So used to doing illegal shit he's just assumed he's immune to it. Which is depressingly true on so many occasions. Fuck the police but if this had happened in like, Missouri or something I'd bet dollars to donuts that defense would've worked.
this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2025
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Works for the president, guess he wanted to see if he was above the law too. He will be released soon and pardoned. Trump will cut some funding somewhere to force the local charges to be dropped.
And I heard from Megyn Kelly that wanting to have sex with some kids is worse (or better?) than with other kids, sooo...
Trump can’t pardon state charges.
There is a lot of shit he isn't allowed to do that he just sort of does.
All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.
Strange. That article insists on reinforcing this fact, but the first 5 other random articles over some civilian arrests I clicked on didn't feel the need to bring this up.
Not knowing the other arrest articles you clicked, it may be a byproduct of his alleged crime - pedophilia tends to be a popular "vigilante justice" kinda crime.
there shouldn't be pedos in law enforcement. Pedos belong in the white house
U funny
Pardon incoming...
Bet Pedo Pres gives his guy a promotion.
Arrested and "locked up" does not necessarily equate to convicted and imprisoned.
To steal a fearmongering phrase from the right, "Our rotating door 'justice' system will send him back out on the street in a couple of days!"
Unlikely. He was hired by the Biden administration, so they'll example him.
He either thought there would be comradery with other law enforcers or that ICE will pull strings to get him out.
I don't think these people have realized how disposable they are individually to the gestapo.
So, it sounds like he impersonated a federal officer. Doing clerical work for DHS isn't the same as being an ice agent...
Place the racist bastard in the same prison wing with plenty of minorities.
"I'm totally undercover, boys! This is like a sting or something, ICE does that, right?"
Actually, he was under arrest.
the three-day "Operation Creep" began on November 5 and focused on identifying people seeking to purchase sex from a 17-year-old girl.
Buried lede alert.
Not sure this belong into the category, The Police Problem. For a change, and despite his attempts to make it business as usual, the cops did what they are supposed to do.
That phrase at the end is so interesting... Innocent until proven guilty...