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Trump’s ‘Team of Felons’ adds the most important member of all (www.msnbc.com)

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 79 points 5 months ago

It's quite a list....

-Donald Trump was charged, convicted, and is awaiting sentencing.

-Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.

-Trump’s former campaign vice chairman, Rick Gates, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.

-Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.

-Trump’s former adviser and former campaign aide, Roger Stone, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.

-Trump’s former adviser and former White House aide Peter Navarro, was charged, convicted, and is currently in prison.

-Trump’s former campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.

-The Trump Organization’s former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.

-Trump’s former White House national security advisor, Michael Flynn, was charged and convicted.

‐Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was charged with wire fraud and money laundering, in addition to a conviction in a contempt case similar to Navarro’s. He’s currently awaiting sentencing

[-] satanmat@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

This is the kind of information, that the “Law and Order “ folks need to be reminded of on the regular…

Or is it we need to follow the law, but they are being unfairly targeted?????

[-] the_wise_wolf@feddit.de 18 points 5 months ago

Unfortunately we don't share a common language anymore. The people fighting for "law and order" don't actually mean, that everyone has to follow the same law. For them it's a tool to police minorities and political opponents. In other words fascism.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

They want to use the law to order you to bow down to them. It's that simple.

[-] Mountain_Mike_420@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Don’t forget women and unborn children!

[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Those traitor cunts don’t give a shit. The only way to deal with them is to marginalize them.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 5 months ago

Because I can't be arsed to look it all up myself, did any of the people on that list have a bench trial, or was it all jury trials?

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Time for the Frank Wilhoit quote:

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition ... There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

Soon to be on the list:

-Trump’s former personal legal adviser, Rudolph Giuliani, was barred from practicing law in NY and DC, and was indicted for spreading false claims regarding Georgia and Arizona’s elections. He is currently awaiting trial.

[-] sudo42@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

So 90% of his team are felons. At what point will we just admit that in today’s politics, Republican == Felon?

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

No, not all of them. Some have never been caught.

[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

—"The finest people"

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Really hope they keep the prison sentence trend going

[-] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I believe Weisselberg is also in the “currently in prison” category, as I recall, he was sent directly to Riker’s Island following sentencing? https://apnews.com/article/weisselberg-trump-perjury-new-york-b76cde56c6cb983ab8789f95d5a0c6c0

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Legion of Doom.

[-] Coach@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I believe the term of art is "Basket of Deplorables."

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