Yes, except the 34 felonies are all part of a single scheme. Trump won’t —and shouldn’t — get twice the punishment compared to a scenario in which there were just 17 false records.

So, we have a range of guesses about what the sentence will be, from probation to house arrest at Mar-a-Lago to an actual term in jail.

I imagine we all agree that the sentence will not be enforced until the appeal ends, which will be after the election.

If that is all true, will we be voting not only for President, but also for whether Trump will ever receive the sentence that is handed down?

If we are de facto voting for whether he will actually serve house arrest or a jail term, I think that hurts Trump. I think a lot of people who are not that enthused to get out and vote for Biden could get out to vote to actually see Trump be punished. That plays right into the mindset of a country that loves to watch reality television.[/quote]

Perhaps that is what trump needs to do. He agrees to not run for president but he gets a reality tv show documenting his time as a felon and he gets to keep the proceeds from the show. After all, the only thing trump loves as much as himself is himself getting publicity and money.

Perhaps that is what trump needs to do. He agrees to not run for president but he gets a reality tv show documenting his time as a felon and he gets to keep the proceeds from the show. After all, the only thing trump loves as much as himself is himself getting publicity and money.

This is off-topic really, but I couldn't see any other place for it.....

That Fauci hearing yesterday literally made me feel ill. I mean, here is a guy who did a job for 40+ years, is well respected amongst thinking people (ie not Trumpbots), is (or was?) actually a Republican, and he had to sit through that??

Trump / GOP pandemic failures means that you have to blane others. And that blame game has affected Fauci's life in a big way.

Who could have imagined 10 or even 5 years ago that such a clown-show could happen? It reminded me of the Nazi show trials after Hitler's plotters were caught. What the GOP will do for one depraved man is incomprehensible.

I wish Fauci would write a book and pull absolutely no punches. Then he can have a last word without morons like MTG spewing shit at him and not allowing a response.

It is weirdly a bit like the portion of Oppenheimer that centered around his hearings and trying to question his loyalty.

MAGA had a shot at a successful coup on Jan 6, when they had the deck stacked in their favor. They didn’t succeed & they can’t succeed now with less favorable conditions.

Will they be violent? That’s the threat/scare tactic terrorists use. Don’t fall for it. They’re trying to bluff — but they already showed their cards.

MAGA can do nothing but lose. It will be a massively fun party to destroy them at the ballot box in November. It’s the vote of a lifetime.

Yes. Will these films be shown in later years after America comes to grips with this crazy period? We can only hope.

I'm constantly amused at GOP shouting "Weaponization Of The Justice System", while at the same time decrying, and trying to interfere with various trials and judgements. Today Mike Fucking Johnson is presenting his 3-pronged attack against such things.

And some Repuke Senators are warning Judge Merchand. "Don't you dare imprison Covfefe."

Can you make this up?

Everything that the GOP is doing is.....Weaponization Of The Justice System.

This is the party of Law And Order?

I'm worried about July 11th. It might make January 6th look like a playground.

Skuj wrote:

I wish I had your confidence. I think we are sleepwalking towards disaster.

And Dems.....where's the outrage? After Johnson today, where is the major pushback? Where is the big speech about who really is trying to weaponize DOJ?

Everyday I find myself thinking "Biden....DO SOMETHING MORE."

I want Newsom.

Contrast all this with Biden and his son's trial (which even Graham admits might not have happened to someone not named Biden!) Will Joe be there decrying the case? Will he publicly ask for leniency? Of course not. Only the Cult Party thinks this is ok.

I wish I had your confidence. I think we are sleepwalking towards disaster.

And Dems.....where's the outrage? After Johnson today, where is the major pushback? Where is the big speech about who really is trying to weaponize DOJ?

Everyday I find myself thinking "Biden....DO SOMETHING MORE."

I want Newsom.

I think you may be underestimating just how powerful dignity can appear.

Contrast all this with Biden and his son's trial (which even Graham admits might not have happened to someone not named Biden!) Will Joe be there decrying the case? Will he publicly ask for leniency? Of course not. Only the Cult Party thinks this is ok.

surely we'd all be cool if biden held pressers on the curb outside hunter's courtroom, every day, calling the judge corrupt and conflicting, impugning the judge's family, and referring to the trial as a sham?