1. #25061
    Quote Originally Posted by Machismo View Post
    But, what does Trump have to gain from all of this? Do you think Trump is going to run around doing campaign stops for other politicians, when he's not at the top of the ballot?

    Trump wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire, unless he had something to gain.
    He needs to stay relevant to sell Trump TV, Trump combs, Trump diapers because his hotels and whatever else ain't going to make money milking the GOP base is his future.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Endus View Post
    Oh, for sure. Regardless, this election is demonstration that America is culturally and institutionally broken. Possibly beyond repair. That a man so objectively corrupt and petty and puerile as Trump could not just win the 2016 election, but totally ruin everything including botching a pandemic response leading directly to tens of thousands of unnecessary American deaths and still nearly win re-election, that's a problem, and the problem is not Trump. It's in the electorate, the American people. Fascism still beats at the heart of America.
    Yeah, the people are horrible and wrong, and not the system that has it as "vote main party or you're throwing it away". Surely, and definitely an outsider is the only one capable of seeing that literally all of america is fascists.
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  3. #25063
    Quote Originally Posted by alexw View Post
    Because Trump is the sitting president.

    That changes in a couple months.
    If he loses the politics of taking him to jail will make that impossible, a fine is the most you are going to get.

  4. #25064
    Quote Originally Posted by Nurasu View Post
    The FBI is completely toothless without a mandate of all three houses. Biden will not do jack shit about Trump now, and neither will whoever he appoints as director of the FBI.
    No they are not, that's absurd.

    It falls entirely within the executive branch, and the Senate doesn't weigh in on convictions of private people.

    The SDNY is free to go after him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kasuke06 View Post
    Yeah, the people are horrible and wrong, and not the system that has it as "vote main party or you're throwing it away". Surely, and definitely an outsider is the only one capable of seeing that literally all of america is fascists.
    I mean, that would be the "institutionally" part of being broken.

  6. #25066
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...04491612618752
    he will not admit his defeat something very bad can happen

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nurasu View Post
    The FBI is completely toothless without a mandate of all three houses. Biden will not do jack shit about Trump now, and neither will whoever he appoints as director of the FBI.
    That remains to be seen.

    Biden still hasn’t won yet. If he does win and four years go by with zero action taken against trump or he moves to pardon, then we can criticize him and his administration for that. But nothing, not even the election, has been resolved yet.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Machismo View Post
    No they are not, that's absurd.

    It falls entirely within the executive branch, and the Senate doesn't weigh in on convictions of private people.

    The SDNY is free to go after him.
    Of course NY will go after him, but that won't land him in prison. That's delusional.

  9. #25069
    For everyone saying nothing can happen to Trump because nothing's happened to him right now. Here's the thing; you can't indict a SITTING President. He's a civilian once he's out of office. The Senate doesn't have any stranglehold at that point. It's purely down to a State AG at that point assuming the Biden AG isn't holding them back. But again, there is a LOT of time to go. Nothing is decided. Take a step back for now.

  10. #25070
    Quote Originally Posted by Ripster42 View Post
    Biden has said he's not interested in pardoning trump. I don't know where you get this idea.
    You don't have to pardon him to let him get away with it.

  11. #25071
    Quote Originally Posted by Draco-Onis View Post
    He needs to stay relevant to sell Trump TV, Trump combs, Trump diapers because his hotels and whatever else ain't going to make money milking the GOP base is his future.
    He can do that without working 70 hours a week.

    What did Obama do when he left office? he took a fucking vacation, and relaxed.

    Bush did the same.

    So did Clinton.

    Sure, they'll have their speaking engagements, but I don't see Trump being a workaholic after he gets out, whenever that may be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valkyrst View Post
    For everyone saying nothing can happen to Trump because nothing's happened to him right now. Here's the thing; you can't indict a SITTING President. He's a civilian once he's out of office. The Senate doesn't have any stranglehold at that point. It's purely down to a State AG at that point assuming the Biden AG isn't holding them back. But again, there is a LOT of time to go. Nothing is decided. Take a step back for now.
    True this is really counting your chickens before they hatch Biden has to win first.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhlor View Post
    https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...04491612618752
    he will not admit his defeat something very bad can happen
    The Trump_owo account is a national treasure

  14. #25074
    Quote Originally Posted by Machismo View Post
    He can do that without working 70 hours a week.

    What did Obama do when he left office? he took a fucking vacation, and relaxed.

    Bush did the same.

    So did Clinton.

    Sure, they'll have their speaking engagements, but I don't see Trump being a workaholic after he gets out, whenever that may be.
    He isn't alone Ivanka, Don Jr. and a number of the vampires around him will also be part of the process. Trump Inc is all going to be about milking the GOP.

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    Trump won't be going to jail, if he loses - that will be it and it will be in nobody's interest to try and make anything more than that out of it.

  16. #25076
    worried to death about nevada
    with how biden is under preforming with latinos

  17. #25077
    Quote Originally Posted by Nurasu View Post
    The FBI is completely toothless without a mandate of all three houses. Biden will not do jack shit about Trump now, and neither will whoever he appoints as director of the FBI.
    Again, according to what (also, 3 houses, tf?)? The legislature has, in general, nothing to do with decisions to investigate/prosecute. You also didn't answer the part about NYS' investigation.
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    I do not need to play the role of "holier than thou". I'm above that..

  18. #25078
    Quote Originally Posted by arandomuser View Post
    worried to death about nevada
    with how biden is under preforming with latinos
    Aside from Georgia which could go either way in theory Biden should have the advantage in all the states now because they are now allowed to count the mail in ballots. That's why Trump is already suing to stop the count in all the states remaining.

  19. #25079
    Quote Originally Posted by arandomuser View Post
    worried to death about nevada
    with how biden is under preforming with latinos
    I think he was +5 and I dont for one second think thats real anymore.

  20. #25080
    Quote Originally Posted by Nurasu View Post
    The FBI is completely toothless without a mandate of all three houses. Biden will not do jack shit about Trump now, and neither will whoever he appoints as director of the FBI.
    But his doj can get out of the way of states bringing charges. Right now with the FBI actively contesting these investigations it makes everything take forever because they are suing and blocking at every step. A biden DOJ would have no reason to deny those requests which could speed things along a lot.

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