Trump admin may have already broken the law in Comey indictment: national security expert
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Does anyone have a comprehensive list of all the laws he's broken / is suspected to have broken? It'd have to be so crazy long by now.
He was indicated 91 times before he took office. Shame 54 of them weren't tried and the rest ended in a toothless sentencing
No way 91? ghhhh this is reminding me of that story of that guy who got murdered in broad daylight in front of like 50+ witnesses and no one would rat on who did it, because the guy got away from justice so many times before he was murdered. Wish we could get a similar ending!
Almost did, but aiming is hard
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-atrocities-1-1-056
Well since you asked, this is just from his first term. There is a link to the top for his second term but honestly, I am afraid to read it.
Awesome, thank you well, maybe awesome isn't the right word, but I appreciate the link anyway
I'm glad. And here is another resource too : Could American Evangicals SPOT the Antichrist???
Even if you're not at all secular, it is useful context for talking to people who are more secular.
https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
These are just the lawsuits against "Trump administration actions" for the current administration. The figures on this page (pasted below) don't include lawsuits against Trump himself, or lawsuits from his first administration.
I don't have a comprehensive list but I would estimate he's committed at least 300 felonies
I think your estimate is ridiculously low. But that's just my estimate.
That sounds right to me lmao
Lmao. Who’s going to penalize this fucking criminal? Anyone?
Well it’ll probably result in these cases getting dropped
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I get it but the Trump admin isn’t exactly doing great in the courts. Even with the Supreme Court the way it is.
That must be why the lower courts are doing the thing where they go "Yeah, that was totally illegal, but we're gonna let it stand anyway."
He will be getting coal in his stocking
Or shit in his diapers at a minimum, at least he’s got that coming to him.
If only there were consequences, then this would have meaning.
"May have"? The dude commits like 3 felonies on his way to breakfast ffs
If only there were laws for bloated old pedo billionaires
And? Laws don't matter to these people.
When there are consequences for a law being broken by these folks, report that.
Throw it on the pile
Surely this will be the point at which he faces consequences...
Pretending the Trump administration hasn't already broken the law is massive click bait.
Also, billionaires will still be legal under the Democrats. That's the real reason Trump got in, and the real problem.
Returning to "the norm" is not a solution. They'll just be another Trump eventually unless the billionaire problem is addressed.
LOL. How exactly do you expect a politician to address "the billionaire problem"?
Well, in a perfect world, where the POTUS is immune from prosecution when executing official acts, they could seize their assets. Would it ever happen? The only way I could envision is if the vast majority of the population supports (or is indifferent to) such an action. But hey, we currently have a $200b secret police force roaming the land, so maybe there's a chance!
But seriously, an extreme wealth tax would be a step in the right direction.
What's Mario's brother's name? Politicians have more access than us regular folks.
I'm a dingus replying to the wrong comment! Look at me go! Now I've come back to edit it to this!
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I'm literally advocating for the assassination of billionaires. I don't understand your comment at all.
Oh sorry, I meant to reply to the comment you were replying to. My bad.
You're doing a "the perfect is the enemy of the good".
Wealth tax, banning people from owning more than two investment properties. Have laws that put a ratio on the highest paid in companies to the lowest paid.
"It's too difficult and politicians are too complicit already, so don't complain" just isn't a good contribution. You either support that billionaires are a problem or you don't.
Nah. I'm just doing a "not completely naive".
It's possible to simultaneously acknowledge that wealth inequality is a problem and that it's not going to be addressed.
In the American context:
https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1nrcrez/video_the_legal_strategy_that_renders_citizens/
That's an inaccurate perception of what you did, you didn't acknowledge the problem and now you're pushing your assumption that "nothing can or will be done".
ALL you're doing is dampening the possibility and providing the billionaire class cultural comfort by providing apathy for the masses.
It's not about truth, it's about possibility. Had a cultural comfort girl like yourself been in Luigi Mangione's position you would have laid down and died unnoticed.
You're the problem. People who claim to be "just seeking the truth" but are actually giving false assumptions as if they're certainties are the problem.
Give possibility, give hope. In this, the cultural space you're giving "billionaire boot licker", and I think that might be your own choice and what you actually want.
You're a stability and truth is better than equality, hope and cultural change kind of person.
You even started with "LOL" like a smug rich movie villain. Then to pretend you agreed it was a problem and gave truth? No you gave your own emotionally informed cultural defeatism.
You comfort billionaires and tell them to keep pissing, that's your choice. Your cope. Your pushing of apathy.
LOL. Cry more, maybe the billionaires will stop existing.
LOL, they're not gonna give you money just because you're willing to blow them.
ROFLMAO ... but I sucked so much dweeb to get where I am.
They break the law constantly, every day
They almost certainly did. They are colossal dumbasses.
I read it somewhere that anyone talking rule of law or the Constitution anymore is starting to sound like sovereign citizens, waving a document around like it's a magic shield that in reality does absolutely nothing.
I would like to disagree with this thought process, but I can't.
The law is not self-enforcing.
Since the government is now lawless, it's up to the citizenry to deliver what justice we can.
I bet Comey really regrets releasing that memo in 2016.
Added to the list for no further action...
Breaking the law is a prerequisite for these stupid, fascist fucks...
Trump- “Put it on my tab.”
If I were on Trump's hit list I'd seek political asylum someplace sunny.
Kimmel should really take that job offer in Germany
When people break the law, they are punished, right?..........right? Is that just another fairy tale like Santa Claus and the tooth fairy?
Depends on how rich, powerful, and/or well connected they are.