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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHe'll never spend a moment in prison.
It's become obvious that America's judicial system is as incapable as the rest of our government to deal with Him.
Seems that His greatest talent is finding ways around the rules that govern America, and to which we are all answerable.
Even if He loses November's election, the multiple courtroom dramas will continue to limp along. And even if He's found guilty of some of the charges against him, the judges will probably find it "unseemly" to jail an ex president, and end up sentencing Him to a term in Mar-a-Lago with an ankle bracelet.
But my greatest fear is that He will "win/steal it" in November. All the trials will become moot as we would be then be living in "Putin Land.." America as we know it would cease to exist and we would become one more country led by a dictator (who is more insane than all those who currently exist).
How do we stop this latter scenario that would redefine all world relationships? Wish I had the answer.
But back to the point of this post. He will never spend a moment in prison.
niyad
(113,963 posts)Cyrano
(15,076 posts)And also, hold onto the hope that I'm wrong, and He will end up in a dungeon.
marble falls
(57,537 posts)angrychair
(8,758 posts)Here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218779921
Trump will likely never see a day in jail. The justice system just isn't made for people with this kind of money/power. He will drag this out for years. I find it likely he will drag this out for decades or more.
Nothing has even made it past the very preliminary stages much less to trial.
samplegirl
(11,530 posts)No Suppreme court judge will allow him see bars!
TSExile
(2,564 posts)lame54
(35,349 posts)They have a right to their OP
niyad
(113,963 posts)lame54
(35,349 posts)The sarcasm tag shows I completely understand that
niyad
(113,963 posts)Deuxcents
(16,454 posts)niyad
(113,963 posts)for that happy day.
I check the news to see if he dropped dead.... one way or another....
Ferrets are Cool
(21,117 posts)niyad
(113,963 posts)imagining it with great delight.
Faux pas
(14,714 posts)asking if he's dead yet my dear niyad.
niyad
(113,963 posts)the news, hoping I will have cause to celebrate!
my Kitty Boy doesn't eat before I check for the good news.
AllaN01Bear
(18,827 posts)RussBLib
(9,058 posts)....we do know he has not served any jail time, but there could be other situations where he got justifiably fucked over by someone or something. Obviously, that is not something that the orange chump would fess up to. He's never going to reveal where he got "beat" by anyone or anything. That would be beneath his crusty narcissistic shell.
Not trying to make any excuses for the orange pig.
Kali
(55,032 posts)that he will never measure up or receive daddy's love. we are ALL suffering for that, even him.
dem4decades
(11,322 posts)Unless you're rich enough to run things.
brush
(53,978 posts)The nordic countries? Too cold. Good social safety net though.
Canada? See above.
The UK? Ok, national healthcare is a plus.
Germany? Ok also. Pick 'em between Germany and the UK.
France? Wouldn't mind, they've recently codified abortion rights.
Italy? No, leaning right. Good food though.
Spain? I dunno, could go right.
Japan? Everything is so expensive.
Poland? No, too close to Putin's invaders.
Netherlands? Maybe, have to look into that "Black Pete" thing.
Carribean nations? Good weather when no hurricanes. High income disparities.
Mexico? No, too much narco-terrorism.
Brazil? No, nice place to visit but a lot of poverty and probably 40 years behind us
on civil rights.
Argentina? Not enough information. Old nazis?
Nigeria? No, too many "royal scammers" offering to send you millions if you just give them your bank account info. This is mostly tongue-in-cheek.
Israel? No, too many wars.
Middle East nations? See above.
Russia? Hell no. Others may differ Tucker Carlson, Edward Snowden.
Ukraine? No. War.
China? No. Economy is bad.
Taiwan? No. Too close to China.
Australia? No. Too similar to America but different.
India? I dunno, a democracy, I think, but that "cast" thing.
South Africa? Mandela is a personal hero of mine, but no. Apartheid and its legacy too close in recent past (see Elon Musk).
