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Seth's avatar

Very wealthy criminals buy the best accountants and lawyers to cover their tracks and manipulate the system. With Georgia TFG couldn’t restrain himself and made the call never suspecting a Republican official would record the call. He didn’t have his fixer enabler Michael Cohen to do the dirty work. Can Houdini slip from the handcuffs of a Fulton County indictment?

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JennSH from NC's avatar

I profoundly hope not. I hope he is indicted, tried, and convicted. After Napoleon was such an awful problem for France, he was exiled to Elba. I wish tfg could be exiled to some remote place with no internet or cell service. His defense is always, “They’re picking on me. It’s not fair.” That excuse is not acceptable for a 12 yr. old boy. Why should tRump get away it? His base needs to understand that he despises them and just uses them.

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Patricia Andrews (WA)'s avatar

Interesting comment. Trump brings to my mind an old (original) Star Trek episode. The planet explored in that episode kept having impossible, illogical events happening the the landing team. Final conclusion? The planet was inhabited by an immature, narcissistic “god-lette”. This (essentially) spoiled brat had been exiled there by adult “gods” for punishment and hopefully reform. Apparently they were unsuccessful! Sound familiar?

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Maggie's avatar

Frankly, reform is unattainable. Just as "bipartisanship" is with Republicans & here we go again with the attempt to actually pass something that resembles maybe not control of guns maybe, possibly, a few little minor concessions from the Rs. I'm sorry, for being so pessimistic, but how many years has it already been since there were ANY concessions from them? The entire Charlie Brown/Lucy scenario keeps playing over & over.

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AnnieNY's avatar

I agree, Jenn. I compare his behavior to a grade school child who whines "Not fair!!" when he loses at pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey at a birthday party.

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Sharon Stearley's avatar

Or loses at golf when he cheats!

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JennSH from NC's avatar

Exactly!

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Hope Lindsay's avatar

I vote for wherever Komodo dragons live!

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Maggie's avatar

NOPE! Nowhere that there are living & breathing animals. Ever notice how uninterested the entire DJT family is with living animals? The only interaction with other species is killing them. Not sure where he could be "put" that would mean safety for others (humans or other species)!

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Patricia Andrews (WA)'s avatar

Poor dragons! Really?

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Bert's avatar

That’s right, but his base (the GOP) are paying the freight on his legal woes.

For Trump and his family it’s a grift that’s how they make there living and they are great at it. His base is the mark Gym Gordon and the rest are just along for the money

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Loree Byers's avatar

Jordan is not a mark, he's a co- conspirator.

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Loree Byers's avatar

Guantanamo without internet.

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Peter Burnett's avatar

Elba was far too close to the mainland and within sight of the island of Napoleon's birth. A very expensive mistake. Saint Helena, in the middle of the South Atlantic was the final choice.

The main thing is to make the world safe for its inhabitants by whatever means it takes to remove this man, his henchmen and his would-be successors-in-crime, from circulation.

At least he could then spend the rest of his days content in the knowledge that, like Napoleon, he is seen as a uniquely important menace and is being treated accordingly. Thus, vanity will be satisfied.

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Peter, You came up with an elegant solution, at least in your words. Can you imagine Trump thinking as you do? Give it 5 seconds. Next question, where will he hold his rallies?

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Peter Burnett's avatar

Answers:

1. Thinking? Is that what you call the processes that take place under that skull? No, those are soothing thoughts that jailers can feed him, along with images from rallies and from Mar a Lago...

2. Cfr. Loree Byers

Having said that, prayers for him and for all like him. Don't let's give in to hatred for the man however much horror we may feel for his words and deeds.

To hate him and those whose minds he has poisoned is to join with them in drinking his filth and delusions. That is how evil comes to stain the innocent, and if we attend to the lessons of history, it will be plain that these stains, these mind poisons, remain ingrained in human communities for centuries... for millennia.

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Dave Dalton's avatar

Laws are written in language that allows learned attorneys to reverse the intent of the law on its face by parsing the language into pretzel ( Hence Steely Dan) logic

Juries become inexpert linguistic interpreters, ( not of their own choosing) in attempts to arrive at the truth

“The Truth is not in us”

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Keith Wheelock's avatar

Seth Wouldn’t it be ironic if Trump, accustomed to liar and lawyer up, were brought to justice by a Fulton County district attorney. Reminds me of Al Capone, whose murderous career was ended by a tax fraud conviction.

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Katherine Boyd's avatar

And one who’s female AND Black.

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Nancy Fleming's avatar

Talk about poetic justice!

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Katherine Boyd's avatar

And she is not cowed by him or his family. Neither is Letitia James, NY State’s AG, (another Black woman) who’s going after him in a civil suit for tax fraud.

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Nancy Fleming's avatar

Let's hope that they both prevail. He is a vile criminal, with absolutely no redeeming qualities. The tide needs to turn on all of these betrayers - at least those who can be reached in the American courts.

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Christy's avatar

They have so much experience at being strong and resilient. I am not surprised to see them leading us in power to rise up against fascism!

https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a40011988/the-culture-is-black-women-msnbc-exclusive-clip/

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Katherine Boyd's avatar

Thanks, I’ll check out this new series. Looks really interesting!

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

The perfect scheme, in my opinion!

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Loree Byers's avatar

I hope they're looking hard a RICOing tfg and the rest of his rabid litter.

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Deborah Ruf's avatar

Some Republicans, most notably, Tom Cotton, are trying to introduce legislation that would end fair representation by an attorney even when you can't personally afford one. That sure fits into the system these rich white guys are working to strengthen.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

He’s McConnell in a different but in a same colored hoodie

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TCinLA's avatar

He's actually more intentionally evil. He looks for the evil angle in whatever he does. McConnell will play with evil, but it isn't his go-to first choice, as it is for The Guy Who Should Have Been Fragged In Iraq.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Yes, just add a pencil mustache under his nose and lo and behold…da Füehrer!

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Kathy Clark's avatar

is this the recent Supreme Court decision?

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Nancy Fleming's avatar

If Fani Willis's special grand jury does not recommend empaneling a grand jury that can find grounds to indict TFG, it will not be due to Willis being corrupt. She is a diligent, intelligent lioness, and she calmly strategizes ensnaring criminals. Unlike TFG, even if he's tried and convicted of attempting to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election, Willis will not recommend the death penalty, as TFG would have liked to do with Hillary. In this case, cronyism and wealth will not dictate the outcome.

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Mary's avatar

I say, when TFG is tried and convicted, let’s build him his forever home on the southern border out of those BIG BEAUTIFUL WALL sections.

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Nancy Fleming's avatar

Oh, that would make me so happy! After all the criticism of Merrick Garland's apparent lack of attention of TFG's criminal behavior, it's heartening to see that his critics were apparently misguided, and the thought that the criminal might face consequences would be sublime.

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MisTBlu's avatar

Except for Roy Cohn, Trump hasn't had the "best" lawyers or accountants. His reputation for not paying his bills makes that impossible.

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Dave Conant - MO's avatar

Hopefully not.

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