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- usnews@lemy.lol
Donald Trump has been found guilty of using a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election.
The verdict came after a jury deliberated for less than twelve hours in the unprecedented first criminal trial against a US president. It marks a perilous political moment for Trump, the presumptive nominee for the Republican nomination, whose poll numbers have remained unchanged throughout the trial but could tank at any moment.
Which is how it should be in Florida, and everywhere. People shouldn’t continue to be punished after serving their time.
They should be able to vote in jail too. Otherwise an authoritarian could just lock up their political opponents, especially in swing states.