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.
@johnldeboer
The judge in the FL classified docs case - a Trump appointee - has already set a trial date for May of next year; dead in the heart of presidential primary season.
And today, Jack Smith requested a speedy trial in the D.C. case by naming just ONE indictee: Trump.
So that way out for #OrangeMussollini is narrowing by the day...
#ticktock
#JusticeISComing
@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.
@TheEyeOfBalor @johnldeboer I don't believe this is true. The only requirements for President are that you are at least 35 years of age, and a natural-born American citizen (which Ted Cruz somehow got around). I don't think there are any other requirements or limitations, which is good and bad. You can't railroad someone with a Felony to keep them out of office, bit that also means you can't keep a convicted Felon as POTUS.
@PoliticalEd @TheEyeOfBalor You’re right. A felony conviction does not preclude someone from being president.
@johnldeboer @PoliticalEd
After further research I found that you're both correct: the Constitution does not bar a convicted felon from serving in federal elected office. 😖
That said, someone convicted of "insurrection" under the 14th Amendment *can* be barred from serving in federally elected office.
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#NailHimJack
@TheEyeOfBalor @johnldeboer Great research, thanks!
@TheEyeOfBalor Unfortunately, Trump is not being charged with insurrection.
@TheEyeOfBalor Actually, being a convicted felon doesn’t bar you from being president.
@johnldeboer
I was born & raise in the Bronx in the 70s & 80, so am intimately acquainted with Dump& his family's endless criminal endeavors. The difference now is that he's going to be held accountable for the first real time in his miserable life.
Jack Smith has successfully tried *actual* dictators & their ilk at the Hague, so Dump's usual legal shenanigans won't work this time; because even if that judge he placed on the bench in FL tries to game that trial , the judge in D.C. won't!
@johnldeboer
And once an American is convicted in a U.S. court of a federal felony, they CANNOT serve as POTUS.
We just have to make sure that Biden/Harris hold the White House in '24, so no GQP POTUS can grant Dump a pardon...!