George Floyd murderer's retrial

[laughing dog]

I hadn't thought of this possibility: Trump could find ways to apply pressure or otherwise influence the outcome of the trial. Then, afterward, he and his followers could say, "See, look, we were right."

With Trump, almost anything is possible - the qualifier "almost" because sane humane outcomes are not - but he has no chits to play in Minnesota at this time, outside of an outright invasion. Chauvin is convicted on state charges which Trump has no power over.

 

[crazyfingers]

I can absolutely see Trump pardoning him though - unfortunately.

I believe that this is a state conviction so Trump has no power to pardon.

 

[Bronzeage]

I can absolutely see Trump pardoning him though - unfortunately.

I believe that this is a state conviction so Trump has no power to pardon.

Chauvin was charged in both State and Federal Court. After being convicted in State Court, he pled guilty to the Federal charges and was given a concurrent sentence. This gets complicated because if he wins an appeal in State Court, he still has a Federal sentence to serve. It's very difficult to appeal a guilty plea, unless there is evidence the plea was coerced in someway.

I ran the Chauvin Case through the Conspiracy Theory Transmogrifier and came up with this:

Chauvin appeals and his conviction is reversed by a MAGA judge. Trump pardons the Federal Conviction, sparking riots and civil unrest across the country, giving Trump justification for declaring a national emergency and martial law, which includes an indefinite postponement of all elections.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Chauvin appeals and his conviction is reversed by a MAGA judge. Trump pardons the Federal Conviction, sparking riots and civil unrest across the country, giving Trump justification for declaring a national emergency and martial law, which includes an indefinite postponement of all elections.

Putting my tinfoil hat on...: I don't think he needs to declare martial law formally if the Supremes would agree that such riots are sedition or insurrection. He can then continue to use the National Guard as law enforcement, which he is pretty much doing anyway, like he is using Border Patrol to go all over the country away from the borders. As far as postponing elections, I don't think he would do that but again I don't think it's necessary. He can legally declare certain organizations terrorists, like, say, George Soros funds as foreign terrorists, or BLM as domestic terrorists and then look at which politicians they gave money to and force them to give up the money or be in trouble as terrorist support.

 

[Bronzeage]

Chauvin appeals and his conviction is reversed by a MAGA judge. Trump pardons the Federal Conviction, sparking riots and civil unrest across the country, giving Trump justification for declaring a national emergency and martial law, which includes an indefinite postponement of all elections.

Putting my tinfoil hat on...: I don't think he needs to declare martial law formally if the Supremes would agree that such riots are sedition or insurrection. He can then continue to use the National Guard as law enforcement, which he is pretty much doing anyway, like he is using Border Patrol to go all over the country away from the borders. As far as postponing elections, I don't think he would do that but again I don't think it's necessary. He can legally declare certain organizations terrorists, like, say, George Soros funds as foreign terrorists, or BLM as domestic terrorists and then look at which politicians they gave money to and force them to give up the money or be in trouble as terrorist support.

He certainly doesn't need to declare martial law, but at this point, it's not really up to him. It will be the White House capos who make that decision and they really need to shut down the Justice system before the next election. The key element of the conspiracy is Chauvin is broke. He can't afford a pardon and there's nothing he can do for Trump in the future. As Trump would say, "He doesn't have the cards". The only purpose of the pardon is to invite riots.

 

[Spacetime Inhabitant]

Chauvin appeals and his conviction is reversed by a MAGA judge. Trump pardons the Federal Conviction, sparking riots and civil unrest across the country, giving Trump justification for declaring a national emergency and martial law, which includes an indefinite postponement of all elections.

Putting my tinfoil hat on...: I don't think he needs to declare martial law formally if the Supremes would agree that such riots are sedition or insurrection. He can then continue to use the National Guard as law enforcement, which he is pretty much doing anyway, like he is using Border Patrol to go all over the country away from the borders. As far as postponing elections, I don't think he would do that but again I don't think it's necessary. He can legally declare certain organizations terrorists, like, say, George Soros funds as foreign terrorists, or BLM as domestic terrorists and then look at which politicians they gave money to and force them to give up the money or be in trouble as terrorist support.

If this happened, it would be hoped that the military would finally get off their butts and do their duty to their oaths.