This wasn't a waste of time

[Jerome]

I don't understand how there is any accountability even if the Senate votes to convict. However, since we know they don't have the votes there will be no conviction. Either way, accountability is only a symbolic concept.

The real accountability was the election result.

Trump tried the coup AFTER the election, so no, the accountability wasn't the election result.

The accountability will be trump never holding office again, and Trump going to jail and white supremacist groups being deemed terrorist groups and hunted accordingly.

[Sailor]

Trump tried the coup AFTER the election, so no, the accountability wasn't the election result.

The accountability will be trump never holding office again, and Trump going to jail and white supremacist groups being deemed terrorist groups and hunted accordingly.

You are going to be disappointed. Again.

[Trumpet]

You are going to be disappointed. Again.

This opinion is right from the law office of Captain Poopeye.

[Flash]

Don't agree, but no big deal.

Which part do you disagree with? Do you think there is any chance for conviction? If so, that is overly optimistic. Some of the JPP liberals said the first trial had a chance of convicting.

[Flash]

They know a lot more about Trump's ties to a transnational crime syndicate but Pelosi and Schumer are feckless and not allowing the broader hearings that we need and deserve. Flynn, Manafort and Stone are still lurking in the background.

Then the Justice Dept should begin a criminal investigation. "Ties"are not necessarily illegal.

[Matt Dillon]

No, denying Trump from holding public office again is a profound statement of accountability.

Or admitting that any decent opposition will kick your ass so you try to thwart there being any.

[Cinnabar]

Then the Justice Dept should begin a criminal investigation. "Ties"are not necessarily illegal.

These "ties" are and you just witnessed it on January 6th.

[BidenPresident]

Which part do you disagree with? Do you think there is any chance for conviction? If so, that is overly optimistic. Some of the JPP liberals said the first trial had a chance of convicting.

I care about the truth. Watching the videos from the trial today disgusted me. Trump inspired fascists.

[Matt Dillon]

This next year is going to be fascinating for sure.

Yeah..I predict near-death for airlines.

Not only are there Draconian TSA and Covid rules, but now jet fuel prices are going to skyrocket, too.

[Flash]

Just as some consider the death penalty to be some sort of deterrent, a conviction here is necessary to send a message to future trumps. It would also serve to punish him monetarily. He'd lose a number of post presidential perks, not the least of which being a $1 million/year travel stipend.

I don't think that we'll have to worry about him ever holding office again, but a conviction would seal that.

Agreed, but there's no chance of a 2/3 Senate vote.

All the convictions and punishment of previous politicians did not seem to send a message to the current crew. The law is not usually a deterrent because they don't think they will be caught. Those who obey the law is not because they are afraid of punishment but because they think it is morally wrong.

[Sailor]

Agreed, but there's no chance of a 2/3 Senate vote.

All the convictions and punishment of previous politicians did not seem to send a message to the current crew. The law is not usually a deterrent because they don't think they will be caught. Those who obey the law is not because they are afraid of punishment but because they think it is morally wrong.

Outstanding. And very true.

[Flash]

Trump tried the coup AFTER the election, so no, the accountability wasn't the election result.

The accountability will be trump never holding office again, and Trump going to jail and white supremacist groups being deemed terrorist groups and hunted accordingly.

But the coup failed so his defeat was the punishment. Trump is not likely to seek office again (although his lawyer says he is the mayor of Mar-a-Lago). Trump is very unlikely to go to jail and only those white supremacist groups with a record of illegal acts can be deemed terrorist. There is nothing illegal about being a white supremacist by itself.

[martin]

It was a waste of time only if the sole purpose was to convict. Seventeen Republican Senators wouldn’t do that even if Trump ordered the insurrection in writing. But it was important that the case be made to the country, and it was made exceptionally well.

[PostmodernProphet]

I think there is little likelihood Trump will run for president again.

but the left will wet their panties every time they think of him.....

[PostmodernProphet]

There's little doubt that Donald J Trump will go down in History as a Piece of SHIT

there is no doubt the lib'ruls will go down in history as idiots......