That's not exactly what I'm getting at Eyecu2. I'd like to see fewer people in jail and otherwise shunted through our criminal justice system. Trump successfully pursued a civil case against Stormy Daniels, and maybe now could too against Michael Cohen if the statute of limitations hasn't expired.Grabbing a woman by the kitty kat amounts to sexual assault, which is a worse crime than booking an expense with the wrong title in a business record. Trump would not have been charged if the title of the expense was "NDA to Stephanie Clifford". Unless you watch a lot of porn you would not know that Stormy Daniels real name is "Stephanie Clifford".
Trump did get a lot of passes on the law, which would include issues related to some, but not all, of the following.
1. He lost $900 million of bondholders money
2. He didn't repay hundreds of millions of loans from banks
3. He shortchanged and sometimes just didn't pay contractors and other service providers
4. He persuaded Fred Trump to give and bequest more to him than his brothers and sisters
5. He probably caused appraisers and others to massively underestimate the value of Fred's estate, saving many millions in estate taxes
6. He probably misled appraisal districts and the like as to the value of his properties, to save on tax.
7. He was complicit in the Trump University scam
8. He probably tried to hold up U.S. aid to Ukraine until certain bogus and questionable claims were investigated -- claims related to Hillary Clinton's computers and Crowd Strike and Joe Biden's involvement with Burisma.
9. He tried to steal the 2020 election from Joe Biden
I imagine there were no violations of the law related to some of these incidents. And Trump did have to pay up for some as well, like Trump University. But they had victims. Even item "9", which has resulted in jail time and probated sentences for some of his strongest supporters, and injuries to Capitol police. If he's going to be prosecuted for criminal or civil violations, these are the sort of things prosecutors should have gone after. Real crimes. Not paying off a porn star.
We have the rule of law in the United States of America. It's one of the main reasons America is a more prosperous and fairer place to live than most other countries. And that rule of law has broken down in New York and is being used for political purposes.
The ends do not justify the means. You don't punish people simply because you think they deserve it. You do so because you've shown in a court that they violated laws, laws that make sense, not made up shit like New York Executive Law 63(12), or falsification of business records to pay off women who are going to blab on you otherwise.
I don't know about you, but I want my president to grab women by the pussy. Originally Posted by Tiny
Hopefully, Biden will beat Trump. However, if Trump wins he can serve his term and do any jail time afterwards. He would probably be confined to Trump Tower. I am sure secret service would rather set up shop at Trump Tower than at Rikers Island.