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planetc

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6. I stand corrected. If shakedown or criminal extortion is the correct term, then that's what he can be arrested for.

Reply to sop (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 17, 2025, 03:35 PM

Apr 2025

Do you know if either of these are crimes under federal law? Or, in short, who can we ask to arrest him? Normally, it would be the Attorney General, but that seems unlikely at the moment. Can my local Sheriff arrest him? Can an attorney admitted to the federal bar arrest him?

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Blackmail on a national scale [View all] planetc Apr 2025 OP

The President of the US is shaking down the entire country with the full force of the govt behind him. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #1

It's a shakedown, pure and simple. sop Apr 2025 #2

Yes. And American are talking about forming alliances to protect themselves. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #3

I stand corrected. If shakedown or criminal extortion is the correct term, then that's what he can be arrested for. planetc Apr 2025 #6

I don't think it's the full force of the government. planetc Apr 2025 #4

Trump has resources crime syndicates can only dream about. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #5

At the moment, he appears to have any and all federal agencies and departments to play with, but ... planetc Apr 2025 #7

No matter if it is illegal, the full wrath of the federal govt is horrific. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #8