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The Louisiana Republican said he thinks the charges related to the former president’s mishandling of classified documents after he left office are “almost a slam dunk."

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[-] RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago

Anyone capable of reading English should come to this conclusion after reading the indictments, just saying.

I'm glad the Senator from Louisiana can read! 👍

Sadly, it seems some of our other senators cannot.

These are all written as "speaking indictments" for good reason - they spell out the charges and reasons for them, simply and understandably, for anyone to understand. Yet most won't bother, and that's sad.

Classified Documents indictment

Superseding indictment adding to Classified Docs

D.C. Jan 6th indictment

Fulton County GA indictment

[-] Dressedlikeapenguin@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

They got Clinton for lying about cheeting on his wife, only after trying to get him for Whitewater but failed. Ken Star used his powers to investigate ANYTHING but only found a secret blowjob. If Clinton hadn't lied, there would have been absolutely nothing he could prove in court. Not saying that the Clintons were/are clean, just that there's nothing to pin a conviction on.

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

Depressing fact, one of the guys who worked for Ken Star now sits on the supreme court, and also worked on Bush v Gore. There are two more Bush v Gore lawyers on the court as well.

And no, none of them worked for Gore.

[-] Dressedlikeapenguin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It is quite depressing. Also, Bill Barr worked for HW Bush on the [Iran-Contra](William Barr Supported Pardons In An Earlier D.C. 'Witch Hunt': Iran-Contra https://www.npr.org/2019/01/14/684553791/william-barr-supported-pardons-in-an-earlier-d-c-witch-hunt-iran-contra) cover up. He was well schooled in blocking and delaying prosecutions of those in power.

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Roger Stone, of recent infamy, was a Nixon toady, and actually the person you talked to if you wanted to talk to Nixon after Watergate. He led the Brooks Brother's riot, where a bunch of lawyers flew into Florida and demanded that vote counting stop. They succeeded.

He also had a "stop the steal" website ready to go in 2016, but to everyone's surprise, it wasn't needed.

These rat fuckers are an incestuous bunch, and really there aren't that many of them.

[-] Dressedlikeapenguin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

"Incestuous" very accurate.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Of course the Clintons are clean.

They've been under a microscope since Bill announced he was running against Daddy Bush.

[-] Dressedlikeapenguin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

My opion is colored by years of conservative upbringing, hard to fight against sometimes.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I know I couldn't stand up to 11 hours of questioning like Hilary did.

[-] Dressedlikeapenguin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The only thing I could do for 11 hours is sleep, and then I might have to get up to pee!

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

The Georgia one is pretty dry compared to the Special Counsel ones.

I still read it ofc, but it was kinda dry.

[-] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

He should drop out of the human race.

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He did a long time ago. But having human characteristics doesn't seem to be among the criteria under consideration for Republicans when choosing a candidate for President.

[-] ProfessorZhu@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I'm sure just like Ted Cruz he's going remain consistent and not immediately flip to defending Trumps crimes once Trump wins the nomination.

[-] FoxBJK@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

I was about to say! Just waiting for the jump cut to next spring when this guy is officially endorsing Trump for the nomination.

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Uh huh. And where you after Jan 6th, and your party shut down direct consequences?

Fuck you.

[-] knyuqlr@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Cassidy was one of the few Republican votes to impeach after Jan 6th.

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I stand corrected. I didn't recall his name on the list, but you're right. He at least gets a little respect from me.

[-] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He was still afraid to say he wouldn't vote for Trump, he just said he wouldn't vote for Biden and would vote Republican. So.... if Trump is the Republican candidate, what will he do? Note vote at all? Or... the obvious logical conclusion to his non-answer?

Such cowards.

[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 16 points 1 year ago

Fuck I hope mango fuckstick runs as an independent against the GOP candidate. Glorious split vote.

[-] CoderKat@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly, I worry most about what would happen if the GOP unites behind someone that isn't Trump in name (ie, with Trump completely out of the picture), but is effectively the same person. I think Trump doesn't have a chance of winning the general election. He's too despicable for anyone with even a little bit of morals. But a replacement could give right leaning people an excuse to vote for the GOP again, even if the replacement is basically just the same thing but less overt.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The issue the GOP faces electorally is that they can really only win if they have both Trump loyalists and mainline Republicans. They HAVE to do the bullshit they are doing where they advocate for other candidates but wont denounce Trump. What they have to be hoping for is for him to die or become somehow unable to run at all, and that when faced with the impossibility he endorses the GOP candidate. He will never do that no matter what happens, which is nice because that means they likely wont get the White House for 4 more. But things stopped making predictable sense long ago so who the fuck knows what is gonna happen

[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They only have a chance of winning with the mainline and the loyalists, but they've got no shot without either. The problem they're running into is that the loyalists are pursuing demands which turn away the mainline, e.g. abortion laws.

[-] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

What he fails to realize is that none of that matters when you're the head of what is arguably the largest cult in human history.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pssh. Mao, Mohammed, Jesus leave him in the dust.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

What's amazing about Mao was how many counterculture types in the West supported him and quoted from the Little Red Book while he was murdering half of China. Sort of feels like Tankies and Putin and Xi these days.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

His whole campaign is a scam. Guessing if he drops out he will lose tons of money.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If he drops out, he can't get elected and pardon himself. He's trying to save himself at this point. Although no pardon would help him in Georgia. The president can't pardon state-level crimes.

I think there's a very small possibility he won't be on the Georgia ballot for legal reasons, but I don't think he'll drop out.

[-] Nougat@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Bill Cassidy is still a fuckwad. Watch the whole interview and the other bullshit he said.

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