No word on what he thinks the penalty for someone accused of inciting an insurrection and obstructing a federal investigation should be.

No word on what he thinks the penalty for someone accused of inciting an insurrection and obstructing a federal investigation should be.

  • MoonshineDegreaser@lemmy.world
    23·
    11 months ago

    It’s all just smoke and mirrors. He probably realizing that his supporters get fewer and fewer, and those charges are becoming more and more problematic so he’s just trying to deflect. IMO, but Trump has never been held accountable his entire life so it will be interesting to see what he’ll do when he finally is

    • flipht@kbin.social
      2·
      11 months ago

      I mean, anyone with a vague sense of his trajectory can see what he’ll do when he finally realizes he has no options. He’s ramping up rhetoric like this to rile up the unstable people in his base. It’s stochastic terrorism. He probably knows that another jan6 is unlikely, so he’s hoping someone will do something crazy to pull attention off of him.

  • cfbundy@lemmy.ca
    8·
    11 months ago

    Oh, is that right? So what kind of sentence should Trump should get then…?

  • Nine@lemmy.world
    8·
    11 months ago

    That’s a bold stance considering who it’s coming from. I wonder how willing he’s going to commit to it 😂

  • IHeartBadCode@kbin.social
    5·
    11 months ago

    Any person required under this title to pay any estimated tax or tax, or required by this title or by regulations made under authority thereof to make a return, keep any records, or supply any information, who willfully fails to pay such estimated tax or tax, make such return, keep such records, or supply such information, at the time or times required by law or regulations, shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $25,000 ($100,000 in the case of a corporation), or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both, together with the costs of prosecution. In the case of any person with respect to whom there is a failure to pay any estimated tax, this section shall not apply to such person with respect to such failure if there is no addition to tax under section 6654 or 6655 with respect to such failure. In the case of a willful violation of any provision of section 6050I, the first sentence of this section shall be applied by substituting “felony” for “misdemeanor” and “5 years” for “1 year”.

    — 26 USC § 7203 (Title 26 : Taxes, Subtitle F : Administration and Procedures, Chapter 75/Subchapter A : CRIMES, Part I : General Provisions, Willful failure to file return, supply information, or pay tax)

    Nope. Not seeing death penalty anywhere in there.

  • keeb420@kbin.social
    51·
    11 months ago

    so trump about you not paying taxes? oh right that makes you smart. but others deserve the death penalty.