If the other substantive weaknesses in the politically constructed Manhattan case against Donald Trump do not lead to a pre-trial dismissal, this one should collapse it.
The Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) explicitly states the payments by President Trump to Stormy Daniels are not an election campaign violation.
WASHINGTON DC – A key member of the Federal Election Commission today rejected the Manhattan district attorney’s indictment of former President Donald Trump as a violation of federal election laws.
“It’s not a campaign finance violation. It’s not a reporting violation of any kind,” said FEC Commissioner James E. “Trey” Trainor. In trying to stretch the law to make it look like a violation, he added, District Attorney Alvin Bragg “is really trying to make a square peg fit into a round hole.”
In a 34-count indictment of Trump, the first criminal case ever against a former president, Bragg charged that a $130,000 payment made by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen to porn star Stormy Daniels, which Cohen went to jail for in a plea deal, violated several campaign finance laws that splashed onto Trump. [T]he FEC and Justice Department already considered the case and tossed it.
First, he said, Cohen took the blame in his plea deal. “At the end of the day, there’s the person who committed the crime, and there’s the person who is behind bars because of it,” Trainor said of Cohen.
Second, the paperwork violation in question came well after Trump’s 2016 election, so it couldn’t have been done to help his election.
Third, it is not obvious that the reason for the payment and the reimbursement to Cohen was to influence the election, thus failing the “objective standard” of law. “It has to be something that anybody on the street can look at and say the only reason you did that was to influence the campaign,” said Trainor. “There’s a lot of reasons that he could have done it that aren’t related to him being a candidate for president, and so therefore, it wouldn’t have met the standard as campaign expenditure under federal law,” he added. (read more)
This is the @FEC hearing room. This is where campaign finance violations are tried. pic.twitter.com/OJFxVMiiUl
— Trey Trainor (@TXElectionLaw) April 4, 2023
I heard this earlier. BragG has screwed himself. He’s just too dumb to know it.
We’re gonna see Bragg on TV tomorrow wearing Emily Litella glasses: “Never mind!”
Bet we don’t. That’s not how libs roll. More likely, they’ll double down, or make up something else. The War Against Trump will never end.
Yes, somewhere I had heard that Bragg had something else planned, as in taxes or something, if that first thing didn’t pan out. It’s like let’s throw all sorts of junk out there and see what sticks.
There’s more to come, unfortunately. The demons never rest:
https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/06/the-gathering-storm/
This^^^^
The article by Julie Kelly is spot on!!!! I have been saying this on these boards for weeks. Julie Kelly has been inside the court room reporting on the J6 trials. The NY indictment was only the opening act. The main event is in Washington DC.
They have to try and take out Trump in a venue where he can’t get a fair trial. DC is the number one place, NY second and Georgia isn’t in the running. They are absolutely going to magically invent crimes to charge Trump with concerning J6.
Their case is going to have a big Achilles heel though and that is the J6 tapes. That has to be why there was a huge bipartisan uproar about showing the tapes. If the tapes showed it was a set up, and they probably do, it would have been a massive preemptive strike on their plan. Even the parts of the J6 tapes that were shown, mysteriously didn’t include footage of LEO violence or any of the paid anarchists instigating.
Why have the J6 tapes been put under wraps? I think we now know why, because they will stop Trump from being railroaded in Washington DC. It’s time to make enough noise to make them public.
I might be mis-remembering but didn’t Congress obtain Trumps financial records speciously? It was viewed as a fishing expedition. They found nothing. Then, incredibly, they gave those records to NY prosecutors.
Do I have that right?
Tax Returns.
I suspect many other records as well, that’s how they roll.
It matters not.
Seems a miracle, doesn’t it?
That a billionare could run as a representative of “the little people” but then he wouldn’t be the first.
But that after a lifetime in 3 of the most corrupt industries; Manhattan real estate development, the entertainment industry, and running a Casino resort, have 2 divorces, and with everything else in his bio, and yet search as they might, they can find NOTHING.
Even his 2 ex-wives have nothing but good things to say about him, and anyone with an ex knows how rare that is!
His kids? Lets face it, while Hunter is extreme, his is what an awful lot of children of thecrich and famous end up like,..
And yet PDJT’s grown children all seem remarkably,…normal and like good kids,..and so no scandals THERE, either.
PDJT gaslighted them twice, over his income taxes, and they fell for it, both times. He KNEW there was absolutely NOTHING they would find, with CONFIDENCE.
Given the size of his business dealings, and that as CEO he doesn’t actually make the minute entries, that shows an amazingly high level of confidence; squeeky clean and knows it.
