• Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    and incidentally, this fear of accusation causes an inherent bias in the opposite direction. Slap him in jail already. Communication only through his lawyers. or maybe only through court appointed lawyers. Because, you know, his lawyers are also likely to be criminals.

    • abraxas@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      He has appeals judges partly in his pocket. If they are handed a case with zero objectionable actions by prosecution or the judge, they're not going to go full-MAGA and say "we're letting him out anyway". If they have even the dumbest little technicality, they're "just doing their job" in freeing him.

      Just look at his early SCOTUS appeals.