Trump and Vance face criminal charges over Springfield hoax

Organization seeks 'immediate arrest' of Trump and Vance over Springfield hoax

Fixed the title. I read nothing to suggest that Trump or Vance are currently in any danger of being arrested in Springfield, Ohio.

I'm beginning to think RawStory exaggerates their headlines for clicks. An organization has asked a court to arrest them, a FAR cry from facing immediate arrest.

"There's nothing special about Trump and Vance that entitles them to get away with what they've done and are doing," the attorney added. "They think they're above the law. They're not."

Except for the Senate Republicans who would not hold their own accountable for crimes they committed or the federal supreme Court Justice feeding Trump's attorney legal advice to use in the lower courts. And the billions in PAC funds and trinket grifts used to campaign for politicians and appoint judges who are loyal to them above the Constitution and citizens. And anything Trump did as president is legal if he says it was part of the job. Except for those facts sure they're just like you or me in the eyes of the law.

Tempted to remove as "Fox by Proxy" but here's an alternate source which confirms the story and raises an excellent point:

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/25/g-s1-24436/haitian-group-charges-trump-vance-springfield

“If it were anyone else other than Trump and Vance who had done what they’ve done — wreak havoc on Springfield, resulting in bomb threats, evacuated and closed government buildings and schools, threats to the mayor and his family — they would have been arrested by now,” Chandra said. “They are not above the law.”

Chandra said the U.S. Supreme Court's July ruling granting ex-presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution does not apply in this case because Trump is currently a private citizen and Vance was not acting in his capacity as a senator when he amplified the rumors that members of Springfield’s 15,000-member Haitian community were eating people’s pets.

So this is the real reason why Trump cancelled his Springfield visit.

"i'm still voting for trump!"

--this fucking guy

I think it would be pretty hilarious if this was the thing that got Trump in jail. Aaaaaall the other stuff? Nah. but this Springfield hoax? Yeah we got to do something about that.

Silly billies. Don't they know that the law doesn't apply to rich people?

Good on them for trying.

As fucking if lmao

Trump isn't ever going to actually go to jail. That would set a precedent for us to actually keep our political leaders accountable, and that ain't happening.

Well that's one way to keep them out of your city while campaigning. Can we do that here in MI? I'm sick of them being here every week.

I'll believe it when I see it.

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I'm positive that they'll be arrested and face justice 🤦🏽

@just_another_person@lemmy.world Looks like Rawstory heard the complaints and modified the headline on you.

The new headline is "Trump and Vance face criminal charges over Springfield hoax"

If you could make this match, that would be great!

I'm sure that will work. "ONE SIMPLE TRICK THE REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT."

Yeah mate, a criminal record

Lock them up! Lock them up! Lock them up!

Why are politicians not accountable for spreading lies? Not even ridiculous ones like this?

Lets hope they get this done. Trump and Vance as prison buddys, now that is something I'd love to see.

Send them to prison and hide the couches.

They’ve already ruined their reputations themselves, honestly keep it up🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

Would love to see it happen, but I won’t hold my breath.

Hang 'em both.

Stochastic terrorism needs to have more severe criminal penalties for career politicians specifically. Right-wing figureheads have been getting away with this shit for too long.

We're now penalizing the parents of school shooters, so if we find out that someone who threatens to bomb a school is a super fan of X person, then X person should face some sort of penalty if they continually put out deliberate lies about said school. We did a version of this with Alex Jones already, just follow through with that logic honestly.

Ugh, Trump's looking especially hideous in that picture!

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Yeah of course they do. Nobody is surprised that the DNC is desperate to take these guys down legally.

Trump has faced two assassins in seven weeks for fuck’s sake. They’re desperate.

Leave it to democrats to take a question about basic decency that massively works in their favor, and turn it into a dubious question of whether a criminal law was violated beyond a reasonable doubt.