"Resources that would have gone into Ads and Rallies, will now have to be spent fighting these Radical Left Thugs in numerous courts"
Or you could spend your own money
“It is Election Interference, & the Supreme Court must intercede,”
That isn't how the court works you file in whatever court has jurisdiction then appeal if you have cause. It would be contrary to standards for them to even comment at this juncture.
If he wanted to campaign unimpeded he could have simply not committed the crimes he has openly admitted to on TV
I don't think so. You can put your own money into running a political campaign.
However, the IMPLICATION that he uses campaign donations for his legal defense is there. And stupid MAGA donors will believe that's how their money could be spent and that it's OK.
It’s all super PAC money that has very little rules about its use. They’ve been using it thus way all along and openly raising money for legal defense. He may be admitting to exerting control over the super pac, which is supposed to be against the law, but seems to be practically unenforceable.
Meh....sorta? I'm pretty sure he can legally use campaign funds to pay legal bills relating to the election interference cases, since the cases are sort of tied to actions made during his 2020 campaign. But AFAIK he cannot do so with the classified documents case, since it has no direct connection to his election campaign.
But even if part of it IS legal, given his propensity to break the law whenever possible, it probably should warrant another investigation if nothing else.
There's a part of me that believes he only ran again because, aside from his ego, he believed it would make him immune to indictments.
Unfortunately Mango Mussolini could even be arrested and still win the presidency from prison... (Although it is a good thing the rules exist in that way)
Horrible hypothetical: he wins and pardons himself of all federal crimes, but he’s still convicted of state crimes in NY and GA and has prison sentences. What happens?
So my question is, if he won the presidency from prison, would they let him out of prison during his presidential term? Would the White House temporarily have some black bars on it?
IMO this is mainly a way to communicate talking points to his supporters. They want to start a lot of talk about Biden's "election Interference" to make it feel like this is something both sides do but only Trump is getting charged for.
If he wanted to campaign unimpeded he could have simply not committed the crimes he has openly admitted to on TV
For being the party that supposedly represents "law and order", Republicans really seem soft on crime (at least on the ones they continually committed).
Can't the SCOTUS adopt cases they think have some sort of importance outside of the apeal system? I thought I heard of them just recently doing that on a case they ruled on.
Yeah, basically the attorney general of some states claims that there was a business that was harmed by certain laws, which the business deny that they were harmed, but the supreme Court heard the case anyways and ruled that the business was actually harmed by said law so it was overturned.
That's because Trump was trying to use the Justice Department to forward his own interests, so he assumes that any other president does/did the same thing.
It would all be up to how the Executive and Legislative branches react to the court's actions. The House is Republican controlled and will likely side with the Supreme Court, thus rendering Congress from acting. Meanwhile, Biden isn't even willing to change the courts, let alone challenge their legitimacy. He will likely go with whatever the Supreme Court decides in order to appear like he's being impartial or bipartisan, when the reality is he will always be accused of sabotaging the Republicans by the Republicans.
That would only leave the people to react to the Supreme Court's decision, which if its anything like Dobbs or any other protest over the last 20 years, The Supreme Court has nothing to worry about.
I believe the smart move is to let it all play out and not cause a Consitutional Crisis. There is no reason to destroy our government for someone like Trump. If I was running against him I'd be trashing him ruthlessly. Don't give him any respect.
How would Biden “change the courts?” (I presume you mean Supreme Court)
He has already nominated a liberal justice, which was about the only thing he had the power to do. With a minority in the house and the ever slimmest majority in the senate, expanding the court or taking down one of them for corruption is not going to happen.
If you want to change the courts, it has to be done by voting blue in state and local elections.
The thing you're forgetting is that the Republicans on the supreme Court have NO shame. They've been caught red-handed taking the most extraordinary bribes. And they are simply getting away with it, because Republicans in the Senate will not hold them accountable.
For Republicans, holding on to power is far more important than any sense of integrity or duty or honor or stewardship.
At this point the Republicans are really and truly all in on fascism. If Republicans on the Supreme Court decide to intercede on Trump's behalf, they will make up excuses to do it. They did as much with Bush v Gore, and the court has only become more polluted by fascism since then.
Plenty of people with common sense are helping Trump and don’t for a second think otherwise.
If they help Trump and he wins there is a windfall for the corrupt and power hungry. If trump doesn’t win, nothing happens to them and the system is weakened for the next one.
They win by playing, a weak rule of law is the end goal.
This can't be understated enough. He wants to break the rule of law and have his minions run amok creating chaos so he can come to the rescue and become the next great white hope.
It's pretty amazing that a guy who has picked up several dozen felony charges in the last few months has this little idea of how the legal system works.
Trump, the top contender in the Republican presidential primary, claimed that dealing with numerous ongoing legal battles amounts to “election interference” — the very thing he is accused of conspiring to do in his latest indictment.
He's doing the DARVO thing again. Since he's being accused of election interference, he's using the "NO U" defense, and hoping "his people" at the Supreme Court bail him out.
It doesn't work that way. If he wanted to have his time free to campaign, maybe he shouldn't have done so much crime to begin with.
Donald Trump is right! It's absolutely inappropriate for Biden's politically appointed Attorney General to prosecute Trump!
... Wait? What's that you say? Biden's Attorney General famously dropped the ball on even INVESTIGATING Trump? And ... What's this? An independent special counsel was appointed EXPRESSLY for the purpose of making sure that investigations of Trump's criminality were handled by someone who doesn't report to Biden or anyone else in Biden's administration?!
People really need to tamper their expectations. I dunno what universe you live in, but I live in the one where a rich ex president gets away with his crimes and never sets foot in jail, because sadly that's the reality. It would never be allowed to happen.
I agree... But 4 months ago, no former president has ever been indicted. Now Trump has been so 3x, with a fourth on the way in GA. the walls do seem to be closing
No one thought we’d ever see an insurrection like Jan 6. and no one ever thought an ex POTUS would ever be indicted. Yet, here we are. He’s going to be convicted and he’s going to prison.
no now is when we howl for blood.. anybody with a backbone knows that.. what you just described is the way things work in Russia.. where everyone is a coward..
That's just unacceptable though. And people who keep saying this are only giving more credit to this idea. They keep saying the law applies to everyone so we are going to find out for sure if that's true. He can be stripped of that secret service perk. You don't get the perks of being a president if you are a criminal. Why would you? Let him fight it from his cell if he wants