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Tim Pool Debates Lawyer On Legal Warfare Against Trump, It Was Unconstitutional

2025-11-03 Entertainment
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Unprecedented Legal Tactics: Challenging Felony Upgrades Without Proven Underlying Crimes

Assess how recent legal actions against political figures—specifically elevating misdemeanors to felonies based on unproven intent—challenge historical US legal precedent. Understand the arguments surrounding vindictive prosecution and the weaponization of existing statutes.

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  • The core legal debate centers on upgrading a misdemeanor (falsifying records) to a felony by alleging intent toward a second, unproven crime (e.g., campaign finance violation).
  • Participants argue that elevating penalties without proving the underlying offense erodes established standards where prosecution requires proof of a committed crime.
  • The discussion highlights several legal situations deemed "unprecedented," including state actions against lawyers and federal document handling investigations.
  • This analysis provides context on why actions like the Trump document case filing location are viewed skeptically in current partisan environments.
  • This discussion anchors current legal maneuvers against opposition figures in historical context, examining deviations from standard prosecutorial practice regarding intent versus completed acts.

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Top Comments (10)

@jtzreal 2025-11-03

They didn’t prove intent to commit another crime either. They just used NY liberals to convict a Republican. That’s it.

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@garomcfbgdd3211 2025-11-03

Dudes like this are why people have lost faith in the legal system.

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@donaldstevens932 2025-11-03

So upgrading a misdemeanor to a felony on supposed intent? Is this 1984? Thought crime? Horseshit

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@jasonlott9650 2025-11-03

How can you prove intent if the jurors don't have to agree on what they thought his intent was? I'm not sure why this lawyer accepts that they "proved" intent.

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@azuredragoon2054 2025-11-03

This lawyer is an idiot and completely neglecting "innocent until proven guilty". Tim is 100% right that being unable to prove a second crime and it STILL being a penalty is inherently unconstitutional.

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@D3viator-p1z 2025-11-03

This was about preventing him from being re elected, not justice.

261 8 replies
@coreygee799 2025-11-03

Gotta love when a former prosecutor just laughs when talking about innocent people pleading guilty to get people like him to leave them alone.

107 1 replies
@russellhobbs4945 2025-11-04

That’s not a lawyer, that’s an activist.

69 3 replies
@ronaldsanderson9924 2025-11-03

They did have guns when they raided MarA Lago. This attorney is bonkers.

61 1 replies
@lilwhitec4 2025-11-03

Obama didn't pay parking tickets with the intent to commit treason Problem solved

36 3 replies

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