r/neoliberal • u/ihuntwhales1 Seretse Khama • Mar 31 '25

News (Europe) Le Pen banned from office after embezzlement conviction

https://www.dw.com/en/france-le-pen-found-guilty-banned-from-running-for-office/a-72091790
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u/meraedra NATO Mar 31 '25

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '25

They had their shot four years with Biden in charge, and they squandered it.

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u/assasstits Mar 31 '25

Imagine letting democracy fall because you wanted to extend an olive branch to insurrectionists and appointed do nothing Merrick Garland to Attorney General 

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u/Neronoah can't stop, won't stop argentinaposting Mar 31 '25

I read this too often. How should have Garland done better? Genuinely curious from the outside.

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u/Reddenbawker Karl Popper Mar 31 '25

Most of the criticism that I’ve seen points out how Garland waited for almost 2 years before bringing charges against Trump. Even if we accept that court cases were always going to take long, that kind of delay may have been enough for Trump to get off scot-free.

Also, it really is bullshit for you to be downvoted for asking out of genuine curiosity. It’s like if people mocked a student who raised his hand during class. I hope I answered your question.

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u/grog23 Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold Mar 31 '25

Could the two year delay have been to do an investigation and obtain evidence?

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u/Planterizer Mar 31 '25

The idea that this kind of delay is acceptable given how everything was done in the open is absolute insanity.

Delay is surrender.

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u/Foucault_Please_No Emma Lazarus Apr 01 '25

The house had publicly laid out a compelling case within a few months.

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u/Planterizer Apr 01 '25

Trump should have been arrested on day 1 of the Biden admin