M asks is their any legal consequences?”

The key questions are “have the defendants rights been violated? Suffered prejudice? Have their due process rights somehow been infringed?”

You're correct on that, and I will vote for Biden if it turns out that way.

Besides jumping to conclusions, even if they once were (or STILL ARE ) an item that in no way affects the defendant’s rights. They are still in every manner getting a fair trial.

Does anyone except the true trumpers really hate Biden? I know the right wing media have been pushing pretty hard, but really the worst that can be reasonably said about him is what you've already said, that he's mediocrity personified. And given the accomplishments of his first term so far, even that is a stretch.

JL

That is obviously a reflection of the fact that sensible people (unfortunately,a minority) don't want either one, and cannot stand the thought of having the 3rd consecutive presidential election where the choice seems to be 'which do I hate the least'!!

Many of them now also believe that Barack Obama is some kind of shadow president actually running the country, and Trump himself is even pushing this absolute asinine drivel and spew at his cult rallies. It's hysterical to watch the right-wingnut rubes eat it up like candy because up until now they've had a 3 years' running conspiracy theory that Trump was actually still the president and running the country. Heh.

So Trump throws the rubes and that laughable conspiracy theory of theirs under the bus, and they don't miss a beat, do a complete 180, and are now insisting it's Barack Obama running the country and Michelle Obama will actually be running in 2024 and not the incumbent POTUS. *laughs*

POP QUIZ - US PRESIDENTS

1. How many incumbent presidents have failed to win their bid for reelection?

2. How many presidents have failed to win the popular vote?

3. How many presidents have been impeached or resigned?

4. How many presidents have been charged criminally with felony indictment?

*BONUS: How many presidents have done ALL FOUR?

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Either way, most of the public just cannot believe that we're going to get the same two guys as the last time around.

The vast majority of 1-term incumbent presidents actually do run for reelection so the unbelievable part of this equation must be Defendant Donald. When you combine con artistry, gullibility, and cult worship, it's actually a fairly predictable outcome.

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I'm not so sure about that. But, there is a way that will make those attacks harder to make and stick and its all about effective communication and simple analysis of the important aspects of data over the course of the last four decades that clearly illustrate how Republican administrations have repeatedly created economic messes on the order of magnitude of the Augean Stables that Democratic administrations have had to clean up.

Oh, and have I mentioned the Republican cult of economic failure that dates back to David Stockton and the Reagan years, if not before.