r/CapitolConsequences • u/sportsfanatic61 • Aug 28 '21
House Jan. 6 Committee is 'going after Trump' says attorney who prosecuted Trump University case Investigation
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-speech-jan-6/195
Aug 28 '21
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u/1solate Aug 28 '21
Also, there's a real possibility he's gonna come back and run again. Best to shut that shit down if we can.
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u/AlphaTerminal Aug 28 '21
wHy ArE yoU sTILl tAlKiNg abOUt hIm? He'S lIvING iN yoUr hEAd rEnT fREe!
"But her emails!"
"But Benghazi!"
Remember the 2020 RNC platform officially said the entire platform was nothing more than "we love Trump and oppose Obama"
IN 2020
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u/Ghstfce Fascist loofah-faced shitgibbon Aug 28 '21
wHy ArE yoU sTILl tAlKiNg abOUt hIm? He'S lIvING iN yoUr hEAd rEnT fREe!
They act like angry little children feeling like they can use the same thing that was said that hurt them for years when it came to Hillary Clinton. They have no originality, because their entire "movement" is built on parroting talking points. They cannot handle follow-up questions that require independent thought. It's just immediate name calling. I'm sure every single one of us have seen it here or elsewhere at least once.
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u/mdp300 Aug 28 '21
My congressman, Bill Pascrell, loathes Trump and his Facebook page frequently posts articles about how he sucks. There would always be comments about how trump's living in his head ReNt FrEe as though a congressman would never think about the sitting president.
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u/NRMusicProject Aug 28 '21
I agree with you, but I think the second group of people are tired of hearing that people are going after Trump, only for him to still get away with what he did, and still have die-hard followers. It feels like at this point that nothing will happen to him, no matter what anyone does, and some of that camp is just tired of getting their hopes up.
I agree that it can't be ignored; I just don't blame people for being disappointed over and over again nearly a year after he blatantly committed treason and is still free.
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Aug 28 '21
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Aug 28 '21
To be fair, there's SO MUCH he's done they ordinarily need time to organize it all and get it all together. Also as abhorrent as some of his shit has been, not all of it is illegal. As shitty as saying "grab them by the pussy" is, nobody can be prosecuted for that.
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Aug 29 '21
I also don’t think many people HAVE gone after him. We were meant to think that’s what Müllers team was quietly doing for over a year, but they weren’t at all. They treated his whole family with kid gloves and completely pulled their punches. Until I see serious charges against anyone named Trump I’m not buying any predictions that he will face consequences. He never has and by the way, where the FUCK are his tax returns? Congress still doesn’t have them and Democrats have controlled the federal govt since January. This is total bullshit and they have wasted far too much time. There won’t be a Jan 6 commission at all, once 2022 elections are done with us, and at this rate they’ll barely have subpoenas out the door by then. It’s too little, too late and too slow.
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u/Smuggykitten Aug 29 '21
What good is it being in the news every day but to fatigue millions of people who cannot do anything about it? The constant in your face doesn't help either.
Putting it on the news every day does not help, because it fatigued me, and I no longer turn on the news on my TV. I know I'm not the only one.
I don't need a daily reminder that there is absolutely nothing I can to do punish these evil people, and honestly I want to still be able to trust the democracy voting part, before I'm so defeated that I stop voting for leaders because it's all bullshit anyway.
Why don't we have daily news reminders that corporate is evil and they're the reason why global warming is plowing further and further into irreparable circumstances? Do you think that would get people to change their ways and something would change with corporations that destroy our land like cococola bp and nestle?
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u/kurisu7885 Aug 28 '21
I mean, if "Trump Derangement Syndrome" is a thing then so is Hillary Derangement Syndrome and now Biden Derangement Syndrome.
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Aug 29 '21
If that term refers to anything, shouldn't it refer to the condition of the assholes who stormed the capitol or refuse the vaccine because Trump? I'd say the derangement is mainly among his followers.
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Aug 28 '21
I agree with your sentiment, however “using quotes “ instead of tAlKiNg lIKE tHis elevates the conversation.
People say Trump shouldn’t mock the handicapped, then write about his supporters in a way to make them sound like the equivalent of smacking their limp wrists into their chests while talking.
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Aug 28 '21
I thought it was mocking the tendency of his supporters to use random capitals in their screeds
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Aug 29 '21
While often categorized as a democracy, the United States is more accurately defined as a constitutional federal republic.
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Aug 28 '21
I would hope they are going after him. I hope they get him and nasty tribe of nasty kids and cronies. Screw them all.
