resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoJustice Department issues arrest warrant for former FBI chief James Comey charging ‘threat’ against Trump using seashellswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square71linkfedilinkarrow-up1330file-text
arrow-up1330external-linkJustice Department issues arrest warrant for former FBI chief James Comey charging ‘threat’ against Trump using seashellswww.independent.co.ukresipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square71linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoSo the DOJ is hoping that nobody on the jury knows that 86 means to give someone the bum’s rush, not to kill them. Even then, if it were a threat, which it isn’t, it’s in no way actionable.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoThis will never reach the jury. There won’t even be a Day 2. The judge will toss this immediately.
minus-squareSnarkoPolo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThis time, yes. But eventually, they’re going to get a MAGA judge, and someone will go to political prison. That will set a precedent.
So the DOJ is hoping that nobody on the jury knows that 86 means to give someone the bum’s rush, not to kill them.
Even then, if it were a threat, which it isn’t, it’s in no way actionable.
This will never reach the jury. There won’t even be a Day 2. The judge will toss this immediately.
This time, yes. But eventually, they’re going to get a MAGA judge, and someone will go to political prison. That will set a precedent.