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  Legally insane, commit him
context: That is such a bullshit excuse. A defendant proving they are mentally unfit for trial is generally a high bar to pass. Trump is a moron, but he’s not “insane.” They just were too chickenshit to prosecute him. >
  
  "the defendant was impeached twice and not removed by the Senate. Nor was the 25th amendment invoked to remove him. These are a lower bar than this court's" >
  
  On the contrary, there is no bad to overcome in those cases. The courts have a legal definition of insanity. The 25th and impeachment are 100% political processes. Trump could shoot someone in the middle of 5th avenue and the Senate wouldn’t have to convict if they didn’t feel like it. A court would. >
  
  Defense only use it 1% of the cases and only 26% of them are successful. This reeks of bullshit. >
  
  They solved that problem by letting Trump get away with everything. >
  
  I always assumed that insanity/diminished capacity as a defense was something the defense had to prove, usually even before any trial and based on expert testimony.
  Nor can I see Trump agreeing to an extensive independent psychological evaluation or a defense based on his own insanity or mental incapacity.
  He clearly appears to be a manipulative narcissist and pathological liar, among other issues, but that doesn't mean he is legally insane and unable to understand reality or distinguish right from wrong. >
  
  It usually is. Why would a prosecutor, who's only job is to find a defendant guilty say yeah, he's legally insane, so we're not gonna win, but we're gonna waste our time during a trial anyway. >
  
  I’d prefer an insanity plea actually. 
  1) Trump goes away for the rest of his life in a facility worse than prison, forced to take medication and unable to influence the outside world
  2) it makes everyone who voted for him feel stupid and acknowledge that they made a mistake
  3) it still implies that everyone who worked with him is criminally culpable for the events that transpired. Trump’s dumbass would probably see a successful insanity plea as the light at the end of the tunnel and rat on his fellow traitors. One final sendoff from the biggest rat in American history. >
  
  His supporters wouldn’t feel stupid or regret supporting him. There would probably be some
  combination of these reactions:
  
  
  This is just more proof of how brilliant Trump is. He played the system once again and used Insanity defense to get out of crimes that he totally didn’t even commit. He made the prosecutors look like stooges. 
  
  
  This is just another example of the backwards world we live in today. The people infected by the woke mind virus are now declaring that the sane people like Trump are the crazy ones. 
  
  
  Deep state is coming for us but they had to get Trump out of the way first. >
  
  I’m sure, because that portion of his base is also insane. I’m not even being sarcastic here, these people would fit the definition of insanity. The thing is that there is a portion of Trump’s base that are just stupid, not insane, that would eventually learn that maybe they fucked up. Of course this won’t change their habit of voting red, but it’s that sliver of introspection that this country desperately needs right now. Plus the other two points are still true, so I’d still take it. It’s also less likely that his supporters would do shit in retaliation or even try to bust him out of prison. >
  
  I've said for years that his best defense would be to be declared incompetent but his ego would never allow it. >
  
  Then you've been wrong for years.  That's a terrible defense. >
  
  Settle down, Nancy Grace. It was just a wry, offhand comment. It will be okay. >
  
  Lol ok...Michael Avenatti?  I don't know, I'm not up on my dated, pop-culture legal snark; fill in your favorite reference.  But if you're going to get so upset by replies, maybe a reddit comment section isn't for you. >
  
  Like a true NY public servant, Mark Pomerantz wasted no time before writing a gossip book about his less than 2 year stint as a prosecutor. >
  
  You do realize he wanted to prosecute and it was his boss who killed it. He resigned in protest. Take the cynicism elsewhere. >
  
  Everything the prosecutor says sounds like, bok bok, bok,bok, bok, b-bok! >
  
  So he’s legally insane, but he wants to be President again. >
  
  No, he's not legally insane.  But you can buy a book about how some people discussed the possibility that he might be insane.