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jmowreader

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14. It was before that when he started committing crimes

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 23, 2021, 11:02 PM

Dec 2021

He was committing crimes long before he was president. My best guess as to why he tried to overthrow the country, is that by serving two terms the seven-year statute of limitations on all his pre-election crimes would have expired while he was still in office.

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Why Elisabeth Holmes and not Trump ? [View all] drray23 Dec 2021 OP

He knows the value of delay, impede, appeal, postpone. . . Stargleamer Dec 2021 #1

So does she in her lawyers, she's female and laws are different uponit7771 Dec 2021 #6

His pal Rudy FelineOverlord Dec 2021 #2

She committed her crimes 8 years ago, not 1 year ago. And she is not as big a fish or tricky. . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #3

So did Trump, multiple crimes even when he began with obstructing Comey uponit7771 Dec 2021 #7

It was before that when he started committing crimes jmowreader Dec 2021 #14

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2021 #15

Investors came after Holmes, authorities listen then. Hoyt Dec 2021 #4

You simply don't understand jmowreader Dec 2021 #5

ah ... got it 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 uponit7771 Dec 2021 #8

Yes there seem to be a pattern there... drray23 Dec 2021 #9

Yup, she ripped off her investors... keep_left Dec 2021 #10

I read somewhere that he was sometimes an informer for the feds. I have no idea if that's tblue37 Dec 2021 #11

It wasn't just investors, JenniferJuniper Dec 2021 #12

presidents are above the law. trump is by no means the first mucifer Dec 2021 #13