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u/Suspicious-Elk-3631 Aug 28 '21
I won't be happy until he's behind bars.
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u/parkedonfour Aug 28 '21
I don't think prison time is enough of a punishment for that type of crime.
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u/ApollymisDIL Aug 28 '21
Treason agaunst our Country used to have harsh punishment.
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u/Mental_Medium3988 Aug 28 '21
Now it's just 4 to 6 weeks and a $2000 fine.
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u/MetaMemeAboutAMeme Aug 28 '21
I won't be happy until I read that he is at room temperature.
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u/HallucinogenicFish Aug 28 '21
You think they’re bad now. Wait until he dies and they create a whole Christ/King Arthur/king in the mountain mythology.
Trump quondam, Trumpque futurus.
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u/chubbygirlreads Aug 28 '21
This is what I'm waiting on. I told my husband there will.be 2 ways they react when he dies: it's fake and he's still alive/ that was a body double. Or they make him their new God (already there tho) and start saying how he's going to rise from the dead in 3 days/ a month/ on July 4th/ Sept 11th/ when the time is right.
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u/inspectoroverthemine Aug 28 '21
Can you imagine what a Trump Bible would look like in a 1000 years? Just collections of his tweets bound together, memorized and recited.
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u/SevenDeadlyGentlemen Aug 28 '21
They already have. Trump is coming back in a few months! He’ll be President again in no time! Q told me so!
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u/RoundSparrow Aug 28 '21
Trump is coming back in a few months! He’ll be President again in no time! Q told me so!
/r/QAnonRussia Mythos
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u/karadan100 Aug 28 '21
Meh. They can march on the Capitol again. I'm willing to bet security is a lot tighter now.
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u/afeeney Aug 28 '21
They'll also blame Biden for his death, no matter what the actual cause of death is.
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u/landback2 Aug 28 '21
They use jfk jr for that already.
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u/sardita Aug 28 '21
Slightly related: I read today that RFK Sr’s killer is eligible for parole. I guarantee QAnon will somehow jump on this. They’ll toss away the JFK Jr thing and it’ll be Trump/Sirhan Sirhan 2024! Or something ridiculous like that.
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u/dude-O-rama Aug 28 '21
I hope he gets ro live to be 100. 25 in a federal pen would be just fairish enough.
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u/damien6 Aug 28 '21
Then his kids will take his place. You can see Junior already working on mimicking just dad’s speech styles and stuff in his appearances. He’s being groomed to take his spot.
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u/youneekusername1 Aug 28 '21
And not a 98.6ish° F one.
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u/WutzTehPoint Aug 28 '21
115 - 120F (46 - 49C) would be just fine by me. I hear there's some real nice tent jails in Maricopa County AZ.
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u/NYSenseOfHumor Aug 28 '21
I don’t know about that. I really don’t want him freeloading off taxpayer money living in government subsidized housing.
House arrest where he has to watch MSNBC and a live Twitter feed of people talking about Obama, Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, Hillary and Bill Clinton, cooking, musicals, movies, dogs, really just anything that isn’t Trump would be a much worse punishment with the added bonus that he has to pay for it.
Trump craves being the center of attention, he wants a media circus of a trial. A world where we all moved on with our lives and collectively forget about him is the biggest punishment he can face. That won’t happen, but it would be nice.
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Aug 28 '21 edited Sep 15 '21
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u/NYSenseOfHumor Aug 28 '21
I like the idea of letting him rot in jail. But a trial just gives his supporters something to rally behind, especially because no matter what he is both always a strong, tough man and a victim. Plus Trump in jail creates the opportunity to radicalize other inmates directly, and solitary would violate his right against cruel and unusual punishment.
There needs to be something that both holds him accountable but doesn’t give his supporters (of which there are many) something to rally around and that would motivate them. That thing would have been impeachment and removal, but that’s done and won’t be tried again. I don’t know right now what that answer is, but there has to be something.
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Aug 28 '21 edited Sep 15 '21
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u/NYSenseOfHumor Aug 29 '21
He wouldn’t be in the general population in prison.
A segregated unit is still not solitary. He would have some access to other prisoners, guards, health care workers, administration, and others.
And fuck his supporters. Put it on TV but don’t disclose the location of the trial. Done.
Fuck no. In the U.S., we don’t hold trials in undisclosed locations, not for any reason. I doubt a trial judge would even entertain an idea like that, and if a trial judge went out on that limb, an appeals court would not let it stand. Limitations on public access need to be the least restrictive possible, and a secret location is not the least restrictive limitation possible.
