:13 PM permalink
missedhervee
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Let's assume that Teflon Don isn't REALLY teflon, and he gets convicted and sentenced to prison.

Which prison would he likely be sent to, and how would that affect the obligation of the Secret Service to protect him?
June 8th, 2023 at 6:16:53 AM permalink
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Quote: missedhervee
Let's assume that Teflon Don isn't REALLY teflon, and he gets convicted and sentenced to prison.

Which prison would he likely be sent to, and how would that affect the obligation of the Secret Service to protect him?


Anything more than house arrest and you've created a martyr, and quite possibly, started an unofficial civil war.
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June 8th, 2023 at 7:23:40 AM permalink
DRich
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Quote: missedhervee


Which prison would he likely be sent to, and how would that affect the obligation of the Secret Service to protect him?


He would be pardoned by the current president. No president is going to let another president go to prison for anything less than murder.
At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent.
June 8th, 2023 at 9:27:13 AM permalink
rxwine
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I think they put an ankle bracelet on his leg and confine him to Mar-a-Lago for a couple years, and he violates it a couple times, and they throw him in jail.
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June 8th, 2023 at 11:07:09 AM permalink
missedhervee
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Quote: DRich
He would be pardoned by the current president. No president is going to let another president go to prison for anything less than murder.


Perhaps, but wouldn't that send a bad message?

"Yes, there are some people who are in fact above the law."
June 8th, 2023 at 11:41:02 AM permalink
Mission146
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Quote: missedhervee
Perhaps, but wouldn't that send a bad message?

"Yes, there are some people who are in fact above the law."


It would only prove what the majority of people already believe to be true.
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June 8th, 2023 at 11:58:44 AM permalink
ams288
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Quote: DRich
He would be pardoned by the current president. No president is going to let another president go to prison for anything less than murder.


Biden pardoning Donny?

There is no universe in which this would happen.
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June 8th, 2023 at 4:29:57 PM permalink
DRich
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Quote: missedhervee
Perhaps, but wouldn't that send a bad message?

"Yes, there are some people who are in fact above the law."


I think the pardoning of any criminal is abhorrent and sets a bad example. Yet, every president does it.
At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent.
June 8th, 2023 at 4:30:27 PM permalink
rxwine
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Trump announces he's been indicted. (again)
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?