I think the biggest reason I want to be found guilty is so he can't run for president and then there is some actual hope someone other than Biden or Trump might actually win...

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@freemo Unfortunately, being found guilty, even imprisoned, does not in fact bar him from office.

The only hope of that lies in the 14th Amendment, section 3:

"No person shall... hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, ... who, having previously taken an oath, ... as an officer of the United States, ... to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same"

I understand there are legal moves on to disqualify him on exactly these grounds, but it'll take a while and will presumably end up with the less-than-impartial Supreme Court.

@VoxDei Yes this is true, being found guilty alone wont bar him from running... but one would hope it would effectively prevent him... i guess we will see

@freemo Doesn't look like it, sadly. Most of the Republican base are too far gone in the Fox News reality where black is white and none of this is happening.

Rupert Murdoch has an awful lot to answer for, but at this point I doubt he could stop it if he wanted to. Even if Fox turned round and started telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, three quarters of Trump's base would just assume they'd been nobbled by the Deep State and double down. Deprogramming people once they've bought into a conspiracy is a bitch.

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