The former president is now highly unlikely to stand trial in the Justice Department’s election interference case before November
The Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a massive victory on Wednesday by agreeing to rule on whether he is immune from prosecution for acts committed while he was president. The court will hear arguments on April 22 and won’t hand down a decision until June — which means it’s unlikely a trial in the Justice Department’s election interference case will commence before the election. If Trump wins the election, he’ll of course appoint an attorney general who will toss the case, regardless of how the Supreme Court rules this summer.
By Wednesday night, Trumpland was celebrating.
“Literally popping champagne right now,” a lawyer close to Donald Trump told Rolling Stone late on Wednesday.
It is different, because he’s not the one with the power over his finances. Having a court-appointed Special Monitor who oversees every financial transaction is not remotely the same as just expecting him to pay out of common decency (which he doesn’t have). Lack of evidence is not evidence of lack.
If he becomes dictator, of course it won’t matter, but that’s a future possibility, not a current reality.
see? It’s happening again. Donnie gets yet another pause, and then he’ll get another, and another, until he’s president and makes the whole thing go away. Delay, delay, delay, obstruct, pause, file useless motions that each need to be deliberated before they can be overturned, etc. etc.
It doesn’t matter that there’s a special monitor. Nothing matters. Dump won’t face any consequences; It’s the one thing he’s good at.
That’s called a slippery slope fallacy. This reduction of the bond fucking sucks, but he has 10 days to pay it (and we’ll see if he does), and that doesn’t ultimately mean he’s off the hook.
I get your cynicism, but that does not justify your position that he’s going to ultimately escape, unless you are a legal expert and know more than the other legal experts.
It’s possible (though not likely) the final amount will be reduced by the appellate court, but Judge Engoron’s behavior and judgement was above board. Trump will not escape unscathed, regardless.
This case isn’t some goofy reading of the Constitution to justify why churches can revive segregation. It’s a standard business fraud case, and the facts speak for themselves.
Hey! Me again. What are your thoughts all these months later now that Donnie has in fact escaped any and all consequences for any of his crimes?
That being accidentally correct doesn’t make you some kind of prophet.
Enjoy your pyrrhic victory in the fascist timeline.
I mean for one thing I didn’t enjoy being correct. I would much rather have been wrong. But this wasn’t an “accident”, this was an observation that billionaires do not face any consequences for their actions, and the system is rigged to keep them in power. This was noting that the judiciary is stacked in Donalds favor, that Donald, the republicans, and even the wider government is corrupt to the core. Fascism is a rot that has taken hold in America and Donald is just a symptom of that.
I think we can repel these evil forces, but its going to take a lot of resistance and effort. Gone are the days of progress and simple change; we now need systemic changes at all levels of government just to get back to where we were 30 years ago. Socialism and progressivism is the answer, but I have no idea how we could possibly implement it here.