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[–] Guppy@lemmy.one 36 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Hoping to see him face actual consequences for once in his life. What he did cannot be normalized by either side of the house.

[–] ghostalmedia@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago

What’s really terrifying is that his followers can’t possibly fathom that a guy with a 50 year history of doing shady stuff, is in fact, still continuing to do shady stuff.

[–] gary@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, justice should be apolitical.

[–] TheAfterman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

It's not even the same for the rich vs poor. Let alone politics.

[–] misguidedfunk@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

It’s gonna be an uphill battle with him getting the same judge who already had to be chastised for her meddling in the investigation.

I too want some long overdue schadenfreude but I am just going to hold my breath for the next 24 hours. At this point, it mostly the most rabid followers who still back him - The type who are most likely to start something.

[–] jinno@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago

The problem is - they’ll file tons of motions and injunctions to try to delay this as long as possible.

[–] Kururin@hc.frorayz.tech 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope tomorrow doesn't go from protest to riot. I feel like the far-right groups are so full of feds after Jan 6th that anything too coordinated will be difficult.

[–] kataklysm@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m going to have the news on all day tomorrow. I was watching on J6 and I’ll watch tomorrow.

[–] ericatty@fedia.io 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not going to be able to watch, just check my phone occasionally. Hopefully someone will post live updates on the fediverse. Breaking news from people on the scene was one of the things I liked searching reddit for.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Luckily nothing major happened. Just a thousand morons chanting "We love Trump" and a MAGAt and an anti-Trump protestor almost getting into a fight (they were separated).

Hopefully the violent idiots have toned it down since their J6 buddies continue to get their shit rocked by the Justice Department.

[–] Sooperstition@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are they going to perp walk him up the courthouse steps?

[–] gabuwu@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am doubtful. They are being highly coordinated in the way they are approaching this case not to give him free campaign material.

[–] cdrum@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

interesting perspective, I hadn't thought about the campaign angle.. I agree though, they won't perp walk him.

[–] rjc@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But will we get mug shots this time?

[–] SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

No, the justification is that everyone already knows what he looks like.

[–] DulceMaria@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I read he’ll enter from an underground garage so we won’t see much of anything.

[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

For the rest of his life hopefully

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

why do they have this stupid thing where you can't have phones / cameras / etc in the courtroom? it's 2023, give us streams. it's public record isn't it?

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It tends to turn court rooms into drama rooms. Everybody starts performing instead of acting serious. The OJ trial is a great example of how damaging cameras can be. Whether you agree with this or not, this is generally the reason why.

[–] rustyspoon@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well I can think of at least one case in the past few years where courtroom recordings turned the whole trial into a media fiasco and a witch hunt. Maybe it's justified in some cases, but on the whole I personally think it's unhealthy for justice.

[–] minode@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago

For many reasons, some are already obsolete. For more details, I recommend this article from mtsu.

[–] IntangibleSloth@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Keep in mind any and all of that he would just use to get donations and campaign ads. I think that's the main reason he hasn't gotten the perp walk with handcuffs, he wants it!

[–] AnAngryDumpster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Anxious to see the results of all this.

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