Was just thinking this looks so much better than reddit…

actually so incredibly nice

You’re not the only one who thinks that

Obviously, it’s different because of who the defendant is. But I see it in kind of an opposite way: If Trump were anyone other than a former president, he would not have been given the luxury of a summons to appear in court. There would be a team of armed FBI agents outside his door at 6:30 in the morning, he would have been arrested and the government would be immediately moving to detain. So the idea that he’s being treated differently is true – but not from the way his supporters seem to be arguing.

Trump keeps claiming that he’s being treated differently and he’s right, but not in the way he means it. He’s not being persecuted. He’s being treated with exceptionally soft kid gloves.

He was given multiple chances to return the stuff he took. He was asked politely before a subpoena was issued. He was given time between the subpoena and the raid to turn everything over. After the raid, he wasn’t immediately arrested and tossed behind bars. They even allowed him to come in and skip some procedures like being handcuffed and getting his mugshot taken.

He’s been given way more considerations than anyone else who committed even remotely the number of infractions that he committed would get.

If Trump wants to not get treated differently, I’m all for it. Arrest him and toss him in jail while he waits for his trial. As a bonus, suddenly his usual tactic of delay, delay, delay won’t be as attractive.

If any of us were indicted on even 1 of his 37 charges we would have been rotting in federal prison for the past 3 years

You probably wouldn’t even get that far honestly. Normal people don’t really have a chance in these sorts of cases.

They’re there to protect the courthouse from the same people who were at Jan 6.

They prevented the Capitol Police from getting sufficient number of people and equipment without permission from Trump and he never gave it, if I remember correctly.

How does the math on that work? Number of indictments / number of Presidents = 1.54 would imply that the number of times Trump has been indicted exceeds the number of Presidents the U.S. has had and that ain’t right…

First off not a lawyer, so take it with a grain of salt.

Being indicted means you are formally charged with a crime. Its the process of the court saying we think you did this crime and we’re starting to head towards a trial.

Arrested means that police or other law officers are taking you into custody.

Arraigned means you are brought before a judge to answer the charges. When arraigned you choose whether to plea not guilty or not.

He constantly has a secret service detail. He isn’t a flight risk because he can’t even try without being noticed.

I suppose he could run into his private jet and take off before they catch him, but I just can’t see the man running very far or fast

How is him fleeing forever to a foreign country not a win for everyone?

To play the Devil’s advocate: If you really believed the election was stolen, you’d sort of have to do something about it. It be a patriotic duty.

Imagine the timeline with Gore as POTUS

I think it’s better this way. Less likely to be painted as a victim of persecution.

If what’s already transpired is any measure, there’s literally no way Trump can prevent himself from breaking the very, very few rules they have given him to follow in this case. It’s part of why he is struggling to find new legal counsel, because very few want to represent someone who does so many self-incriminating things on the daily.

I think they’re allowing him to submit a picture rather than have a booking photo, according to other reports I’ve read