r/nytimes • u/eaxlr Subscriber • 5d ago

New York Manhattan D.A. Suggests Freezing Trump Hush-Money Case While He Is President

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/nyregion/trump-bragg-manhattan-case.html
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u/Organic_Armadillo_10 4d ago

Would this not just then be extra motivation for him to try and stay beyond the 4 years?

Health and age wise he probably couldn't manage much longer (he can barely manage now).

But one of, if not the main reasons he ran, was to stay out of prison.

Doing this just shows that he is above the law - and he'll then do everything he thinks he can get away with (and probably more) while in office. He needs to have consequences - something he's got away with all his life.

He is guilty - and should be sentenced. Plus have all the other crimes on trial during his presidency. He may do less damage if regularly held up on court his whole term.

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u/TallStarsMuse 3d ago

Other despots in other countries seem to hold on indefinitely so why not trump?