Trump breaks yet another law
Trump breaks yet another law
Trump has come under scrutiny after a gun was auctioned off at a fundraiser held in his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, home.
Last weekend, an auction held at his Florida home saw the item, described as "a one of a kind Trump Glock from the 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump," go up for bidding during a charity event. Pictures circulating on social media show the gun being presented at the auction, with news website Meidas Touch saying that bidding for the item began at $10,000.
However, the transaction could land the former U.S. president in considerable trouble, given that federal law prohibits those under indictment from transacting firearms. Trump is embroiled in active legal proceedings, having testified at a civil trial over the New York investigation into financial fraud at the Trump Organization. The former president has denied all wrongdoing and repeatedly said that the ongoing federal and civil cases against him are part of a political witch hunt.
Ok ok we fucking get it, US government. Trump is clearly above the law.
All we can say with certainty is he gets special treatment, well beyond what any other nobody-defendant would receive. If he avoids all charges in his growing number of cases, then I'm with you that the evidence clearly indicates he is indeed above the law.
That’s close to the same law they indicted Hunter Biden on.
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Narrator: … and nothing continued to happen.
It makes me less sad when I imagine this came from a Douglas Adams book.
I thought this was some sort of weeks old story being posted....
But is the gun that he's selling the same gun he "totally did not buy, we swear"
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/25/donald-trump-gun-glock/70965018007/
Edit: perhaps not https://www.meidastouch.com/news/exclusive-trump-gun-auctioned-off-at-mar-a-lago-likely-violation-of-indictment-release
18 USC § 922 (d)(1)
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person, including as a juvenile
(1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year
For those wondering.
EDIT: This is incorrect. It is 18 USC § 922 (n) as indicated by my reply to @Neato and thanks to them for pointing out my error.
Doesn't that just say you can't sell a gun to someone under indictment. Not the other way around?
You're right, it's 18 USC § 922 (n) that covers the other way around.
(n) It shall be unlawful for any person who is under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year to ship or transport in interstate or foreign commerce any firearm or ammunition or receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.
I totally got ahead of myself pasting the related law. Thank you for your keen eyes.
He's again violated his conditions of release.
Among the agreed-upon conditions, Trump must not violate any laws in Georgia or elsewhere, he must appear in court as directed, he must not communicate about the facts of the case with fellow co-defendants – except through his legal team – and he must not intimidate co-defendants or witnesses. The order stipulates that such intimidation – “no direct or indirect threat of any nature” – includes posts on social media or reposts of posts made by others on social media.
Revoke
Another thing that won't be punished. It was a perfect auction.
Best auction in the history of auctions!
Trump sucks. Tell me something I didn’t already know 10 years ago
It's interesting, isn't it, that this and other "witch hunts" keep turning up so many witches.
If they were going to go after this, he’d already be gone after when he handled the trump Glock in that gunstore
Why would the law apply to the anointed one? The right thinks no one should hold baby hands to account for anything.
This is my shocked face when nothing comes of this... :-/
Nothing's gonna happen
Nothing ever does...
Glock will sell for more.
I thought the story was that he never actually accepted this firearm, but here it is in his possession. Who filled out the 4473 for this?
So it's either trump committed a felony or someone fraudulently said it's his.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Pictures circulating on social media show the gun being presented at the auction, with news website Meidas Touch saying that bidding for the item began at $10,000.
Meidas Touch says that Trump was present at the auction last weekend, with video stills and pictures of him smiling and socializing being published in its report.
Dave Aronberg, the state attorney for Palm Beach County, Florida, told Meidas Touch that Trump could land himself in even more legal jeopardy if the gun can be proved to belong to the former president.
"These unanswered questions could lead to a criminal investigation, and prosecutors could ask the court to decide whether this violates Trump's pre-trial release.
"The defendant either purchased a gun in violation of the law and his conditions of release, or seeks to benefit from his supporters' mistaken belief that he did so," the court filing read.
"It would be a separate federal crime, and thus a violation of the defendant's conditions of release, for him to purchase a gun while this felony indictment is pending."
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