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it is not surprising that the geniuses at pjmedia so not understand the case.
only 12 people, need to understand the case.
12 guys hear the evidence and decide. that is how it works here.
Are you mistaking the Judge for Trump's booking agent? He's the one who decides whether or not Trump can find an impartial jury in New York. The fact that he's seated one indicates that he has.The phrase “impartial jury” is a requirement enumerated in the 14 Amendment. If Trump requested a change in venue for this trial, I would argue that due process could be in play since the judge didn’t grant a change in venue to satisfy this impartiality requirement.
Then let’s make it easy peasy for them and for you slow TDS folks. According the Daniel’s herself, Trump put the brakes on the story way back in 2011 when she first reported it to Touch magazine. Trump wasn’t a candidate then. His campaign didn’t even exist. In other words, Trump was clearly motivated by factors other than his campaign for this not to be made public. That in an of itself absolves the felony charge.
Yes, you describe the scheme well. It's easier to understand this whole trial when you realize that a conviction is not the goal. What we are seeing the beginning of now, which is witness after witness testifying to what Donald Trump and they did, so the media can report that "this tiem we've finally got him."Wrong….
Donald Trump is undergoing a criminal trial in Manhattan. He is charged with filing corporate records that included a false statement; namely, that payments to Michael Cohen that were described as being for legal services were, in fact, to reimburse Cohen for making one or more payments to Stormy Daniels in exchange for a non-disclosure agreement. But those payments to Daniels were perfectly legal, and filing a false corporate document is a misdemeanor on which the statute of limitation has passed.
So in order to charge Trump, District Attorney Alvin Bragg had to allege that the false documents were filed in order to cover up another crime. That would make it a felony. But what is that other crime? Bragg has been coy about it. In truth, there was no other crime, and Bragg’s prosecution is election interference on behalf of the Democratic Party, plain and simple.
One would think that this case could not have gone to trial without a clear specification of that other crime and evidence in support of it. But that appears to be what has happened, courtesy of trial judge Juan Merchan, who is in on the scam.
Then why have a trial, if no conviction is possible?the judge needs nothing. his job is to represent the law.
statistically, the jury probably has 3, maybe 4, trump cultists like yourself who will never believe god's anointed is really a pig.
.The whole state of new york is guilty of election interference. This sham prosecution is going on with the full support of Kathy Hochul. NY and the USA deserve better. MAGA
That’s you saying that I wouldn’t…But there had better be more to it than a legal NDA and a whole lot of but hurt over losing in 2016…So far, I don’t see it…Again. If it's a "sick joke" the juries verdict will reflect that. Why are you not willing to accept that verdict?
Spoiler Alert: 23 Apr 2024 ~~ By Victoria Taft
Prosecutors' Tortuous Trump Case Is 'Confusing' to Nearly Everyone
The first witness in Donald Trump's trial for alleged "criminal" bookkeeping errors came with National Enquirer-worthy titillations about what a hot commodity the former president was back in the day. Prosecutors thought they'd burst out of the gate with a little razzle-dazzle and T&A, hoping that jurors would believe the witness had anything to do with the actual charges in the case. This is because — spoiler alert — the prosecutors' actual case is a "confusing" distraction. It's the "Seinfeld" of legal cases.
But since a Manhattan jury will likely convict the former president because Orange Man Bad, here's what happened in court with the opening witness on truncated court sessions Monday and Tuesday.
David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, testified that he worked with Trump's lawyer to kill stories that hurt Trump's reputation or would be hurtful to his wife and family. This is the so-called catch-and-kill scheme, wherein sources would approach the Enquirer with an unflattering story about Trump (this applies to Hollywood stars and big shots), offer money to the people telling it, and then make the story disappear.
And it went something like this:
All of the above is legal.
- Pecker reportedly would alert Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, about the titillating story.
- Cohen got three sources to sign a non-disclosure agreement for a sum of money.
- Trump paid his legal bills, which covered Cohen's incurred costs plus more.
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The media have called this case a "hush money" case, but one of our crafty commenters called it the Hush Trump case. Touché. When a judge shuts up the defendant but not the other trial participants, you can't help but wonder if the fix is in. Where else will you read that in this censorious media world that we're living in?
