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The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community of Springfield, Ohio, filed criminal charges Tuesday against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, over the chaos and threats experienced by the city since Trump first spread false claims about legal immigrants there during a presidential debate.

The Haitian Bridge Alliance invoked its private-citizen right to file the charges in the wake of inaction by the local prosecutor, said their attorney, Subodh Chandra of the Cleveland-based Chandra Law Firm.

“Their persistence and relentlessness, even in the face of the governor and the mayor saying this is false, that shows intent,” Chandra said. “It’s knowing, willful flouting of criminal law.”

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[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 74 points 1 month ago

Nice. Sue them for a billion each.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 87 points 1 month ago

It's better than that. These are criminal charges, so they're seeking his and Vance's arrest.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago

It's a sad indictment of the American legal system that people advocate for, and are excited at the prospect of, mere civil penalties for things that are actual crimes, not just torts. Why do we have so much trouble applying real consequences with teeth to people that actually deserve them?

These are criminal charges. The correct course of action isn't to sue them; it's to lock them the fuck up!

[-] mycelium_underground@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Will the best option would be a criminal case and a civil case. Best part of a civil case is that it does not have to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, just more likely than not.

Take their money AND lock them up.

Edit: corrected autocorrect

[-] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Sue them for everything they've got! Wait, a billion each would probably be better

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

These are criminal charges, which if successful (unlikely) would have more severe consequences for Trump and his couch-loving companion.

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