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Dude fuckin charge him
It's a violation of federal law? Go arrest him. Let people who served with the people buried nearby serve the warrant. Let him sit in custody until he explains to a judge why he should be free.
Fuck him. You don't have to charge him with anything above and beyond what happened, but just stop treating him special. Oh, go after the campaign staff who laid hands on the official, too. Pretty sure that's a felony in most jurisdictions.
Probably can't charge Trump. As usual, he used his lackeys to break the law. Do you even mafia bro?
Clearly, as it was part of his campaigning, this was an official act designated by someone who was at one point, and hopes again to be this election season, the President of the United States, in direct relation to the Office of the Presidency, which therefore bars any form of prosecution taking place.
God I am fucking sick to my stomach that what I just wrote is a mostly valid statement these days.
Campaigning is legally not an official act. It’s why presidents usually don’t do it. from the white house. https://www.propublica.org/article/its-illegal-for-federal-officials-to-campaign-on-the-job-trump-staffers-keep-doing-it-anyways
Ahh shit, did we forget to tell Trump that to!?
Or if holding figureheads accountable still makes people feel all icky - charge anyone near him. Teach them that The Idiot's consequence-denial field does not extend to anyone else. Not even the cult knows the name of whichever pricks actually yelled at this federal employee. They're not special. There's no aura of untouchability. Let them look up at a judge, alone, and explain what the fuck they thought they were doing.