Trump To Vance: I Would Prefer A Civil, Not Criminal Subpoena | Talking Points Memo

Attorneys for President Trump hit back in a Monday court filing at suggestions that the President is under investigation for fraud, saying that the allegations only meet the bar for civil wrongdoing.


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Vance gets to decide the charges, not the criminal.

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As a child, Donnie had no boundaries. As an adult, Donnie has no boundaries. He is criminally minded.

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How do the Trump lawyers know whether the charges are civil or criminal. They could easily be both. The prosecutor or the grand jury get to decide whether to bring criminal charges.

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what is that foul scent in the air? Flop sweat caused by desperation?

Clearly, all he wants is to delay, delay, delay, so the news breaks after November 3d.

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Meanwhile, Barr argues that the courts have no say in precisely this kind of prosecutorial discretion…

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You cannot charge me with patricide! I’m an orphan!

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Yes, but Trump will do everything he can to stall the process until after the election.

Once that fails, get ready for constant GOP screaming about how any investigations and charges should be delayed until after November, because we’re too close to the election, and “the people should decide.”

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Any subpoena would be too broad.

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I’d prefer pony over a sharp stick in the eye. But so what?

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I would prefer…

As my dad would say, “A lot of people in hell want ice water, but they can’t have it.”

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I’d love to know how much Trump and his endless legal battles have cost American taxpayers, and how much courtroom time and energy has been wasted. I hope Vance annihilates him.

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A case of subpoena envy.

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LOL! As would all prison residents.

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It’s not up to you, asshole.

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Probably less than weekly his golf excursions.

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Cute…phrasing your problems this way. But calling the towering inferno a marshmallow roast doesn’t put it out.

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Must be nice to be a rich white person who gets to litigate endlessly a commonplace subpoena requesting financial documents from a third party. Meanwhile, poor defendants sit in jail because they can’t afford bail or are forced to take plea bargains because their public defenders don’t have the resources to investigate and develop their own evidence or the time to devote to litigating the case. Oh, and don’t forget, if a defendant chooses to go to trial and gets convicted, that’s an upward departure on sentencing (at least in the federal system).

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You are being prosecuted, fatman. You don’t get choices here.

Well you can always choose what to plead when the time comes.

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:rage::rage::rage:

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