New York AG Letitia James indicted for alleged fraud following pressure from Trump
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-appointed-prosecutor-seeks-indictment-new-york-ag/story?id=126378516
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-appointed-prosecutor-seeks-indictment-new-york-ag/story?id=126378516
21 Comments
TipRing@lemmy.world · 104 pts · 325d
These charges will go nowhere. This is just so Trump can characterize his enemies as criminals.
evenglow@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 325d
It's not about charges. It's about finding something that will stick and if they don't they still get to make her life hell.
You can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride.
snooggums@piefed.world · 23 pts · 325d
The orange felon will absolutely treat them being charged as worse than the 34 felonies he was convicted of.
BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 56 pts · 325d
She needs to be LOCKED UP!
-People who voted for the CONVICTED Fraudster and Felon!
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 324d
Convicted and faced literally zero repercussions because of political pressure and threats of violence by his followers.
the_q@lemmy.zip · 33 pts · 325d
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 325d
Adjudicated serial rapist, voted most accurate for inmate # P01135809, the Russian spy in the White House.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 325d
She ran a perfect DOJ and they indicted her, folks.
hypna@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 325d
Looking forward to more vindictive prosecution findings.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 324d
Oh look, weaponization of government. Huh.
riskable@programming.dev · -42 pts · 325d
These charges are complete bullshit but it's not a bad thing to have one political party investigate TF out of the other one and bring charges ASAP when they're in power! That's their job!
Both parties will say the other one is corrupt and oftentimes they're both right! If there's laws being violated, prosecute TF out of them as quickly as possible.
The whole concept of we're not going to investigate or bring charges against our political enemies (who have committed wrongdoing) is bullshit. The only way for "a country to heal" is to prosecute the criminals and malfeasants.
And since they're politicians serving the public, their punishments should be the max! đŸ˜¤
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 325d
Bullshit, Biden never instructed anyone to investigate and much less ordered to prosecute any republicans.
False equivalence.
osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org · 21 pts · 325d
This is exactly why we're in this mess in the first place
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 324d
No it's not, he is not responsible for deciding who shall be investigated, and who goes to prison.
The responsible parties are investigators and prosecutors, that delayed prosecuting Trump for years, despite a coup attempt.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 324d
He was responsible for appointing Merrick Garland, so...
midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 324d
Yes, but then it was out of his hands.
There is no evidence of Biden directing prosecutions, and not from a lack of trying. The media and the Republican led congress looked as hard as they possibly could, but the only evidence shows the exact opposite: Biden was privately pissed off at Garland for prosecuting his son and going easy on Trump. They were not working together.
Trump is using the justice department the same way Nixon did, which, at the time, was appalling even to Republicans. We don't want all of our future presidents to be Nixons.
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 319d
So... what?
I think that's a big so.. nothing. Biden never interfered in any investigations which is tradition that the president stay out of.
Trump is breaking every rule written and unwritten.
You defending Trump with a bad whataboutism example that is an obvious false equivalence is disgusting.
riskable@programming.dev · 1 pts · 321d
I was referring to the Nixon impeachment.
Ava@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 325d
You're considering it from a partisan viewpoint. Future administrations would do better to add more robust protections against this form of political intervention. The DOJ should be independent, and welcome to investigate or charge any politicians they can make a case for, past or present, regardless of which colors are hanging in the
halls of the great leaderTrump Ballroom.Nobody is seriously saying we should never prosecute a political opponent. They're saying that political opponents shouldn't be charged by partisan actors.
lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 325d
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dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 324d
I think part of being president, or part of a presidential administration, should be a vigorous investigation after the president’s term is over. Regardless of party. And people should be held rigorously accountable for their actions while in power.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 324d
Something smells trumpy in here