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Oh FFS, lock him up already!
Garland said "we will follow up on everyone regardless of who they are". We know now for a fact he was lying.
Every judge says they're going to treat him like any other defendant. We are in the process of learning that they are lying.
I'm not saying Chutkan is going to obviously spike the case like Cannon or Judge Rittenhouse, I think she's going to try to run a decent trial if it gets to that point.
But pre-trial punishment? Not a snowflake's chance in hell. These judges all still want to be invited to cocktail parties and given country club memberships. The elite is loyal to the elite.
And stop reporting every little inanne thing he says and does.
Once again Trump pulls out his tiny pecker and rubs it all over our justice system. Anyone else would have been turned into a eunuch on the spot.
Sounds like contempt to me. Lock him up.
She's got to call him into court on this.
She won't though, because it would look bad or some other stupid reason.
If it was a regular person they would be thrown in jail immediately.
Yet to be seen. Chutkan has demonstrated that she's going to be the "find out" of "fuck around" in other aspects, but she also knows she is presiding over a uniquely historic case with potentially terminal consequences. Her Friday statement about inflammatory public comments demanding a swift trial fell short of what I would have liked, but I find her decision on the matter to be brilliantly fair, and unassailable.
Also note that the Government has not (so far as we know) made any motions in response to the defendant's weekend commentary. Based on the immediate motion for a protective order after the defendant's "I'm coming after you!" post, I might expect there to be a motion from the Government, and there's not (again, so far as we know). To me, this suggests that they know Judge Chutkan is already working on this, and does not need the Government or public pressure to be any greater than it already is. And if they know, defense knows, too.
I am hopeful, but the consequences (if any) for the defendant's weekend rants are going to be the point upon which the future of democracy turns. She has to know this, and I have to think that the reason we haven't heard anything from her yet is because she is considering very carefully what the response from the court will be.
Yeah, so the standard bullshit reasons.
It may feel like bullshit because we all know what he did, but they are being careful to not give him any legal grounds to appeal or move the trial. What's funny is everyone knows there is a two tiered justice system, it's just who is on which tier is different from person to person. Also trying to minimize collateral damage is important.
The court absolutely needs to drag Trump back down to Earth and demonstrate that no one is above the law. At the same time, Judges are supposed to be impartial and part of Judge Chutkan's statement, "It’s a blind loyalty to one person who, by the way, remains free to this day" could be seen as prejudicial. Whether or not she acts in an unbiased way is an entirely separate issue. The appearance of bias will open the door to an appeal of any verdict against Trump.
Ya, Trump belongs in prison; but, it's going to need to be done in the most scrupulous way possible to keep him from wiggling out of accountability.
no one is above the law
Why do we keep repeating this obviously false ideal when we make no progress towards making it true?
Because, by pushing the ideal we do make progress. It's easy to look at our current situation and bemoan the fact that we aren't there yet, and we still have progr ess to make. But, the truly false statement is "we make no progress towards making it true". Pick up a history book and spend some time critically reading. What happens today is a far cry from even 50 years ago,. Is it perfect? Not even close. But it is better. Throwing up our hands in defeat, because we aren't there yet, serves only to allow things to stagnate. We are pushing forward, but yes, progress is painfully slow. It always has been, and probably always will be. But, that doesn't mean we should stop pushing.
We could change it to "Nobody should be above the law" and it would be true without implying that the system is fine how it is right now.
He may be doing this intentionally. He and his team may be looking for a judicial reaction in order to use it as grounds to move the trial to another location citing unfair bias.
Speeding up the trial would be a good move. The judge still needs to be careful so that she doesn't give grounds for appeal. I vote for huge fines.
Fines mean that it's only illegal for poor people.
Well, he keeps getting away with shit so why stop?
She obviously wants me behind bars
That's because you have been doing some criminal shit and I promise you that she's not the only one who wants you behind bars.
This popcorn is SOOO good.
Stupid cunt can’t help himself.
This is one of the extremely rare instances where I can almost sympathize with the man. Making inflammatory statements is his whole shtick. It’s all he knows. To him, being told not to make inflammatory statements is like being told not to talk at all.
(Personally, I’d be perfectly happy if I never heard from him again, but that’s beside the point.)
Most federal judges are anti-criminal Don.
Set fire to the prick and let's see how long shit burns.