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Hexbear was down for a bit there so I already posted this on the trueanon sub, but Hexbear is back up now hooray

I've long held the belief that Trump will never, ever face consequences for any of his myriad crimes. He's too rich, white, wet, and well connected. However, the indictments just keep piling up. People seem to think that he's going to face a minimum 5 year jail sentence here. I can't tell if it's just wishful copium or if Trump might actually be in deep shit.

There's also a lot of talk about this in the reddit-logo r/law subreddit and they're all just munching on their popcorn as the news comes in. Trump's also acting veritably deranged and going on endless public rants with ALL CAPS wall of texts, so he's obviously nervous about all of this.

I dunno, I find it all hard to believe, but the libs are saying things like they're going to name their first born child after the prosecutors in the case.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The American establishment will never allow the precedent of sending a former president to jail

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

For typical American president war criminal shit no, but there is also a sort of unspoken gentleman's agreement between the two parties that they both know they work for the same people and you respect the peaceful transition of power between the two sides (of the same coin). Gotta keep up the illusion of giving Americans a choice in government.

Trump was too arrogant and stupid to understand this and continues to throw a years-long temper tantrum after he lost.

I dunno, it would be completely unprecendented but not only did he violate the gentleman's agreement, the resistance :libLIB s want his head on a legal platter and won't stop until they get it.