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Hermit-The-Prog

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4. let Twitler tweet from behind bars
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 09:52 PM
Sep 2019

The Constitution doesn't say he can't be locked up, just that it's up to Congress to remove him from office.

OH my biggest DREAM!! bluestarone Sep 2019 #1
K&R UTUSN Sep 2019 #2
...and speaking of that trump org scam, anybody seen Allen Weisselberg lately? Leghorn21 Sep 2019 #3
Didn't Weisselberg.... Toorich Sep 2019 #10
T, it seems he got a tad of immunity (ha ha) to testify within a very narrow scope about some aspect Leghorn21 Sep 2019 #12
Yet I remember reading he didn't really cooperate and add value Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #15
let Twitler tweet from behind bars Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2019 #4
so how can that happen? How can he be locked up without Congress doing their job? Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #16
Who wants to put their bets on Cy Vance..not me.. asiliveandbreathe Sep 2019 #5
Hope the story that Vance refused to prosecute Trump's children is not true. triron Sep 2019 #11
Exactly - no power in the federal or state government to hold him to justice. And nothing Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #17
It could be just my imagination but I thought most tax cases involved paying a fine, interest, ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2019 #6
But what about Cohen? Isn't he in jail for lying to the federal government about Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #18
Excellent news - lock his a** up. nt iluvtennis Sep 2019 #7
Book_'em_Danno' Ford_Prefect Sep 2019 #8
Falsifying state tax returns would mean the same done to federal tax returns. LiberalFighter Sep 2019 #9
True, but Bill Barr can put a stop the federal charges if he wants too FakeNoose Sep 2019 #13
Sorry folks but this is MSNBC's version of Fox, disconnected from reality. No state charges are Pepsidog Sep 2019 #14
Why do you say that? A person can falsify state tr's and not go to jail? Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #19
Hope it's more than tax fraud. triron Sep 2019 #20
A person certainly can go to jail for this. But POTUS is protected by the SCOTUS who will never Pepsidog Sep 2019 #21
So while Mueller was toiling away...and we who were Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #22
Trump isn't that strategic. Just dumb luck. But imagine if SCOTUS allows a state indictment to Pepsidog Sep 2019 #24
+1 Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #27
So what you're saying is the law is not the same for everyone? Lock him up. Sep 2019 #23
No one despises Trump more than me. That said, SCOTUS will delay any state charges until after he Pepsidog Sep 2019 #25
Thanks for the clarification. Lock him up. Sep 2019 #26
Only the judiciary committee, right? Should skate Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #28
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