I don't want to get my hopes up, but this feels very "end of the line" for him.
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he'll get out of it one way or another. i don't even know how they're letting this guy declare a run for presidency
There are only 3 requirements for being/ running for POTUS:
Natural born citizen 35 years old 14 year residency in the US
In theory he could be found guilty, still elected and serve from a federal jail cell.
For some reason I was under the impression they couldn't be convicted of a crime
Man I hope. Otherwise, I'll have no faith left in this country.
I hope so too, but even if he does go to prison, remember, Hitler did too. And then became Chancellor of Germany.
I'm afraid we will be dealing with Trump until he dies peacefully of old age.
I like everything that inconveniences him, even though I am not entirely sure they will get him this time. He's kinda rich after all and that's how it is.
It's hard to believe that after all this time he'll actually go down, but there's no way the prosecution didn't pull overtime to make doubly sure that this is going to stick.
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The vast majority of federal cases end with a plea deal. Any idea if that could include forfeiting any right to run for public office? Would be great for peace of mind if so
I want him to rip DeSantis to shreds first. Hopefully he does it out of sheer spite anyway if he can't run.
That would look way too much like partisan coercion and would absolutely blow up in Biden and the Democrats' faces. They need to have a real iron-clad case if they're going to make this work, which means they'll need to prove it in court.
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