All posts tagged "Lock Him Up"

Former President Donald Trump's notorious jab at Hillary Clinton came back to bite him on a historic Thursday that saw him convicted on felony charges in New York City.

As Trump's motorcade sped away from the Manhattan criminal courthouse — where he was just convicted of falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments ahead of the presidential election he won against Clinton — New Yorkers flocked to the streets to chant three little words.

"Lock him up!" ...

The former lead prosecutor for Robert Mueller, Andrew Weissmann, predicted that Donald Trump's indictment was coming "in days not weeks," and he was proved correct on Thursday.

His voice joined those of many legal analysts who spoke out about the news. In one thread, Ryan Goodman quickly mentioned that a group of legal experts at JustSecurity outlined the specifics of the Espionage Act and how it would work with Trump.

One of the pieces of the story that Weissmann pointed out is that there are many lower-level, very young people who ultimately end up being prosecuted for mishandling classified information. It's for that reason that he felt Trump had to be indicted. ...