Donald Trump's sentencing was postponed to after the election to avoid any assistance of election interference. Can he be sentenced while he is President Elect?

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨m0darn@lemmy.ca⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

I’m not saying that it’s likely or that it would have any effects.

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spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
He should be sentenced if he is a sitting president. Eric Adams didn’t get a free pass for being in office and neither should the president because the president isn’t a fucking king.

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- Boddhisatva@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You better watch your mouth or he’ll send Seal Team 6 to delete your ass. It’ll be an official act so it won’t be illegal for him to do so.
  
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  - PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    $ undelete spankmonkey $ chmod 0 dtrump $ 10 PRINT “DONGS” $ 20 GOTO 10
    
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- droporain@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Bro I hate to break this to you. He is their King.
  
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lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
He can be, but they won’t.

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Vent@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It is a universal axiom that any question starting with “Will Trump ever face consequences for…” can be answered with “no”.

If, instead of prison, Trump was faced with a free luxury mansion on a private island and a $1B/yr pension to live out the rest of his years Epstein style, Kamala may have had a chance. As soon as the alternative included a hint of repercussions for his actions, the universe simply could not allow it.

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- db2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Doesn’t matter anyway, the spineless bitch conceded faster than John Kerry did.
  
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  - pinkystew@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Did you not listen to her concession speech?
    
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  - bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I really don’t like her but what the fuck did you want exactly? A coup?
    
    Please, she’s not that cool.
    
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  - Twoafros@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Just came to say you’re a coward and an idiot. If you want change, run for elections or lead a direct action movement instead of calling insulting people actually trying
    
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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Have you met the Supreme Court? No he’s not going to be in jail.

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- cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Trump is above the law. Lol.
  
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toomanypancakes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Oh no, of course he can’t. There’s decorum and precedent to consider! Best to give him free reign to do whatever the fuck he wants without fear of consequence or repercussion.

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- NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Wouldn’t want to upset our dear ruler now would we?
  
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  - Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Nor do those with similar positions as him want to establish precedent that they can be held accountable, which is the root reason why it took 4 years to accomplish exactly nothing.
    
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K1nsey6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I projected three years ago that come the 2024 election it’s all going to dissolve into a nothing burger, regardless who wins, it was solely a dog and pony show to keep us divided and on edge. The same way that Hunter Biden suddenly is no longer discussed now that Biden is out of the race.

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- sudoshakes@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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  They wrote. It down.
  
  It may prove to not end in consequences, but they took notes on a criminal conspiracy before the outcome and it’s part of evidence submitted in federal court.
  
  Nothing burger is not nothing.
  
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  - K1nsey6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    The courts are already starting to wind down investigations. This would have been the result regardless who won
    
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- GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It’s always to distract you from who is really pulling the strings. The super wealthy.
  
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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
No.

It’s over. Trump is never going to be held accountable for any of it. In a few years he’ll die peacefully in his bed like Kissinger did.

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Pacattack57@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
No the DOJ will begin winding down all investigations and closing cases against trump effective immediately. They are just trying to figure out how to do it.

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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It’s all going away. There will be no punishment. We’re done here.

To be clear, none of that is a good thing.

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Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Laws only apply to poor people.

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henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
You’re mistaken. He is a king now.

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- scala@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become king. The palace becomes a circus.
  
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  - Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Nice
    
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- bradinutah@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Chief Justice Roberts is ready and willing to kiss the ring… and lick the boots when ordered.
  
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- Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  He can legally kill his political opponents, according to the supreme justices.
  
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dhork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
As a first time offender, he may not be getting a jail sentence regardless. Even if he did, though, he could just file an appeal and in the time it would take to hear it, he would be President and whatever sentence would be immediately put on hold l.

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- Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  He’s not getting sentenced. Period. He never was. All of these delays have been powerful people kicking the can down the curb, waiting for a way to make the whole thing go away. They don’t want politicians and billionaires being held accountable, or then they too may one day be held accountable.
  
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AndrewZabar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
What part of “untouchable” do some people still just not comprehend?

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- KombatWombat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Honestly, there is a reasonable chance he gets assassinated this term. No one is out of reach from the sword of Damocles.
  
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  - SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I like this Damocles guy, but I wouldn’t hire him for interior decorating
    
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Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
it’s fucking joever, if the guy didn’t have the nuts to nip this in the bud, he’s certainly not going to grow a pair now and give him his just desserts.

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4grams@awful.systems ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
No, turnip will never face a consequence. Never.

I’m not religious but I am starting to wonder.

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ilost7489@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Theoretically, yes he can. Under US law (if the justice system was working correctly at all), no individual is above the law.

However, it is very unlikely. Trump is stupidly popular amongst people willing to overturn the establishment to let him do whatever he wants. Not to mention that he has a favourable supreme court that can just choose not to prosecute him.

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eran_morad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
aint shit gonna happen.

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bear@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Basically they had 4 years to get it done but acted far too slowly and now there’s not enough time before he’s a sitting president they won’t prosecute.

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- GreenSkree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  No, they’re asking about the case that did go through where he was found guilty of 34 felony convictions. The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump
  
  He was supposed to be sentenced in September. Trump’s defense asked to delay. Prosecution didn’t object. Judge didn’t want to stick his neck on the line and accepted the delay.
  
  I have no idea what will happen now but probably nothing meaningful anymore. It should have happened in September. I don’t know why the prosecution didn’t fight the delay, but understand why the judge did what he did.
  
  But yeah, I completely agree with your sentiment. The momentum into nailing Trump down on crimes happened way, way, *way *too slow.
  
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  - bear@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Thanks for pointing this out. I was thinking about the ongoing federal prosecution for 2020 election obstruction.
    
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humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Biden as a zionist wants what zionists want. It seemed to be good electoral gambit back in 2021 to let Trump embarass himself and GOP more by walking around unhinged, but after October 7th, Zionists want him to win and DNC wants what Zionists tell them to want.

Putting Trump in military jail for the treason charges makes sense instead of Aileen Canon case, and makes sense after Aileen Canon misbehaviour. Either the treason charges are as serious as Jack Smith says they are, and military jail is the right solution today, or it was all a witch hunt as Trump calls it. DNC making fundraising charades to hand over power to GOP fascism seems to be very pro Trump of them.

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Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yes, he can.

But he won’t be, or he’ll be given a suspended sentence that will never be supervised.

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HawlSera@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
lol no

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Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
LOL

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Enceladus@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Odd. The question fits here, but it isn’t a stupid question, its relevance is astonishingly stupid.

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WoahWoah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
He won. Get over it.

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IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I’m gonna mostly copy paste my answer from another question I answered:

What will happen is the judge would give a slap on the wrist sentence like a fine and call it a day.

Because the alternative is the judge giving a prison sentence and then the president goes “The NY Courts have made their decision, now let them enforce it” essentially creating a State vs Federal government political crisis.

Spoilers, the Federal government wins.

What if NY gonna do, send agents to somehow get past the SS to arrest the president?

If that was even attempted, the president would invoke insurrection act and arrest the governor/judge/ whoever gave the order for the arrest and flip the narrative, claiming the state officials are attempting a coup.

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- m0darn@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yeah I agree that can’t keep him locked up, but could they jail him, because honestly that isn’t nothing. Obviously it’s career suicide for anyone involved but you know.
  
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