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Former President Donald Trump was indicted for an unprecedented third time on August 1, adding another set of serious federal charges to the mounting legal issues he faces.

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[–] Adeptfuckup@lemmy.world 164 points 2 years ago (8 children)

When he is behind bars then I’ll celebrate. Until then. The battle for our democracy continues….

[–] Kinyutaka@lemmy.world 65 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Even after he is behind bars. Crazy as it sounds, he can run for President from prison.

Not very effectively, but he can run.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (8 children)

One presidential candidate got 3.4% (more than all 3rd party candidates in 2020 combined) of the vote (over 1million votes) as a third party candidate while in prison in 1920.

[–] Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

Eugene V Debs. The best president the US never had.

o7

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[–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Weird. I've heard of Americans losing their right to vote when imprisoned and yet they could run for office?

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[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago (9 children)

There are many who choose not to celebrate until the Orange One has had "actual repercussions".

Me? Well...

To each their own. 🥂🍻🍸🍷

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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What a dingdong he is. I hope he spends the rest of his life in jail.

[–] victron@lemm.ee 49 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Nobody knows more about prison than me. I’m the best inmate they ever had. They love me here. I have the best cell, the best food, the best friends. I’m very popular. The guards respect me. They know I’m innocent. The fake news media and the crooked Democrats put me here. They’re very jealous of me. They’re losers. They’re afraid of me. They know I won the election by a lot. I’m still your president. I’ll be out soon. You’ll see. It’s going to be huge.

[–] ProtonEvoker@ttrpg.network 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Needs more run on sentences and spelling mistakes.

[–] victron@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

I know, also some covfefe and hamberders, for good measure. But AI can only do so much.

[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And followed by Don Jr and co asking people to contribute to the "take back America" fund, and if you donate over $1,000 you will get 100,000 Trump bucks

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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

I know this is a common sentiment amongst a lot of people, but the reality is he will never see prison time before he dies of old age. He will do everything in his power to draw it out and when he can’t he will flee the country

[–] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was "common knowledge" that he wouldn't ever be charged too. The Senate and Mike Pence were pissed at him because he made them look weak. That's why no one is really defending him right now. He has so many charges that people are going to abandon him just so they don't have to answer questions about the cases.

Remember the OJ trial? This is the former president in three courtrooms (and counting!). It's going to make him look so guilty.

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[–] TWeaK@sopuli.xyz 48 points 2 years ago
[–] ZestycloseReception8@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 years ago (6 children)

yeah and only in our wonderful country this schmuck is allowed to run for office from jail. I thought you can't run for president after ur third indictment which he certainly has.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

There's nothing in the Constitution that says you can't run from prison (Eugene V. Debs did it in 1920), and it also says nothing about three indictments.

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[–] CuriousLibrarian@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am so relieved that the special prosecutor is defending the rule of law with these indictments. If the Republicans (and not just Trump) got away with trying to overturn the election we could lose our democracy. We still can, but at least they are going to trial against this would-be tyrant and some of the people who helped him.

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[–] geekworking@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The next republican president or governor in states where he is convicted at state level will just pardon everything.

The constitution, rule of law, and will of the people means nothing to people who just want power.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Look at that man's face.

The living embodiment of everything I despise about my own self, distilled and propped up, for us all to marvel at. What a time to be alive.

Dear aliens,

I'm sorry. My species is a stain upon an otherwise beautiful nothing.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe this country isn't so lost afterall. Maybe there is still time to turn it around.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Googles wildfire map

Sigh

[–] mrginger@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

We need to handle this carefully. I feel martyr vibes coming from all of this bullshit if he is found guilty. Maybe it's the part of the US I live in, and the political slant of the people therein, but I see him and his supporters using this to do something even more epically stupid than trying to invade the capital.

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[–] yoz@aussie.zone 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wasn't he indicted before ? What happens next ?

[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

He was! He now has three indictments under his belt.

  1. New York State hush money payments
  2. Classified Documents Case
  3. January 6 Insurrection

If you ask me, now we throw a few back tonight and wait for the fourth indictment coming from Georgia this month. 😎

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[–] TheDudeV2@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I just finished reading every last word of the indictment. Interesting read. Trump and several of his co-conspirators are absolutely fucked (IMHO; I’m no lawyer).

When I got to the end of the document I noticed a particularly poetic coincidence: “45”. As in, forty-five pages. President Forty-Five, the worst president this country has ever seen, and the first nail in his treasonous and metaphorical coffin ends with a sort of signature from the Defendent himself… 45.

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