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[–] 252 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Pleeeeaaaase give this guy some consequences and not another stern talk and finger wag.

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Fuck I would love to see actual consequences.

    Bit worried that the gag order doesn't directly preclude this though. Like yeah it's clearly not in the spirit of, but is it a contravention?

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The existing gag order from Justice Engoron most certainly does not cover this. AG James is not "court staff." There would be a very justifiable call for a mistrial if the court and the plaintiff are on the same "staff."

    Trump would probably need to be arrested for the crime of doxxing. This can be charged in New York State, or - because AG James is both a State employee and an officer of the law - also at the federal level.

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

    Widening the gag order sounds much more appropriate.

    Although if idiots were to show up at the home of AG James you might reconsider charging Trump with whatever crime seemed appropriate.

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

    Widening the gag order sounds much more appropriate.

    It really doesn't, though, because the end result is that Donald Trump, 45th fucking President of the United States, gets away with creating a substantial threat to the safety of a government employee involved in litigating against him in one of many court cases. Again.

    But they'll say "Oh, everybody knew that already, see it was someone else's article!" and "AG James is not court staff!" and "First Amendment!" and "Get some flypaper!" And he will get away with it, again. He'll get away with it next time, too.

    The only way to keep him from stochastic terrorism is for one of the criminal courts to revoke his bond and put him in detention pending trial.

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    [–] 205 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    If I did a single thing this douchebag has done, I’d be in jail. Yet he’s the front runner for president for a political party. Blows my mind.

    I cannot wait to not hear his name or voice again.

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    [–] 142 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Anyone else would have been arrested and jailed by now.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Probably.

    The judges in Trump's various cases have to walk a fine line between justice being served and accusations of being politically aggressive against a high profile defendant.

    Accusations which could derail the case and do even more damage to trust in the judiciary and the overall rule of law.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    And he’s the kind of person who’ll just keep stepping further over the line until the hammer finally comes down. Judges know this type, and they usually throw them in jail sooner because they know the violations will only get worse.

    But I doubt this guy’s ever going to jail. He’s rich and famous, so…different rules.

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  • [–] 99 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Just how many laws does this man have to break before he faces any real consequences??
    It really is a divide of the rich and the poor, cause if any of us did just one of the things he's done there'd be no question, and we'd be behind bars already.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately, to have a squeaky clean trial the prosecutor and judge need to go above and beyond so there's zero chance trump can come back and claim bias, and ask for a mistrial.

    Stupid, but, not.

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    [–] 64 points 2 years ago

    Man, justice sure is swift for the poor and the nameless.

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    He knows his supporters will do something. He knows them very well.

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    [–] 58 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    He can always be counted on to go lower.

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    Law is complicated and most of it is not updated for social media. I'm pretty sure he has a dedicated lawyer checking his statements for gag order violations and if the lawyer can't directly say if it's a gag order he goes ahead with it.

    It's very important for trump to look defiant but not in a way that will send him to jail.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I’m pretty sure he has a dedicated lawyer checking his statements for gag order violations and if the lawyer can’t directly say if it’s a gag order he goes ahead with it.

    I don't share your certainty on that at all. Trump doesn't exactly employ the most qualified lawyers anymore, especially since he has a long history of not paying them and being complicit in sending them to jail. Also he would never let a lawyer hinder his impulse shitposting.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    I'm pretty sure he has a dedicated lawyer checking his statements

    I wish I had your confidence in order and institutions. Either it was a F-tier lawyer https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhy5Y8xVHS0 or it was just Trump retweeting (or whatever it's called on his platform) an article of which he like the headline.

    Remember Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity ... my money is on a toilet retweet

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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago

    The man who doesn't know a consequence from a clitoris again broke the rules. Shocking, I wonder how they're gonna gently corrale him this time while his supporters go on a murder mission.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago

    Ok it may not violate the gag order because to my knowledge threats again the AG are not covered. However that is a separate crime

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    plane crash full of Republican "politicians" a la Lynyrd Skynyrd when

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I really hope the judge does make a move at this point.

    He needs to find Trump in contempt and remand his bail so he has to stay in jail (without social media) until his court date.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    How could we have predicted such an unprecedented action. /s

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That was pretty quick. Who won the pool?

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The gag order was on 10/3, so honestly he's lasted much longer than I thought he would.

    Did anyone bet on 1.5 Mooches?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Maybe that orange fuck wants to go to jail, so his cesspool raises up.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's ridiculous. Any of us would be in jail if we did even a fraction of his antics.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago

    Geez he’s a putrid looking individual

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    He looks fucked there. Serious addiction funked.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Saved you a click:

    The article he shared was by Laura Loomer on substack and claimed the AG had a connection to Christian J. French, who is COO of "anti-Trump" ‘Regional News Network.’ and posted a New York City Buildings violation document and a loan modification form with the AG's home address on it. Daily Beast took this from Meidas Touch, who may have taken it from elsewhere, who knows.

    Fuck daily beast's copy pasted speculation as a vehicle for ads posing as news. There is no news from the courts themselves.

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    [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    Did he actually share it? Or did one of his assistants post it on his behalf? Time to start going after his support staff.

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