Ok, that's enough. I think I'll stay here, pending the result of the November election of course.
Celerity
(43,771 posts)Sweden (I live there, in Stockholm)
UK (I grew up in London, the big issues are Brexit impacts and the fucking Tories)
Canada (mainly Vancouver, which has a very mild climate and a superb standard of living)
Denmark (Copenhagen, which has a fairly mild climate as well)
Norway (Oslo area mainly)
Switzerland (multiple cities, including Lausanne, Geneva, Zürich, and the Paradiso/Lugano area)
New Zealand (especially Auckland, love the Grey Lynn/Ponsonby area)
Australia (many parts of Melbourne (St Kilda especially) and Sydney)
Belgium (especially Antwerp and Brussels)
The Netherlands (Rotterdam and Amsterdam especially)
Italy (Milano and Roma)
France (Paris, especially the Le Marais neigbourhood)
Monaco (££££££ though)
Germany (multiple cities, Berlin, of course, plus Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Köln, München, etc)
Portugal (Lisboa and Porto mainly)
Austria (Vienna is a wonderful place to live)
Luxembourg (extremely high standard of living)
Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastián, and Bilbao, with Vigo, in Galicia, as a hidden gem)
I lived in Hong Kong (Victoria Peak) for a spell as a young child, but China has made it too risky.
Singapore is too authoritarian.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,117 posts)brush
(53,978 posts)To me the Nordic countries have the most robust social networks, wish the US had them.
I've been to many of the nations on my list, but I always come back to the American southwest so cold weather is out for me.
I still envy the Nordic countries' social networks.
flying_wahini
(6,712 posts)republianmushroom
(13,899 posts)37 months and counting
Traildogbob
(8,900 posts)I want him underground under Ivana, with a porta John on top at that golf course, with a huge hole in the John that deposits all contents on them both.
Prison would only keep wasting tax dollars on him. And he would probably continue to get his pension while there, further enriching Melania.
Of course no violence, appropriately taken out by Covid. Maybe some measles and a touch of Ebola.
ScratchCat
(2,022 posts)I know some people wont believe this, but its true. He has no legal defense. There is no legal basis to dismiss the case and it will be reinstated by the 11th Circuit if Cannon tries such action. There is also a good chance they have held back additional charges from Bedminster which are in a different Federal district unfriendly to Trump. He will be convicted, and he will be sentenced to some sort of secure military facility for some sort of "house arrest".
Unless you think there was actually "massive fraud" in 2020 in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona and Wisconsin, Biden is easily re-elected with Georgia being the only State likely to change in 2024. The ridiculous media trying to portray a "two horse race down to the wire" notwithstanding.
0rganism
(23,994 posts)So far she's shown considerable deference to team Trump. She can use the scheduling of this important federal case to interfere with any concurrent prosecution for various other charges.
By dismissing the defense motion about vagueness of the espionage act "without prejudice", she's left open the possibility that it comes up again. If that "again" happens after the jury is seated, she can grant the motion and throw out the case and Trump walks free. Prosecutor can't appeal due to double jeopardy restrictions. Not saying this is necessarily how it will play out, but it is a tactic that remains available to the Trumpistas.
Letting judge Cannon squat on this case has turned out to be a terrible mistake. I'm not sure what possible approaches were available to remove her before this, but it's probably too late now. We can only hope she feels at least as much loyalty to the nation she inhabits as she does to the president who appointed her to her current position. I am not optimistic.
Mysterian
(4,603 posts)I can't imagine why.
Paladin
(28,287 posts)Makes me want to puke.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,163 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(1,882 posts)something like, He is an evil genius? Really sooper dooper smart? We underestimate Him at our peril? Blah blah, blah blah blah.
betsuni
(25,815 posts)Seeing "evil genius" makes me wonder if Michael Moore is recycling that again too.
