• @Atom@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    SCOTUS can’t do shit for state charges. Doesn’t mean they won’t try.

    However, His legal team will argue literally any punishment is too harsh and appeal the NY state charges, which will be granted because he was a president and has money. Then it will be delayed past the election and not matter anyway because this system is not made to resist willful destruction by those entrusted to protect it.

    Edit: Turns out they can. The NY prosecution has agreed to postpone charges less than a day after the ruling. Trump’s team asserts that the criminal activities occurred before he was president, but since the evidence was gathered during, he can not be prosecuted. Apparently concealing evidence unrelated to the presidency is an official act…

    • @slickgoat@lemmy.world
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      51 year ago

      There’s move afoot by the GOP to get any state charges against the president to be elevated to the Federal court.

      Guess who can pardon himself or have federal charges dropped?

    • @slickgoat@lemmy.world
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      41 year ago

      They cannot currently cancel state charges, but the GOP is trying to change that. It is one of a raft of measures underway. Some are truely frightening, such as using Red State National Guard troops against non-compliant Blue States. Check out Project 2025 - the Republicans are even trying to hide their planned dictatorship.