The danger is to the entire courthouse — and Trump's intentions are clear: legal expert

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The danger is to the entire courthouse — and Trump's intentions are clear: legal expert
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If Donald Trump cared about his impact on the people he attacks, he would have stopped after seeing the 275 pages of single-spaced threats just one staffer in the New York court received. Speaking to MSNBC about the matter on Sunday, former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance, who co-hosts the "Sisters ...

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Trump is a disgrace I hope he goes to jail.

Agreed. I believe the injunction will be reinstated - but that's for the judge to call, not a retired prosecutor from another state.

The key word in "federal prosecutor" is federal. Since you don't seem to know what that word means, let me help remedy your staggering ignorance. It means they represent the US government. So what state she worked in is irrelevant. Does that help, or should I use pictures and memes?

I think I could be forgiven for assuming that a state prosecutor works at the state level, not the federal level. US legal structures are far from intuitive.

If you have a separation between state law and federal law, one would imagine that there is a difference between state prosecutors and federal prosecutors. A district attorney for a state sounds like someone who works at the local state level, not the nationwide federal level. But yeah, apparently a state district attorney can prosecute federal charges, TIL.