Trump threatens to 'blackmail' Biden if he doesn't make charges go away

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Source: raw story



Travis Gettys
February 7, 2024 1:35PM ET


Former President Donald Trump ramped up his threats to prosecute President Joe Biden if he wins another term in the White House.

An appeals court rejected Trump's claims of immunity in the federal election subversion case in the District of Columbia, although he intends to press the same argument in Florida, where he also faces federal charges for mishandling classified documents, and the ex-president issued what appeared to be a "blackmail" threat against his Democratic rival.

"If a President does not have Immunity, the Opposing Party, during his/her term in Office, can extort and blackmail the President by saying that, 'if you don’t give us everything we want, we will Indict you for things you did while in Office,' even if everything done was totally Legal and Appropriate," Trump posted on Truth Social.

Trump has made clear that he would use the Department of Justice to target his enemies if re-elected, and he listed some of them by name..............................




Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-blackmail-2667192659/

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I say it is time--past time that trump spend a LONG time in a mental hospital.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. Blackmail??? Like Joe Biden was caught in bed --

with his wife of 40+ years?

Otherwise, regarding a Trump prosecution of Biden, either Trump would do it even if Biden pardoned TSF today or Biden’s case would be summarily dismissed.

[grandpamike1]

51. Blackmail

You mean that DJT was caught in bed with his daughter ?

[PJMcK]

58. Many people are saying that (n/t)

[DemocraticPatriot]

84. And photographed as well...

OK, so there were ON the bed and not "in the bed", at the time the photograph was taken....

[GB_RN]

56. Dolt45's Too Stupid To Understand Basic Definitions...

Blackmail doesn’t even apply here. Extortion is the only word that remotely works:

The word extortion refers to the act of getting something from someone through violence, threats, or other forms of coercion. The word blackmail typically refers to a specific type of extortion in which a person demands payment under threats of revealing secret information.

So he’s attempting, and poorly, to get Biden to drop the charges through the threat or payback. “Give me X or I’ll do Y to you.” Extortion. Plain and simple, but as usual, Donnie Dumbfuck screws even this up…for all the obvious and logical reasons.

[Martin68]

93. The sooner Dump is put in prison, the sooner we won't have to hear about the ravings of his diseased mind.

[GB_RN]

95. Amen To That.

The day his ass is dressed in an orange (or black and white striped) jumpsuit can’t come soon enough.

[Maeve]

94. Yes. It's what mob bosses do. "Nice little country you have here, too bad if something were to happen to it"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Donny will not win another term in the Whitehouse

Furthermore, Biden doesn't call the shots on prosecution. Maybe his attorney should advise him of such.

[TwilightZone]

6. He knows.

He's just saying what his supporters want to hear.

He says a lot of things that he pretty clearly doesn't believe. This is one of them.

[oldsoftie]

98. I remember saying he wouldnt win in '16 too

Woke up wrong
This race is as tight as it possibly CAN be. We cant keep assuming thet because trump is so bad he cant win.
The 2020 election was only won by about 45,000 votes & we knew then what we know now; he's nuts.
Why should 2024 be any different

[TwilightZone]

3. You can't blackmail someone if there's nothing to blackmail them over.

Trump seems to see things only from his perspective. He also seems to assume that every president is going to do things that could be used as blackmail in the future.

[ShazzieB]

65. This is exactly right.

He assumes that everyone thinks the same way he does. Goes along with his complete lack of any capacity for empathy. He really can't conceive of any point of view other than his own.

His mind is unbelievably warped and stunted. I'd feel sorry for him, but my outrage over what he has done and continues to do to this country keeps getting in the way!

[Generic Brad]

90. Not everyone is transactional

Some people are motivated to do the right thing simply because it’s the right thing.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. TFG can threaten all he wants. It will not work, ever. nt

[gab13by13]

23. I totally agree,

Citizen Trump has nothing on Joe, when Trump says anything I always believe the opposite.

