• lettruthout@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    “Merchan said Tuesday that he will rule on the contempt charges at a later time.”

    When? Punishment should have been imposed long ago.

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      2 months ago

      Hopefully he’s just biding his time and giving him enough rope to hang himself with.

      So far Merchan has not seemed like a pushover in this trial and right now I trust he knows what he’s doing.

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        2 months ago

        I hope he’s stacking the contempt charges just in case there’s a successful appeal, then those charges will be sufficient to put his ass away for the rest of his life.

        A man can dream

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        2 months ago

        I have zero trust for “there will be consequences later.” I’ve been seeing that over and over and over for years. If the judge says this is obviously contempt and chooses not to address that now, I am no longer capable of optimism.

        I need that gif of Jon Oliver with the “We got him!” banner.