• Flying Squid
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    149 months ago

    He can’t do this with the Georgia RICO case. He’s fucked there in terms of appealing to SCOTUS.

    • @frezik@midwest.social
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      99 months ago

      There’s a scenario there where Trump becomes President and then a state declares him guilty. What happens when they try to make him serve his sentence?

      This is not a question we should ever need to answer, but we’re staring at the possibility.

      • Flying Squid
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        39 months ago

        The trial would have to either be postponed until after the election or last that long. I don’t think either is especially likely.

      • @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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        29 months ago

        You think there’s ever going to be a jury of 12 that wouldn’t have at least 1 person there refuse to vote guilty, no matter what? It’s pretty much impossible that he’d get a jury conviction. Even if he shot someone in the face on a public stage.

        They have 900 jurors to screen. Trying to agree on 12 that are politically neutral and actually not ending up with at least one secret Maga boy that lied on his screening survey will be nearly impossible out of the state of Georgia.

    • @sharkaccident@lemmy.world
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      -69 months ago

      No way Rico case happens before election, the DA couldn’t keep her pants on. It will be years before Rico trail starts and by then all Trump needs is governor or DA lacky to drop everything. The Jan 6 case is the only one that could happen before election.

      • Flying Squid
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        99 months ago

        the DA couldn’t keep her pants on.

        Good job buying into the Trump team rhetoric.