Summary

Donald Trump hinted at legal action against E. Jean Carroll, who previously won defamation suits against him, by reposting a Truth Social image suggesting women face jail for false accusations.

Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, indicated potential further legal action against Trump.

Trump has also threatened rivals like Liz Cheney, Joe Biden, and even poll workers.

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    Would it be cowardly or prudent for Carroll to just leave the US?

    I would probably just leave.

    If you can’t try a sitting president then you sure as shit can’t defend a law suit from one. She will end up getting fallen out of a window.

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      In his world? Yes. Unfortunately there hasn’t been a whole lot of significant precedent for pushback against the man child in chief during his earlier tenure, so i wouldnt hold my breath.

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        And they have used 4 years to make plans to get «sympathetic» people into as many positions as possible.

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          Well, tbf not like the Dems did anything to plug the holes in the system while they had the deciding vote the first 2 years.

          Sigh. It’s gonna get worse the next 4, right?

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            The Dems are part of the problem, even if they are immensely better than what’s incoming.

            Yes, it will.

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          And even after four years of thinking, they have trouble putting together the fucking cabinet :D

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        Do you not remember his first term? The vast majority of things he wanted to do got “pushback” from the DOJ. To the point where he fired the Attorney General, Jeff sessions, and replaced him with Bill barr. Even that monster, Bill Barr pushed back against Trump a bunch of times. Eventually, he even testified against him for several different inquiries and hearings, including both times he was impeached.

        Even when Trump‘s appointed his own attorney, general, they turn on him.

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      As the head of the executive branch, the President is ultimately in charge of them. Now, the President is supposed to avoid conflicts of interest and allow the DOJ to operate independently to carry out their duties and not to interfere with investigations. Historically that has of course been spotty to say the least.

      And Trump definitely doesn’t give a single fuck about conflicts. If the department heads won’t do it he’ll just fire them and get someone in the office who will. The normal check on this system is Congress, and they won’t do anything to defy Trump, at least not enough of them to actually stop anything.

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    How is it that we are supposed to remain within the “ToS” when we have this shit going on?

    If he gets to do whatever he wants, I should too.

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        I’m not an economics major, but I think it is a market fundamental that every time donvict bleats out something about “nasty women” that have wronged him that the consumer prices for everything drop some percentage points, including eggs.

        It’s just science.

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    Hints? That orange shitbucket has been pretty clear that he has every intention of weaponizing the justice system against everyone who opposed him.

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    And as I understand it, the feds have no obligation to follow through if it’s a bogus accusation.

    He doesn’t get to just make people just do shit.