Massholya
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Post by Massholya on Apr 7, 2023 19:01:48 GMT -5
Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up! It seems perfect, somehow, that the first criminal prosecution of Donald Trump is not about matters of state or the future of democracy, but about a tawdry sexual encounter with an adult-film star and Trump’s efforts to cover it up. That’s who he is, folks. That’s who he has always been. It is also fitting that his first experience of being arrested, fingerprinted and released on his own recognizance came in New York, the city whose gossip columns he used to gate-crash by swanking around town and all but screaming, “Look at me!” Yes, indeed. Look at him now. In Atlanta, Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) is weighing criminal indictment of Trump on charges relating to his attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 election. Evidence in that case, if it is brought, would include the famous tape recording of Trump’s phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which he leans on Raffensperger to somehow “find 11,780 votes” — just enough to erase Joe Biden’s winning margin in the state. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/06/trump-indictment-georgia-carroll-jan-6/Soon, please. Sadly, most Republicans probably agree with that sentiment but are too afraid politically and in terms of their personal safety to say so publicly.
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 8, 2023 6:53:18 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 8, 2023 22:05:21 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 8, 2023 22:06:18 GMT -5
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Apr 10, 2023 21:23:22 GMT -5
One may anticipate Mango invoking his5th Amendment rights again thus entitling the NYAG to argue to the jury thst it may draw an adverse inference against him for such invocations. Trump to sit for another deposition in New York civil case about business dealings Former president Donald Trump plans to return to New York for a second round of questioning Thursday in a lawsuit brought by Attorney General Letitia James over his business dealings, according to two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal details. Trump spent hours with the New York attorney general in an August deposition, during which he repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions. www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/10/trump-deposition-new-york/Though a witness in a civil action may invoke the Fifth Amendment, its invocation by a defendant in a civil action is not always without consequence. Courts in New York have routinely permitted negative inferences following a party-defendant’s Fifth Amendment invocation.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Apr 11, 2023 11:39:17 GMT -5
Good ole Donald "If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?" Trump.
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 11, 2023 14:03:59 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 12, 2023 5:57:50 GMT -5
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 12, 2023 18:59:15 GMT -5
He omitted the part after "I'm sorry." "That you're not going to jail for a thousand years."
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 14, 2023 0:49:13 GMT -5
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 14, 2023 17:58:24 GMT -5
How soon can we expect perjury charges?
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Apr 14, 2023 18:29:37 GMT -5
How soon can we expect perjury charges? Better yet I believe Manhattan DA Bragg said that the real estate valuation case is still active. Perhaps some incriminating statements made by Mango?
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 15, 2023 1:05:55 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 15, 2023 1:47:02 GMT -5
It’s so much harder to intimidate jurors now, no fair!
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 15, 2023 9:51:00 GMT -5
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Apr 17, 2023 10:26:04 GMT -5
And the hits just keep on coming!! Judge denies Trump’s request for delay in trial involving rape allegation A federal judge on Monday denied a bid by Donald Trump to delay a civil trial involving a rape allegation by author E. Jean Carroll against the former president, rejecting a contention that a “cooling off” period is needed after Trump’s arraignment this month in a criminal case related to hush money payments to an adult-film star. In an order, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said the trial will begin in Manhattan on April 25 as planned. In denying the allegations by Carroll, Trump said she was “not my type.” However, in a deposition at Mar-a-Lago last year, Trump mistook Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples when shown a photograph from the 1990s, potentially undermining one of the common defenses he has used to deny an attack. www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/17/trump-carroll-rape-trial-no-delay/
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 18, 2023 23:44:16 GMT -5
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Apr 20, 2023 19:09:13 GMT -5
This is excellent news, but what happened to charges in Georgia being "imminent." I guess imminent doesn't mean what I thought it meant.
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 22, 2023 17:20:37 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Apr 23, 2023 7:01:47 GMT -5
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