Trump says he'll seek a new judge in election case

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Trump says he'll seek a new judge in election case
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Former President Donald Trump on Sunday called for recusal of the judge presiding over the federal case that alleges he illegally conspired to overturn his election loss to President Joe Biden in 2020.

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He should be doing plea deals. The chances he gets found not guilty of 78 felony charges is minimal. His best scenario after pleading not guilty is 6 months to a year of house arrest. And that’s highly unlikely. He will do time.

Can you imagine any other citizen having 78 felony charges?

We’ve executed people for similar crimes. He’s lucky he has prominence.

I admire your optimism and wish I could believe he'll actually face consequences.

Prosecutors don't bring cases they can't win. They just don't do it. It reflects badly on them.

Add the fact that prosecuting a former president is incredibly hard. This guy 100% did all of this shit in public. They have:

  • Witnesses
  • Tape of him doing it
  • Video of him doing it
  • The actual documents
  • Witnesses who observed his co-conspirators
  • Tape of the coverup
  • Witnesses to the coverup

There's no way anyone is getting away without a felony conviction. Plus, the lawyers involved are buttercups compared to the federal prosecutors.

I know one federal prosecutor. He is a very nice guy, very smart and will not hesitate to throw white collar criminals in jail. They ruin criminals' lives like it's their day job, because it is.

Prosecutors don't bring cases they can't win.

(Cough, cough) Rittenhouse (cough)

That wasn't a federal case, was it? I think it was prosecuted at a county level.

There’s no way anyone is getting away without a felony conviction.

They only need one MAGAt on the jury, and you only get so many challenges to get them out of the pool. It's why he wants to move the case to West Virginia: higher proportion of Trumpsters in the population, better chance of no conviction.

Not a fan of the establishment, but I think they see him as a legitimate threat. The consequence of not holding him accountable is further disillusionment in the institutions that hold our society together.

he has a very high chance of dying quite soon, so there’s that!

Evil dies hard, look at Charles Koch.

Dick Cheney and Henry Kissinger say hello.

Dick Cheney IS dead. that robot heart of his whooshing his blood around doesn’t count as life.

His original heart is in a phylactery, hidden away from humankind and guarded by dark magic.

the real joke here is the thought that Dick Cheney would have anything to do with Judaism, even if his life literally depended on it.

He has no interest in any deal. He's banking it all on delay till he can get back in office and pardon himself or delay till he dies

The chances of him getting a hung jury is actually incredibly high. I doubt they'll weed out all his supporters in jury selection. I honestly don't think they can convict him.

The only way he’s getting a hung jury is if Hunter Biden is called. /s Bazinga!