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speak easy's JournalMcConnell says presidents shouldn't be immune from prosecution
The Kentucky Republican also told "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker that he stands by his acquittal vote and comments he made in 2021, when he voted against convicting former President Donald Trump in a Senate trial after he was impeached by the House on charges related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
President Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office. ... He didnt get away with anything, yet, McConnell said in 2021, adding, we have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being [held] accountable by either one.
"Thats [still] my view," McConnell said Thursday, as the Supreme Court heard arguments from Trump's attorneys and federal prosecutors about whether the former president can face charges for acts he committed while in office.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-mitch-mcconnell-presidents-immune-prosecution-rcna149368
You did this Mitch, you POS. If you had decided to convict The Sick Fuck, all of this would be over. Damn you to hell.
The Supreme Court is Absolutely Corrupt.
(The Sinister Six) are going to send it back to get a judgment on what acts of a president are private and official, review that, perhaps send it back again, and ultimately make the narrowest ruling on presidential immunity - leaving open further appeals in other cases - all with the intent to benefit defendant Trump.
TikTok will be banned, not sold.
Just a reminder of what 'banned' means: 170+ million Americans will be unable to access a service that will continue to be available in Canada, Mexico, Britain, the EU and even Turkey. America is the champion of free speech, yes.
Could TikTok find a new owner in time?
Chinas government has previously said it would strongly oppose a forced sale of the app.
And a purchase of TikTok would probably cost tens of billions of dollars. Few people or companies have that kind of money and companies that do, such as Meta or Google, probably wont try to buy TikTok because antitrust regulators are unlikely to allow it.
The likeliest outcome, then, may be an attempted government ban of TikTok, and almost certainly courts will have to decide whether a ban violates Americans constitutional rights.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/23/tiktok-ban-us-start-explained/
McConnell : "Make no mistake"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/23/senate-vote-foreign-aid-ukraine-israel/
Judge tells Trump lawyer he's 'losing all credibility with the court'
Source: The Guardian
Things are not going well for Donald Trump as his lawyer, Todd Blanche, continues to make the claim that re-posting doesnt violate the gag order.
Judge Merchan said:
Mr Blanche youre losing all credibility, I have to tell you right now
Youre losing all credibility with the court. Is there any other argument you want to make?
Merchan is reserving decision on the prosecutions contempt request.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/apr/23/trump-hush-money-trial-new-york-updates
Trump lawyer Todd Blanche is saying that seven of the alleged 10 gag order violations are not, because theyre just re-posts.
Its not making a mockery of the gag order, your honor its a close call, Blanche said. "Re-posting an article from a news site or a news program we dont believe are a violation of the gag order."
Judge Juan Merchan asked whether theres any case law on that.
I dont have any case laws, your honor, its just common sense.
"Crooked Joe Biden is responsible for banning TikTok." - Trump
I've been beating my [brains] out here warning of the political dangers of trying to ban TikTok, antagonising some, if not all of its 170+ million American users. And yes, the current bill would end up banning, not the sale of TikTok - Democratic Underground
It is not argument to say that if young people stay at home, fuck em'. Imagine if FaceBook was banned in the U.S. but still available in Canada, Mexico, the EU and the rest of the world? Nor is it much of an argument to say that TikTok may only be banned after the election. Trump does not care, nor will some of the kids. Peeling away 5% of younger voters could swing the election.
No, It's not about National Security: 'Biden and the Democrats have done a dirty deal with Mark Zuckerberg?' Another Big Lie, to be taken up by Fox and his MAGA stooges. One silver lining is that Trump has jumped the gun, exposing his line of attack before the bill has reached the President's desk.
TSF
The Stinky Farts
In the Diaper
Suspicious Smells
I can't help farting in court on you.
(Smelvis' Greatest Shits)
TikTok will be banned, not sold.
I have always believed the CCP will prohibit the sale of TikTok outright, and this is also the view of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The propaganda value is obvious: 170+ million Americans will be unable to use a service that will continue to be available in Canada, Mexico, the EU and Britain. You may not care but a good proportion of U.S. TikTok users will be outraged.
The Potential Chinese Responses to a [possible] U.S. Ban on TikTok
https://carnegieendowment.org/2024/04/11/potential-chinese-responses-to-u.s.-ban-on-tiktok-pub-92188
EDIT: Trump is already staking out a claim to defend TikTok.
'Marge Three Toes' is too nuts for Matt Gaetz
The Failed Vibepeachment of Alejandro MayorkasThe impeachment died before any of the Houses clown delegation could make their specious arguments, and even Mitch McConnell and Mike Lees condemnation of the Senate voting to kill the impeachment was dull and hollow.
Mike Johnson and Ukraine Aid
If youre too nuts for Matt Gaetz youre too nuts
https://therickwilson.substack.com/p/the-week-from-hell-maga-edition
Trump was ' very, very concerned' about Ivanka seeing Playmate Karen McDougal being interviewed.
George Conway Details Oh, Its Daddy Call To Ivanka That Exposed Trumps FearsI was sitting at dinner with my ex-wife [former Trump White House counselor Kellyanne Conway], with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump and the phone rings, remembered the lawyer, who is a fierce critic of his ex-wifes former boss.
And Ivanka goes into the kitchen and answers the phone. Oh, its daddy. And what did daddy want to know? Whether they were watching Karen McDougal, he said. So, he was very, very concerned about it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/george-conway-details-oh-daddy-091339186.html
This information does not help Alvin Bragg's prosecution in New York. Trump may argue that he arranged to pay off McDougal to keep Ivanka from finding out about the affair.
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