Commentary:
Remembering when The Los Angeles Times “caught and killed” the story of Barack Obama’s banquet speech for Rashid Khalidi, which was on video. I bet that video is more damaging than sex with a stripper and had a bigger impact on the 2008 election than Daniels did in 2016. Nobody was prosecuted. Few even complained. The video is still in the vault.
THAT is not illegal. “Go away” settlements and NDAs are extremely common. The lying whorebag human toilet tried to milk a few dollars more out of him two weeks before the election.
130k to Trump is akin to me flipping a nickel to a bum who is annoying customers coming into my business. It’s a ridiculously small amount she accepted. That amount was offered because her lawyer knew it was so low no sane person would take it to court if they could make it go away for that trivial sum.
Nothing even slightly illegal about it.
The Secret Sources for ‘Bombshell’: Why Ex-Fox News Staffers Broke Their NDAs for Filmmakers
In order to paint a vivid picture of the network's culture, 'Bombshell's' makers spoke to about 20 people with a connection to Fox, including multiple women bound by confidentiality agreements, a task that sent the filmmakers into territory usually left to investigative journalists.www.hollywoodreporter.com
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4 things you should know about non-disclosure agreements
Learn more about how NDAs are handled in the workplace, including when they are enforceable and their benefits.legal.thomsonreuters.com
Cohen went to jail for perjury, tax invasion, and making unlawful campaign contributions.....
Not only was it taken to court. Cohen plead guilty AND went to jail for it. This under the TRUMP administration.
So this idea that nothing criminal happened and they just are doing this to hurt Trump seems to be... well incorrect.
Interesting.
made false statements to a federally-insured financial institution in connection with a $500,000 home equity loan, and, in 2016, caused $280,000 in payments to be made to silence two women who otherwise planned to speak publicly about their alleged affairs with a presidential candidate, thereby intending to influence the 2016 presidential election.
This was dated August 2018.
Who do you suppose I should believe?
Some random guy on the internet. Or a press release of the Bill Barr DOJ.
democrats need all 12
with this case I believe they never had 12 on their side from the start
Imbecile... read and learn...
COUNT 8 (Excessive Campaign Contribution)44. On or about October 27, 2016, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, MICHAEL COHEN, the defendant, knowingly and willfully made and caused to be made a contribution to Individual-1, a candidate for Federal office, and his authorized political committee in excess of the limits of the Election Act, which aggregated $25,000 and more in calendar year 2016, and did so by making and causing to be made an expenditure, in cooperation, consultation, and concert with, and at the request and suggestion of one or more members of the campaign, to wit, COHEN made a $130,000 payment to Woman-2 to ensure that she did not publicize damaging allegations before the 2016 presidential election and thereby influence that election. (Title 52, United States Code, Sections 30116(a) (1) (A), 30116(a) (7), and 30109(d) (1) (A), and Title 18, United States Code, Section 2(b) .)
You aren't present in the court. Neither are you especially interested in what's in the public realm.That’s you saying that I wouldn’t…But there had better be more to it than a legal NDA and a whole lot of but hurt over losing in 2016…So far, I don’t see it…
It's simple. No jury can convince you Trump did anything. No amount of evidence can. This because you've given yourself an easy psychological out when events don't go the way your biases do.Then we are done. If you want to be deliberately obtuse to the point of simply ignoring the f-cking email chain were they express their displeasure, I can't stop you. What I can do is stop wasting my time.
12 guys hear the evidence and decide. that is how it works here.
Not only was it taken to court. Cohen plead guilty AND went to jail for it. This under the TRUMP administration.
So this idea that nothing criminal happened and they just are doing this to hurt Trump seems to be... well incorrect.
Beside that is the check for the money. Bearing Trump's signature. Something even his lawyer concedes.They raided Cohen's office yet have no documentation of TRUMP knowing about the payments. Cohen recorded phone calls with TRUMP, still they have nothing...
apnews.com
it is not surprising that the geniuses at pjmedia so not understand the case.
only 12 people, need to understand the case.
