If the DOJ actually wanted him convicted they’ve had plenty of time to do it so far, but they’ve been pissing it away for 4 years.
I know someone is going to chime in and say “BuT tHeSe ThInGs TakE TiMe”
Not 4 fucking years they don’t, federal court cases typically take ~12 months to get to trial, but even if this novel case with unprecedentedly high profile defendants could justify twice the amount of time a normal case does, he would have been in jail 2 years ago.The DOJ also was up against unfriendly judges that made stuff drag out unnecessarily.
And the saying is, “when you after the king, you best not miss.”
Keep in mind they needed tax evasion to imprison Capone.
The judges didn’t become a problem until after Merrick Garland (a conservative) waited years to start the investigation.
Congress did a complete investigation long before the DOJ lifted a fucking finger. Garland should be considered a GOP operative at this point.
He has so many sympathetic fascist-state wannabes in positions to affect his crimes being brought to trial that it is just incredibly difficult to do. It took individual states to act like NY and GA and then a special federal prosecutor Jack Smith to actually bring meaningful charges against him. In NY, it was delayed because the AG at the time was in his pocket and had been for decades. The GA prosecution was delayed because the AG was busy going after sycophants he used as tools so as to use their convictions to bolster his case. Jack Smith only got appointed in 2023 and he’s been working his ass off on multiple cases simultaneously.
So yeah it takes time. I’m frustrated too. It would’ve been great if all of this had played out the minute Biden got into office but that just wasn’t up to him - the processes had to play out on their own. Otherwise we’d create a politicized justice system (well, more than it already is) with a fucking gestapo going after political opponents. That’s just part of the price we have to pay for keeping an semi-blind justice system.
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epic.
I mean, I’ve thought it was obvious from the beginning he wants to be president so he can pardon himself. Like that has always been the end goal.
Will a trial happen in time?
Nope. Merrick Garland saw to that.
Trump’s appointees saw to that (delay after delay in florida and in DC, despite Jack Smith’s efforts for a speedy trial)
Last I checked, the AG was also not responsible for state prosecutions either…(hi Georgia)
Not to mention his liability in the civil trial in NY which we should hear about damages any day now
I’ve said it once with my brother. I’ll say it again. I’m waiting for some kind of assassination attempt. Just in general. Not even a party affiliated prediction. I just think somebody is going to take a shot at “solving the problem”.
The Repubs can just pardon him, & ignore any law that gets in their way…
Hell, legalists ignore inconvenient laws anyways … so it doesn’t even require that the Republicans pardon him: they can just make him Speaker, have the temporary-stand-in “president” & “vice-president” suddenly resign, and … voila! … suddenly Trump is president, & he can pardon himself, if he wants, right?
What I’m trying to communicate, is that once the regime-system is corrupt enough … then legalism provides no protection whatsoever and whomever is “relying” on legalism’s protection, is being incompetent.
It’s too late.
The letter of the law won’t protect, anymore.
Face the actual reality of nowadays.
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