[Walleye]

5. He really is a sick fuck. And getting sicker

[Captain Zero]

15. we need a sick fuck smilie

I'm not sure these touch it.

[lastlib]

27. How about just a "pile of sh*t" emoji, with his name on it?

How about it, EarlG?

[COL Mustard]

88. I don't know, Captain...

The green bouncing whatever it is seems to sum it up!

[FailureToCommunicate]

97. Is there a rotting, stinking orange emoji?

(I know, I know, rotting oranges gave us penicillin, but maybe it could become a "symbol"... like the eggplant one?)

[lastlib]

25. This man needs to be in jail starting YESTERDAY---

or, better yet, twenty years ago. Doing forty-to-life without parole. JEEZ-zus Henry Christ, he is one SICK f*ck-wad. I am daily gob-smacked to see that he is still out on the streets, loose in the community.

[Ocelot II]

7. Bad people assume other people are as bad as they are.

[elleng]

29. True

[raging moderate]

78. I suspect that Trump has blackmailed MANY Republicans.

I have suspected for a long time that Donald Trump uses blackmail threats to manipulate people into keeping their mouths shut and coerce people into obeying him. The many sudden reversals that have occurred among Republicans are too many to be coincidental.

[elleng]

79. It's clear that he has, and others fear he will do so to them.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

80. Roy Cohn was his mentor...

So it wouldn’t surprise me a bit.

[ificandream]

8. So Trump can use the immunity argument in Florida, too? I thought that was settled with the D.C. Court of Appeals.

Given the opinion there, it's not likely Florida would rule different, right? (Unless the judge was "Boom Boom" Cannon.)

[dpibel]

24. DC Circuit decision not binding on 11th

When Trump asserts this defense, it will first be heard by Cannon who, I have little doubt, will find that citizen Trump has all kinds of immunity.

The appeal will go to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is not binding on the 11th, which can decide any way it likes. If its decision is contrary to the DC decision, there will be a split in the circuits which will all but guarantee that the Supremes take the case up.

It's also possible that the Supremes will review the DC opinion. The Florida immunity claim would get put on hold pending word from the Supremes.

[Mr.Bee]

9. extort and blackmail

Oh, that's SO precedential!
Republican'ts.

[RAB910]

10. No one seems to be challenging the foundation of Trump's claims which is that a President must commit crimes and treason

In order to function

[johnnyfins]

62. I have been thinking the same thing

This is ridiculous. This bullshit was never an issue until Fat Nixon decided to crime while in office.

If TSF is going to go down that road, let's start having a conversation about his responsibility for the million American COVID deaths. Maybe he wants a mass murder trial. Fucking pig. I SO hope that the Biden campaign and The Lincoln Project have ads already in the can to hit him on this. No one is saying anything about it. It IS a campaign issue. Should have been in 2020, but may have been too soon.

[stage left]

107. His murder count may have passed a million Americans.

People are still dying because he told his acolytes that Covid is a hoax, masks take away their freedom, and the vaccine has tracker chips. The city I live in is overloaded with these dumb fucks. And they're still dying. Trump has the largest body count of any serial killer in history. Prison and a permanent gag is not enough, but it will do until mortality strikes.

This needs to be hammered in, outloud. I can't agree more with your post.

[Novara]

11. It's called projection

He's spent so much of his life criming that he has no concept of someone who isn't breaking the law all day, every day.

Jeebus fuck he needs to be put in a straitjacket, hauled off to the loony bin, and locked up forever. What a drooling lunatic.

[mpcamb]

100. It's also called pathology!

Those are the ranting of a madman.

[Qutzupalotl]

12. Biden should say, "I don't have the authority to tell the DoJ

whom to prosecute or not. I'm sorry you thought you did when you were president. Unless you're asking for a pardon, in which case the answer is no. And not just no, but a resounding no, with a laugh track.”

[OhioTim]

96. If Trump Has Immunity, Then So Does

Biden. He could have Trump arrested, replace Supreme Court justices he doesn't like and make the Republican Party illegal.

