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Fascists start by taking over elections, police/military, media and courts.
If you have those, it doesn't matter if people have guns.
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Take a look at that picture again
The books don't care what's happening. The real danger is the five stormtroopers showing:
1) they can do as they please and
2) what kind of ideas will get you in trouble
That's why fascists proudly show these displays of power.
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Also why accountability is soooo critical - early, consistently and powerfully.
Stunning Merrick Garland does not seem to grasp that.
@TCatInReality Yeah, not enough folks realize Democracy is at a bit of a crossroads here. This demands on all-hands-on-deck response. And Garland is a key player. He cannot F this up.
Grassroots Joe@TCatInReality @PDFlynn
The 6 seditious conspiracy convictions with more on the way says he does.
Rushing to bring charges lacking the requisite beyond a reasonable doubt evidence invariably leads to acquittal, a far worse outcome than a later than one might like conviction.
The 6 seditious conspiracy convictions with more on the way says he does.
Rushing to bring charges lacking the requisite beyond a reasonable doubt evidence invariably leads to acquittal, a far worse outcome than a later than one might like conviction.
@joeinwynnewood @PDFlynn
There are lots of other crimes that Trump gets a free pass on.
Top of my list, the DOJ got the conviction of Michael Cohen in 2018 for a crime which the pleading said was "at the direction and for the benefit of Individual 1 (Trump)".
If there was enough to indict Cohen, there should be enough to indict Trump.
@TCatInReality @PDFlynn
A pass or a lack of sufficient evidence to secure a conviction?
Unless we're in the room with DOJ, and we're not, we don't know which.
We shall see about the hush payment as the Manhattan DA is running the evidence by a grand jury now.
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As I was saying...
https://terikanefield.com/the-trump-ny-criminal-investigation-the-saga-of-mark-pomerantz-alvin-bragg/
As I was saying...
https://terikanefield.com/the-trump-ny-criminal-investigation-the-saga-of-mark-pomerantz-alvin-bragg/
The Manhattan Trump Criminal Investigation: The Saga of Mark Pomerantz & Alvin Bragg - Teri Kanefield
Former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, who quit the Manhattan DA’s office last year in a huff over how the newly elected District Attorney Alvin Bragg was conducting the Trump criminal investigation, has written a tell-all book. A timeline will lay out the progress of the investigation and offer a context for the Pomerantz-Bragg saga: August 2019: … The Manhattan Trump Criminal Investigation: The Saga of Mark Pomerantz & Alvin Bragg Read More »
@joeinwynnewood @TCatInReality Oh yes, Teri is quite good. I mean, I don't doubt T will face criminal charges for some of this. And Garland, y'know, has been getting lots of criticism from the public and the press and, in a way, it's probably undeserved. But, in another sense, I'm not so sure it's not a bad to keep up the public pressure on this.You could argue that the AG really doesn't care at all about public opinion. But still, continuing to keep up the pressure, IMO, is a worthwhile endeavor, particularly in the press. You just cannot overstate the importance to this country's future that T be held accountable for his crimes. A message must be sent to the MAGA movement that any attempts to overthrow our Democracy by force is not acceptable and never will be.
WhiteLadySpeaksSpanish@PDFlynn @joeinwynnewood @TCatInReality Beyond trump crimes as president, I have seen just how much rich criminals get away with. Bribery, extortion, fraud, tax evasion. Trump did it all and he is not the only one. If you have enough money you get away with it, or at most you pay in civil court.
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Sure, I like Teri Kanefield too. But what does a rehash of the NY saga have to do with Garland's unwillingness to prosecute for the same case Cohen was already convicted?
There are loads of other narrower offences that could be indicted by now - GA election interference call; tax fraud case for which Trump Org and Weiselberg were convicted; etc.
Are you telling me there is NO case that is provable - or has the bar been set too high because it's Trump?
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I heard a great explanation of why the rich get so much leeway w prosecutors.
Basically every indictment needs to be signed off by a manager or review committee. The wealthier/more connected the criminal, the more reviews and more people reviewing. The poor get a single, cursory review and rubberstamp approval.
