The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump in Washington to step in after he released a post online that appeared to p…
Wouldn’t that be amazing if voided his bond and he was thrown in jail till the trial?
That’s what would happen to pretty much anyone else. But we all know the rules never apply like they should to him.
I have a feeling he’s about to fuck around and find out.
Here’s hoping.
He is always Testing how far he can go and so far has never gotten shown consequences. He will never learn if he is not feeling any pushback.
Well this violates 18 U.S. Code § 115.
(B)threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, a United States official, a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official whose killing would be a crime under such section,
with intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with such official, judge, or law enforcement officer while engaged in the performance of official duties, or with intent to retaliate against such official, judge, or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of official duties, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
(4)A threat made in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine under this title or imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years, or both, except that imprisonment for a threatened assault shall not exceed 6 years.
Like, that’s textbook. Also if this threat is taken seriously by other members in the trial, this could easily extend into witness tampering, jury intimidation.
To clarify, this isn’t actually specifically about today’s threat - the lawyers have been jockeying for a few days about the conditions under which the government will produce discovery, and this order is mostly an attempt to speed up that process rather than let Trump’s people dither and delay. The business today just adds a bit of extra urgency to getting the trial done quickly.