[Vinca]

13. Might as well add another criminal charge to the pile, Jack. Threatening the POTUS.

[orangecrush]

14. I'm sure Joe

Is shaking in his boots



Is Putins little puppet getting scared?

[MOMFUDSKI]

16. And tell me this asshole hasn't relied on

blackmail his whole life.

[keithbvadu2]

18. If someone thinks his blackmail does not work, look at Lindsey Graham. He used to hate Trump. Not now.

[Irish_Dem]

36. Exactly, this is how I am reading it too.

This is his normal behavior.

And part of why he stole classified documents.
He probably had the SS, FBI or CIA do profiles and histories on all his enemies.
And even his friends.

[padah513]

17. If he had it he would have used it three years ago

[Deuxcents]

19. Can someone in this whole country of laws shut him up?

He’s threatening his opponents, stalling progress in Congress, inciting his supporters and causing so much drama that someone is gonna get hurt. Or worse. If it were anyone else in his position, he/she would be in jail a long time ago.

[Think. Again.]

46. People HAVE BEEN hurt, AND worse, already.

[C_U_L8R]

20. Has Trump ever been punched in the face?

I'm curious how people around him put up with this shit? Not to mention the smell.

[Irish_Dem]

37. Interesting question, the way he treats people I would think so.

Maybe he always has a security team around him just for that reason.

[sakabatou]

21. Is he trying to try and be charged the most of anyone in the US?

[Irish_Dem]

38. Then he will actually have something to brag about.

The most charges against any one person in US history.

[onetexan]

22. 😅

Good luck w that Conman.

[bif]

26. Fuck off lil' donnie!

Once again, you sound like a five-year old.

[onecaliberal]

28. There is NOTHING to blackmail President Biden with. He's not a criminal like the repukes and their orange cancer.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

52. traitortrump doesn't care if there's nothing there; if he gets elected, he attacks.

traitortrump will install minions who will ignore the law for his sake.

[calimary]

30. Since when does this reckless blowhard get to make demands like this?

And threats??? W. T. F. ???

[SouthernDem4ever]

31. STFU Dump you worthless POS

I wish he wouldn't get quoted here. It's just click-bait to enrage. Worked on me!

[RKP5637]

32. Padded cell material!!!

[bucolic_frolic]

33. Extort much?

[Quanto Magnus]

34. Ummmm....

"If a President does not have Immunity, the Opposing Party, during his/her term in Office, can extort and blackmail the President by saying that, 'if you don’t give us everything we want, we will Indict you for things you did while in Office,' even if everything done was totally Legal and Appropriate," Trump posted on Truth Social.

Isn't this exactly what the GQP is trying in the House against Biden??? or, at least a flavor of the above...

[Justice matters.]

35. It is a duty for all POTUS to consult The Office of Counsel to the President...

Of course the criminal TSF never did and never will... (would*) then why do taxpayers have to pay for that office? Any pundit out there ever asked TSF that question??

https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/counsel-to-the-president

Counsel to the President

The Office of Counsel to the President was created in 1943, and is responsible for advising on all legal aspects of policy questions, legal issues arising in connection with the President's decision to sign or veto legislation, ethical questions, financial disclosures, and conflicts of interest during employment and post employment. The Counsel's Office also helps define the line between official and political activities, oversees executive appointments and judicial selection, handles Presidential pardons, reviews legislation and Presidential statements, and handles lawsuits against the President in his role as President, as well as serving as the White House Contact for the Department of Justice.

[PatrickforB]

39. I'm thinking Trumpy is going to 'win' a nice lifetime term in a federal prison cell.

I've been fantasizing about the perp walk daily for years.

[EarthFirst]

40. He references the charges he's clearly innocent of correct?

I’ve never met an innocent man who so fervently delayed trial that would lead to a dismissal of charges; followed by an effort to blackmail rightly elected officials.

Just. Saying.

