Trump is not guilty of the trumped up charges, but the issue of guilt is immaterial at this point. This is a question of whether the legal system can penetrate the protections of the office to destroy political rivals. If yes, we would officially be a banana republic. A prosecutor standing before a grand jury can find enough cause to charge every man, woman, and child in the United States.
It really nags me that none of the candidates were able to connect those dots publicly. It really is as simple as "can they destroy our guy?" Maybe they were worried about optics.
Even if he were, I think people are starting to notice the following oddities:
The E. Jean Caroll Case
Its odd to claim that saying you didn't rape someone is defamation. Its odder still to award the plaintiff 100m dollars.
The Property Valuation Case
Its odd to for the state to claim that you committed fraud while the supposed victims allege no such thing. Its odder still to impose a judgment of half a billion when the obscure execute order that the case rested on called for administrative fines.
The Georgia RICO Case
Its odd to bring a RICO case on events that occurred only once (patterns of behavior being the basis of RICO statutes). Its odder still that your supposed role in all this was something the the WashintonPost retracted the story for.
The Hush Money Case
Its odd that the prosecution managed to turn misdemeanor book keeping crimes in 30 felonies. Its odder still that your the only guy on trial for paying a former mistress with your own damn money.
The Classified Documents Case
Its odd that the government always knew where the documents were the whole time and that the GSA shipped you the documents in question. Its odder still this is the first time the National Archives got law enforcement involved when they always have a fight with outgoing Presidents over document possession.
The Jan 6th Case
To be honest, I haven't even looked at this one. But its odd that neither Trump nor any of the peons crushed by the DoJ have been charged with insurrection, given that is what is alleged to have happened.
Trump is not guilty of the trumped up charges, but the issue of guilt is immaterial at this point. This is a question of whether the legal system can penetrate the protections of the office to destroy political rivals. If yes, we would officially be a banana republic. A prosecutor standing before a grand jury can find enough cause to charge every man, woman, and child in the United States.
It really nags me that none of the candidates were able to connect those dots publicly. It really is as simple as "can they destroy our guy?" Maybe they were worried about optics.
Even if he were, I think people are starting to notice the following oddities:
Its odd to claim that saying you didn't rape someone is defamation. Its odder still to award the plaintiff 100m dollars.
Its odd to for the state to claim that you committed fraud while the supposed victims allege no such thing. Its odder still to impose a judgment of half a billion when the obscure execute order that the case rested on called for administrative fines.
Its odd to bring a RICO case on events that occurred only once (patterns of behavior being the basis of RICO statutes). Its odder still that your supposed role in all this was something the the WashintonPost retracted the story for.
Its odd that the prosecution managed to turn misdemeanor book keeping crimes in 30 felonies. Its odder still that your the only guy on trial for paying a former mistress with your own damn money.
Its odd that the government always knew where the documents were the whole time and that the GSA shipped you the documents in question. Its odder still this is the first time the National Archives got law enforcement involved when they always have a fight with outgoing Presidents over document possession.
To be honest, I haven't even looked at this one. But its odd that neither Trump nor any of the peons crushed by the DoJ have been charged with insurrection, given that is what is alleged to have happened.
What irks me about Trump is that after all this, when he is President he won't do anything to scorch the earth from under these ratfucks.
Hope I'm wrong and he goes Jaws on all of them.