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No word on what he thinks the penalty for someone accused of inciting an insurrection and obstructing a federal investigation should be.

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[–] mekkagodzilla@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

It's getting harder and harder to get attention apparently. Which is good.

[–] MoonshineDegreaser@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's all just smoke and mirrors. He probably realizing that his supporters get fewer and fewer, and those charges are becoming more and more problematic so he's just trying to deflect. IMO, but Trump has never been held accountable his entire life so it will be interesting to see what he'll do when he finally is

[–] f43r05@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Cocaine overdose FTW!

[–] flipht@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, anyone with a vague sense of his trajectory can see what he'll do when he finally realizes he has no options. He's ramping up rhetoric like this to rile up the unstable people in his base. It's stochastic terrorism. He probably knows that another jan6 is unlikely, so he's hoping someone will do something crazy to pull attention off of him.

[–] lynny@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren't republicans the ones who say things like "taxes are theft"?

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Once upon a time

[–] WidowsFavoriteSon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

At some point the bombast balloon pops.

[–] ninekeysdown@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That’s a bold stance considering who it’s coming from. I wonder how willing he’s going to commit to it 😂

[–] cfbundy@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, is that right? So what kind of sentence should Trump should get then...?

I would have the POS orange idiot Drawn and Quartered...televised live! I would fucking pay for front row seat!

[–] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Any person required under this title to pay any estimated tax or tax, or required by this title or by regulations made under authority thereof to make a return, keep any records, or supply any information, who willfully fails to pay such estimated tax or tax, make such return, keep such records, or supply such information, at the time or times required by law or regulations, shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $25,000 ($100,000 in the case of a corporation), or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both, together with the costs of prosecution. In the case of any person with respect to whom there is a failure to pay any estimated tax, this section shall not apply to such person with respect to such failure if there is no addition to tax under section 6654 or 6655 with respect to such failure. In the case of a willful violation of any provision of section 6050I, the first sentence of this section shall be applied by substituting “felony” for “misdemeanor” and “5 years” for “1 year”.

— 26 USC § 7203 (Title 26 : Taxes, Subtitle F : Administration and Procedures, Chapter 75/Subchapter A : CRIMES, Part I : General Provisions, Willful failure to file return, supply information, or pay tax)

Nope. Not seeing death penalty anywhere in there.

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

so trump about you not paying taxes? oh right that makes you smart. but others deserve the death penalty.

[–] bluemellophone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, it’s a good thing this guy will never be elected president…

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago
[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What ? That is a bit much.

[–] quortez@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Well, you can't say he doesn't have audacity.