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Donald J. Trump?Verified account @realDonaldTrump ·
Looking back on history, who was treated worse, Alfonse Capone, legendary mob boss, killer and Public Enemy Number One, or Paul Manafort, political operative & Reagan/Dole darling, now serving solitary confinement - although convicted of nothing? Where is the Russian Collusion?
8:35 AM - 1 Aug 2018
He's trying to make some sort of point, I suppose, but what?
Al Capone is better than Paul Manafort? Al Capone is worse than Paul Manafort? Manafort being in solitary (for violating the terms of his bail) is somehow akin to.....what....I don't know.....oh, plus the obligatory "no collusion".....I mean....Argle Bargle Al Capone......
ProfessorGAC
(65,561 posts)Nothing new there, TC.
H2O Man
(73,723 posts)Recommended.
Moostache
(9,897 posts)Just saying...he was 75 at the time.
radical noodle
(8,025 posts)I sure would.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Where's my strawberries?
Or
You're god damned right I ordered the Code Red.
I can't wait until he actually admits wrongdoing then tries to delete the tweet.
Ms. Toad
(34,161 posts)He is incarcerated waiting trial only because he established, more than once, that he could not comply with the bond restrictions. While it is likely he will be credited for time served if convicted and sentenced, if he is exonerated he's just lost that time (but he is not now serving time).
Solitary confinement can be punitive, but it is also (as appears to be the case here) a means of protecting inmates who appear to be at risk. I'm relatively confident that he couldbe placed in general population if he chose to be.
lame54
(35,394 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,487 posts)bring the name 'Alfonse Capone' into the tweet, and then misspell the name 'Alphonse'.
LuckyCharms
(17,487 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,470 posts)spinbaby
(15,096 posts)The trial must really be getting to him.
Goodheart
(5,355 posts)Yes, hurts.
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