I hate how journalists keep repeating "presidential immunity" without explaining that presidential immunity doesn't apply when not in office. The hush money stuff happened before he was president.
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5/4. What a joke.
Hate that him winning the election had an effect of the sentencing. We could have been in a world where he got even a few day in jail
Would have been nice if they didn't allow him to campaign...
"Sure, he engaged in insurrection; sure, he was an officer of the US at the time; sure, section 3 of the 14th amendment clearly lays out that he is to be disqualified from holding office again as a result; but who are we to do anything about it?"
-- way too many fucking judges across the US.
Spineless fucking assholes.
I doubt he would have gotten any jail time but I could see an actual fine. A slap on the wrist would have felt a little nicer then just wagging a finger at him.
So the charges are state not federal, but with him being convicted, could he once again potentially be impeached for this?
The Republicans will have majorities in the House and the Senate, so even if he could be impeached there's no chance of it happening before midterms.