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[–] 217 points 3 years ago (40 children)

"Resources that would have gone into Ads and Rallies, will now have to be spent fighting these Radical Left Thugs in numerous courts"

Or you could spend your own money

“It is Election Interference, & the Supreme Court must intercede,”

That isn't how the court works you file in whatever court has jurisdiction then appeal if you have cause. It would be contrary to standards for them to even comment at this juncture.

If he wanted to campaign unimpeded he could have simply not committed the crimes he has openly admitted to on TV

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  • [–] 132 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Wait…

    “Resources that would have gone into Ads and Rallies, will now have to be spent fighting these Radical Left Thugs in numerous courts”

    Did he just admit to another crime?

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago

    It’s all super PAC money that has very little rules about its use. They’ve been using it thus way all along and openly raising money for legal defense. He may be admitting to exerting control over the super pac, which is supposed to be against the law, but seems to be practically unenforceable.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Meh....sorta? I'm pretty sure he can legally use campaign funds to pay legal bills relating to the election interference cases, since the cases are sort of tied to actions made during his 2020 campaign. But AFAIK he cannot do so with the classified documents case, since it has no direct connection to his election campaign.

    But even if part of it IS legal, given his propensity to break the law whenever possible, it probably should warrant another investigation if nothing else.

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  • [–] 43 points 3 years ago (20 children)

    There's a part of me that believes he only ran again because, aside from his ego, he believed it would make him immune to indictments.

    Unfortunately Mango Mussolini could even be arrested and still win the presidency from prison... (Although it is a good thing the rules exist in that way)

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Horrible hypothetical: he wins and pardons himself of all federal crimes, but he’s still convicted of state crimes in NY and GA and has prison sentences. What happens?

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Constitutional crisis. Decent band name, horrible time to live through.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Nixon was apparently warned against trying to pardon himself because no man can be judge over his own case. Clear conflict of interest.

    Idk how well that would hold up now as a reasoning, considering…. gestures broadly

    https://archive.thinkprogress.org/nixons-justice-department-warned-that-the-president-can-t-pardon-himself-f70228c8b9ef/

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago

    If he wanted to campaign unimpeded he could have simply not committed the crimes he has openly admitted to on TV

    For being the party that supposedly represents "law and order", Republicans really seem soft on crime (at least on the ones they continually committed).

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    [–] 128 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    That's because Trump was trying to use the Justice Department to forward his own interests, so he assumes that any other president does/did the same thing.

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  • [–] 54 points 3 years ago* (6 children)

    and by implying that, he discredits the government in general, which is always his purpose

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Please don't infer that sort of "4D chess" nonsense. This is not an act or a strategy. He's exactly as stupid as he appears.

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  • [–] 69 points 3 years ago

    So... he did just admit to using election funds for his personal legal battles, which is illegal... right?

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  • [–] 68 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    If the Supreme Court got involved it would destroy it. No one with any common sense is helping Trump, those that do also go down with the ship.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    It would all be up to how the Executive and Legislative branches react to the court's actions. The House is Republican controlled and will likely side with the Supreme Court, thus rendering Congress from acting. Meanwhile, Biden isn't even willing to change the courts, let alone challenge their legitimacy. He will likely go with whatever the Supreme Court decides in order to appear like he's being impartial or bipartisan, when the reality is he will always be accused of sabotaging the Republicans by the Republicans.

    That would only leave the people to react to the Supreme Court's decision, which if its anything like Dobbs or any other protest over the last 20 years, The Supreme Court has nothing to worry about.

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    [–] 64 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    It's pretty amazing that a guy who has picked up several dozen felony charges in the last few months has this little idea of how the legal system works.

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    [–] 47 points 3 years ago

    Trump, the top contender in the Republican presidential primary, claimed that dealing with numerous ongoing legal battles amounts to “election interference” — the very thing he is accused of conspiring to do in his latest indictment.

    He's doing the DARVO thing again. Since he's being accused of election interference, he's using the "NO U" defense, and hoping "his people" at the Supreme Court bail him out.

    It doesn't work that way. If he wanted to have his time free to campaign, maybe he shouldn't have done so much crime to begin with.

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago

    "It is Election Interference, & the Supreme Court must intercede," he wrote.

    The first four words seem relevant to him, just not in the way he means.

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  • [–] 39 points 3 years ago

    Donald Trump is right! It's absolutely inappropriate for Biden's politically appointed Attorney General to prosecute Trump!

    ... Wait? What's that you say? Biden's Attorney General famously dropped the ball on even INVESTIGATING Trump? And ... What's this? An independent special counsel was appointed EXPRESSLY for the purpose of making sure that investigations of Trump's criminality were handled by someone who doesn't report to Biden or anyone else in Biden's administration?!

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  • [–] 30 points 3 years ago*

    every troll spams the GMs and Mods

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  • [–] 30 points 3 years ago

    In his world he thinks the DOJ operates as the presidents arm. This is one of many reasons he is a bad president

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Banana Republic energy here.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    So he’s asking what, the Supreme Court to cancel the election and give it to him as a handicap?

    'I am a whiner, and I keep whining and whining until I win'

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    [–] 21 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Squirm motherfucker! Prison soon!

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    People really need to tamper their expectations. I dunno what universe you live in, but I live in the one where a rich ex president gets away with his crimes and never sets foot in jail, because sadly that's the reality. It would never be allowed to happen.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago

    I agree... But 4 months ago, no former president has ever been indicted. Now Trump has been so 3x, with a fourth on the way in GA. the walls do seem to be closing

    Also it's temper not tamper

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I don't think he knows how SCOTUS works...

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    [–] 19 points 3 years ago

    Yeah right, the supreme Court has no actual jurisdiction over anything. What are they going to do, send in the army to free Trump?

    Lol

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  • [+] 10 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
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    [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    he must not be getting enough help in Congress outside of the usual loonies so he's moving on to another branch of government.

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