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

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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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      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.