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Trump is immune to everything except civil suits. If possible, file them in California. At worst he will have to settle to try to spare himself embarrassment, meaning money in your pocket. And, if you can resist the temptation to take the money and run, you can probably do some real good, since he has screwed over so many people in his lifetime and has always managed to get away with it by having more lawyers and not caring what was said in deposition.
Now, he cares what is said in deposition. And if you catch him or an associate lying in a non federal court---bingo. Particularly in the case of his associates. He is exempt from prosecution but they are not. Remember what Ken Star did? Trump actually deserves the Starr treatment.
Bonus points for a class action lawsuit. It will be more difficult for the Russian Mafia to threaten or buy off the plaintiffs. And surely there are some municipal districts that he has ripped off. It will be next to impossible for the mob to threaten a government body. The judge and lawyers involved, maybe. But if people involved in cases start dropping dead it looks bad.
No one with as many skeletons in his closet has ever been president. That's because presidents are always career military or politician. A shady businessman like Trump has an almost unlimited number of enemies who want justice. And now, he is a sitting duck.
I hope to see a civil suit filed each day against Trump. Maybe we can bankrupt Russia paying for all his lawyers.
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)Your idea is a good one. But also if there are crimes he has committed, now is the time for victims to step forward and demand that criminal charges be filed. If there are women he groped or molested where the statute of limitations have not run out, those are crimes in California, New York and most other states.
Having his time constantly tied up in lawsuits, depositions, etc. is one way to minimize his time for mischief. It could also incentivize Congress to eventually impeach him (though Pence poses his own set of problems, some worse than Trump, he is at least sane and less likely to start a nuclear war.)
It would be great if some people winning big judgments against Trump would donate some of that money to worthy causes like the ACLU and immigrant rights groups, too.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)And they will never ever impeach him. It would infuriate his base, since outlaws never betray their own.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)See my recent post about the things that make Trump's base mad as hell.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028422890