I think that is most likely also.
That said, he has family here and presumably, back home in Colombia. Could he or any of those family be under threat of death for him not acting as he has been? It seems obvious that this will be successfully appealed at some higher level, but lets assume the goal is exactly what is happening, tying up Trump’s schedule for campaigning then jailing him upon conviction or otherwise restricting him to the immediate area while awaiting a year or two of appeals.
Is there no higher court relief possible for this outrage before us? If the population of Trump supporters and those just outraged at this miscarriage of justice respond en masse, with civil disobedience, can THEN a higher court step in? Even if it it unprecedented and extraordinary for them to do so? And if yes, why the heck can’t they do it BEFORE civil unrest occurs?
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Civil unrest!? lol. Only when people have everything taken from them and they have nothing left to lose will anyone lift a finger. We’re victims of our own success. The gradual lowering of our standard of living won’t be noticed for a while. And even then many will find their situation livable. Figure out why there isn’t “civil unrest” in places like Cuba or the Peoples Democratic Republic of Korea.
He is being paid. We just can’t legally access his financial records to find it.