Evidence against Trump was compiled as far back as 2016. Mueller declined to prosecute the President. The Senate failed to convict on impeachment, nearly entirely on party lines. Alvin Bragg’s office did not bring charges until March of 2023, long after the point at which Merrick Garland’s DOJ could have acted.
And the trial was open-and-shut. All counts confirmed. Trump was comically easy to convict once he was put on trial. The prosecutors then declined to recommend a punishment. Insanity.
And then it doesn’t matter because he has immunity, he’s given campaign leave until after the election , or if he doesn’t run the other Republican gives him a pardon
A blanket pardon wouldn’t be enough to protect him, because that’s federal only and there are still state crimes he wouldn’t be pardoned of. That also wouldn’t happen for 4 years, so again it’s an issue that he wasn’t prosecuted and sentenced in that time. The hypothetical pardon wouldn’t come until after all that happened.
A presidential candidate, 4 years away from an election, does not have immunity. The president doesn’t have full immunity either, though the Supreme Court recently gave that “immunity for official acts” without describing what makes acts official or not.
They had 4 years. A “speedy trial” should have sentenced him long before the election season.
Evidence against Trump was compiled as far back as 2016. Mueller declined to prosecute the President. The Senate failed to convict on impeachment, nearly entirely on party lines. Alvin Bragg’s office did not bring charges until March of 2023, long after the point at which Merrick Garland’s DOJ could have acted.
And the trial was open-and-shut. All counts confirmed. Trump was comically easy to convict once he was put on trial. The prosecutors then declined to recommend a punishment. Insanity.
And then it doesn’t matter because he has immunity, he’s given campaign leave until after the election , or if he doesn’t run the other Republican gives him a pardon
A blanket pardon wouldn’t be enough to protect him, because that’s federal only and there are still state crimes he wouldn’t be pardoned of. That also wouldn’t happen for 4 years, so again it’s an issue that he wasn’t prosecuted and sentenced in that time. The hypothetical pardon wouldn’t come until after all that happened.
A presidential candidate, 4 years away from an election, does not have immunity. The president doesn’t have full immunity either, though the Supreme Court recently gave that “immunity for official acts” without describing what makes acts official or not.
So given a hold on all the punishments, if any, until he’s re-elected/pardoned
The issue is still the president being above the law