• AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    This needs to be brought up every damned time this subject comes up. Cohen served time for the exact same crime - so what argument is there that Trump shouldn’t?

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      7 months ago

      so what argument is there that Trump shouldn’t?

      The American justice system has been successfully boiled down to a pay to play system and it’s unfair to not let other rich people go for more serious crimes, but not Trump .

      I mean I don’t think they would be honest enough to run with that, but it’s the only argument I can think of that would be based on an unfortunate truth.

      Everyone consciously or subconsciously knows the justice system works differently for different classes. The only reason anyone who leans right actually believes it could be a “witch hunt” is because no one has an iota of faith in the justice system. Sending a “billionaire” to jail is so rare that the possibility of it happening seems suspicious.

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      7 months ago

      It takes a lot of balls to send a former and possibly future president to prison. Way more balls than sending his lackay.

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      7 months ago

      Cohen didn’t need a secret service detail.

      The Guardian are reporting it is unlikely he will see jail time

      Edit: it’s not a disagree button, it’s being widely reported he is unlikely to see jail time. that doesn’t mean i think he shouldn’t see jail time

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        7 months ago

        Everyone is reporting he won’t see jail time, which in my view is giving the court a pass on giving him a light sentence.

        In my opinion, Trump gained so much, and could gain so much from a repeat offense, that jail is the only compelling punishment for him. He is unrepentant, and would do it again in a heartbeat.

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          7 months ago

          You are correct, but nevertheless, a court so cowardly they cannot hold him accountable for blatant violations of court orders will not jail him either.

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          7 months ago

          He could never go to a traditional jail, not with the amount of classified information he was exposed to.

          He would need a separate area of Leavenworth with no interaction with other humans except the guard and secret service detail unfortunately assigned to him.

          Then he has hell to look forward to.

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            7 months ago

            Pretty sure the secret service would be the guards, I doubt “regular” confinement officers would be trusted in that situation.

            They’d have to either train a special detail, or get applicants from current CO’s to join the secret service.