• TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    I feel like the courts hands were tied here. How do you put a man who was just elected to be the next president in prison, or even on probation? Ultimately, the decision was made by the American voters.

    That being said, even if Trump had lost this election, he still probably wouldn’t have done any time in prison, since he still would have been a former president, and that would have been a tricky enough situation.

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        24 days ago

        I don’t think we can, honestly.

        Like I want Trump locked up, along with any politician who claimed the election was stolen.

        But the fact is, the orange shit won 2024 and in 9 days (uuuugh) will fully pardon himself making any punishment nullified be the president again (thanks for the correction, he can’t pardon himself from state charges.

        If the various governments actually wanted to punish Trump (they don’t, unfortunately) they would have actually done something and took advantage of the FOUR FUCKING YEARS that there was a possibility of their cases making any impact at all.

        Our broken justice system is slower than our corrupt political cycle, which lets those in power do whatever they want.

              • endeavor@sopuli.xyz
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                24 days ago

                He can’t also do felonies and run a coup and get away with it after being founs guilty.

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                  24 days ago

                  That’s different. This is a game of what he can physically do. If he told a NY State police officer they were fired it would have no effect. If he told an FBI agent they were fired they’re going to go pack up their desk.

                  See the difference?