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Trump and His Lawyers Dare NY Judge to Throw Him in Jail
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this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2023
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This? Is the plan?
That's like saying you're going to kill a dragon by hopping into its mouth.
Overreaction?
How is it an overreaction when any normal person would have been tossed in jail months or even years ago?
Normal people don't have a few thousand people out there waiting for an excuse to shoot people.
But they should jail Trump anyway. When you have such a dangerous following, it's even more important that the law come down hard.
How so?
Those are supposed to be independent examples of how rich people get richer, but yes, they can do all of them.
The whole "well-organized militia" thing is kinda biting the US in the ass.
I think Trump's legal strategy is he knows he's lost already. He's going to be fined and run out of business. So is his only hope is if he and his lawyers are obnoxious dicks and provoke a reaction to force a mistrial or grounds for appeal. Also he can whine about "witch hunt" and the usual nonsense to his base if he's found in contempt or held accountable for his actions. Expect this nonsense to happen in his criminal trials too.
I'm pretty sure he has lost already and guilt has been legally decided. This is to determine the penalty. FTA:
This trial is to determine the depth of the fraud, and importantly, the consequence appropriate depending on the outcome. The whole strategy now is to delay and get to appeal probably with the number one goal being to get elected again and create a legal quagmire, or simply ride out the rest of his years until his milkshake-filled arteries realize he hasn't ever had a heart and the only thing that's been pumping this long is pure narcissism.
This is, sadly, probably the least stupid thing he could do, because the more facts you learn about Trump, the more you'd think his fetish is just bending over and getting fucked by a strap-on wielding Lady Justice.
If the judge loses it bad enough, they can claim "judicial bias" and have a pretty clear path to mistrial/appeal. Given the situation, it's probably the best play they have.
Any normal defendent would be in jail though, probably before the trial even started, but definitely after calling a judge names while in court. I'm simultaneously shocked and not at all surprised he isn't.
Why would he have been in jail prior to trial?
They don't do pre-trial detention for fraud, and the only way for this trial to lead to jail time is a (deserved) contempt charge.
If the lawyers get disbarred then Trump gains time but the lawyers' careers are fucked
To be fair it does work if you have an immovable rod and a DM that honors rule of cool.
"Step 1, I hop into the dragon's mouth. Step 2, ???. Step 3, the dragon dies and I emerge victorious! There are no holes in this plan at all!"