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Plenty of suggestions as long as we’re second-guessing his actions. Many of his crimes were related to the 2020 election, and if he hadn’t ran, he wouldn’t have issues in Georgia. We could also just say he could have not taken a bunch of classified documents, but it’s pretty easy to say “just don’t commit crimes”. The main one that he couldn’t avoid at that point was the Stormy Daniels hush money case.

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The main one that he couldn’t avoid at that point was the Stormy Daniels hush money case.

If Trump had exited without a fight, my guess is that most of the momentum for that would have died out. Yes it was a crime, but I think most would have just wanted to put Trump in the rear view mirror and forget about him and focus on the future for better or worse.

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Possibly. That would be basically agreeing with his claim that it was politically motivated prosecution, though. Seems to me like he really pissed off some people in New York and they may have done it anyway.

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Possibly. That would be basically agreeing with his claim that it was politically motivated prosecution, though.

I disagree with your conclusion.

As an example, Nixon committed worse crimes than Trump’s New York state crimes, and Nixon was not prosecuted for his crimes. Had authorities pursued conviction of Nixon that would not have been politically motivated.

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hadn’t ran

It’s “hadn’t run” in English.

Sorry about your highway shooting, glad if no one’s been killed.

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Highway what?

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Isn’t “just don’t commit crimes” a common justification for police murder and deflection when prison reform is brought up?

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I guess. Not stealing a bunch of classified documents and refusing to give them back is a great way to not be prosecuted for stealing classified documents though.

Anyway what I meant by “pretty easy to say” is that it’s not really a satisfying or useful suggestion.

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Lol. Indeed.

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