# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537 "2020-11-14T00:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 473
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9447 "2023-03-29T23:08:46Z")
Indeed. But kudos for admitting it. That’s the way it should be. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9448 "2023-03-30T20:29:56Z")
The Manhattan grand jury investigating the Stormy Daniels case is taking a pre-planned break that covers three religious holidays (Easter, Passover and part of Ramadan). That means any indictment will now wait until the second half of April. It also means that some other prosecutor or investigative body that is working on a different case (Jack Smith in D.C., Fani Willis in Georgia for example) could actually bring the first indictment. I know some will groan at the delay, but there are several things I like about this. Leaving TFG swinging in the wind, wondering what’s going to happen, is chief among them. A more substantial-seeming case coming first could also be a benefit. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9449 "2023-03-30T21:36:06Z")
DrudgeReport now has a breaking news banner saying that Trump has been Indicted and is pointing to a brand new New York Times article. Just waiting on confirmation from other news sources too see if this is true but sounds hopeful! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9450 "2023-03-30T21:37:11Z")
> **[Trump hit with criminal charges in New York, a first for a US ex-president...](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/urgent-trump-hit-with-criminal-charges-new-york-first-us-ex-president-new-york-2023-03-30/)** > > Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges even as he makes another run for the White House, the New York... Looks legit. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9451 "2023-03-30T21:47:04Z")
In keeping with Trumps famous cheer: LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9452 "2023-03-30T21:50:42Z")
I hope the next three stack on top of this soon. But I don’t know how that would work. He and his supporters will of course screen ‘WITCH HUNT!!1!’ But F’em. The time for trying to get those idiots to look at facts and reason passed a long, long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9453 "2023-03-30T21:52:03Z")
> [@Frazzled](#): > > Just waiting on confirmation from other news sources too see if this is true but sounds hopeful! It’s now on CNN, too: [https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/donald-trump-indictment/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/donald-trump-indictment/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9454 "2023-03-30T21:59:12Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > The Manhattan grand jury investigating the Stormy Daniels case is taking a pre-planned break Well, my source was [NPR](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/29/1166890507/manhattan-jury-investigating-trump-break-april), and the story is still on their site (from this morning) but it is no longer on the front page. Anyway, it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9455 "2023-03-30T22:06:47Z")
The grand jury may be taking a break, but apparently they got in the indictment before. So a well deserved break, I guess. Anyway, it’s all over the NYT and WaPo breaking news pages. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9456 "2023-03-30T22:27:03Z")
I wonder who Trump has lined up to try to throw under the bus. My guess is ‘everyone’. Tomorrows meltdown will be spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9457 "2023-03-30T22:37:41Z")
The timing seems so obvious now. Gosh, I’ll hardly sleep tonight for antici ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9458 "2023-03-30T22:52:33Z")
I don’t think we have to wait until tomorrow. > ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9459 "2023-03-30T23:06:01Z")
Any signs of protest demonstrations yet? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9460 "2023-03-30T23:27:50Z")
The NYPD was ready for them last week. I was in Manhattan helping SunLass scout out her preferred university for the fall, and the Trump International Hotel at Columbus Circle had some police vans and barricades prepositioned out front - out of the way of traffic, but ready to go if they were needed. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9461 "2023-03-30T23:32:04Z")
( Pssst- if we’re now a ‘third world nation’, just where will he be fueling up his jet to head to? ) . . “Place your bets! Step right up and place your bets…! A Winner Every Time…!” ( Ya Pays Yer Money, Ya Takes Yer Chances…! ) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9462 "2023-03-31T00:17:06Z")
Some on the right are confused. In a modern, functioning democracy, the rule of law matters. If you commit a crime you will pay. It doesn’t matter if you used to be the president. You’re not above the law. People who claim that this is an attack on democracy are backwards. If a person is being investigated for a bunch of crimes and they are in politics, maybe it’s political persecution. Or maybe they just break the law a lot. That’s for the courts to decide. I honestly believe Trump announced his candidacy because he thought he’d be immune to prosecution. After all, the DOJ publicly deferred some of their actions in regards to Trump investigations until after the recent midterm elections were concluded. They didn’t want to appear partisan and were being cautious. I’m sure Trump thought that they’d do the same if he announced that he was running for president again, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. And of course it wouldn’t affect prosecution from the state level anyway. I say this because he doesn’t seem to be trying very hard to campaign. I almost forgot he was running. He seems to be going through the motions but not really trying to win. I’m not sure he really wants to be POTUS again, I think he just wants attention and wants to stay out of jail, and campaigning gives him both in his mind. It amuses me that Republicans in Congress think they can threaten the NYC DA office. They have no control over how states enforce the law. So much for championing states’ rights, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9463 "2023-03-31T00:23:35Z")
> These Thugs and Radical Left Monsters have just INDICATED Indicated what? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9464 "2023-03-31T00:24:46Z")
Indicated that… 🎼 No one is above the law, Doo Daa! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9465 "2023-03-31T01:44:39Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Indicated what? A left(ist) turn, if he is to be believed… ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/9466 "2023-03-31T02:06:29Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > A left(ist) turn, if he is to be believed… [Morgan Freeman Narrating] “He’s Not.” [/Morgan Freeman Narrating] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=472) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=474)