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In the filing, Trump’s lawyers said a December trial was untenable in view of the logistical demands of his presidential election bid
Uhh you don’t have to run for president.
The audacity of that guy. If he’s on trial for this kind of stuff he shouldn’t be able to run. Wth
ETA: because it seems some people can’t read in context, or understand who “that guy” means in a post about one guy, I mean the audacity of fucking trump is infuriating. Being on trail for fucking treason means he should NOT be able to run and using that as an excuse is the dumbest shit ever and infuriating to hear. Clear enough???
That’s not what was implied. I don’t get to indefinitely postpone my trial because I’m applying for a new title at my job. Or launching a new product. Or playing in the superbowl. Or working on my next album. Or touring for book singing. Or sailing the Caribbean. It’s stupid to think running for office, or any other ambitious undertaking, allows you to just avoid your court for serious charges.
He’s in trial for espionage and hiding nuclear secrets. If he wants to run for president he can do it on his own time. Work-life balance. His presidential ambitions are a personal matter, and don’t come before justice or national security.
Nice straw man. You’re deliberately being disingenuous. And that’s simply typical coming from anyone who would defend this man.
What the fucking fuck.
I was saying that Donald trump is a fucking asshole for trying to get out of trial by saying that dumb shit.
I’m not talking about the person I replied to I’m talking about the fucking topic. What the fuck. I fucking hate Donald trump so much it makes my skin crawl just to type his shitty fucking name. Goddamnit internet communication.
Bah apologies confusion. I’m so used to people being sarcastic.
The audacity part really rang as sarcastic to me.
Happy to hear we could clear that up, all good haha
If you’re innocent and there’s no evidence against you as he claims then why delay
It was to be expected because you see delays and postponing a lot in criminal trials.
That said, I don’t know if he’s gonna be able to delay it through the whole election cycle. Judges usually don’t fuck around, and if Cannon does, she’ll get slapped down hard later on. It will be and idea, because she already got hammered on appeal and she might be looking at some far worse consequences this time.
His strategy is to delay it until he wins election again (so he thinks) and then claims Executive Privilege against prosecution.
The worst part is that given our justice system’s track record, it might work.
The first part unfortunately has a chance to work. But then what? Polls show trump is not nearly as praised as he was by a bunch of ppl back then. It isn’t even clear that he will be the GOP candidate. So let’s say they get it delayed until election results are public, chances are he loses, they wasted a bunch of time, trump and judge cannon can get hammered on appeal, and he is still stuck with solid time in prison.
I mean I get your point, and while I do think it’s important to follow the law, it’s also important that no one is above the law; not even a president. But in my mind chances are so slim for him to get out of this, I just can’t see it.
Trump is a gambler. He’s a bad gambler, as his many failed businesses can attest. I mean, how do you lose money on a casino in Atlantic City? He’s also at the point in his life where he seems to assume he’s always correct and anyone naysaying him is just out to get him. So he probably won’t listen to people telling him that this gamble has a good chance of not paying off. In fairness, he never should have won in 2016 anyway, so that’s probably not helping him listen to people who would give him the best advice.
Delay for long enough and it might not happen
