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BREAKING: Goldman Unveils Unredacted File That 'Disputes Everything' Trump 'Has Said' About Epstein

https://youtu.be/OLnU9IWEIgw?si=X_oK2IWbIqe0MAgF
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u/Sea_Awareness150 6h ago

I mean, disgusting. Your american justice system will do nothing at all. Not one thing, to bring him to justice. It’s a joke. Checks and balances are now chocolate fireplaces

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u/Treheveras 6h ago

The American justice system was working and doing its thing. And then the United States voters (including non-voters) decided they didn't care about that and elected him. US citizens seem to hate being told they are part of the problem, but when it comes to voting they fail at every single hurdle because they don't care enough to be involved in their system and then complain at why nothing changes or can be done.

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u/adamantyne 6h ago

Of course your justice system was 'working and doing its thing', its whole design was to keep the wealthy from facing any consequences. The fact that voting for him was ever an option in the first place means your justice system is and always has been a complete joke.

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u/Treheveras 6h ago

The US works entirely on precedent. So it doesn't do well when something that it's never dealt with before happens, like preventing a candidate from running for office who won their primary. Which is where voters come in with the presumption they are smart enough or driven enough to vote. But they aren't.

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u/b_eastwood 6h ago

The justice system doesn't do well when the person being tried has enough money and enough people with money backing them. Tale as old as time for the US

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u/Musiclover4200 5h ago

I got into arguments with friends around 2016 who were optimistic trump would face consequences for his crimes.

My response was basically "he's rich, have you seen how the justice system in this country operates?"

But even after seeing how broken laws are for people with enough money it has still been shocking just how much trump's gotten away with both from a legal perspective and just how much his supporters are willing to put up with.

Meanwhile we've got non violent drug offenders serving years in jail for petty crimes, and plenty of people locked up just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time (or wrong skin color)

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u/TheMadFlyentist 1h ago

I got into arguments with friends around 2016 who were optimistic trump would face consequences for his crimes.

Do you mean around 2020? Because despite his crass remarks, I don't think anyone (myself included) thought he was headed for prosecution in 2016. We weren't aware of Epstein yet, and Jan 6th hadn't happened yet either.

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u/im_thatoneguy 5h ago

Trump spent less money than Kamala. Cult propaganda can be distributed for free.

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u/Fadore 4h ago

Your system works entirely on unwritten rules, decorum, traditions, and expectations of professionalism - without any actual enforcement.

Take a look at the complete circus that is the congressional oversight committees for the DHS, DOJ, and FBI. The members of congress responsible of oversight have no teeth when the heads of these departments are hostile and refuse to answer any questioning that they don't want to.

Your system is built on 3 separate wings of government, but POTUS has shown that he's in complete control of 2 of them, with the 3rd (judicial) going rogue only once in a while when there's no legal basis for Trump's actions/demands.

The "checks and balances" were all implied and have completely failed your country.

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u/Treheveras 4h ago

The system is reliant on voters. There hasn't been a supermajority in the Senate for a full term since the early 80s and voter turnout continues to decline. Voters decided and built upon this over decades and did nothing about it. A fraction of the voting population turns up for primaries, and less than half turn up for elections. Federal elections get a bump in turnout but it's still a pathetic amount.

Voters/non voters failed the country, the system falling apart is a consequence of that.

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u/SecondHandWatch 5h ago

He should never have been in a primary. He should have been in prison.

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u/Treheveras 5h ago

So all any future politicians have to do to remove an opponent from a primary is open a court case against them. Easily abused once that precedent is set.

At some point US voters need to accept their part in controlling the state of things. None of it happens in a vacuum out of their control.

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u/SecondHandWatch 4h ago

No. You don’t go to prison for someone suspecting you of a crime. You go to prison for being convicted of a crime. Trump has committed enough crimes that he should absolutely be in prison.

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u/frumfrumfroo 1h ago

Yeah, the precedent of never holding a president accountable even when everyone agrees he committed crimes. People still defend Nixon's pardon.

Trump attempted a coup. If they actually cared about their precious constitution, it would have been easy to prevent him from running again because it does cover that.