I'll believe it when I see it.
Yeah that's what I told everyone when Trump was convicted of 34 felony charges :(
If it comes down to it, Trump will just pardon him as "a victim of the radical left".
this looks like a state charge. trump (theoretically) has no control over state pardons.
Yes but there won’t be any charges. This article is only saying that the state could charge him, if it decided to.
The good news it's the state of Virginia, not the federal government, that could file these charges, so the president would have no ability to pardon it. The bad news is that it's purely hypothetical. We can all see the crime was committed, but that doesn't mean a Virginia prosecutor will actually go through with pursuing the case on any particular day.
Watch thomas sue, let it get all the way to the SCROTUS and Thomas doesn't recuse himself.
The worst part of this is that even if he is convicted and removed from the judiciary, Trump gets to pick his replacement, so it will not only not fix anything but will very likely make it worse.
The least reliable members of the facist block of SCOTUS are those appointed by Mr. Trump.
He's really, really bad at the job.
thats a pretty astute observation. still, narrowly missing a "state-level charlie kirk" because the fascists are just fucking bad at the job is not the type of comfort I hope for.
Not really a new thing for fascists. Hitler screwed the German army so hard with dumb projects that had no chance of going anywhere, poor decision making, poor management of the government, etc. For example, the V-2 program is widely seen as a net loss for Germany - it cost too much, consumed too many resources, and never proved to do meaningful damage. Then there's Germany's obsession with giant tanks that were never going to be practical, even if they somehow made them reliable.
I mean the trial will take time and if Democrats get to control Congress after midterms they could just not confirm any of Trump's picks. Who am I joking, the Democrats would never.
I've got to say it. This is a case the Biden DOJ could have brought too. And Obama. The Democrats have got to stop playing games. They should have immediately changed it up when Obama was denied justice picks.
I’m looking forward to the Supreme Court ruling that a sitting Supreme Court member has “operational immunity” and effectively ruling that anyone on the Supreme Court can break the law as much as they want until their fucking life ~~sentence~~ term is up
And also all supreme court members can't be tax audited. And the creation of a Supreme Slush Fund
To be clear (because it isn't totally obvious from the title and text submitted on Lemmy), this article is a call to action, not reporting on a filing that's actually happened or rumored to be in progress or anything like that:
So why Monday? Because there is nothing special about Monday. It is the next day the courthouse opens, the next day a prosecutor could walk this to a grand jury, the same as they could have on any working day for the last several years. For anyone else, this case would already be filed.
[...]
Three officials can move on this, and they can each do something different, so we ask each one for what they actually have the power to do. [...] Here is where to reach them, by phone or by email.
He could be charged Monday. Or Tuesday. Or he could've been charged last Monday. There's three people in Virginia who have the power to make that happen, you should go call and email them.
Surely it's better to wait until trump is no longer president, otherwise if this forces Thomas to resign trump gets yet another supreme court pick who will be as young as possible to guarantee the court doesn't swing back around for another 40 years
Nothing will come of it but it at least sounds funny.
Throw all the books at him
Absolutely nothing will happen.
Best case scenario, the stress pushes a clot into his brain.
Yeah, and then the cons put an extremely right wing hack that's also a zygote onto the court.
And this is why we are all poor, this is why billionaires keep stealing from us, because of greedy no backbone failures like him.
how is this guy still employed? honest question - dude has litany of corruption accusations going back decades and he's still holding a position? How does that work?
He's rich.
I have been hearing about this guys corruption and scandals since the early 90s.
Hes living proof of why lifetime Supreme Court appointments should not exist
Monday is a federal holiday.
Calling it now, nothing will come of this.
Could be? Or will be?
It's the US - I think we all know the answer.
That country needs to (for so many reasons) drop "In God We Trust" as an official motto - "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda" seems more apposite.
Isn't Monday a Federal Holiday? The courts will be closed.
Yeah, I'm jaded and cynical. Can you blame me?
DO IT.
That would be lovely. Nothing will come of it, of course, and he'll just scream “racism!!” but it would still be nice.
Wait—Monday's a holiday. Nothing’s going to happen on Monday.
Jesus Christ.
There's a difference between possible and probable. This headline is extremely misleading. It might as well say Clarence Thomas could have monkeys fly out of his butt on Monday.
Is it possible? Yes.
Is it probable? No.
I understand this is "a call to action" but the headline is disingenuous.
That asshole really needs to fall for all the corruption he has been part of.
But it's doubtful it will ever happen.
Americans simply don't do enough against corruption, no matter how bad and no matter how obvious.
Hey y'all, RTFA. It is not saying what you think it is saying. The last several paragraphs twist things on thier head.
Get him
He will not be
lol we all know nothing is going to fucking happen
Please send this slimeball to jail
Aaannnnddd nothing will come of it because he is a boot licker for this administration.
These are state crimes. The only way Trump can affect this case is if he sends in the National Guard to protect Thomas from being arrested.
BS.
I understand the desire for justice, I agree this case is egregious, and the proof does seem out in the open, but wishing doesn’t make it so
Memorial Day? Definitely not but maybe Tuesday
Time to put him behind bars.
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