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Pepsidog

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25. No one despises Trump more than me. That said, SCOTUS will delay any state charges until after he

Reply to Lock him up. (Reply #23)

Thu Sep 12, 2019, 01:00 AM

Sep 2019

is out of office. SCOTUS can only delay state charges they cannot dismiss or stop the charges. So if NY state is serious they will go after the criminal after he is out of office proving that no one is above the law.

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'They could indict a sitting president': Watergate prosecutor breaks down Trump's legal trouble in N [View all] turbinetree Sep 2019 OP

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