Trump is “convicted” of 34 crimes

On January 20, President-elect Donald Trump will have redefined (or simply defined) American exceptionalism by becoming the first president of the United States to be sworn in as a convicted felon. MAGA, amirite?

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On Friday, Trump was convicted of 34 crimes related to falsifying business records and making hush money payments.

Well, not really.

Technically, New York judge Juan Merchan did Trump sentence – but what exactly is the practical value of a criminal sentence that includes no jail time, no probation and no fines? It looks like a non-sentenceisn’t it?

According to THE TearsMerchan gave Trump an “unconditional discharge” sentence, which essentially means his criminal record will still reflect his criminal status, but he was released by the court without having to pay an actual penalty.

“This court has determined that the only legal penalty that allows entry of a judgment of conviction without encroaching on the highest office in the land is an absolute discharge,” Mercan said. said.

In other words: “You did what you did and you should probably be punished for it.” – but you’re about to become president, so what am I supposed to do?

The federal judge also noted in his ruling that his unconditional release does not “reduce the seriousness of the crime.” — but isn’t it?

There are already millions of working-class Americans MAGA — that a federal judge would happily throw in jail if he intentionally falsified a single line on his income tax form — are going to fight for a billionaire business fraud because they don’t believe (or pretend not to believe) that he committed a real crime. republican leaders — who would happily throw in jail any 34-time criminal Democrat who committed the same crimes as Trump— I have lied about being a victim of a “two-tiered justice system” for the past two years, simply because a rich white man was convicted of crimes that rich white men usually skate scot-free over. slightest trace on their criminal record. Suppose that Trump or any other elected official had the privilege of answering for crimes without actually being punished simply because they are elected officials. Doesn’t this actually “reduce the seriousness” of their crimes?

Trump and his loyal minions are so deluded about what judicial injustice and bias actually look like that even after securing a comfortable seat in the VIP section of the justice system, Trump still responded to his non- condemnation by immediately rushing to social media to call. the proceedings are a “despicable charade,” “a very terrible experience,” an “injustice” and, his favorite platitude, a “witch hunt.”

Merchan gave Trump the break of his life, and that still hasn’t stopped Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson from calling him a “liberal judge” who “grossly perverted the American legal system” by failing to not completely dismissing the prosecution of his MAGA messiah. . Johnson also said he would help Trump “restore the American people’s confidence in our justice system,” as if anyone outside of white, extremely privileged America ever had such “confidence.”

Imagine being rich white men who take the fast lane of the justice system with all the power and privilege in the world and still suffer from such a massive persecution complex that you believe you are the victim of systemic oppression.

America was never great, and It is why Trump is returning to the White House.