“Given the importance of the trial schedule, the key practical question is whether the court focuses solely on Trump’s case or endorses immunity in other instances. Smith’s gambit is a fallback that would let the court order the trial to proceed even if its opinion extends to broader principles of immunity.”

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    That would be some serious abracadabra shit if he pulls this off.

    David Blaine, watch out!

    I wanna know: How the ever living fuck does Trump get the apparently best, dirtiest lawyers that get him out of everything when he’s famous for never paying his lawyers? Wtf?

    Ghouliani is about to not only be homeless, but get strung up and do hard time because if Trump. And he has multiple teams of new lawyers doing horrible things again for him now. HOW??

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      They’re working for something better than money. Exposure! Don’t you know working for such a big name will do better things for their career than money! At least, that’s what they tell artists.

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      They’re not the best, they are just flinging shit at the wall and the corruption is deep enough that the shit penetrates it and sticks. ‘Like dissolves like’ and all that, but with stickiness. I also seem to remember something about the recent ones have all been paid in advance.

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      Truthfully, his lawyers at this point are legitimately not good. Look at his defamation damages. These are not the best lawyers by a long way - those lawyers are keyed into his scheme to not pay them and also usually don’t want to be associated with a completely unreliable client.

      The last time he had good lawyers was probably the first impeachment. Now he’s just coasting on delay tactics. It’s working because it’s worked for 70 years to threaten and delay. That actually does make people defensive, deferentially overcautious, and usually diminishes his liability. It will be a great day when that’s no longer enough to hold back justice, but we’re not there yet.

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    To date, the court has not seemed very sensitive to the political imperative of a verdict that gives voters a piece of critical information before the November election: whether one of the candidates is guilty of a scheme to subvert the last one. That is in stark contrast to the court’s obvious speed in deciding Trump’s eligibility for the Colorado ballot before the state’s primary.

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    Why are they wasting thare time trump allredy went thru a trial when they tryed to impeach him he was acquitted unless they have new evadance this is going to be a case of double jeopardy Fifth Amendment states, "No person shall .be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb trump they had thare chance to get trump and they failed

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          If they were russian their english would be better. Only republicans and very small children are that bad at spelling.

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              But you have the ability to proofread and choose to omit words you’re unsure about, or look up their spelling if you want to use them. People who use misspelled words display not only poor spelling, but also a complete lack of self-reflection and will to improve. These qualities are quintessential in a republican (bad spelling is not, necessarily), and when someone criticises a misspelling, it is actually these qualities that draw their ire.

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        The trile was for high crimes and misdameners if he was guilty he would of been removed from office and then sent over to the doj to be sentenced if it was a criminal offence

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          No, it isn’t. The DOJ is not involved at any point in an impeachment, and it is entirely a political process, not a fact finding or justice seeking one. If, say, a senate full of Republicans wants to look away from matters and not vote to have him punished, he won’t be. Like he wasn’t. And the consequences they can impart don’t include imprisonment or fines, just removal from office and a ban from holding office.

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      Spoken (barely) like someone who has no idea what he’s talking about. Before you respond, get a spell checker and brush up on your grammar.

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        Look, that guy has a lot of lies to post on a lot of social media. The people who are going to fall for it are too stupid to catch the bad spelling and grammar, so there’s no point in wasting time trying to look like his IQ is in the upper half of the curve.