Just the optics of putting him on trial are worth it. But can you imagine that moron facing a grilling....my god it would be car crash TV.
Donald Trump - GUILTY!
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Won't be entirely surprised if he somehow manages to against all odds come better out of it. Some Goering at Nurnberg trial level shit.
As an aside, have you seen how tall Barron is now? He's taller than his dad, and Donald's 6ft 3. Must be something in the hamburders.
so which basketball player did melania have an affair with?
Perhaps an entire team of any sport could be the father. I present the 1989 Denver Broncos, they've been accused before. Course, Baron would have been created much later than 1989 so they're probably off the hook, this time.
Perhaps an entire team of any sport could be the father. I present the 1989 Denver Broncos, they've been accused before. Course, Baron would have been created much later than 1989 so they're probably off the hook, this time.
I mean, Cartman was in the White House, so maybe he fathered Baron and the height skipped a generation.
Perhaps an entire team of any sport could be the father. I present the 1989 Denver Broncos, they've been accused before. Course, Baron would have been created much later than 1989 so they're probably off the hook, this time.
Oh dear Chuck
Oh dear Chuck
Maybe the intelligence committee sent him a brief on the Sancho transfer?
They won’t give him the podium to stoke up his supporters. You’ve spent the last four years saying this sort of stuff and ‘this is the one that will get him.’ It hasn’t and won’t happen, just let it go man. It’s over.
Wait, are you saying that there should be no political repercussions for sparking an attack on a co-equal branch of Government?
No, I’m saying making him testify is giving him an unnecessary platform for which he can use to stoke up more divide. Particularly after he has had every other platform taken from him. Impeach the guy without.
Where did I say “this is the one that will get him?”. I pointed out that he no longer has GOP controlling proceedings and protecting him from even having to explain himself.
I mean in the Trump Presidency Thread, you were one of the (well informed) posters I followed whenever I took a glance in there. Forgive me if I am mistaken, but I recall you being led down a blind alley numerous times! As were we all, unfortunately.
Ok, got it and I can see the logic in this. I am torn both ways as I am confident he would damn himself with his own words, but I also think he could cause even more damage along the way. The safe route I think is to not give him the chance.
He’d just argue the toss and go on a tangent about sharks in soup, while encouraging the proud boys to rise up or something. It’s literally not worth anyone’s time.
So you’re saying that he would use a trial where he is charged with inciting an insurrection to... attempted to incite an insurrection... and it wouldn’t be a good idea for the Democrats to let him do that. While under oath and under the watch of a Chief Justice?
I mean, Göring was convicted and sentenced to death, so... Result.
I think I have the measure of the man, yes
edit: what’s the actual upshot of this? An unprecedented prison sentence? Talk about doing the exact opposite of what Biden is calling for
Not sure the same sentencing can apply here. Re Goering, he did defend himself pretty well though.
I was as jaded as anyone after a year or two of the Republicans blocking every single possibility of him being held to account. They’re not in charge anymore. The Democrats have every opportunity to do something about it now and that’s all I’ve pointed out. Will they take that opportunity? Well, as I’ve been saying in the Trump thread for the last 6 months... I very much doubt it. It will be like the report into the CIA that the Obama administration quashed as an olive branch to the GOP.
You could pay off the US national debt by streaming it for a tenner.
...if everyone on earth subscribed 385 times.
Sure, but the end result of that defence was still a conviction on all counts. They even denied him a request to be shot instead of hanged.
shit that's a lot
It’s horseshit. The only reason McConnell will potentially back impeachment is if he thinks it will benefit himself and the Republicans. If he thinks that then he’ll do it regardless of anything the Dems might or might not do. It would be a mistake to believe he can be bargained with.
It is not equivalent because that was the end of the road for him. Trump on the other hand, is not in danger of death or incarceration, and can gain something from such an appearance. He might as well lose even more , of course, if he repeats debate 1.
Oh dear Chuck
oh dear
However, he did of course go out on his own terms, with a cyanide capsule.
I want something done to the likes of Cruz, Hawley, et al for their role in the insurrection. Nothing will happen. Can't see Trump being convicted of shit in the political sphere. Dems are pussies overall, Republicans have no spine and only crave power.
Hmm... does the 5th apply in a political trial? It doesn't apply in civil trial depositions I don't think.
You sneering feckers. He's about to get divorced by an actual robot. What have you lot ever done?
I once hosted an awards show
Contempt of Congress is a federal misdemeanour so surely if you are under oath and lying would be a federal crime then you would have the right to plead the fifth?
True, but you paused it to go get a beer. This speaks to poor planning. A proper host would have had the hat thingy with 2 beers.
Yeah, I did that gig once. I presume you experienced the same existential dread around 3 awards in where you started to hate yourself and were wondering why you'd wasted your time on something so utterly pointless.