More evidence of deferential treatment for Don.

[okfine]

The real crime family...

'As blatant as it comes': Trump's Oman real estate deal raises red flags he will 'sell out' U.S. interests

Former President Donald Trump has a complex new real estate deal in Oman — and it could compromise how he approaches U.S. interests if he becomes president once again, reported The New York Times on Tuesday."Mr. Trump’s name is plastered on signs at the entrance of the project and in the lobby...

www.rawstory.com

 

[hadit]

Jonathan Goodman, the magistrate judge assigned to handle Donald J. Trump’s arraignment, did something of a double take during the proceeding on Tuesday, when the Justice Department offered the former president a bond deal that was not merely lenient but imposed virtually no restrictions on him at all. Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing the prosecution for the department, opted not to request conditions routinely imposed on other defendants seeking to be released from custody, like cash bail, limits on domestic travel or turning in his passport.

But Judge Goodman, tasked with hashing out a bond agreement during a one-day cameo appearance on the case, was not entirely on board. He suggested that Mr. Trump be compelled to “avoid all contact with co-defendants, victims and witnesses except through counsel.” Mr. Smith’s deputy, David Harbach, joined Mr. Trump’s lawyers in opposing that idea — but the judge imposed a version of it anyway.

Mr. Smith’s decision not to demand any conditions at the arraignment, people familiar with the situation said, reflected a belief that prosecutors should avoid impairing Mr. Trump’s ability to campaign.
In Trump Prosecution, Special Counsel Seeks to Avoid Distracting Fights

A Washington Post investigation found that more than a year would pass before prosecutors and FBI agents jointly embarked on a formal probe of actions directed from the White House to try to steal the election. Even then, the FBI stopped short of identifying the former president as a focus of that investigation.

A wariness about appearing partisan, institutional caution, and clashes over how much evidence was sufficient to investigate the actions of Trump and those around him all contributed to the slow pace. Garland and the deputy attorney general, Lisa Monaco, charted a cautious course aimed at restoring public trust in the department while some prosecutors below them chafed, feeling top officials were shying away from looking at evidence of potential crimes by Trump and those close to him, The Post found.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/06/19/fbi-resisted-opening-probe-into-trumps-role-jan-6-more-than-year/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjE4ODE5NjA3IiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4NzIzMzYwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4ODUyOTU5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjg3MjMzNjAwLCJqdGkiOiJjYzY3NzJjOS0zZmNjLTQxNzItYTE2YS02MDczMTAwYjFjYTkiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vaW52ZXN0aWdhdGlvbnMvMjAyMy8wNi8xOS9mYmktcmVzaXN0ZWQtb3BlbmluZy1wcm9iZS1pbnRvLXRydW1wcy1yb2xlLWphbi02LW1vcmUtdGhhbi15ZWFyLyJ9.wtv_iPaEVQ65eip1rT0EjAJ2i5No_8okwDudXpB1Bkg

Not to mention the multiple opportunities the Orange Menace was afforded to return the classified docs he stole. As well as the assignment of a judge to his case with a history of bending if not breaking the law to aid his defense.

Far from being persecuted, Trump left the DoJ no choice but to investigate and eventually indict him. To not do so would have been a dereliction of Garland's duty to the country. Because Trump's actions involve a compromise of the nation's security and an existential threat to the core of our democracy. But most of all because they involve violations of law.

How have ex-presidents been treated in the past when they were indicted for something or other? IOW, you can't ignore the reality that we're in basically uncharted territory and should get over your butthurt that TRUMP! isn't wearing an orange jumpsuit, never to see the light of day again.

 

[berg80]

so is Joe, Pence, likely Obama, Clinton, etc,

right?

The differences between Trump's case and that of others has been explained ad infinitum. If you don't understand it by now your IQ is probably below average.

 

[marvin martian]

Jonathan Goodman, the magistrate judge assigned to handle Donald J. Trump’s arraignment, did something of a double take during the proceeding on Tuesday, when the Justice Department offered the former president a bond deal that was not merely lenient but imposed virtually no restrictions on him at all. Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing the prosecution for the department, opted not to request conditions routinely imposed on other defendants seeking to be released from custody, like cash bail, limits on domestic travel or turning in his passport.

But Judge Goodman, tasked with hashing out a bond agreement during a one-day cameo appearance on the case, was not entirely on board. He suggested that Mr. Trump be compelled to “avoid all contact with co-defendants, victims and witnesses except through counsel.” Mr. Smith’s deputy, David Harbach, joined Mr. Trump’s lawyers in opposing that idea — but the judge imposed a version of it anyway.