Trump of course would want a public trial, he would want people in the court room, as is his right. He has no reason to not do everything he can to fight any attempt to keep the trial from the public. His team would use every possible tactic to ensure the trial is public, regardless of how slim the chance of success.
Just like ordinary people can go watch Congress, ordinary people should be able to go and watch the trial. Cameras are not enough, they only show part of the room and can be selective in what actually gets broadcast. The proceedings, like nearly all government proceedings, need to be open to ordinary, average Americans. If the proceedings are open and something is cut out from the broadcast, there will be regular people there who saw what happened and can verify that the people controlling the cameras are manipulating the broadcast. If the trial is at a non-disclosed location and ordinary people can’t attend, then that can’t happen.
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Aug 28 '21
I still don’t believe he’ll ever face consequences.
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u/Beard_o_Bees Aug 28 '21
I wonder if the victims of his scam 'University' have ever seen a penny from that 25 Million dollar settlement.
Gut says 'no'.
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u/ryosen Aug 29 '21
They each got a check for $27 and a fifty dollar gift certificate for Trump Steaks
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u/ClassicT4 Aug 28 '21
I’ll consider it Karma if he gets a bad case of Delta.
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Aug 28 '21
That won’t happen. He’s vaccinated and had antibody treatment.
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u/ClassicT4 Aug 28 '21
He’s also over 75. Of the people vaccinated that wind up in the hospital, a lot of them seem old with other health issues. Plus there’s the waning antibodies after the vaccine, which he took almost ten months ago. So unless he’s constantly getting Regeneron on a routine basis, I think he’s at risk of another rough bout.
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u/DocRoids Aug 28 '21
Give him bleach and donkey meds.
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Aug 28 '21
Who wants a sunshine enema? Huh? Huhhhhh?
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u/MetaMemeAboutAMeme Aug 28 '21
A year ago I would have just laughed at this comment. It's funny....but now. Now people are literally lying nude in the sunshine, spreading their ass cheeks, and sunning their taint. Pretty sure those Russian propagandists got us again....
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Aug 28 '21
The first time I read this post I thought nah, people aren't really trying to take uv rays up the bum as covid treatment. But like the post above says, bleach and donkey meds are their MO so literally nothing surprises me at this point.
It is fucking insane that trusted news sources are telling people these shit is safe and effective. If the planet survives more than a couple decades this dumbasses will be in the books as the modern day jonestown. Only they take innocents with them.
Fucking livestock dewormer.
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Aug 28 '21
The CEO of Regeneron is a member of Mar a Lago so that’s very possible. For some reason he never seems to ever face real consequences.
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u/Socky_McPuppet Aug 28 '21
unless he’s constantly getting Regeneron on a routine basis
I hadn't even considered this possibility, but given that the right wing cash machine will essentially do anything to keep the myth of their Messiah's invulnerability alive, I would not doubt it. They will spend anything to keep their asset "functional".
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u/inspectoroverthemine Aug 28 '21
Not many people get the treatment he got last time, or would get this time.
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u/TrafficConesUpMyAnus Aug 28 '21
I remember looking at r/The_Mueller every day for like a week during the first impeachment. Pretty much lost all hope that anything would ever actually happen to Donald Tramp after that. As we saw, not even receiving COVID itself is enough to change the minds of him or his supporters.
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u/stupidillusion Aug 28 '21
His lawyers are masters at delaying consequences; he has hundreds of lawsuits against him ... and that's prior to being elected president! He'll be dead before the cases get near him.
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u/ohiamaude Aug 28 '21
You mean they're actually going after the person responsible?
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u/Angry-Comerials Aug 28 '21
Going after? Yes. Going to get them? We've all seen how well that works out.
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u/karadan100 Aug 28 '21
He is no longer the president..
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u/Bind_Moggled Aug 28 '21
He got away with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of tax fraud long before he was POTUS.
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u/SpiritBadger Aug 28 '21
They keep "looking into" and "going after" Trump yet nothing ever happens. No concequences for the cheeto. So far the only one to hold him accountable in the least is Twitter.
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u/eighthourlunch Aug 28 '21
Do it or shut up. That he and his family aren't already makes me highly cynical we'll see anything remotely resembling justice here.
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u/Socky_McPuppet Aug 28 '21
I do hope they don’t have any arbitrary restriction on investigating an ex-president, but I am uncomfortable with the framing of this as “going after” Trump, because it makes it sound like a vendetta. It should never be about “going after” Trump; it should be about going wherever the evidence takes us, up to and including Trump. But to frame it as “going after Trump” just makes it sound politically motivated right out of the gate.
