• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      House Republicans have ignored their own rules as late as like, 2 weeks ago, or some shit when they just decided to imprach without a vote.

      Rules smules.

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        At this point they’ll try anything if they’re mostly sure it won’t land them in jail, and they’d rather make themselves “too powerful” to prosecute than to simply obey the law.

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        Then it’s OK because he is no longer under indictment.

        But…

        Rule 26 of the House Republican Conference rules states:

        “A member of the Republican Leadership shall step aside if indicted for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed.”

        With 91 charges carrying at least two years, chances are he’s going to fall for at least one.

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          Also, these indictments will likely not be resolved before they have to nominate a new speaker, either because of some rule or to avoid some kind of political fallout. I’m not familiar with such rules, but maybe you are.

          His Georgia case might not go to trial until late next year, so he couldn’t be Speaker all that time (though Fani Willis is likely going to ask the judge to try Trump in the first group).

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            Well of course. I don’t take this Trump business too seriously. In this case, they could change the rules, but they won’t do it because at the end of the day they won’t be able to get enough votes for h8m to begin with.