Mr. Smith’s decision not to demand any conditions at the arraignment, people familiar with the situation said, reflected a belief that prosecutors should avoid impairing Mr. Trump’s ability to campaign.
In Trump Prosecution, Special Counsel Seeks to Avoid Distracting Fights

A Washington Post investigation found that more than a year would pass before prosecutors and FBI agents jointly embarked on a formal probe of actions directed from the White House to try to steal the election. Even then, the FBI stopped short of identifying the former president as a focus of that investigation.

A wariness about appearing partisan, institutional caution, and clashes over how much evidence was sufficient to investigate the actions of Trump and those around him all contributed to the slow pace. Garland and the deputy attorney general, Lisa Monaco, charted a cautious course aimed at restoring public trust in the department while some prosecutors below them chafed, feeling top officials were shying away from looking at evidence of potential crimes by Trump and those close to him, The Post found.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/06/19/fbi-resisted-opening-probe-into-trumps-role-jan-6-more-than-year/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjE4ODE5NjA3IiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4NzIzMzYwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4ODUyOTU5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjg3MjMzNjAwLCJqdGkiOiJjYzY3NzJjOS0zZmNjLTQxNzItYTE2YS02MDczMTAwYjFjYTkiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vaW52ZXN0aWdhdGlvbnMvMjAyMy8wNi8xOS9mYmktcmVzaXN0ZWQtb3BlbmluZy1wcm9iZS1pbnRvLXRydW1wcy1yb2xlLWphbi02LW1vcmUtdGhhbi15ZWFyLyJ9.wtv_iPaEVQ65eip1rT0EjAJ2i5No_8okwDudXpB1Bkg

Not to mention the multiple opportunities the Orange Menace was afforded to return the classified docs he stole. As well as the assignment of a judge to his case with a history of bending if not breaking the law to aid his defense.

Far from being persecuted, Trump left the DoJ no choice but to investigate and eventually indict him. To not do so would have been a dereliction of Garland's duty to the country. Because Trump's actions involve a compromise of the nation's security and an existential threat to the core of our democracy. But most of all because they involve violations of law.

But, since the Hunter Biden case, we know you're ok with this. So STFU.

 

[whitehall]

Of course a former president of the United States gets preferential treatment.

 

[Auld Phart]

The real crime family...

'As blatant as it comes': Trump's Oman real estate deal raises red flags he will 'sell out' U.S. interests

Former President Donald Trump has a complex new real estate deal in Oman — and it could compromise how he approaches U.S. interests if he becomes president once again, reported The New York Times on Tuesday."Mr. Trump’s name is plastered on signs at the entrance of the project and in the lobby...

www.rawstory.com

RawStory?

 

[berg80]

Of course a former president of the United States gets preferential treatment.

The point being, in the twisted view of their alternative reality, The Following believes the opposite. Because that's what Don told them to believe.

 

[berg80]

RawStory?

Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns
Details of the former president’s agreement to work with a Saudi firm to develop a hotel and golf complex overlooking the Gulf of Oman highlight the ways his business and political roles intersect.

On a remote site at the edge of the Gulf of Oman, thousands of migrant laborers from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are at work in 103-degree heat, toiling in shifts from dawn until nightfall to build a new city, a multibillion-dollar project backed by Oman’s oil-rich government that has an unusual partner: former President Donald J. Trump.

Mr. Trump’s name is plastered on signs at the entrance of the project and in the lobby of the InterContinental Hotel in Muscat, the nearby capital of Oman, where a team of sales agents is invoking Mr. Trump’s name to help sell luxury villas at prices of up to $13 million, mostly targeting superrich buyers from around the world, including from Russia, Iran and India.

Mr. Trump has been selling his name to global real estate developers for more than a decade. But the Oman deal has taken his financial stake in one of the world’s most strategically important and volatile regions to a new level, underscoring how his business and his politics intersect as he runs for president again amid intensifying legal and ethical troubles.
Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns

Once a grifter always a grifter.

 

[Marener]

Of course a former president of the United States gets preferential treatment.

All men are created equal. But some are more equal than others.

 

[hadit]

Of course a former president of the United States gets preferential treatment.

Exactly. Unlike a private citizen, he has a 24 hour/day armed Secret Service detail around him. You simply cannot put handcuffs on him and stick him in a cell. This is a perpetual frustration to those who cannot function unless they get to see him in orange, working out in a prison yard.

The worst that we will see is a fine that he'll pay out of petty cash and MAYBE a month or two confinement in extremely opulent surroundings, in the very unlikely case it ever gets that far. Naturally, the haters will pretend they got what they wanted while secretly wailing in their basements. What will be interesting is how long they will continue talking about him.

