I am asking here because all the political subs don’t allow a question, and US politics used to seemed so simple until to understand this man came along.
Because this needs to be done 1000% right, there is no margin for error, everything has to be done in an iron clad manner that cannot be dismantled by half-assing it. Indicting a former president is a first in the history of this country, and this former president is nothing short of a cult leader with millions of unshakable followers, many of whom are armed to the teeth and ready to burn this country to the ground for him. So this has to be done very friggin carefully.
Well, aside from what others are saying…
Try to picture Trump on the phone with the Proud Boys, giving them explicit instructions or discussing strategy. Even if he did talk to them (which I doubt), surely it’d be his usual “We’re going to do great things, great things, we’re all great people, we’re gonna turn this thing around, it’s going to be beautiful!”
When Russia collaborated to help Trump get elected, do you figure they talked on the phone in person? Or emailed back and forth? Motherfucker couldn’t make it through a one-page intelligence briefing, I’m not even sure he can write. Surely it was Trump’s people working with Putin’s people (several levels down in both cases).
You need to prove that Trump personally and intentionally violated the law. It’s not enough to show that shady shit was going on around him. And that’s hard to prove, since he generally was working at a remove. And this is a guy who’s been in and out of courtrooms his entire adult life; surely he has some instinct for what kinds of things to avoid.
Except when he was clearly hear saying he wanted the Georgia officials to find exactly enough votes to win, on a phone call to them.
It has been a taboo to go after previous politicians, so all prosecutors are trying their best to ensure that they’ve followed every procedure to the letter, which has taken a while.
We are also dealing with a person with a long history of doing whatever he can to stretch out court cases.
Have faith. Coming from a country that jails our ex prime minister, I’ll say that it takes quite a lot of time.
Money
They need to do it properly, in such a way they won’t hamstring themselves in the future. Remember, theyre just as bad, just not as public.
No they aren’t just as bad.
The rich and powerful are exempt from the rules
The most practical answer is because he’s watched by the Secret Service 24/7, which isn’t the case with a lot of people.
Law is very different for rich people.
Because current US politics and justice system are a sham that only serves the rich.
How come there are still people who get the death penalty but later get found to be innocent, while when it comes to an ex-politician, they gotta drag the process out for years and years to find every single detail?
Because he’s the right’s main leader and he is a former president. That’s all, really.
