Mega Thread - Donald Trump Indictment Conspiring to Defraud the United States - Washington DC

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Mega Thread - Donald Trump Indictment Conspiring to Defraud the United States - Washington DC - Lemmy.world

Trump has been charged by the Department of Justice with the following four counts: - A conspiracy to defraud the United States “by using dishonesty, fraud and deceit to obstruct the nation’s process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election,” according to the special counsel’s office. - A conspiracy to impede the Jan. 6 congressional proceeding at which the collected results of the presidential election are counted and certified. - A conspiracy against the right to vote and to have that vote counted. - Obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct and impede, the certification of the electoral vote. In criminally charging former president Donald Trump for his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss, federal prosecutors allege that Trump enlisted six co-conspirators to “assist him in his criminal efforts to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election and retain power.” 1) Rudy Giuliani 2) John Eastman 3) Sidney Powell 4) Jeffrey Clark 5) Kenneth Chesebro 6) Unknown political consultant Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-live-updates-grand-jury-2020-election-probe-arrives-courthouse-rcna96825 [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-live-updates-grand-jury-2020-election-probe-arrives-courthouse-rcna96825] https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/politics/2023/8/1/23800704/trump-indicted-criminal-charges-jack-smith-jan-6-insurrection [https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/politics/2023/8/1/23800704/trump-indicted-criminal-charges-jack-smith-jan-6-insurrection] https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-2020-election-probe-08-01-23#h_e5ff07f8380a98f7c451cd6d3c116614 [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-2020-election-probe-08-01-23#h_e5ff07f8380a98f7c451cd6d3c116614] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/01/doj-trump-indictment-trump-coconspirators/ [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/01/doj-trump-indictment-trump-coconspirators/] Read the indictment [https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23893881/trump-indictment-in-2020-election-and-jan-6-probe.pdf] by @[email protected] [https://lemmy.world/u/[email protected]]

The “he won’t face any consequences” crowd is getting just as good at moving goalposts as the MAGA crowd is.

“He won’t be investigated”.
“He won’t be indicted”.
“The trial will be delayed indefinitely”.
“He won’t be convicted”.
“He won’t actually see any jail time”.

Who’s side are you guys on anyway?

I’m one of those. I don’t know if you realize or not, but there are a stupid number of examples of rich people commiting rather horrible crimes and never seeing jail.

I’m absolutely all for Trump facing consequences. But I’ll believe it when I see it. This country is made for the rich.

If he’s convicted, he’ll almost certainly face house arrest.

It’s likely he would be killed in prison. The Justice Department would neither want to see him killed nor make him a martyr.

Yeah, that’s exactly the worst case scenario. he gets to do what he did and live to the end of his days in a cushy mansion . That ain’t consequences.