Donald Trump has been indicted.

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I am afraid you're never going to be satisfied. For the record, I hope you find some peace.

Interesting deflection instead of acknowledging that trump went on a massive crime spree and how he's going to be held accountable one indictment at a time.

Note: If he didn't do anything wrong, he wouldn't have anything to worry about in court.. but, clearly, he has a lot to worry about.

Just for the record, it was a little satisfying to hear news of his first indictment. It'll be a lot more satisfying when he's indicted on much more serious crimes - J6/documents espionage etc And convicted And unable to hold public office again as a result.

A bit of "whataboutism":
You don't seriously believe Uncle Joe hasn't put his snout into questionable "ventures", do you?

You aren't seriously comparing the two's criminal activity as apples to apples, are you? It's more like a couple apples for joe to a BOATLOAD of oranges for donnie.

Obviously joe biden isn't flawless and he's probably done some shady business/political s**t in his career, like obama, like the dipshit we have

- trudeau - but there's no comparison to the breadth and volume of crimes committed by the orange guy. Entirely next level crimey crime spree s**t.

It’s a feature of the job there, not a bug. Most of them enrich themselves from inside info. There are some democrats trying to pass laws that make all that illegal, but they’re not likely to get republican support to make those changes.

Literally no idea what the laws or rules on that stuff are in Canada. The US is such a drama show we hear way more American political news than Canadian.

Was Donald Trump turning left or right when he indicated? What does indicated mean? Is it the American word for accused? You guys use funny words if it is!

Was Donald Trump turning left or right when he indicated? What does indicated mean? Is it the American word for accused? You guys use funny words if it is!

trump spelled indicted incorrectly as indicated on one of his truth social textual diarrhea splashes.

Like it or not, this is raising money and galvanizing support. Trump's popularity was dying a natural death, until now. It's pointless to argue these points right now, you're just too hopped up on your revenge. But he lives for this stuff, he won't go to jail. And they won't bankrupt him in his lifetime. This was an untimely and stupid move on behalf of the DA.

Despite being someone who was eager to see Trump caught for his crimes, I have to agree this particular indictment is probably going to prove to have been a counterproductive move in multiple ways. I hope to be wrong, but I'm not convinced I am. It's frustrating to watch. Really frustrating.

Just because he’s good at making a spectacle and getting attention doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be charged for certain crimes. The law applies to everyone. He should be charged for all of his crimes.

Judge Juan Merchan, the New York state judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s arraignment Tuesday and the recent criminal tax fraud trial involving the Trump Organization, appears to have donated $15 to President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, federal campaign contribution data shows.

Federal Election Commission reports show a Juan Merchan, who lists his occupation as a judge with the New York State Office of Court Administration, donated $15 earmarked for Biden for President, Biden’s campaign committee, on July 26, 2020. No other judge listed in the state judicial directory shares Merchan’s name. It’s against federal law to donate in someone else’s name.

Neither a spokesperson for the state court system nor the judge’s personal chambers responded to requests for comment when asked whether he made the donations.

Records also list two other small donations from the same Juan Merchan to progressive groups a day after the Biden donation — $10 donations on July 27, 2020, to the groups Stop Republicans and Progressive Turnout Project — which are affiliated with each other, meaning it’s possible that a donation of $20 was split evenly across the two groups. All three donations, including the one to Biden, were made through ActBlue, the popular online donation-processing firm used by virtually every major Democratic campaign and allied group.

The third donation, $15 to Biden one day earlier, is the only other federal political donation attributed to a Juan Merchan of New York in the FEC’s database, which spans multiple decades.

It’s not uncommon for judges to donate to political candidates — a search of federal campaign donations in 2021 and 2022 turns up more than 30,000 donations from people listing “judge” as their occupation, donations from single-digit sums to more than $10,000.

Those donations span a variety of groups of both parties, including groups affiliated with Trump. And other judges donated to Biden’s 2020 campaign in the same report where the Merchan donation appears.

“The donations were unwise as a matter of appearance,” said Chuck Rosenberg, an NBC News legal analyst and a former federal prosecutor. “But appearances matter.”

My dirty, stinking, ratbag right-wing source believes Trump being charged was just a stunt by the Democrats.
The thinking, by the Democrat strategists, might be that Trump is less likely to win than a non-narcissistic alternative, so they want him to win the selection process.

Popcorn, anyone?