• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    6 days ago

    And here we are. Folks, I am not a lawyer but precedence proves that running for president makes you immune to both federal prosecution and state penalties.

    I suggest everyone who wishes to commit a crime (or has already committed a crime) to register your PAC as well as donate to the GOP (like $10) just for good measure. You will need to report to the FEC and your local state electoral board your finances but eh fuck it. It’s not like they are going to punish you for not doing it right?

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        5 days ago

        Yup I’ve been saying this as well. He’s too young to actually run for election but it would be a great way to test just how bullet proof (no pun intended) being a presidential candidate is to criminal actions.

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      5 days ago

      To be fair, the judge specified that it was because he won reelection, not because he was a candidate

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        5 days ago

        He used the campaign as an excuse many times in court filings and the courts gave him way more leeway to “avoid” appearance of “bias” once it became apparent he was the lead in primaries and after his nomination. And now that we know a state can’t even block a candidate for committing insurrection during his last administration, there’s no excuse not to run him since you could just argue age bias is wrong and there’s no actual mechanism to stop under 35’s from running anyway.