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Originally Posted by transplant99
No one escapes RICO if convicted.
Its basically true that a prosecutor can get indictments from a grand jury on a whim if they so choose.
However for the RICO act to be used there must be serious evidence of wrong doing, not just theories.
I understand the hesitance to actually believe Trump and company will actually face justice here, but this particular indictment has real and very sharp teeth to it.
I dont know who testified yesterday, nor what said, but there is no doubt after reading the indictment itself, there is serious evidence from them.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/14/polit...ion/index.html
If he was to get out of this scott free, this would have been the time. Particularly in a true red state.
He is in real trouble IMO.
He still likely wins the GOP ticket and possibly the election if it gets that far, but in the end...he is fataed. |
I very genuinely hope you are right. Like "Flames win the cup" hope.
But I have the same level of expectation for both (unfortunately). He's a super rich old white male, and his lawyers don't have to prove innocence. They just have to sling enough muck to muddy the waters. It'll take years, and he's way more likely to die of old age than see any sort of consequences.
This is the life of those born into privilege in a Plutocracy. You do whatever you want, and the rules don't apply.