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vlyons

(10,252 posts)
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 03:17 PM Jun 2022

Can Trump get a fair trial

After all the J6 evidence is turned over to the DOJ, and assuming there is a criminal referral, won't Trump claim that the televised hearings have tainted the jury pool, and he can't get a fair trial?

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Can Trump get a fair trial (Original Post) vlyons Jun 2022 OP
Can the People get a fair trial? C_U_L8R Jun 2022 #1
More likely the MAGAt would lie and say they didn't know about trump or vote for trump SoonerPride Jun 2022 #6
Good point iemanja Jun 2022 #21
You could never get a jury without at least one MAGAt hiding in there SoonerPride Jun 2022 #2
And yet... Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #8
These low level charges against people invading the Capitol SoonerPride Jun 2022 #10
I do not consider Seditious Conspiracy a low level charge... Ohio Joe Jun 2022 #11
Of course he will. Anything that's unfavorable to him in any way is "unfair." Ocelot II Jun 2022 #3
So, don't show it on tv. OLDMDDEM Jun 2022 #4
Which is really to ask when will the flip-reality-on-its-head schtick wear thin and wear out? bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #5
Let's find him a jury in NK RainCaster Jun 2022 #7
TDFG won't be able to get his daily dose of McD's and KFC in NK ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2022 #9
He doesn't deserve one CanonRay Jun 2022 #12
True. But... You don't give someone a fair trial because they did something to "deserve it" Bucky Jun 2022 #19
I totally agree CanonRay Jun 2022 #22
We also owe it to ourselves... Bucky Jun 2022 #23
I don't really care. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2022 #13
So you think Trump is untouchable? Emile Jun 2022 #14
Millions pay no attention -- he can get a fair trial, yes Lettuce Be Jun 2022 #15
I worry the other way... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #16
Yes, he can. lees1975 Jun 2022 #17
Send him into... THUNDERDOME!!! Bucky Jun 2022 #18
Jumping a long way ahead here iemanja Jun 2022 #20
No. KentuckyWoman Jun 2022 #24
Pff. Could "We The People" ever get a fair shot at trying Trump? He corrupts everything. NCLefty Jun 2022 #25

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
1. Can the People get a fair trial?
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 03:19 PM
Jun 2022

Last edited Fri Jun 10, 2022, 08:35 PM - Edit history (1)

without some loony magat on a jury making a big stink

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
6. More likely the MAGAt would lie and say they didn't know about trump or vote for trump
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 03:22 PM
Jun 2022

only to then create a hung jury.

The DOJ knows it would be impossible to impanel a jury.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
2. You could never get a jury without at least one MAGAt hiding in there
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 03:20 PM
Jun 2022

30% of the country are hardcore cultists.

Getting a fair and impartial jury on the fuckstain would be impossible.

Which is why DOJ will never prosecute him.

Ohio Joe

(21,755 posts)
8. And yet...
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 03:37 PM
Jun 2022

They have done exactly that with a few trials so far now and won. Plus, they are going forward with the OK's and PB's leaders seditious conspiracy trials... Do they not have the same problem there? Are they selective with concern about keeping magats off the jury?

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
10. These low level charges against people invading the Capitol
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 03:40 PM
Jun 2022

To whom the MAGAts have no emotional tie is vastly different than their lord and savior Donald Trump.

You don't think any person who voted for trump would vote to convict him regardless of how much evidence they saw, do you?



Ohio Joe

(21,755 posts)
11. I do not consider Seditious Conspiracy a low level charge...
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 03:54 PM
Jun 2022

I also think that since the trial is in DC, they do not really have this concern... Certainly I see zero evidence they will not prosecute specifically because of it

OLDMDDEM

(1,575 posts)
4. So, don't show it on tv.
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 03:21 PM
Jun 2022

That would be cruel enough for Dumpy as it is all about his ego and people seeing him.

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
5. Which is really to ask when will the flip-reality-on-its-head schtick wear thin and wear out?
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 03:22 PM
Jun 2022

It won't. The right will be using this forever. I doubt there will be a trial. It's sufficient to taint him with reality. We are past Peak Trump, and on the down slope.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,785 posts)
9. TDFG won't be able to get his daily dose of McD's and KFC in NK
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 03:37 PM
Jun 2022

The people there are starving. And Kim does not share, either.

Bucky

(54,013 posts)
19. True. But... You don't give someone a fair trial because they did something to "deserve it"
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:16 PM
Jun 2022

We're still a nation of laws. He has a right to a fair trial. As a society and a republic, we owe that to ourselves.

Bucky

(54,013 posts)
23. We also owe it to ourselves...
Sat Jun 11, 2022, 01:07 AM
Jun 2022

to lobby and petition and demand a vigorous prosecution for his crimes against the government and the nation.

Rich fuckers have always gotten away with doing damage to other peoples' lives cause they're rich & powerful.
That's not how it's supposed to be and this is the time when we need to draw the line and hold our government to the standards and values it professes.

Wounded Bear

(58,654 posts)
16. I worry the other way...
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 10:02 PM
Jun 2022

and worry how hard it would be to find 12 people among which there isn't a die hard trumper.

lees1975

(3,859 posts)
17. Yes, he can.
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 10:21 PM
Jun 2022

Crawl out of the political box. There are people capable of setting aside political biases and who are intelligent and educated enough to understand the significance of having a fair jury trial. They put country above partisanship.

Bucky

(54,013 posts)
18. Send him into... THUNDERDOME!!!
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:14 PM
Jun 2022

In truth, he probably can't get a jury of objective peers. Any trial he's brought before will turn into a circus that'd make the OJ trial look like a Lincoln-Douglass debate. I certainly doubt he'll see a day in jail.

However the victims of his crimes can always sue him in civil court. I'm more interested in seeing Kushner and Mnuchin brought up on corruption charges and denied their billion dollar payday

iemanja

(53,032 posts)
20. Jumping a long way ahead here
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 11:19 PM
Jun 2022

Will there ever be a trail? That is the question.

Only 10 percent of the population watched those hearings, and the bar for serving on a trial is if one can be impartial, not if they saw them.

And just why are you worrying if a traitor gets a fair trial?

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