One count of one VERY low level felony at the Federal level.
Puts DJT’s targeting claims to the test.
“My resentment is towards the legal system as a whole. It’s not used to target one side or the other, it’s used to go after whoever they need. . . . So I don’t want to hear about Republicans being “targeted.” Because believe me. . . . I know what it feels like.”
Tidewater News and Opinion Forum 
Hamlett SAYS he didn’t really want to get Trump’s tax return, only show that it was vulnerable.
Apparently the court didn’t believe him, I don’t either.
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This story is not about guilt or innocence. It is about the double-standard in LE adn handling of CRIMINAL activity. If you are rich, you have a much easier path.
Mr. Hamlett was found guilty by the court. But the question is why was he even there in the first place?
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I couldn’t read it all. Sounded too much like a Tik Toker story that makes your eyes roll….
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“I couldn’t read it all”
Sorry if your meds are off and you can’t focus on things you don’t like.
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I don’t see how this story makes clear that America’s justice system is two-tiered.
I don’t doubt that rich and poor tend to experience different interactions with our justice system, but the facts presented in this story appear to show that the poor person is guilty. Maybe if we assume that Donald Trump is guilty, the two cases might be comparable, but under our system, we have to assume that Trump is innocent.
Thus, the comparison this post invites is between a presumptively innocent rich person and a demonstrably guilty poor person.
In other words, there is no basis for comparison. Apples and oranges don’t mate.
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Perhaps the treatment Hamlett and Trump received before conviction was more indicative of a lopsided justice system based in wealth.
That the wealthy can afford nicer homes, cars, and comfortable lifestyles is understood as the incentives for success in a market based society.
That favorable justice should be an acceptable “perk” for wealth is not a bragging point. It erodes trust in the rule of law. And, by extension, if those whom we elect, appoint and hire to govern under that rule of law are given undue leeway, that trust is eroded even more.
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RE: “That favorable justice should be an acceptable “perk” for wealth is not a bragging point.”
Agreed. So, how does the story on which the post is based illustrate that favorable justice is a “‘perk’ for wealth”?
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Trump’s ankle bracelet is still missing. The front door of Mar a Lago was not broken down.
Coming up are endless delays and appeals only available for large sums of money.
The usual.
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RE: “Coming up are endless delays and appeals only available for large sums of money.”
The story doesn’t justify that observation, but assuming the observation is valid what sort of corrective action does it require, if any?
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Wow. Your blindered view of this is absolutely amazing. Not surprising, just amazing that you do not see the differences.
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Making me, personally, the issue doesn’t solve your problem.
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I have no problems. You have a big time blindness issue.
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And you apparently have a big time childish problem.
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“And you apparently have a big time childish problem.”
Since when is it childish to point out how blinded you are by your own biased rancor and rhetoric?
Funny how whenever I strike a nerve with you, you return to the “childish” accusation.
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…”the comparison this post invites is between a presumptively innocent rich person and a demonstrably guilty poor person.”
Sounds to me like you ignored the pre-trial treatment of the two different non-violent offenders?
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RE: “Sounds to me like you ignored the pre-trial treatment of the two different non-violent offenders?”
Not at all. Do you want me to assume that a former president should be treated the same as a common criminal?
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“ Do you want me to assume that a former president should be treated the same as a common criminal?”
Only if he is one.
So far I have not seen much to indicate otherwise. His closely held family businesses have been found guilty of felony bank and tax fraud. He is charged with authorizing payoffs via fraudulent bookkeeping to hide relationships for sex. He will be charged for threatening state officials to overturn an election. He ignored subpoenas to return top secret files and presidential papers. And, finally, he sat on his butt while the Capitol was under attack by his supporters. Oh, he is also facing defamation charges by the woman who has also charged him with rape.
Anyone else facing that many and varied charges would be treated as a common criminal. Trump was given a lot of deference as ex-president. No mug shot, handcuffs, confiscation of passport. Those may come later when GA and the special prosecutor indict him.
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RE: “Only if he is one.”
You should think that through.
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Bramlett was innocent until proven guilty. Yet he was treated, pre-trial, as if he were already under arrest.
Maye YOU should think your statements through a little better before you tell others to do the same.
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Think that through?
Why?
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RE: “Yet he was treated, pre-trial, as if he were already under arrest.”
He was under arrest.
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So IS Mr. Trump.
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Why not? He is a FORMER President. The allegations against him are numerous and in several different places around the country. And one indictment has already been handed down. Three more are pending. His business was found guilty of fraudulent behavior.
So why should he get preferential treatment? The same guy called for his DIRECT political opponent to be locked up more times than I can count.
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RE: “So why should he get preferential treatment?”
You should put some thought into that question.
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Why? To difficult for you to answer?
He got preferential treatment while in office because of the DOJ’s “rule” about a sitting president. Now he is a citizen, just like you or I. Would you expect to be treated like Mr. Bramlett or Mr. Trump of you were accused, arrested, and charged with criminal activity?
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