Haitian group in Ohio files criminal charges against Trump and Vance over false pet-eating claims

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

29% : "So, really, the only question is whether the court and then the prosecutors would treat Trump and Vance the way anyone else would be treated.
22% : The filing asks the Clark County Municipal Court to affirm that there is probable cause and issue arrest warrants against Trump and Vance.
18% : "Chandra said the U.S. Supreme Court's July ruling granting ex-presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution does not apply in this case because Trump is currently a private citizen and Vance did not amplify the rumors that members of Springfield's 15,000-member Haitian community were eating people's pets in his capacity as a senator.
17% : "If it were anyone else other than Trump and Vance who had done what they've done -- wreak havoc on Springfield, resulting in bomb threats, evacuated and closed government buildings and schools, threats to the mayor and his family -- they would have been arrested by now," Chandra said.
15% : Specifically, the affidavit alleges Trump and Vance: -- Disrupted public service "by causing widespread bomb and other threats that resulted in massive disruptions" to Springfield's public services;Charges brought by private citizens are rare, but not unheard of, in Ohio.
13% : Trump and Vance, a U.S. senator from Ohio, are charged with disrupting public services, making false alarms, telecommunications harassment, aggravated menacing and complicity.
8% : The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community filed criminal charges Tuesday against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, over the chaos and threats experienced by Springfield, Ohio, since Trump first spread false claims about legal immigrants there during a presidential debate.

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