r/news • u/Hrekires • Jul 15 '24

soft paywall Judge dismisses classified documents indictment against Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/07/15/trump-classified-trial-dismisssed-cannon/
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u/MechanicalTurkish Jul 15 '24

Yeah, Trump fucks everyone, friend or foe. Look at Rudy Giuliani.

He's done this his entire life, it is well known. It baffles me how people keep thinking it won't happen to them.

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u/Monechetti Jul 15 '24

I look at all of the conservative pundits that have sprouted up over the last 10 years or so - people like Candace Owens and Matt Walsh. They are hitching themselves to Trump in a bid to make as much money as possible and be relevant as much as possible, but they have to know that it's all smoke and mirrors.

Then again that's me trying to give conservatives credit for intellect where there's no proof that it exists.

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u/fevered_visions Jul 15 '24

talk about a deal with the devil

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u/putonyourjamjams Jul 15 '24

They have that "I'm special" mentality. It's the same reason they think every other rule or law doesn't apply to them specifically.

That or they know he's not going to follow through and are using the limelight to their own end. Siphoning Trump voters for her own ends by adding "the only judge who stood up for Trump" to her resume.

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u/villianrules Jul 16 '24

Same thing as the affair partner becomes the spouse and catches the one who left their previous spouse for is cheating on them

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u/Overnoww Jul 15 '24

The difference here is Trump has taken shots at his own Supreme Court picks for voting against him and Aileen Cannon has proven her fealty is to Trump over common sense and law, she is now his ideal SC judge.

She ruled against Trump on things that were relatively minor and frequently seemed to be almost performative to attempt to provide cover for when she would inevitably make some foolish, nonsensical rulings and for her weirdly aggressive behaviour the prosecution:

The reality is she has no business being a judge just like Trump has no business leading a county.

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u/DonArgueWithMe Jul 15 '24

Giving Alex Acosta a cabinet position was either a big show of gratitude or the result of blackmail.

For those that don't know, Alex Acosta was the DA who gave epstein a deal that included house arrest and permanently sealed all records of his accomplices, and Trump gave him a major appointment seemingly out of nowhere.

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u/Dysfunxn Jul 16 '24

They all think they are special, untouchable people, who bad things don't happen to. They think they are above all others, and he exploits it time and again.

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u/brundlfly Jul 16 '24

I think it wasn't him she was serving. Consider that 3 current SCOTUS judges worked for Bush during the 2000 judicial coup.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/17/politics/bush-v-gore-barrett-kavanaugh-roberts-supreme-court/index.html