@TheEyeOfBalor Unfortunately, Trump is not being charged with insurrection.

@Darkenyght1701 Well, the issue might be moot, as the Georgia legislature is looking into how they can remove prosecutors. Should’ve seen that coming.

@Darkenyght1701 Yes, but can’t it be argued that federal law is involved? Trying to change Georgia votes wasn’t aimed at the governor’s race, after all, but in the vote for president. And it’s federal law that makes the Georgia result part of the Electoral College. Sorry, but I’m thinking like a Trump DOJ might approach the issue. And as convoluted as this attempt might be, bear in mind there’s a Supreme Court which might just agree with it.

@PoliticalEd @TheEyeOfBalor You’re right. A felony conviction does not preclude someone from being president.

@TheEyeOfBalor Actually, being a convicted felon doesn’t bar you from being president.

@Darkenyght1701 Which part of what I said is wrong?

@MidnightRider For all the good that would do, right?😀

@MidnightRider He’d be sanctioned, for sure. This regular citizen’s lawyers would caution him not to do it for that reason. The lawyers can question prosecution motives in public statements, but the client would be advised to stay mute. They don’t call lawyers mouthpieces for nothing!

@MidnightRider @CinnamonGirlE @publickovacs @SECRET_ASIAN_MAN Okay, in the classified documents case, Trump has been barred from disclosing evidence to the public and discussing the case with his co-defendants, but he can still rail against Smith and the DOJ in his rallies, as far as I know.

@MidnightRider @CinnamonGirlE @publickovacs @SECRET_ASIAN_MAN I’m just not sure what speech proscriptions have been imposed on Trump in the Smith cases so far, if any. Anyone know that answer?

@MidnightRider @CinnamonGirlE @publickovacs @SECRET_ASIAN_MAN It’s my understanding that Trump is under a gag order in the NY hush money case, but only as it involves social media. I’m unaware of gag orders in the federal indictments.

@CinnamonGirlE @publickovacs @MidnightRider @SECRET_ASIAN_MAN Trump is blatantly using that threat of violence in his campaign. Some judge needs to put a gag order on such inflammatory speech.

@MidnightRider @publickovacs @SECRET_ASIAN_MAN If he loses the election, I predict he’ll try for a deal(s) with Smith to keep him out of prison. I think Smith, for the good of the country (shades of the Ford pardon of Nixon) will be amenable. But will NY and Georgia? That’s the question.

@SECRET_ASIAN_MAN If he doesn’t win, no problem then. But if he does, and the Georgia trial hasn’t started yet, his DOJ can overrule any state AG’s case if they can argue the case involves federal law.

@Darkenyght1701 The key is to get the trials underway before the election. If Trump wins, he can quash indictments, but I don’t think he can cancel trials. And the DOJ can preempt any state AG, so indictments in NY and Georgia won’t be safe either.

@TheEyeOfBalor Yes, all that is true, but we’ve already had delays in the documents case due to co-defendants not having found lawyers yet! Not to mention the time it will take to decide who gets security clearances and the defense demanding more time to examine all the documents. The latest indictment can be speedier, but we’ll see what delaying tactics the Trump team will come up with.

@MidnightRider I grant you that it has historically been rigged in favor of the powerful, but Trump dared to let this secret out into the open, while letting the white working class air their grievances that the “others” were taking away their right to power.

@MidnightRider So sad. Never thought I’d see this country on the verge of autocracy. Shows how fragile our democracy was and no one realized it - until Trump showed the way.

@MidnightRider Thanks to the Electoral College, he has a real chance to win. More of his people are in place in key positions in key states, and voter suppression measures have been enacted to ensure low opposition turnout.

Will any trial of Trump’s multiple indictments actually get underway before the 2024 election? Doubt it. So the only thing Trump has to do to stay out of jail is to win that election. All the indictments will then be quashed. No trials. Like it never happened.