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Trumpin tuomiot ainakin on teatteria, ei ne pidätykset ja oikeudenkäynnit muuten sattuisi kaikki olemaan vaalin alla. Yksi istunto jopa supertiistaita edeltävänä päivänä.
Totta kyllä, monet muutkin tahot ovat nähdäkseni olleet sitä mieltä, että tuo on Trumpin järjestämää teatteria:
Trump again requests delay in Mar-a-Lago documents trial until after 2024 election
Lawyers propose pause until mid-November in trial on charges ex-president illegally retained sensitive documents at Florida club
The efforts are the result of Trump’s bet that if he were to win the election and the trials were delayed, he could direct his attorney general to drop the cases. Even if he lost, the closer the trials were to the election, the more he could allege the prosecutions were politically motivated.
Trump is trying to “intentionally derail” proceedings, and requests for delays on pre-trial issues amount to “unwarranted extensions,” prosecutors said in court filings.
ps. Olisihan demokraateilla ollut mahdollisuus antaa tukensa McCarthyn jatkolle, mutta ei. Kai sielläkin jotain 4d shakkia pelataan.
McCarthyn toimet eivät tainneet herättää luottamusta demokraateissa, joten en näe miksi demokraattien olisi pitänyt pelastaa republikaani vain sen takia, että seuraaja voi olla vielä huonompi?
“This is the Republican’s civil war and they haven't shown they can govern,” California Rep. Ted Lieu, the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, told TIME immediately after the speakership vote. “Hopefully the Republicans will be able to put forward someone that doesn't break his word and we'll see what happens. I am voting for Hakeem Jeffries.”
Why House Democrats Refused to Save McCarthy
Democrats voted alongside a handful of Republicans to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Several Democrats said McCarthy brought this on himself