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'Uncharted waters': Experts suggest Trump’s looming sentence could include prison time (www.alternet.org)

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[–] ZagamTheVile 82 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Could"? Sure. "Should"? Probably. "Will"? No chance. Have you not been paying attention?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There is a chance. It is much smaller than I'd like, but it's there.

[–] CleoTheWizard 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I think it’s a larger chance than most people think. Yes it’s a first offense but it’s not an offense that should be taken lightly. He has a history of crime now after being found guilty of fraud and civilly liable for sexual assault(rape).

I see no reason for the judge to go easy on him. He was a PITA and didn’t follow gag orders, he’s guilty of a degree of fraud we haven’t seen in a long time, and that fraud impacted an election of the United States in a very large way, leading to uninformed voters and hid a scandal from the public.

The judge should bury him. At least give him 2-3 months in jail. If this comes without jail time, it will be a huge injustice to everyone. To know that you can lie to the American voting public and commit fraud from the White House and get away with a slap on the wrist would do great damage to this country (nothing new tho). Hope the judge does the right thing.

[–] beebarfbadger 4 points 3 months ago

Violated the gag order ten times. Again: TEN times.

See how far down this ladder any other citizen comes before facing actual consequences.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Na.

Sadly the legal armchair experts said that common sentence for a first time offense of what he was found guilty of does not include prison.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

You don't understand what "small but it's there" means, do you?