 

[BackAgain]

Jonathan Goodman, the magistrate judge assigned to handle Donald J. Trump’s arraignment, did something of a double take during the proceeding on Tuesday, when the Justice Department offered the former president a bond deal that was not merely lenient but imposed virtually no restrictions on him at all. Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing the prosecution for the department, opted not to request conditions routinely imposed on other defendants seeking to be released from custody, like cash bail, limits on domestic travel or turning in his passport.

But Judge Goodman, tasked with hashing out a bond agreement during a one-day cameo appearance on the case, was not entirely on board. He suggested that Mr. Trump be compelled to “avoid all contact with co-defendants, victims and witnesses except through counsel.” Mr. Smith’s deputy, David Harbach, joined Mr. Trump’s lawyers in opposing that idea — but the judge imposed a version of it anyway.

Mr. Smith’s decision not to demand any conditions at the arraignment, people familiar with the situation said, reflected a belief that prosecutors should avoid impairing Mr. Trump’s ability to campaign.
In Trump Prosecution, Special Counsel Seeks to Avoid Distracting Fights

A Washington Post investigation found that more than a year would pass before prosecutors and FBI agents jointly embarked on a formal probe of actions directed from the White House to try to steal the election. Even then, the FBI stopped short of identifying the former president as a focus of that investigation.

A wariness about appearing partisan, institutional caution, and clashes over how much evidence was sufficient to investigate the actions of Trump and those around him all contributed to the slow pace. Garland and the deputy attorney general, Lisa Monaco, charted a cautious course aimed at restoring public trust in the department while some prosecutors below them chafed, feeling top officials were shying away from looking at evidence of potential crimes by Trump and those close to him, The Post found.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/06/19/fbi-resisted-opening-probe-into-trumps-role-jan-6-more-than-year/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjE4ODE5NjA3IiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4NzIzMzYwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4ODUyOTU5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjg3MjMzNjAwLCJqdGkiOiJjYzY3NzJjOS0zZmNjLTQxNzItYTE2YS02MDczMTAwYjFjYTkiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vaW52ZXN0aWdhdGlvbnMvMjAyMy8wNi8xOS9mYmktcmVzaXN0ZWQtb3BlbmluZy1wcm9iZS1pbnRvLXRydW1wcy1yb2xlLWphbi02LW1vcmUtdGhhbi15ZWFyLyJ9.wtv_iPaEVQ65eip1rT0EjAJ2i5No_8okwDudXpB1Bkg

Not to mention the multiple opportunities the Orange Menace was afforded to return the classified docs he stole. As well as the assignment of a judge to his case with a history of bending if not breaking the law to aid his defense.

Far from being persecuted, Trump left the DoJ no choice but to investigate and eventually indict him. To not do so would have been a dereliction of Garland's duty to the country. Because Trump's actions involve a compromise of the nation's security and an existential threat to the core of our democracy. But most of all because they involve violations of law.

Lol. Another bug80 dishonest thread headline.”More.”

 

[okfine]

RawStory?

Yes and in many other sane outlets.

 

[berg80]

What will be interesting is how long they will continue talking about him.

That's entirely a function of how long you folks continue to be his fawning sycophants.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

It's not working. Hunter Biden's plea deal made it worse.

Was his plea deal any different than the average joe would have gotten?

 

[marvin martian]

That's entirely a function of how long you folks continue to be his fawning sycophants.

So you're entirely under the control of Trump supporters. Ok.

 

[berg80]

You simply cannot put handcuffs on him and stick him in a cell.

The severity of the crimes requires that he serve significant time in confinement. Anything less is a mockery of the justice system.

 

[hadit]

That's entirely a function of how long you folks continue to be his fawning sycophants.

You allow other people to control what you say? That's pretty lame. No, you guys have TRUMP! on the brain and can't help yourselves.

 

[berg80]

So you're entirely under the control of Trump supporters. Ok.

Not really. But you folks are entirely under the control of Don. If you weren't, a twice impeached, twice indicted (presumably more to come), disgraced, adulterous, pathologically lying conman would have the kind of support for his candidacy he deserves...........none.

 

[hadit]

The severity of the crimes requires that he serve significant time in confinement. Anything less is a mockery of the justice system.

The severity of the accusations. Kyle Rittenhouse faced very severe accusations of very severe crimes and didn't serve any time. TRUMP! won't serve any time in prison, so get your signs made up now and practice screaming at the sky. The worst that could happen is a fine and maybe a short house arrest in the most opulent of surroundings.

 

[berg80]

You allow other people to control what you say? That's pretty lame. No, you guys have TRUMP! on the brain and can't help yourselves.

As long as you folks make him a prominent figure with a chance to win back the presidency how can we ignore such a danger to national security?