I thought this was on a loop but when it finally hit I was totally caught off guard.

truck: consequences

cylinder: Trump

Why does this feel so weird?

I assume it's just the pace, but overall there's plenty of reasons to be frustrated.

There's already talk about how some of these cases might not be resolved until after the election, at which point, depending on how it goes, could be extremely problematic.

It feels frustrating because it's mid-2023, and we may "run out of time" by end of 2024. People ask what the fuck was happening for 2.5 years? The reality of course is justice is not always, nor necessarily should be swift, and getting these investigations even started takes time to say nothing of collecting evidence and putting together a case. But also, 20 years ago even a single criminal indictment probably would have spelled the end of a Presidential campaign, and instead, Trump is successfully fundraising off of these charges and leading the polls.

It's all just bonkers.

Yep. Its a slow process.

They are collecting evidence. Witness statements and such.

They are NOT rushing this. It would be a shitshow.

There are a lot of people in this thread who became legal experts by passing the Reddit bar exam, or something of equally imaginary significance.

I know I would feel awful about.

Can you imagine the absolute torrent of psychotic conspiracy theories the MAGATS would spew until the end of time?

i think i know how i feel about trumps death.

Well, you can't arrest a sitting president, and Senate was majority Republican and they tow the party line so yeah most Democrats could do was impeach and let the Republicans bail him out

But now he's not president, and has to face the courts as a citizen. The investigators aren't going to rush a case like this, but you also can't risk it going over to the election before getting a conviction. Honestly the timing on all this seems pretty on point

Criminal investigations take time under the best of circumstances. These are not the best of circumstances.

Murder investigations can take years to get the person responsible on for trial even when in hindsight the evidence makes it seem obvious who did it.

This isn't a murder obviously but it is multiple messy messy cases with lots of moving delicate parts that as people who have never done a criminal investigation can't even imagine. I wouldn't want to rush into a case and end up bungling it because I didn't take my time.

As time goes on, the likelihood of that increases.

He's in prison