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Judge Repeatedly Asks Lawyers to 'Control' Trump as Testimony Goes Off the Rails
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I feel like I have to clarify that I'm not American before making comments so there's enough wiggle room for potential ignorance.
I think it probably is a tactic he is using so that when it's time for consequences, there's plenty of leeway given to trump to show that he wasn't acting biased, it's just that trump is a fucking moron that can't shut up, when the lunatics decide to shout about it.
That's possible. People literally get years added to their sentences for back talking judges. You are simply not allowed to derail a trial even a little bit, and the consequences for attempting it are swift and harsh. For anyone else.
I'm so tired of this fuckwit's behavior, but i'm even more angry that at every turn people have had the ability to stop that behavior and haven't. And now we're here. Anyone else would be immediately taken to jail for the stuff he's doing inside the courtroom and out and he's still not stopped.
It's a mockery, and if the courts can't handle this guy they have no business ruining people's lives for things that don't compare to anything trump has done.
I've been looking for the right words to say this, so thanks.
The justice system has failed if it's able systematically arrest people in parts of new York, Baltimore, and Chicago, but can't do anything to this clown for a literal attempt to overthrow the government and constitution.
Wild.
Otherwise known as the Chewbacca ~~Afluenza~~ defense
It almost seems like parody to say, but the people defending Trump are not compatible with rational thoughts like "the judge gave Trump leeway because he wasn't biased". Even serving them those thoughts on a silver platter would just end in them rejecting it with whatever platitude they prefer to use when realizing they have nothing they can say (i.e. "bah that's just cancel culture")