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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago
[–] hypeerror@sh.itjust.works 83 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Every accusation is a confession from this guy.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yep. Watching his reaction to a stenographer read a sentence from that shooter's manifesto was instructive.

Remember, he IS a rapist. He was not in any way "vindicated". Just because NY has a narrower definition of rape does not change what he did.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

HAY! That's SERIAL rapist.

Know your presidents.

Adjudicated serial rapist Inmate # P01135809 (Thursday, August 24 2020)

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

So very, very large.

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So he was the one eating the dogs?

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 20 hours ago

WOL

(Woof out loud)

Came here to basically comment this

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We should normalise ignoring anything after 'Trump says'.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait, maybe let’s hear him out in this one.

Commuting this fraud would disqualify them from office? So perhaps we should impeach them and remove them from office?

Might I also suggest throwing them into a volcano just to be safe?

I feel like we could goad Trump into leaving office by just telling him Obama was better base jumping or something and maybe he’d jump off a cliff on his own.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Commuting this fraud would disqualify them from office? So perhaps we should impeach them and remove them from office?

I reckon that's just the tip of the iceberg of the fraud Trump and his cronies have been guilty of.

I feel like we could goad Trump into leaving office by just telling him Obama was better base jumping or something and maybe he’d jump off a cliff on his own.

I like the way you think!

[–] pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For the record, "this fraud" is "mortgage fraud," specifically getting a mortgage while claiming more than one primary residence. It's worth clicking through if you want details, but the clickbait headline of the article annoys me. (I lay the blame for this on rawstory, not on OP for faithfully transcribing it.)

[–] Jollyllama@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The first lender I spoke with when buying a house told me to lie on my application and tell the bank the unliveable property I cosigned on with my brother was my primary residence. She said it would be fine but it wasn't worth taking the risk so I walked. Same thing these folks did except if I had been caught I wouldn't have the $$ to pay fines.

Turns out if you make a rule but don't enforce then the folks who can take advantage of your lack of enforcement will break the law.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

At this point, it'd be easier to count the laws he hasn't broken.

[–] TransNeko@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

has he by any chance:

played dominoes on a sunday in Alabama.

done fake drugs in Arizona.

eaten a dead frog from a frog jumping contest in California.

sold pet fur in Delaware.

tossed a dwarf in Florida. (honestly wouldn't put it past him to do this when a dwarf gets mixed in with his latest batch of child sex slaves)

sold refrigerated soda and water in a liquor store in Indiana.

sniffed glue with intent in Indiana.

shot a rabbit in a motorized boat in Kansas.

parked in front of a dunkin donuts in Maine.

told someone their future in Maryland. (actually he's done this so it counts as a law he's broken)

cheated on any of his wives while in New York. (he's probably done this multiple times)

laid down or slept with his shoes on in North Dakota.

had sex with anyone he wasn't married to in Virginia (ok knowing him... he's done it hundreds of times... so why the fuck do i have it on this list? idk...)

don't get me wrong... I loathe the slimy rotting orange pedophile... but I'm sure the list of laws he hasn't broken is shorter than the above list.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Do you think he has fucked a porcupine in Florida, because that is a law there.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

If he hasn't yet, I'm sure RFKJr has him covered.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 day ago

Public intoxication is probably the only one he hasn't done because he's a tea totaler

[–] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago

Personally, I think all the child raping should disqualify him from freedom.

[–] Little_mouse@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

I keep imagining a world where if you declare something illegal (when it's not) and you are found to have done it, it amounts to the courts treating it as though it actually is illegal, but just for the accuser. I feel like it would clean up a lot of frivolous lawsuits and political bullies.

It would probably cause a lot more problems though, and likely wouldn't be applied fairly. Like all laws.

[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Because of course.

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

this fraud

Local Lemmy user answers to clickbait with this comment , upvote to see what happened!

[–] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago

Nono, he can't have committed fraud. Fraud is when the other guy wins.

[–] DarkDecay@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Like you need any sort of probe to determine a trump committed fraud. That's literally all that family can do

[–] Sickday@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

another headline I'd expect to see on The Onion lmao