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U.S. v. Trump Will Be the Most Important Case in Our Nation’s History (slate.com)

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The indictment against former President Donald Trump for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election results is the most important case in U.S. history, according to the author. The indictment alleges that Trump conspired to make false claims of election fraud and used those claims in an attempt to steal the election through pressuring state officials and interfering with Congress' certification of the electoral votes. If convicted, it would deter future would-be authoritarians from attempting to subvert elections. However, Trump may argue that he honestly believed the election was stolen, and assert First Amendment defenses. Still, the risks of not prosecuting Trump for undermining democracy are greater than the risks of prosecution. The outcome of this case will greatly influence whether the U.S. remains a democracy after 2024.

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[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago

Not only the US.. Internationally, the bigotry and BS is spilling over. Here in Australia, we're still highly divided because of absolute BS like his COVID nonsense. I'm coming across people talking about "wokeness" even here in Australia now (wankers of course).

This needs to end..

In fact, the fact he stepped into a public meeting the day after he lost the case against Jean Carroll and basically called her a slut (apparently after not knowing who she was), after not attending the trial, should be more than enough evidence that he's a bad person. In fact a few youtubers even called him out prematurely that he'd claim the judge was corrupt and blocked him from attending the trial, etc (and he did exactly that, which is why the Judge had obviously offered to give him a short delay to attend).

And I literally saw 5 mins of Fox news months before the insurrection, and it was obvious to me when he started saying the election is rigged that he was already setting things up to overthrow it.

To be clear, I'm a straight white male. So absolutely nobody could claim I'm sexist against him. He's just a manipulative S.O.B. He should go to prison, and take the rest of his toxic alpha wannabees with him. I'm so sick of them causing problems even here