The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington to step in after he released a post online that appeared to p…
Lock. Him. Up.
Well this violates 18 U.S. Code § 115.
(B)threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, a United States official, a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official whose killing would be a crime under such section,
with intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with such official, judge, or law enforcement officer while engaged in the performance of official duties, or with intent to retaliate against such official, judge, or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of official duties, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
(4)A threat made in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine under this title or imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years, or both, except that imprisonment for a threatened assault shall not exceed 6 years.
Like, that’s textbook. Also if this threat is taken seriously by other members in the trial, this could easily extend into witness tampering, jury intimidation.
Add it to the pile of charges!
Wouldn’t that be amazing if voided his bond and he was thrown in jail till the trial?
That’s what would happen to pretty much anyone else. But we all know the rules never apply like they should to him.
He is always Testing how far he can go and so far has never gotten shown consequences. He will never learn if he is not feeling any pushback.
yeah he’s going to try to flaunt absolutely every rule he can… if he can think of a way to thumb his nose at a law or rule, he’s already started the tweet before the thought is finished…
I have a feeling he’s about to fuck around and find out.
Here’s hoping.
I mean… the guy is already crying that he is a martyr and his supporters consider him like one. Might aswel commit, right?
that well is gettin pretty dry
I hope SO MUCH that Trump’s trial has an equivalent to Alex Jones’ “your lawyer sent me a copy of your entire cell phone” moment, where we get to see him shit his pants in real time.
To clarify, this isn’t actually specifically about today’s threat - the lawyers have been jockeying for a few days about the conditions under which the government will produce discovery, and this order is mostly an attempt to speed up that process rather than let Trump’s people dither and delay. The business today just adds a bit of extra urgency to getting the trial done quickly.
Yay, you’re standing up to him!
FYI: He’s still able to run for president… from prison!
Scary part: thanks to “Electoral College” system, he’s currently tied with Biden if the election occurred today.
appearing to, or actually doing it? cuz they’re two wildly separate things
The news will always say “alleged” or “appearing” in order to avoid potential libel lawsuits.
Will allegedly always say…