Anyone in the process can slow, even stop, the prosecution. The rich get away with it out of an abundance of caution.
Trump's not indicted because of fear
@joeinwynnewood @PDFlynn
I'm not saying prosecutors don't need to build a solid case.
I'm saying prosecutors, esp Garland, need to get over their fear and do their jobs - prosecute criminals!
Trump's crime web is a house of cards. Once it comes apart, it will fall apart spectacularly.
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It's certainly true that wealthy people are much less likely to be prosecuted then poor people, because they can mount expensive defenses making them harder to convict. It's not right, but it's true.
Trump is rich, he fits in this category. Does that make DOJ fear him? There's no evidence.
DOJ has limited resources & lots of people to prosecute. Why take up cases others are handling? Not fear, strategic allocation of resources.
It's certainly true that wealthy people are much less likely to be prosecuted then poor people, because they can mount expensive defenses making them harder to convict. It's not right, but it's true.
Trump is rich, he fits in this category. Does that make DOJ fear him? There's no evidence.
DOJ has limited resources & lots of people to prosecute. Why take up cases others are handling? Not fear, strategic allocation of resources.
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C'mon. DOJ resources are effectively unlimited.
There's no way to prove it is "fear". That's just my conclusion based on the long delays despite mountains of public evidence.
@TCatInReality @PDFlynn Re: unlimited resources
I'm sorry, that's not even close to true. They are running by far the largest federal investigation and set of prosecutions in history. They've been holding on by a thread.
Re: public evidence
The vast majority requiring securing 1st person testimony or documentary evidence in order to be worth spit. Every piece of 2nd or 3rd hand public "evidence" is useless in court.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/capitol-riot-court-cases-475081
@joeinwynnewood @PDFlynn
I think your articles make my point, DOJ resources are practically unlimited (and I'll add its powers are more expansive than any state).
Yes, courts may be strained under the volume. That's not a DOJ resource, and DOJ can manage that by prioritising cases.
The second article, DOJ asking for another 131 prosecutors, is exactly my point. It has, and can continue, expanding as needed. The only limit is US gov willingness to add debt.
@TCatInReality @PDFlynn Requesting and receiving are not at all the same.
Needing 131 more attorneys and not HAVING them is definitely not proving your point.
It's not like the GOP lead House is going to increase DOJ's budget to go after Trump.
Needing 131 more attorneys and not HAVING them is definitely not proving your point.
It's not like the GOP lead House is going to increase DOJ's budget to go after Trump.
@joeinwynnewood Thanks for your input Joe. I have a bit of a theory about this. To your point about the vast numbers of individuals involved in two of these cases, Jan 6 & Mar a Lago documents. Jan 6 obviously has far more people to investigate, but I would assume the MAL investigation has a huge number as well. I mean, if you include the staff at the lowest level, carrying and packing all the boxes, and then it moves in pyramid form, right, to DJT. So, there's that. Given these large numbers, Trump's defense could easily be pointing the finger at everybody else below him in the pyramid. They did it, it's their fault, they commited the crimes, not me. I mean, it makes sense that he'd do that, right? So, if you look at it in those terms, it's not necessarily the slam dunk everyone is saying it is. They must show conclusively beyond a doubt, that Trump was the one with the ultimate responsibility, for Jan6, for MAL. Looking at those numbers, it's not going to be that easy.
@PDFlynn Yup. Folks need to take a deep breath, recognize the motivation of the rage inducing former prosecutors on social media and reintroduce themselves to logic.
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Badtux the Snarky Penguin@PDFlynn Indeed, the Nazi regime in Nazi Germany decriminalized owning guns, repealing all of the gun laws that the Weimar Republic had passed -- except for Jews.
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The people complaining about "grooming" and think Biden will take their guns are not scared of the guys in that picture; if they lived in Germany in the 1930's, they'd be wearing those uniforms.
The people complaining about "grooming" and think Biden will take their guns are not scared of the guys in that picture; if they lived in Germany in the 1930's, they'd be wearing those uniforms.
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It starts with moms having to have more children, and children having to have less books.
It starts with moms having to have more children, and children having to have less books.