[tinymontgomery]

41. President Biden should just put a secret pardon in his pocket

President Biden should just put a secret pardon in his pocket that says, anything Trumps DOJ charges me with I've pardon myself before I left office so go pound sand. Trump wasn't smart enough to do that.

[Trueblue1968]

42. Donald Rump's brain is As big As His Dick !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DinahMoeHum]

43. Neah neah-neah neah neah booga booga booga

[Think. Again.]

44. This guy needs to be shut down...

...we have tolerated his abusive disruption of our government's work and our day-to-day lives for too long already.

Once he is no longer a threat to the office of the presidency, he should be completely ignored by anyone who is not under the delusion of his cult.

If the corporate media starts noticing that they lose massive amounts of viewers/readers/clicks and credibility each and every time they mention his name, he will dissappear into the obscurity that is his rightful place.

[cstanleytech]

47. Sadly he's going to continue to be a threat as long as he keeps on breathing. Until that changes we have to do the

best we can to mitigate the damage he's causing to the country.

[Think. Again.]

50. I think we should take...

...a more proactive stance to reduce the damage he can cause rather than mitigate the results of his actions.

[onethatcares]

59. you're correct

let's tell him there's a football league that needs him as an owner and a casino that needs his expertise to stay afloat. He just has to devote an hour or 90 minutes a week to them.

[cstanleytech]

63. What other way do you mean? The only ways I can think of ATM is to get more Democrats into elected office

across the country at every level.

[Think. Again.]

68. We should absolutely do that...

...even if he just dies tonight.

But if he doesn't, we should do everything we can to make him as gone from our media as if he did.

[cstanleytech]

71. Only way we could get the media to stop behaving like a free PR firm for Trump would be a

mass boycott of advertisers and that's as likely to happen as I am at winning the lottery.

[Think. Again.]

72. Believe it or not...

...the corporate media does actually need to have viewership numbers to justify their programming.

If a large enough loss of viewers was attributed to trump-related content, they would stop that content.

[cstanleytech]

73. Yup but as long as viewers keep tuning in they won't as it's all about the $$$$ for them.

[Think. Again.]

75. Exactly.

[cstanleytech]

45. As soon as Biden won the election you blockhead actions such as you took were unconstitutional and that's why it's not

protected by Presidential immunity.

[sop]

48. Trump knows firsthand how effective Kompromat can be.

[Turbineguy]

49. When you look at the world through his eyes,

it's a scary sight.

[2naSalit]

53. LOCK.HIM.UP!!!

[Warpy]

54. Wannabe mobster, talking big

but having absolutely nothing, as usual. Biden will just laugh at him, long, loudly, and publicly.

Even now, he can mention he doesn't have the power to make all TFG's legal troubles go away. The only way to do that is not to have committed the crimes in the first place.

[IcyPeas]

55. He uses his army of goons to dig up stuff about people

Wasn't that one of Michael Cohens jobs?

How many private investigators does trump have on his payroll?

Cohen - Trump ordered him to make 500 threats over 10 years

[Rebl2]

57. Biden cannot

do a thing. Not his place to do so. He should ignore him and if he tries something like this maybe he can sue the idiot.
Trump has lost his mind as far as I am concerned.

[Docreed2003]

60. Fuck this guy

So tired of his bloviating and bluster. He's just pissed because for once in his life he's being held accountable for his actions. I can't wait until we never hear from him again.

[Joinfortmill]

61. Trump is looking very bad.

[Freethinker65]

64. If you prosecute me for being a criminal, I vow to commit more criminal acts in the future

If you don't prosecute me for my criminal acts, I will be free to commit more criminal acts in the future.

Um

[Blue Owl]

66. Good luck with that, Captain Pantload

[Chainfire]

67. ' even if everything done was totally Legal and Appropriate," Trump posted on Truth Social.

Like starting a coup to overturn a free and fair election.

[ananda]

69. God this is all getting so crazy funny,

I'm laughing all the time.

Ermm... it's kinda hard to blackmail somone
who's never done anythng wrong.

