Bragg’s Pursuit of Trump Violates the Sixth Amendment

[WorldWatcher]

none are actually felonies. Dude, you can post that link all you want, it doesn't state the crime that lifts those charges as felony. He isn't allowed to make a new law that isn't on the books.

Correct. That's because it is the Indictment, if you want the background justification read the Statement of Facts file yesterday.

WW

 

[WorldWatcher]

no it's not, it needs to be tied to a felony, the state can't just say felony. sorry. I thought you all were no one is above the law and now you're saying braggs is above the law by changing the law. WTF?

It's tied to other crimes. Cohen's. This is laid out in the Statement of Facts file yesterday with the court.

WW

 

[okfine]

Not it’s not. Primary season kicks it into high gear, and by delaying this until then, the Dems are politicizing the entire justice system.

Waiting and delaying justice for an election is bs. A presidential election has never been postponed.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

He has no underlying crime to make the expired misdemeanors into felonies.

That is your opinion.

Legally he does not have to list the underlying crimes on the indictment.

Time will tell if you are correct.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Not it’s not. Primary season kicks it into high gear, and by delaying this until then, the Dems are politicizing the entire justice system.

It was the Trump team asking for more time, not the Dems. Trump's team wanted the next hearing in Jan, the Judge put it in Dec.

 

[Nostra]

The indictment very clearly states what records Trump falsified.

Read. The. Indictment.

What is the underlying crime?

 

[Lisa558]

I know. I created First Defendent Of The United States.

WW

Yes, just as I created PTOTD….Primary Target of the Democrats.

 

[Nostra]

That is your opinion.

Legally he does not have to list the underlying crimes on the indictment.

Time will tell if you are correct.

Not my opinion. Fact.

If not, cite the crime.

 

[Lisa558]

Waiting and delaying justice for an election is bs. A presidential election has never been postponed.

When did I say the election should be postponed? Waiting and delaying justice to keep the leading Republican nominee tied up with a bogus indictment is BS.

 

[Nostra]

Holy shit. You REALLY don't want to read it do you. You are relying on a mountain of manufactured bullshit from your propagandists.

This is really fucking sad.

Here, willfully blind parrot:

The defendant, in the County of New York and elsewhere, on or about February 14, 2017, with intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof, made and caused a false entry in the business records of an enterprise, to wit, an entry in the Detail General Ledger for the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, bearing voucher number 842457, and kept and maintained by the Trump Organization.



There are 33 more.


READ. THE. INDICTMENT.

Cite the underlying crime, Simp.

 

[Nostra]

And financial records were fraudulently altered I’m furtherance of that crime

What crime?

 

[okfine]

When did I say the election should be postponed? Waiting and delaying justice to keep the leading Republican nominee tied up with a bogus indictment is BS.

Because it's Trump is your only reasoning. Trump tried to postpone the 2020 election. It's never happened and doubt it ever will.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Not my opinion. Fact.

No, it is just your opinion.

The fact you do not know what it is does not mean it does not exist.

 

[Nostra]

Because the underlying crime that Cohen committed at the direction of Trump was a federal crime, local DA's don't prosecute federal crimes they prosecute state crimes. In this case section 175.10 of the Penal Code.

WW

So Bragg has no jurisdiction for the underlying crime you claim he is using.

 

[Nostra]

No, it is just your opinion.

The fact you do not know what it is does not mean it does not exist.

Cite the law, Simp

 

[g5000]

Here is the statement of facts:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/84fba797-216a-490c-b75d-d77bca6d10f3.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_1

 

[Lisa558]

Ya notice how everyone has completely forgotten about Biden’s crimes? Where’s the indictment (or impeachment) for stealing classified docs and putting them in his garage? Where’s the investigation as to why his useless family has been paid millions by America’s enemies? Why not investigate how Hunter funneled pay-off money via $50,000 monthly rental for a house?

Instead, we are zooming in on a private citizen who MAY have put a legal expense for a contract under legal expenses (the horrors) in order to commit a future, and unspecified, crime of some sort.

 

[g5000]

1. The defendant DONALD J. TRUMP repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election.

2. From August 2015 to December 2017, the Defendant orchestrated a scheme with others to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative information about him to suppress its publication and benefit the Defendant’s electoral prospects. In order to execute the unlawful scheme, the participants violated election laws and made and caused false entries in the business records of various entities in New York. The participants also took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the payments made in furtherance of the scheme.

