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bucolic_frolic

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7. Yes but I thought the indictments of Trump went through federal grand juries

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 6, 2025, 07:43 PM

Feb 6

Grand jury in D.C. for example, and there are special grand juries. Can they really purge all but right wingers out of all of them? Maybe given enough time, they can.

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Hopefully we still have functioning grand juries bucolic_frolic Feb 6 #1

As Glenn states, we're seeing politicization of the rule of law on a national level Rhiannon12866 Feb 6 #2

Yes but I thought the indictments of Trump went through federal grand juries bucolic_frolic Feb 6 #7

Oh, I see what you mean. And the problem with TFG was that he was never tried for his most severe crimes Rhiannon12866 Feb 6 #8

The felon's nominees lie. ancianita Feb 6 #3

That's what we've seen from all TFG's nominees, starting with his dishonest SCOTUS nominees Rhiannon12866 Feb 6 #4

Yes. For years. As for all the felon's next nominees, Democrats need to err on the side of assuming they lie. ancianita Feb 6 #5

Absolutely. Some, like Hegseth, are obvious, but we didn't necessarily know about the SCOTUS nominees at first Rhiannon12866 Feb 6 #6