Cause the weenymunch judge pussed out on his judicial duties
“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.”
- Alexander Hamilton
Clown country
A country founded on genocide and slavery was always ok with being a disgrace
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”
- Benjamin Franklin
Definitely an unpopular comment to make in this thread, but from what I read at the time, most people don’t get jail time for first offense of this type of crime.
Of course, most people don’t hold press conferences outside of the courtroom bashing on the judge…
From whatever you read, are most people convicted of such crimes unpunished in any way, like Trump?
Probably not, but there’s also this:
Prosecutors had recommended the sentence, saying in court Friday, “we must be respectful of the office of the presidency” and Trump’s pending inauguration.
Makes you wonder why the prosecutors wasted all their time and tax payer resources just to recommend zero punishment. At least fine the dude in the amount he defrauded people.
Well, he wasn’t President-elect during the prosecution. That said, seems to me that asking for no penalty is the opposite of “respectful of the office of the presidency.”
This is the same crime that Michael Cohen got three years in prison for. A crime he committed solely to benefit Trump. It makes no sense.
It makes perfect sense when you realize that the US punishment system is divided into two different systems.
You’re either in the system for those who happen to be rich, and are supporting the system, in which case you automatically get released with a slap on the wrist.
Or you’re rich or poor and happened to disagree with the status quo. In that instance you’ll be fed to the punishment meat grinder, having “the fictitious and imaginary book of laws” thrown at you for the harshest punishment that the US punishment system can imagine through “precedent.”
I certainly hope the 1st World countries will not allow a convicted felon to cross their border.
He just did what anyone would have done! He paid for sex. Now can we please get the stupid landing page off pornhub?! Like what am I suppose to say? Yeah I’m not 57? I’m 17 today?
Anyway congrats to our king! The law don’t apply the same.
It’s been clear for a long time that he’s above legal justice.
If we’re lucky, a hero will step up to bring vigilante justice, but most likely we’ll just get no justice, as per usual.
Mario, perhaps?
Don’t worry, this will appear 4th on the news sites after we discuss transgender issues and how “triggered” Musk is for the 6th time
Don’t forget the Gulf of America!
“We will invade Puerto Rico and force them to join the USA!”
main stream media orgasms from all the clicks they’re getting
He’s still a convicted felon, so won’t be entering Canada (and other nations) anytime soon.
The caveat to that is this holds as long as Canada doesn’t elect right wingnuts whose first order of business would be to grant that asshole a “freedom pass” to enter my nation.
What a cluster fuck this all is.
Stop with the misinformation.
Anyone with a criminal record can ask to be let in Canada, they just have to fill up paperwork and CBSA approves it (or not).
GWB was allowed in Canada even with his DUI, he just had to go through the exact same process Trump will go through.
It is up to the government whether or not they allow it to go through.
Ofc my preference is they don’t.
Don’t act like you knew that right after saying, full of conviction, that he won’t be allowed to.
And obviously they’ll accept the POTUS you misinformation baffoon
You’ll have a felon in the WH. Great job, America!
In the race to the bottom, we’re taking the charge! USA! USA!
Judge Merchan is a fucking coward.
Not true. Their hands were tied. Same with the prosecutors. This was their best.
Yeah bullshit. This is something worth ending your career over. The judge should have done the right thing and accepted the consequences.
I understand the feeling, but I think this outcome is probably the best we could hope for, given the situation. If he had tried to impose fines or imprisonment, one of the higher courts would probably have intervened and the sentencing would never have happened.
That just means there’s more than one coward.
Probably because maga has started killing people.
That’s fine. If they want to start a war over their snowflake feelings let them. Giving away our freedoms to avoid a fight just guarantees someone can take all of your freedoms.
The only jobs that convicted criminals can get in the US are in the White House.
Any GOP position will do, as long as it’s the right kind of crime.
we must be respectful of the office of the presidency
Why do we have to be when he wasnt?
Yeah it’s crazy. To me, respect for the presidency keeping it crime-free. People committing crimes in pursuit of the presidency or while in its office should be harshly prosecuted, not let off.
The rule of law means that no one is above the law, not even the president. If the president is above the law then we do not have the rule of law. Being labeled a felon is the idea of a punishment, but since there are no consequences to this sentencing there is no punishment.
At least imposing a fine would have been consistent with precedent. At that point it would have been an issue with our laws being to lenient. That would have been a much more easily remedied problem than doing away with the rule of law, a founding concept of modern western civilization.
The rule of law was dead when the Supreme Court ruled presidents have immunity for core constitutional responsibilities and presumed immunity for official acts in Trump v. United States. This is another nail in the coffin.
I have never heard of “unconditional discharge” being a possible sentence for a crime. It’s like they made it up just for Trump.
Was he under oath for his remarks? Stated that he won the popular vote by millions.
