Summary
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report concluded that Donald Trump avoided prosecution for January 6-related charges due to his reelection.
The DOJ determined that prosecuting a sitting president violated constitutional protections, despite evidence strong enough to secure a conviction.
Smith noted that Trump’s return to office directly halted legal action and criticized existing DOJ policies and judicial interpretations, which shielded presidents from accountability.
The report underscores how voters, by reinstating Trump, indirectly prevented his criminal prosecution for actions threatening democratic institutions.
Wrong. His LIES, Russia, China, Iran, nutcases and the corrupt Republican party save him.
And about 10mil white/hispanic men who stayed home despite voting for a democrat in the last election.
In the US, if you have money and power, you can get away with anything. Land of the free (If you’re rich).
Since finding this 17 year old song linked somewhere on the fediverse awhile back I continue to be amazed how it just gets right to the root of nearly every problem we have. Start to finish, if you are angry at the current state of things (and not a maga), pretty good chance this song nails it for you.
Welcome to the United Snakes
Land of the thief, home of the slave
The grand imperial guard where the dollar is sacred and power is God
(and it turned me into a bit of a Brother Ali fan)
Thank you for sharing this song. It really hits hard right now
It really does. It’s a banger anyway just based on how it sounds, and ON TOP OF THAT I want to shout every word from the rooftops. I damn near can’t stop playing it.
Thanks for saying something, I feel a little spammy when I link it sometimes.
Lemmy user [email protected]’s special report in response:
No shit.
I hate this timeline.
It’s the voters’ collective fault.
Don’t forget the MAGA faction of SCOTUS who also chose to delay as much as possible
aka mob rules above actual justice.
It’s bad enough libs blame voters for their crappy genocidal candidates…
But now voters are responsible for the completely disgusting punishment system?
What will they blame voters for next?
Voters literally are to blame. Even if you’re of the opinion that voters that stayed home bear no responsibility, those who voted for Trump absolutely do. No democratic system can protect itself from its own voters.
Those who couldn’t be bothered to vote against him are also very much to blame.
Next they’ll blame voters for the rise in suicide bombings of CEOs
Personally, I blame the 90 million non voters. But yeah, the spoiler third party candidates and Shill Stein had their part as well as they took all the ignorati votes.
Oh, and the trump voters also. Can’t forget those losers.
I’m glad to hear this guy skates because a whole lot of low-info voters made protest votes, sat out, or even voted for donvict because “both sides” or other stupid narratives.
God stfu. Him getting elected means nothing. He was getting away with everything either way
True, if anything he somehow would have dragged everything out until he was bed-ridden at which point he would have gotten house arrest which is laughable considering the size of his mansions.
The fact that they didn’t secure a conviction for four years tells you all you need to know. Complete sham. Guilty as sin, but they wouldn’t put him in jail.
To be fair, that was not jack smith’s fault. He did his job exactly as well as he was allowed. Blame the system, but in this instance, do not blame the man.
Why not? He folded up everything as soon as the election was over. What the hell kind of integrity is that?
He had a job. He did the job. His run down of how things go does not exist in a vacvuum. Where do his responsibilities start and where do they stop?
He did his job right. The follow-up is on someone else. And they failed. On epic levels. But dont blame him. He already paid the piper. The man gets credit for what he did. His report being ignored is no fault of his own.
He categorically did not do the job. It’s not done.
If he was judge, jury and executioner then it’s not done. No he did his job as prosecutor
Because it was obvious that it would all be thrown out and he would be fired. Nothing would have changed if he kept going. Garland is at fault for waiting years to even appoint Smith.
Again - what the hell kind of integrity is that? Even if it’s going to be thrown out, you push towards the finish line.
Great for your own personal glory and little else.
It’s his fault for devoting his life to a disgusting system of punishment for the poor.
Bullshit. The Dems wanted to run against Trump while he was being prosecuted and slow rolled the investigations because they thought they’d win.
And thats not smiths fault. He did his job. The failure is above that. Pay attention to the bigger picture.
What about Garland, can we blame him?
Absolutely
I think they would have prefered he not be eligible to run
He’s from Mary Geoise. He will not spend a day in prison regardless of whether he became president or not during this current term.
This is insane, it shouldn’t matter, he did the crimes. I hate this country
I actually believe that this is how it should be. If it was a tyrannical government (but it’s not) citizens could vote in a president that was falsely accused or imprisoned (he is 100% guilty of that and much more).
I do want to clarify that I also believe Trump and the GOP will either destroy or renew (through third party actions) the USA as we know it and if they didn’t constantly break the law this could be a good precedent.
But the people voted and he got both popular and electoral votes. The people want the grifter. If it turns out low elo meddled with the results, well, see that third party actions comment.
I understand the desire of people who don’t want to see accusations like this be used as a political weapon, but the pendulum is swinging too far in the opposite direction here. Trump is using his status as a political candidate and now president-elect to sidestep the judicial process entirely.
It’s one thing to say you can be president even from a prison cell if the electorate so wills it. It’s another to say that because he was voted to be president, we can’t even put him up for a trial to determine guilt or innocence by a jury of his peers.
And now we’ll probably never know the answer to that.
It’s a completely fucked up situation to be sure. He was already found guilty of 34/34 felonies he was charged with. MAGA reaction? Put a bumper sticker on their car that says “I’m voting for the felon” right next to their thin blue line sticker. These insurrection charges should have been brought up years ago, but I’m not sure it would have changed anyone’s opinion. Like you said, we’ll never know.
If it makes you feel any better, they would’ve found some other reason if he lost the election.
We don’t elect presidents anymore. We elect short(-ish) term kings
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short(-ish) term
That’s optimistic.
Fat fuck will be dead inside of 4 years.
That’s missing the point.He’s an authoritarian and will destroy everything with what time he has left.Your point is orthogonal to the comment to which I replied. Not that I disagree.
You’re right.
Biden still has 4 days to official act this mother fucker.
Democrats and blaming voters name a better combination.
Hmmm…. I’d say protest voting and ignorance.
In a democracy, voters are responsible for who gets elected.
Where’s the democracy?
Prove to people how you don’t know how democracy works in three words:
Wherever people get the candidate they voted for.
Ah I see it wasnt Merrick Garland and 4 years of not getting a prosecution done. Its as usual all to be blamed on “the voters”. Eff you, Esquire magazine.
