• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I honestly wonder if Putin expects corruption in the American system. I mean there is, but if he expects more.

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      5 months ago

      He grew up on a steady diet of Soviet propaganda that leaned HEAVILY on that point. You’re probably right.

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        5 months ago

        Let’s not pretend like the rest of us would have disagreed. If Trump sees the inside of a cell that will be an anomaly at this point.

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          I think the judge clucked his tongue sternly for one of the multiple counts of Donald violating a court order regarding intimidating jurors and court staff. I knew there was a corrupt multi-tiered justice system but I have never before seen it so blatant.

          Other guys in NY spend years locked up in solitary just waiting for trial, let alone mouthing off to a judge, let alone publicly asking followers to threaten or harass a jurors and the judge’s staff.

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        I’d also be pretty confident that he put a lot of eggs in that basket because his tactics worked in 2016 and he figured it was a proven success