3. One component of this scheme was that, at the Defendant’s request, a lawyer who then worked for the Trump Organization as Special Counsel to Defendant (“Lawyer A”), covertly paid $130,000 to an adult film actress shortly before the election to prevent her from publicizing a sexual encounter with the Defendant. Lawyer A made the $130,000 payment through a shell corporation he set up and funded at a bank in Manhattan. This payment was illegal, and Lawyer A has since pleaded guilty to making an illegal campaign contribution and served time in prison. Further, false entries were made in New York business records to effectuate this payment, separate and apart from the New York business records used to conceal the payment.

4. After the election, the Defendant reimbursed Lawyer A for the illegal payment through a series of monthly checks, first from the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust (the “Defendant’s Trust”)—a Trust created under the laws of New York which held the Trump Organization entity assets after the Defendant was elected President—and then from the Defendant’s bank account. Each check was processed by the Trump Organization, and each check was disguised as a payment for legal services rendered in a given month of 2017 pursuant to a retainer agreement. The payment records, kept and maintained by the Trump Organization, were false New York business records. In truth, there was no retainer agreement, and Lawyer A was not being paid for legal services rendered in 2017. The Defendant caused his entities’ business records to be falsified to disguise his and others’ criminal conduct.

BACKGROUND

5. The Defendant is the beneficial owner of a collection of business entities known by the trade name the Trump Organization. The Trump Organization comprises approximately 500 separate entities that, among other business activities, own and manage hotels, golf courses, commercial real estate, condominium developments, and other properties. The Trump Organization is headquartered at 725 Fifth Avenue in New York County.

6. From approximately June 2015 to November 2016, the Defendant was a candidate for the office of President of the United States. On January 20, 2017, he became President of the United States.

 

[jc456]

It's tied to other crimes. Cohen's. This is laid out in the Statement of Facts file yesterday with the court.

WW

nope, again, nothing that lifts the charges to felonies. All of the legal lawyers wouldn't be asking the question on the future crime.

 

[okfine]

1. The defendant DONALD J. TRUMP repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election.

2. From August 2015 to December 2017, the Defendant orchestrated a scheme with others to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative information about him to suppress its publication and benefit the Defendant’s electoral prospects. In order to execute the unlawful scheme, the participants violated election laws and made and caused false entries in the business records of various entities in New York. The participants also took steps that mischaracterized, for tax purposes, the true nature of the payments made in furtherance of the scheme.

3. One component of this scheme was that, at the Defendant’s request, a lawyer who then worked for the Trump Organization as Special Counsel to Defendant (“Lawyer A”), covertly paid $130,000 to an adult film actress shortly before the election to prevent her from publicizing a sexual encounter with the Defendant. Lawyer A made the $130,000 payment through a shell corporation he set up and funded at a bank in Manhattan. This payment was illegal, and Lawyer A has since pleaded guilty to making an illegal campaign contribution and served time in prison. Further, false entries were made in New York business records to effectuate this payment, separate and apart from the New York business records used to conceal the payment.

4. After the election, the Defendant reimbursed Lawyer A for the illegal payment through a series of monthly checks, first from the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust (the “Defendant’s Trust”)—a Trust created under the laws of New York which held the Trump Organization entity assets after the Defendant was elected President—and then from the Defendant’s bank account. Each check was processed by the Trump Organization, and each check was disguised as a payment for legal services rendered in a given month of 2017 pursuant to a retainer agreement. The payment records, kept and maintained by the Trump Organization, were false New York business records. In truth, there was no retainer agreement, and Lawyer A was not being paid for legal services rendered in 2017. The Defendant caused his entities’ business records to be falsified to disguise his and others’ criminal conduct.

BACKGROUND

5. The Defendant is the beneficial owner of a collection of business entities known by the trade name the Trump Organization. The Trump Organization comprises approximately 500 separate entities that, among other business activities, own and manage hotels, golf courses, commercial real estate, condominium developments, and other properties. The Trump Organization is headquartered at 725 Fifth Avenue in New York County.

6. From approximately June 2015 to November 2016, the Defendant was a candidate for the office of President of the United States. On January 20, 2017, he became President of the United States.

Trump specifically created a "company" just to facilitate the payoff(s)