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Donald Trump would have been convicted over 2020 election, special counsel report says
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2025
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They say the US justice system moves slowly, but this is incredibly slow. I'm not an American, but if I was I would be very disappointed.
Investigations of Trump reliably conclude just after it becomes impossible for them to have any effect on him. It feels a little deliberate on the part of both Republicans and Democrats.
Looking in from the outside I don't think that's what's happening. It's just the US legal system being very pliable if you have enough capital. Which isn't great.
Democrats: Takes forever to get around to doing what they need to do until it's last minute. The last minute passes them, they're throwing a fit about it.
Republicans: Starts pulling strings and tapping connections to throw as much shit around as possible and orchestrate theater to pad the time it takes.
It's only slow for some. For others it's fast.
You can still be disappointed.
Sure. I can, but I can't vote in the US so I find that spending my emotional energy on that has fairly limited effects.
I still find it sad that we live in a world where a large amount of people praise felons
It's not great, is it
Even if you could vote, our system is designed to prevent your vote from having an impact in multiple ways. Fuck this country.
I mean, yeah, lets not even get into your weird way of weighing votes and then throwing the actual decision to a panel. You've got some work to do on that democratic aspect too. As a nation, I mean.
I am very disappointed.