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In reply to the discussion: An indictment and a jury trial but no conviction? [View all]lees1975
(7,190 posts)14. If he isn't indicted and tried, then our laws are meaningless.
Either the law applies to him, or it doesn't and if he doesn't go to trial, there's no law that applies to him. Open the prisons, turn everyone loose and fire all law enforcement because we won't need them. Everyone can just do their own thing and see how long they can survive.
The DOJ is on borrowed time now, and if they want to get a conviction that means anything, specifically, putting Trump in prison and keeping him from running for office, they must get this done. We're two years out from the event itself, and plenty of other convictions are happening. It's time for him to be indicted, held and convictied. No more excuses.
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Yes but are they good at detecting people vulnerable to bribery or blackmail?
Irish_Dem
Dec 2022
#30
TFG would never plead insanity; he's a narcissist and that would be too humiliating.
Ocelot II
Dec 2022
#11
No jury will find him not guilty unless the prosecutor hasn't prepared the case properly...
brooklynite
Dec 2022
#7
He has already lost his mojo. If he is indicted he will delay the trial as long as possible
Walleye
Dec 2022
#9
I think it's the only sensible approach, and you know he will put off the trial as long as possible
Walleye
Dec 2022
#19
If indicted March-April, trial wouldn't be until December at earliest, probably not until 2024
onenote
Dec 2022
#37
Garland could ask the DC Court to 'fast-track' procedures invoking primaries imminent.
Justice matters.
Dec 2022
#40
Would the DOJ appeal such verdict if the evidence is super incriminating? nt
Justice matters.
Dec 2022
#26
What if there are multiple charges (Counts) and one (or two, or more) of them gets a guilty verdict?
Justice matters.
Dec 2022
#42
I'd be very upset, but I'm not anticipating that. I think the jury verdict in the seditionist case
Vinca
Dec 2022
#35
I feel strongly that Trump should face multiple prosecutions in different venues.
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#49