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In reply to the discussion: Trump's lawyers meet with Justice Department officials following complaints about special counsel pr [View all]brer cat
(27,587 posts)26. I can't see trump admitting guilt, but I'm sure he will find a way to spin
so it doesn't appear to be true. I think the only way they will get him to plead guilty is if he is convinced that he faces prison. Don't know if he is that aware or not.
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Trump's lawyers meet with Justice Department officials following complaints about special counsel pr [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2023
OP
I would have a hard time getting into a deal to keep the buffoon out of jail, but...
Escurumbele
Jun 2023
#14
Why pay back $250MM to the idiots who donated? Pay it to the US treasury and let those idiots
erronis
Jun 2023
#35
What would be the point of a "noncustodial sentence" in return for a guilty plea?
hlthe2b
Jun 2023
#19
Opening paragraph seems to imply that the meeting is in response to Trump's request...
thesquanderer
Jun 2023
#5
thank you. seemed like sloppy reporting to me as well, after reading comments.
msfiddlestix
Jun 2023
#38
CBS News' cameras caught former President Trump's lawyers arriving at the Justice Department,
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2023
#8
I would hope if there is a plea deal that admission of guilt is part of any deal, along with a
JohnSJ
Jun 2023
#22
Keith Olbermann's podcast last night he went into the history of plea deals
ZonkerHarris
Jun 2023
#12
Unfortunately it is usually the low level people that usually pay the steeper price for the wrong
JohnSJ
Jun 2023
#23
I don't think DOJ will negotiate a plea deal this early. Jack isn't about to accept that when
flying_wahini
Jun 2023
#17
2 hours. consistent w/ a genuine discussion..also consistent w/ a no deal.
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2023
#18
His attorney lied to the DoJ about not having anymore doc's. after supposed searched.
republianmushroom
Jun 2023
#20
TFG knows he can't win in court, so he will play his "victim card" to the public. Again.
Midnight Writer
Jun 2023
#29
Neal Katyal-we are at the end of the Mar-a-Lago piece of the Jack Smith investigation.
LetMyPeopleVote
Jun 2023
#43