Paladin
(28,287 posts)Cyrano
(15,076 posts)ramen
(793 posts)The chance of the guy from before encountering any accountability at all does look pretty bleak from here.
ismnotwasm
(42,028 posts)No, I dont see prison time. I do believe His days of unscrutinized free wheeling are over.
usonian
(9,986 posts)We are the judge and jury in this matter.
We beat all the rigging they tried against Joe.
We can and must do it again and again. Hitler went to prison and left it to take power.
We will change the story, and replace crony judges with honorable and just people.
Cyrano
(15,076 posts)rig the next election. "Cleaning" voting lists, making sure of a minimal amount of polling places in minority districts, hacking electronic voting machines, and so, so much more that we don't yet know about.
We're playing by the "rules." They're not. If this thing is just "close enough," they'll have rigged the Electoral College for Him.
usonian
(9,986 posts)And a little of defending voting rights.
Needs some fire under his feet or applied to his nonpartisan ass or just declare allegiance to the orange Fuhrer.
It's his job to do or not.
Beachnutt
(7,371 posts)come ROEVEMBER...
Ex Lurker
(3,816 posts)niyad
(113,963 posts)hlthe2b
(102,561 posts)"self-talk" in his mind--the sense of failure and insecurities that come from being exposed. He's getting quite a load of that lately, even though he continues to lie to himself (most but not all of the time) and others
Emile
(23,192 posts)Cyrano
(15,076 posts)Sorry to sound so cynical, but after Nixon's pardon, all of Reagan's Iran/Contra thugs not being held responsible, Cheney and George W. lying us into a war with Iraq, and so much more in the Trump regime, why would you think that "Justice" exists in America?
PufPuf23
(8,858 posts)The legal system for the rich, famous, and connected looks like a job program and entertainment business that does not ever get to the destination, just churn, churn, churn. Sucks everyone else dry including emotions and faith.
Ping Tung
(803 posts)He is still trying to be a somebody who only gets applause and is stuck with the terror of people seeing him as he is. A cowardly loser in every aspect of life who only attracts other losers who yearn to be a somebody but only see themselves as victims.
Will he go to prison? I think the odds are good that he will. But, in either case he can't escape his worst enemy being with him always.
maxsolomon
(33,473 posts)But he will have to pay E Jean Carroll - he's posted the bond to appeal, and he'll lose, whereupon she gets the money.
Hopefully he winds up buried where all of us can seek relief.
niyad
(113,963 posts)not his money or properties.
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)brush
(53,978 posts)make sure the crooked MFer does go to prison.
And my money is on Joe Biden, even though he's been poorly served by his AG.
Model35mech
(1,596 posts)I recognize each of us is free to have our own opinion about that.
Elected officials on the radical right are already calling for the deaths of Dem leaders, the GOP base doesn't need a whole lot of encouragement to try to take states in addition to Texas and Florida to secessional extremis.
brush
(53,978 posts)get you bags packed because there will be much civil unrest.
I don't think there are enough wingers to save his criminal ass from jail. They may try though, and then what's the use of staying here...a country with a great Constitution but doesn't live by it.
Model35mech
(1,596 posts)There doesn't seem an easy path to peaceful outcome of this election cycle.
brush
(53,978 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 15, 2024, 06:06 PM - Edit history (1)
That's no longer an issue, though Judge Luttig, Lawrence Tribe, myself and others disagree.
Keep you bags packed just in case because when he loses, there will be civil unrest as the losers wll again say the election was rigged.
Model35mech
(1,596 posts)The 14th amendment isn't gone, it's just not a tool that the individual states can use.
Congress will still have to certify him... and we live in too interesting of times.
GiqueCee
(665 posts)... why you have capitalized He, Him, and His. Trump is not a deity by any stretch of the imagination, and certainly not worthy of any sort of honorific. Hey! Maybe we can dream up some new guttural, gagging pronoun to define his evil ass.
brush
(53,978 posts)as does dementia addled asshole. There are many other appropriate ones.
niyad
(113,963 posts)with him, except for RAPIST, and TRAITOR**, I do not capitalize anything/anybody having to do with with rwnj part of our world.
