edit: I have changed my title to match the new NYTimes headline. Sorry about the all caps, I guess they are really excited about this lol
Also shoutout to @SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone who shared a gift article link in the comments. I hope you don’t mind but I kinda stole it and updated the post
Guilty on all 34 counts!
Translation: republicans rigged 2016 election to usurp power, stole 3 Supreme Court seats, passed illegitimate tax cuts for ultra rich, and committed violent insurrection when public legitimately tried to remove them from power.
Every. Single. Republican. Is. Guilty. By. Association.
That’s completely incorrect.
Trump was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records. These were the charges in the NY “hush money” trial only.
Here’s a handy tracker for the other cases from the Associated Press.
falsifying business records
To influence the outcome of the 2016 election.
He didn’t decisively win, it’s not inaccurate to deduce from this conviction that the 2016 election was stolen
He’ll get 34 slaps on the wrist then become our president for a term that doesn’t end until he dies
This is only the tip of the iceberg. Trump is a fucking convicted felon and a serial rapist. Fuck him. Now on to sentencing.
I have a confession… I never said the Pledge of Allegiance. I always just mouthed watermelon and put my left hand over the wrong side… Republicans probably think I’m more treasonous than Trump.
“Real men wear diapers.”
Edit: typo
Could be the initial breach in the dam. If this knocks Cannon off the bench, that classified docs case should be enough to bury him under the prison.
How could this knock Cannon off the bench? I haven’t heard anything about that yet but if it’s a realistic possibility that’s a sweet ass cherry on top
And here I thought impeachment was the initial breach in the dam. All this guy’s political career, people have been assuring me “This is it, he’s toast.”
I’m not so sure…
I went into this trial knowing that it was the least of Trump’s crimes and thinking that some brainwashed cultist would turn it into a hung jury. I was wrong, and instead we ended up with 34 consecutive guilty verdicts in less than 12 hours.
Now Trump is going to be sentenced by a judge who he has repeatedly called disgraceful and corrupt after weeks of sleep shitting through the trial. He has shown zero remorse and zero respect for the law. So other than the mythology of Teflon Don, why should the judge sentence him with anything less than he deserves?
If he is guilty on even a single count, the former president and the presumptive republican nominee for the White House will not be able to vote for himself
What a shit show the Republican party has become.
Apparently, assuming he’s voting in Florida, for an out of state felony they use the other state’s rules to determine if he can vote. For New York, you can vote unless you are in prison for a felony (people on parole can vote). So unfortunately unless he’s thrown in jail, he’ll probably be able to vote for himself in Florida.
But hey maybe he goes to jail for something finally. That’d be nice.
Well they certainly have a leg up and don’t go to jail as often as they should, politicians do go to jail sometimes. Easy to find federal politicians that have on this list:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_federal_politicians_convicted_of_crimes
But yeah I’ll be surprised if Trump ever actually ends up behind bars.
Shitshow, definitely.
But apparently he can vote if he is done serving the punishment. So, if the punishment is a fine and he pays the fine, Florida can (and probably will) reinstate his right to vote.
It depends on the punishment and when he’ll be able to complete the punishment.
Guilty on the first count.
Edit: Counts 2~34 guilty.
We got a total sweep.
Did you make this mockup or has the current state of American legal reporting devolved into a Sportsnet style scoreboard?