!@@##%

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

70. Oh bloated orange pig

Prosecutors do not prosecute because they are instructed to by the POTUS. They do because there is overwhelming evidence that a crime has been committed.

Sorry that reality is too hard for your little brain to comprehend.

[Farmer-Rick]

74. Every time the stinking Nazi

Spills out his reasoning, he shows how ignorant he is.

"If a President does not have Immunity, the Opposing Party, during his/her term in Office, can extort and blackmail the President by saying that, 'if you don’t give us everything we want, we will Indict you for things you did while in Office,' even if everything done was totally Legal and Appropriate," Trump posted on Truth Social."

They can do that right now. Obama could have prosecuted W for torture and spying on American citizens. Ronald Reagan was prosecuted for the Iran-Contra affair....though he was too far into dementia to remember anything.

So presidents have and can be prosecuted for breaking the law while president. It hasn't made the office weak or ineffective.

[Zambero]

76. An oxymoron if there ever was one

And an even dumber wannabee mob boss. You don't threaten to blackmail anyone before an audience of millions. That sort of thing is usually, you know, done in secret...

[kimbutgar]

77. He is so delusional and I wonder if he'll make it to the election without having a nervous breakdown.

President Biden is a good and honorable man and not a scum like TFA.

[VMA131Marine]

81. Isn't it a crime to threaten to extort the sitting President.

I’m 99.9% sure the First Amendment doesn’t cover that kind of speech. Just because he did it openly doesn’t make it less illegal.

[Jarqui]

82. Trump is a sick and stupid man

(statement of the obvious)

[niyad]

83. Dear deranged, demented, deluded dotard, a helpful little note. I know

that you think that that scowl, the one you clearly practice endlessly in the mirror, makes you look MANLY, TOUGH, FEARSOME. It doesn't. It makes you look pathetic, constipated (I understand adderall can cause constipation, but then, so can a crappy diet). A tablespoon of olive oil every meal should help. Pity you don't eat greens. .some nice poke salad. .maybe a little water hemlock. . very tasty.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

85. befuddled that there's a "tweet" from today.

It's not in the link, but I sure do miss that lil birdie.

[mwb970]

86. trump has never been right in the head.

But I must say he he is really losing it now! We are watching this vile monster fall apart right in front of us. What a sight.

[Martin Eden]

87. When fascism came to America

Far too many Americans embraced it.

[Aussie105]

89. It is a given

that Trump would plot and try to carry out revenge on anyone who stood in his way to greatness.

Top of the list would be Joe.

Would the DOJ go along with that? I doubt it somehow.

[samnsara]

91. the only way trump is not a threat is if he goes away permanantly...

..and i dont care how. He is too dangerous to exist...

[Martin68]

92. A madman talking out his ass.I believe Dump has well and truly "lost it."

[Kid Berwyn]

99. "Legal AND Appropriate"

Well, that doesn't sound so demented; but, it is.

[Torchlight]

101. If he ever, just once, forms a measured, rational reponse to anything, now *that* would be news.

As it stands, we'll never get any more from him than foot-stomping, temper tantrums, and excuses. The guy's just an embarrassment to the nation, and at this point, anyone still supporting him is a damned fool, easily conned.

[FakeNoose]

102. This is how Chump lives up to Joe Biden's private assessment of him

Remember when Biden called his would-be rival a "sick fuck"? Also he said "I can't believe what a fucking asshole this guy is."

Yeah, we all think the same thing, even though we don't all say it out loud.

[IronLionZion]

103. Has anyone found a conservative who could describe Biden's crimes?

Me neither. They just spew some nonsense about Hunter and Ukraine but can't name the actual crimes.

[OverBurn]

104. The world will be much better place when the sonofabitch dies.

[tonekat]

105. Please someone, just shove his dirty Depends in his mouth

We are overdue for this piece of poo to leave the planet.

[CaptainTruth]

106. I just wish Trump would go away.

Sooner rather than later.