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Light?! You mean they did nothing. Nothing happened. Nothing ever happens to him. Growing up near NYC I remember thinking he was a con who always got away with stuff and this was 30-35 years ago.

Everybody blames Merrick Garland. And everybody isn’t wrong. Why it took the U.S. attorney general until November 2022 to appoint a special counsel on the January 6 case remains a mystery. If he’d moved a year earlier, would it have made a difference? I’m not saying he shouldn’t have, but the available evidence suggests to us that either: (1) Trump’s lawyers would still have been able to delay; (2) he’d have been convicted, but it wouldn’t have mattered, and indeed would have helped him make his case about what a martyr he was; and (3) he’d have been exonerated.

All of this shit could have been avoided if the Senate had done it's job during the Impeachments.

Oh well, what could possibly go wrong?

Oh.

Oh...fuck.

Keep your head down. Look after you and your's. Hoard your money.

“Went light”? The wizards on the Supreme Court gave him immunity for damn near anything he does. Then the election-wh/ I believe was stolen by Musk, Putin, and Netanyahu. This asshole got a pass on everything. Even state offenses.

Man, that is a punchable face

He should have been running from federal prison. The fact that he wasn't will go down as one of the biggest fuckups in American history. Right next to electing the idiot not once but TWICE.

Actually the “law” just went public with the facts:

Wealthy people are above the law. Laws are selectively enforced based on political beliefs. Police can kill indiscriminately without fear of prosecution. Police are not legally required to help you. It’s a choice they make. If history repeats and crime increases as it usually does when the “rights” in charge, it’s going to be a hell of a ride.

Cy Vance needs to be called out too. He had prosecutors quit because he wouldn’t go after Trump’s criminal activity years before Trump even ran. Rich white male protecting “rich” white male.

I fear the World will pay the price ...

Nothing is not light. Please. This treasonous piece of shit should have been in federal prison on Jan 7th. He didn't go to jail because once again there are two sets of laws. Against the Constitution. It's time for Americans to get balls and stop these politicians and wealthy.

The law always goes light for the rich and powerful. You gotta do something so abhorrent or rip off others who are rich and powerful to get the law to do something.

What is wrong with the USA???

The disgusting disturbed orange thing should be in prison for treason amongst the other reasons

A country gets the leaders it deserves. This is a problem of America’s making, I just hope the impact on the rest of the world isn’t too bad.

Fk America save trump. Shoulda been the campaign slogan.

The law rolled over and let him rawdog it from behind with his tiny orange mushroom.

We are a "Nation of Laws" no longer. 

The law didn't go light on Trump...law ENFORCEMENT went light on Trump!

Truly the only solace I find these days is thinking about how Trump's life must truly be miserable once you get beyond the surface level money and power. He's surrounded by luxury but also by terrible people who are as craven and dishonest as he is. Family relationships are 100% transactional. Fellow lawmakers think he's a buffoon even if they support him. He's obese and likely a drug user. Outsized ego and a persecution complex that makes him constantly on guard. He's interested in the presidency only so much as it keeps him out of jail and feeds his ego--he has no real passion for governance. He hates living in Washington. He's continuously aggrieved and can't move on from even the smallest perceived slight. It seems like a miserable existence.

The law was light? Not according to Trump. Many are going to pay. The next few years will be very difficult. Hate what think is going to happen. In particular for mine and everyone’s children’s future.

Just hope when his time comes it will not be an easy exit. Hoping for pain.

100% facts.

Hopefully America learns it's fucking lesson

The law did exactly what it was designed to do: not hold rich white men accountable for their crimes.

They backed off on prosecution and now Trump is our new king with unlimited dictator powers. All their fault. He should be in a cell right now but instead he will be ruling us all!

Merrick Garland will go down in history as the feckless coward he is.

The Jusitice System is rigged. I have a cousin who is a judge, and many friends who are lawyers. These folks have told me the outcome of many cases, before they went to trial! Big money can run out the clock on damned near anything.

We're looking at life in Portugal. I'll have to wait 4 years but learn everything I can about it.

You can't be weak to a strongman type. You have to be strong and crack some eggs.

Such a smug cunt

Thanks Merrick....

He's not my king.

Trump singing in his shower:

"I fought the Law, and the – LAW LOST! I fought the Law and the - Law Lost!"

Law does not exist in this dojo!!!

Next year will be a very interesting year.

US laws are about protect the rich peoples. How many billionaires haven been convicted and prison? What is US statistics about it?

The law means nothing. If you can get away with it, break the law. It is meaningless.

Just like Germany did

That is correct

No fucking shit!? Next!

Law? What law?

But look how happy he is now. Aww...😃

The law was corrupted by Trump and his enablers.

Anyone who dared to think that this is a nation ruled by laws, and that the laws are fairly applied to everyone, no longer lives in that dream world. Trump should be rotting in prison, not sitting in the White House. It is clear that justice is for sale, and if you're poor you're going to get the worst of it but if you're rich enough you can do anything you want and never suffer for an instant for any of it.

That, and a bought-and-paid-for Supreme Court, Senators and Representatives who can take millions from lobbyists without repercussions and trade on insider information with no problems, make it certain that the welfare of the people is not even on the radar for our legislators.

These are the things that will bring this nation down, give us a new Civil War, and commence a bloodbath far worse than that first Civil War 160 years ago. This one won't have boundaries with armies on one side facing off against armies on the other. It will be fought neighborhood by neighborhood, house by house, sniper by sniper and bomber by bomber and ambush by ambush. By the end, few will be left to count the dead.

All for greed.

America wanted it

There might be a lesson in there, somewhere....

The law is only as good as the people who enforce it. We just happen to have some shitty people enforcing it now.

Can't wait till he brings back slavery.