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babylonsister

(171,173 posts) Wed Sep 6, 2023, 09:06 AM Sep 2023

Ex-prosecutor Predicts What Proud Boy Prison Time May Mean For Trump

From his lips...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andrew-weissmann-donald-trump-sentence_n_64f80d0be4b0e9b3e9e9627c

Ex-prosecutor Predicts What Proud Boy Prison Time May Mean For Trump
“Because that's what the rule of law would require," said Andrew Weissmann, who spelled out some not-so-good news for the former president.
Lee Moran
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Lee Moran
Sep 6, 2023, 02:08 AM EDT

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann has warned what kind of sentence may await Donald Trump if the former president is convicted in his election interference case.

After former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for his role in the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Weismann told MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell that Trump, if convicted in the trial that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has scheduled to start on March 4, would likely face just as much time behind bars.

“I think that the pressure that the judges will feel, who have seen so many people go to jail, rightly, for their participation on Jan. 6th, the idea that Donald Trump wouldn’t do at least as much time as the leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, to me, seems unimaginable,” he explained. “Because that’s what the rule of law would require.”

“I think that this is a real sign of what’s to come if Donald Trump is convicted,” Weissmann added, noting Trump is “presumed innocent at this point.”

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Ex-prosecutor Predicts What Proud Boy Prison Time May Mean For Trump (Original Post) babylonsister Sep 2023 OP

That assumes we have equal justice. We'll see. Scrivener7 Sep 2023 #1

I was told not to worry about J6, 2021 gab13by13 Sep 2023 #2

Who in this case is going to "violate the law"? brooklynite Sep 2023 #4

I'll believe it when I see it. mn9driver Sep 2023 #3

"Presumed....innocent" Aviation Pro Sep 2023 #5

Scrivener7

(51,192 posts)

1. That assumes we have equal justice. We'll see.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Sep 6, 2023, 09:19 AM

Sep 2023

gab13by13

(21,838 posts)

2. I was told not to worry about J6, 2021

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 6, 2023, 09:28 AM

Sep 2023

because the votes were already certified, nothing can happen.

Democrats fight a head wind because they observe the law and the new Magat party finds ways to violate the law and get away with it.
Yesterday we learned the Alabama AG was behind Alabama not drawing up a fair Congressional map. Alabama deliberately defied the Supreme Court because it wants the ruling to go to justice Kavanaugh who showed an interest in hearing the case.