• Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    It would take some balls to convict and sentence a President-elect, and of course Trump would have major personal grievances against the Judge, but if justice is blind, he deserves the same punishment as any other New Yorker who would have committed such crimes 34 times.

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      If blind, he would’ve been sentenced before election.

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    he’s not in office.

    his interference in 2016 helped get him there the first time.

    his current status is partly due to that as well.

    he deserves a max sentence for the significance of the events occurring in-part as a result of the illegal election interference for which he was convicted.

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        I doubt Trump would even pay a token fine. The consequences for not paying a fine is that the punishment could escalate, but the punishment can’t escalate so why pay?

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    I know it won’t happen, but I would love to see him be dictator “on day one only” while in Riker’s.

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    If the justice system worked his conviction here would be cause enough to be ineligible for office (as well as each of his 34 felony convictions).

    Since this happened prior to this term it also cannot be claimed an official act.

    Theoretically something could be done about this before he’s sworn in, but I doubt it.

    America, we’re really about to give a felon the keys to the kingdom even though the constitution forbids it because nobody in a position of power here cares to go through the trouble. Hope you’re happy.

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    1. He is not a sitting president yet.

    2. He was not a sitting president when the offenses occurred in 2016, either, when he had yet to be elected. Even if the “presidential immunity” ruling could somehow be twisted to apply to this as if it were an official act, he was in no way shape or form president at that time.

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      Presidential pardons can only be for federal crimes and he has NY state convictions. That judge has the power to put him in jail for most of his term (subject to appeal)

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    Fuck is there somewhere online I can place a bet on this?

    Might as well turn a profit off if this horrible fucking clown show.