Joinfortmill
(14,520 posts)As for accountability. You are likely correct, but I have hope. For one thing Joe Biden hates him. Because of that, I think work is going on behind the scenes we don't yet know about.
And then there's the stress he's under. It's a terrible thing, stress. It kills ya. Just saying, folks.
It's gonna be up to us. VOTE
TheKentuckian
(25,035 posts)trying to scramble to keep a roof over their heads much less the probably millions that are not able to manage even that.
MorbidButterflyTat
(1,882 posts)capitalizing "He" and "His" and "Him"? Pronouns aren't capitalized, and the only time I've ever seen that was referring to Jesus.
calimary
(81,608 posts)The same damn name he plasters onto the picture ANYWHERE he can find a good excuse to. Like a big dog peeing everywhere to mark his territory.
calimary
(81,608 posts)Anywhere, anyhow, any way.
moondust
(20,027 posts)to get into the WH so he can cancel the legal proceedings against him, keep his money and properties, and stay out of prison. That's one hell of a lot of motive to do whatever he and his gang believe is necessary.
brush
(53,978 posts)bigtree
(86,020 posts)Last edited Fri Mar 15, 2024, 05:44 PM - Edit history (2)
Cyrano - Mon Apr 4, 2022, 03:11 PM
Will a former president ever be indicted as a criminal?
Not in today's America. Given our history, it's hard to say "Yes."
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216561657
TxGuitar
(4,220 posts)in court, filing motions, hiring attorneys, getting fined, etc etc so that he doesn't know a moment's peace ever that's fine with me because that's probably the best we're going to get. He might be a nasty fascist but the rest of the donor class is as well so he'll be treated like them.
Thats ok as long as he does not spend an additional day in the WH.
OnDoutside
(19,987 posts)The "ship of state" don't want to see a President go to jail because of the shame attached to it. They would prefer if he did the decent thing and just died.
ecstatic
(32,798 posts)Can you imagine the names on trumpler's Day One hit list?
We need to pivot our focus onto magats/election deniers in state election offices. Invest time and energy into helping Marc Elias, Stacey Abrams and others who are fighting for voting rights.
elocs
(22,651 posts)As deserving as Trump is to be in jail or prison, this country is not ready to put an ex-president behind bars, making us a banana republic. Reality may suck, but it is what it is.
lees1975
(3,942 posts)to overcome. This will go on endlessly, with news reports, lawyers getting rich and judges doing nothing. If we want it to end, we will have to end it at the ballot box, and then, use public pressure to bring it to a close and send the guy to prison for the rest of his life.
If he thinks he'll lose, he'll skip the country.
Initech
(100,149 posts)It's the right wing "powers" (fuckheads) that be - Fox, AM radio, megachurches, the NRA, the Federalist Society, TPUSA, the Daily Caller, Infowars, the Heritage Foundation, the list goes on and on. If we are to make any real progress in this country, we have to realize that the right wing echo chamber is an existential threat to this country.
brooklynite
(95,006 posts)Which legal rights of a defendant are you willing to eliminate for everyone in order to ensure Trump goes tormorison?
brooklynite
(95,006 posts)Trials take more than 44 minutes.
flying_wahini
(6,712 posts)The ONLY choice in the judicial system is to send him to lock up. Its the right thing to do.
Yes, the Repugs are hoping they can guilt the powers that be into taking it easy on him but he is a traitor and deserves it.
We wont be rid of him until they do.
We need an upgrade on our SCOTUS and Judge Cannon in order to do just that.
DiverDave
(4,895 posts)Guilty and is facing jail, he will go to Hungery. I'm sure that was discussed.
Or 'ol pooty-poot will take him in.
But, yeah, I agree he will never go to prison