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[-] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

If it makes you feel any better, as a fan of Knowledge Fight, I followed the Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation trial in Texas pretty closely. Alex did his best to turn the trial into a circus, throwing out deep state conspiracies, complaining about the process and his first amendment rights on the stand, and otherwise showboating. The judge was on top of it and shut it all down, and a lot of that came back to bite him in the ass. It didn't help that Alex kept doing his show while the trial was ongoing and freshly defaimed the plaintiffs and alluded to the jury as being brainwashed liberals.

I'd imagine the same thing happens here. Whether trying to make a circus out of the proceedings helps Trump in the presidential race, I don't know. But it's not going to do him any favors with the judge and jury.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I saw some of the trial. That judge just radiated the look some parent of a toddler has at MacDonalds. The "I am not going to yell and I am not going to bend. I am the adult, this is the toddler. And that is the way it is going to be"

You will keep your shoes on.

45 seconds later

You will keep your shoes on

45 seconds later

You will keep your shoes on

45 seconds later

You will keep your shoes on or we are going home.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

The judge and jury won't mean a thing if he wins the election and takes office before they convict him. He'll just pardon himself and try to destroy everyone involved in the cases against him. His defense team will focus heavily on delaying the trial.

[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago

He can't pardon himself in state level trials.

[-] MisterD@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

No problem! He'll just create an executive order that he has that power. Done.

Not constitutional you say? He'll fix that the same way.

[-] JoeyHarrington@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

He can't pardon state charges

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

And then it goes to the Supreme Court and they have a novel theory about pardons or some legal shenanigans where he can count time in the White House as time served.

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