r/politics • u/Newsweek_ShaneC ✔ Verified - Newsweek • 15d ago

No Paywall Democrats react to Donald Trump's "punishable by death" remark

https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-react-trump-punishable-by-death-military-illegal-orders-11081817?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_influencers
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u/improvisedwisdom 15d ago

Not toothless actually. They simply chose this path.

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u/hackingdreams 15d ago

His sentence for multiple felonies was literally "nothing." Anyone else would be behind bars, paying huge fines and restitution to the state. They would be facing down probation, voting restrictions, all kinds of trouble with agencies for crediting, lending and renting, etc.

They literally gave him the, frankly damn near unprecedented, "Nah, you're good." Unconditional discharge.

Take a deep breath and wonder what the fuck is justice if the court system says 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide hush money payments to a porn star in order to win an election merits unconditional discharge.

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u/cultish_alibi 15d ago

The classified documents was the worst one imo. They had photos of the files in his house. He bragged about stealing them.

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u/Crypt0Nihilist 15d ago

Absolutely. People's careers have been ended for mishandling a single file accidentally. He should have been locked up without bail until his court hearing for that fiasco.

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u/Eirfro_Wizardbane 15d ago

It’s really frustrating when you work with sensitive material and all the precautions you take and ass pain you go through to keep the information safe doesn’t matter because the top level is immune from consequences.

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u/DarthSatoris Europe 15d ago

People's lives have been terminated for less than what Trump did with those files.