resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoJustice Department issues arrest warrant for former FBI chief James Comey charging ‘threat’ against Trump using seashellswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmings.world
arrow-up1274arrow-down1external-linkJustice Department issues arrest warrant for former FBI chief James Comey charging ‘threat’ against Trump using seashellswww.independent.co.ukresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmings.world
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·edit-224 hours agoSo the DOJ is hoping that nobody on the jury knows that 86 means to give someone the bum’s rush, not to kill them. Even then, if it were a threat, which it isn’t, it’s in no way actionable.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·20 hours agoThis will never reach the jury. There won’t even be a Day 2. The judge will toss this immediately.
minus-squareSnarkoPolo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoThis time, yes. But eventually, they’re going to get a MAGA judge, and someone will go to political prison. That will set a precedent.
So the DOJ is hoping that nobody on the jury knows that 86 means to give someone the bum’s rush, not to kill them.
Even then, if it were a threat, which it isn’t, it’s in no way actionable.
This will never reach the jury. There won’t even be a Day 2. The judge will toss this immediately.
This time, yes. But eventually, they’re going to get a MAGA judge, and someone will go to political prison. That will set a precedent.