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Jurors convict former President Trump on 34 felony crimes of falsifying business records (www.news4jax.com)

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[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Uh oh... time to crank out those EXTRA deluxe editions of the bible, for two hundred dollars a pop, surely they can fully deplete the bank accounts of those miserable deplorables.

Hell... crank out that NFT A.I. crypto Magacoin, call it "a once in a lifetime patriotic investment opportunity", get hundreds of thousands of those scared-shitless shitkickers deep into debt, ruin them, he got them and their grannies killed during Covid yet they're still coming back for more, worshipping and kissing that orange soiled diaper ass, they are the definition of expendable to a megalomaniac yet self-loathing conman.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Holy shit, something with some actual weight to it actually happening??

This is one of those times I'm very happy to have been wrong!

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

New York does not fuck around.

E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump - GUILTY

The People of the State of New York and Attorney General Letitia James v. Donald J. Trump - GUILTY

The People of the State of New York and District Attorney Alvin Bragg v. Donald J. Trump - GUILTY

Three up, three down.

Now get the fuck outta here.

[-] jg1i@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Eh... are there going to be any real consequences though? I have a feeling he's not going to jail and he's still gonna be the Republican candidate for president. Is this gonna end up like the impeachment? That didn't do shit. :(

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

An impeachment is just an investigation; if it doesn't lead to a conviction (as his didn't) it doesn't mean shit. Agent Orange just got himself a felony conviction - what that means in terms of sentencing, idk - my hope is they throw the book at him and make him do some actual time. I doubt that'll happen, cuz he's Trump and always seems to find a way to weasel out of this shit... but then, he didn't weasel out of this one, so who knows.

I'm interested in what having a felony conviction means in terms of political candidacy, which might require setting some new precedents, since afaik we've never had a felon run for president before.

In any case, this isn't like those articles we've beein seeing for fucking YEARS exclaiming how he just took a major legal blow only for nothing to come of it - a felony conviction is a MAJOR leap forward, and gives me hope I haven't felt in years that he'll start facing some real consequences!

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"He faces penalties from a FINE to four years in prison on each count, although it's expected he would be sentenced for the offenses CONCURRENTLY, not consecutively. "

Emphasis added by me. What do you think the actual outcome of this will be? I'll bet $50 it's a fine, which is literally nothing to a billionaire, like it doesn't matter at all. Even if he gets jail time it will likely be served concurrently, assuming it's not just outright waived by the judge "in light of his extraordinary service to this country". At least he won't be able to vote for himself in the upcoming election. It'll be amazing if that one vote would have turned the tide for him. LOL

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Nice.

[+] Fixbeat@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

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[-] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I think I heard 4 years in jail. But he'll probably get probation because it's a first offense, white collar crime. Yeah, yeah, Cohen went to jail for the exact same crime. But Don-Snorelone is whiter, older, and richer.

[-] Grayox@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Up to 4 years per count

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

No, they're concurrent, so its 4 maximum.

Actual sentence could be anywhere from probation, to 30 days, to 4 years.

Mainstream coverage has their legal experts basically non committal on guessed actual sentence as this is totally unprecedented.

Sentencing is set for July 11, 4 days before the RNC, though Trumps lawyers will attempt to appeal and push back sentencing.

One thing that is certain is that being a convicted felon will likely make sentences harsher in his other ongoing legal stuff.

I am guessing Legal Eagle is rushing to make a vid on this.

And yes, a convicted felon can legally run for President... though if he is literally incarcerated during the term he's elected to... no fucking clue how that works, again, unprecedented.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Served concurrently...

this post was submitted on 30 May 2024

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