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Aug 28 '21
I mean. It'd be a sad joke, otherwise. This isn't an FBI 'investigation' of a corrupt junkie who's being appointed to the Supreme Court. This is serious.
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Aug 28 '21
Have been hearing this shit for months now. Less talking and more action, please. Apparently, you can get away with anything in this country as long as you have deep pockets.
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u/WildWinza Aug 28 '21
Call back all of the witnesses that were told to ignore subpoenas in the Muller investigation and hold their feet to the fire.
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u/tripops13 Aug 28 '21
I’m not going to bother reading this because nothing will ever happen. Rules for thee not for me
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u/lrpfftt Aug 28 '21
I hate seeing it stated in this manner. They aren't going after <any_particular_name>.
They are looking into what happened and who caused it. By virtue of Trump's actions, openly challenging the election results with ZERO evidence, and inciting self-described "patriots" to attack the process, I'm not surprised if he ends up being <any_particular_name>.
But, let's be clear, the committee is looking at actions and deeds only.
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u/Mr_Blah1 Aug 28 '21
Trump for prison 2021. It'd be extremely poetic irony if the NY prison system locked him up in the Clinton Correctional Facility.
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u/tartymae Moron Labia Aug 28 '21
House Jan. 6 Committee is 'going after Trump'
Who else are they supposed to go after? the Tooth Fairy?
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u/tiffanylan Aug 28 '21
Good. Go hard after his treasonous, lying, grifter @ss. Trump Must be punished to the fullest extent of the law in order to save America and put a nail in the coffin of his Maga bologna.
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u/Thebluefairie Aug 28 '21
Don't tell them your coming for goodness sakes that gives them time to get rid of stuff
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u/ToadHeartbreak Aug 28 '21
I'll believe it when I see it. At this point, I think both sides have a vested interest in sweeping this under the rug.
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Aug 29 '21
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u/graneflatsis ironically unironic Aug 29 '21
Thing is, so far, there is no FBI report. It was "according to retired and those in the know". No official statement.
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Aug 29 '21
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u/graneflatsis ironically unironic Aug 29 '21
"according to four current and former law enforcement officials."
It's even worse than I said. They don't indicate if they are in the know or FBI officials. Can you point to the official FBI report? It would be on fbi.gov. It does not exist.
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u/buffyfan12 Light Bringer Aug 29 '21
Should have mod flaired
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Aug 29 '21
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u/buffyfan12 Light Bringer Aug 29 '21
I actually try not to ban someone I am arguing with. It just seems cunty. Unless they are really egregious,
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u/graneflatsis ironically unironic Aug 29 '21
Had no idea this one was gonna go for mom's basement. Thought they were just misinformed! Likely won't ban 'em since they stopped.
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Aug 29 '21
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u/graneflatsis ironically unironic Aug 29 '21
Lol dude the quote is from the link you provided. The words used are defined in a dictionary. There's no debate here friend.
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u/Th3_TribUWUnal Aug 29 '21
I already banned the guy. lol
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u/graneflatsis ironically unironic Aug 29 '21
Deserved it if anyone does. When they kept saying "clown world" it was pure projection!
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u/Th3_TribUWUnal Aug 29 '21
Kind of sad how these idiots keep pushing this opinion based article as being an actually statement from the FBI.
When gaslighting one thing doesn't work, they just start gaslighting something new.
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u/dinosauramericana Aug 28 '21
Yeah my fucking asshole. Stop with this shit. Nobody will be held accountable
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u/Bears704 Aug 29 '21
He's way too slippery. Anything they can do to ever keep him from running for any government office would be a good thing. However there is no lack of successors like him out there with no or little conscience.
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u/emonxie Aug 29 '21
Oh, if only someone actually would. Over four years of “going to” and “requesting” and “demanding” and legalese tit for tat meandering request for taxes and emails and all that impeachment ineffectual noise… Could someone, anyone, with a modicum of legal authority actually hold this twat and his hefty cadre of accomplices accountable?
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u/itsawhatsit Aug 29 '21
Gee, I wonder if they'll find any evidence that Trump conceived of the insurrection, planned the insurrection with multiple white-supremacist domestic-terrorist groups, and then incited the Trump mob to the insurrection.
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u/TheoBoy007 Aug 29 '21
Yes and they had better hold that traitor fully accountable for his crimes. A large majority of us demand it.
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u/Major_Message Aug 28 '21
May they be wildly successful, and soon.