From FBI link: In using the term Domestic Terrorism, DHS looks to the Homeland Security Act definition of terrorism, 6 U.S.C. 101(18), which is substantially similar but not identical to the title 18 definition. That provision defines terrorism as any activity that:

• Involves an act that: o Is dangerous to human life or potentially destructive of critical infrastructure or key resources; and o Is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State or other subdivision of the United States; and • Appears to be intended: o To intimidate or coerce a civilian population; o To influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or o To affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    I’m gonna try to clean up the formatting to make the original post easier to read…

    From FBI link: In using the term Domestic Terrorism, DHS looks to the Homeland Security Act definition of terrorism, 6 U.S.C. 101(18), which is substantially similar but not identical to the title 18 definition. That provision defines terrorism as any activity that:

    • Involves an act that:

    • Is dangerous to human life or potentially destructive of critical infrastructure or key resources; and
    • Is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State or other subdivision of the United States; and • Appears to be intended:
    • To intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
    • To influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
    • To affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.
  • StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org
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    15 days ago

    Could he? Certainly, his actions certainly seem to fit the text of the law. Will he, under this administration? <laughter> That would be an incredibly cold day in hell.

    Perhaps the next administration might pursue charges, but that’s still quite unlikely.

  • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
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    15 days ago

    only the feds can prosecute federal crimes. this administration won’t let that happen. any federal prosecutor that wants to take a shot is gonna get fired or pushed out a window the instant their intent becomes known.

    the dipshit would have to venture to a state with non-conflicting laws on the books, break them in some spectacular fashion, and that state would have to have an ag willing to go down that road and prosecute.

  • teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu
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    15 days ago

    I feel like at some point in the next few years Musk and Trump are going to have a falling out, and if Musk loses in that falling out he’ll get slapped with a domestic terrorism or treason charge.

  • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    15 days ago

    The supreme court has made it pretty clear that the President is a King. He cannot be prosecuted for anything.

  • gramie@lemmy.ca
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    15 days ago

    Have you paid any attention to the political scene in the United States? There is no way that a billionaire could be convicted of any crime. In the rare event that they are charged, they can delay and obfuscate so that they die before any repercussions must be suffered.

    I don’t think that the truth of the two-tiered American justice system has ever been so clearly delineated.

  • hotspur@lemmy.ml
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    15 days ago

    To everyone pointing out that he won’t be charged, OP’s question was can he be charged. Yes we get that it’s unlikely given the current configuration of us gov’t, but do his actions meet the basic requirements? Yes, absolutely.

    That said, most billionaires probably meet the definition.

  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    15 days ago

    Who is going to charge him? Who is going to enforce it? Wake up and stop pretending that “the law” is some sort of binding spell.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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      15 days ago

      This is a revelation I think more people are going to need to realize. There’s no referee coming. The rules aren’t magic. Ultimately, the only things that matter are physics and might. If enough people just decided fuck it, all the multimillonaires gotta die, no cosmic force is going to call a timeout.

      • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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        15 days ago

        Absolutely right. We didn’t destroy fascism in 1945, and we didn’t win the labor struggle once and for all either. These forces will keep trying to come back, and we have to keep suppressing them over and over.

  • AlternateRoute@lemmy.caEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records and then received an unconditional discharge of his sentence.

    Trump would just pardon him… Nothing you can do now.

  • DeadWorld@lemm.eeEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Id argue by this criteria, most politicians can be deemed domestic terrorists. Musk is certainly more brazenly active in that arena

    • Jack@slrpnk.net
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      14 days ago

      Wishful thinking IMO as a citizen of another failed state, you will see in time how little the government will do to protect public interests and how blatant the corruption will become.

      Every month or so I find some news and think “this cannot be so obvious and go unpunished, surely this time…” and nothing happenes and next month it happens again…