• PMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    So what happens now? Does Trump get a fine or something? Not asking to be an ass, I actually don’t know what the repercussions of this is (I bet it will be nothing)

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      I would assume he would get impeached for it as that is how you punish a president for acting illegally. Unfortunately there are those pesky republican collaborators in congress.

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      The judge might tut tut at him or he’ll get a sternly worded letter, but I don’t really see him suffering consequences for this (though I would really like to be wrong!)

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        Him? No. But I think this opens up avenues for civil suits which the settlements from are then paid by the government which is funded by the taxpayers… fuck.

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      State governors will have another thing to point to (besides the obvious) to try and block him next time he does it.