• Jim9222@lemmy.world
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      I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. Historical precedent, Trump first this happened. It just stopped the extreme bullshit and speed of execution. Pretty much no one got held accountable in any meaningful way

      Until the Dems purge the olds Dems, the ones that support the billionaire class. I’m not as hopeful that anything will improve. We’re just back to stalling and nothing changing for the better or worse

      • IamSparticles@lemmy.zip
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        Uh… about 1600 people were charged and over 1200 were convicted of crimes related to the Jan 6 insurrection.

        Trump pardoned them all on his first day in office. With a Republican-controlled congress that wasn’t inclined to do anything to stop him. But saying nothing happened is a ridiculous over-simplification.

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          Well if they hadn’t sat on their asses for four years and charged and convicted Trump, he wouldn’t have had a chance to even run for office in 2024. Instead they waited until after he’d already won the Republican nomination just months before the election to bring charges.

          They could have also done something with all the Epstein files that they’ve possessed this entire time, but instead here we are nearly 8 years from Epstein’s arrest and they’re still being hidden and the only person who’s even been prosecuted was the woman who worked for him.