Noone else could have stood up to such scrutiny, or the constant vitriol.
And no one, even someone “wealthy” could have been able to financially pay the lawyers as he has; the prosecutions where they bankrupt the defendant hasn’t worked with him.
Almost like GOD chose this flawed but good man, specifically for this time, and for this fight.
Yes, he has been chosen. That’s why satan’s spawn in D.C. and elsewhere is all over him. Dear Lord, shine your light upon Donald J. Trump and send your angels to protect him and his family as they carry your beacon to awaken the country and the world to the devilish plans ahead. Help us to help however we can. Amen.
I love this… flawed but good man. He is a glorious bastard, and I say that with all respect, even love.
Thanks
I didn’t know that specifically, but it is after all their M.O. so I expect nothing less.
That is what lawfare is all about.
The process is the punishment.
With how many ‘laws’ there are now we are all criminals if the government needs you to be considered one.
When it comes to the doj/fblie etc, the process is the punishment.
The financial & legal abuse of the target, whether ultimately successful in a conviction or not is intended to bankrupt & ruin them & it’s a warning to others.
So they never rise again.
I think he’ll double down.
epic
Well, obviously since so many liked this, I am off on this but I find nothing funny about putting PRESIDENT Trump in anything that has him pointing a g?? At someone else. No funny bone for me, I guess, on this.
Maybe. I wouldn’t be surprised if The Braggert got a million Soros bucks for bringing this “case” forward.
who is funding Soros?
I call him Fat Braggert.
Soros put enormous pressure on Fat Alvin, and because Fat Alvin is an empty can with no character, he crumpled.
Humpty Dumpty is about to have a great fall – His case is a patched up powerless voodoo doll.
http://www.rapsheet.co.uk/Images/Characters/HumptyDumpty.jpg
Has he screwed himself? He’s got the ex #3 man from the DOJ as his lead counsel- Matthew Colangelo. The judge in this case- his daughter owns Authentic. A company that brands and manages political campaigns. The judge’s daughter’s company has worked on Biden/Harris, Obama’s, Bookers’, Jeffries’s, Sinema’s, and Newsome’s campaigns to name a few: https://authentic.org/clients/
Plus the jury pool will be from Dem controlled NYC.
He hasn’t screwed anything yet.
Of course there is nothing close to a violation or crime of any kind in this travesty. Going to be hard for the leftist judge to keep playing a game with this farce with this FEC information public
Trump is running for president. At what point can he counter all this crap with serious election interference charges?
The day we have a DOJ that prosecutes actual criminals and an FBI that investigates actual crimes.
So…you mean never?!
If by “NEVER”, you mean that NO ONE will EVER force the General Public – THE SOVEREIGN CITIZENS of the USA become RESPONSIBLE for holing their own PUBLIC SERVANTS accountable for TREASON.
Imagine if you will a Lord in his Castle, telling his most Highly Honored Guests that there is NOTHING he can do about His butler and kitchen servants stealing all the Jewelry and fur coats of all his Guests for a Grand Supper for his most important Public Occasion.
THAT is the AMERICAN CITIZENS, right now.
Yeah, the ones who want everyone to cry over them telling them how LONGSUFFERING they are over the TREASONS they ALLOW their servants to commit upon their Most Honored GUESTS.
You seem to forget that there are no “public servants” in any municipal, county, state or federal office. Only professional politicians, selected by election fraud to ensure the grift just keeps on giving.
here is so much deep truth to your statement…
God Bless America
Bragg is making an illegal campaign contribution for one. And second, he campaigned on a promise to get Trump. Which is also illegal.
Trainor posting that photo is basically saying “This room is where Bragg may well find himself.”
Yes, Bragg is a 100% Bonafide TRAITOR to the USA.
Nothing less.
We’re going to have to Sadaam Hussein that Soros guy.
But, Braggs illegal campaign contribution, benefits PDJT!
MOUNTAINS of “free media” which has resulted in (last time I checked, which is yesterday so its probably higher) $10 mil, and climbing by $1 mil/day.
You’ve got Cohen, in his plea bargain, stating it was his own initiative and DJT didn’t know.
If he recants on that, bargain is revoked, and he gets another charge for perjury.
You got Stormys letter, saying it never happened.
And you got the FEC saying no violation.
The Judgecshould dismiss with prejudice, and sanction Bragg and reccomend disbarrment.
And, the DA in Georgia SHOULD be having major second thoughts, about pursueing persecution over the more than perfect phone call.
And, RDS’s attempt at launching his POTUS campaign, is floundering badly, as he continues to sink in the polls.
Tell me again how these people are “smart”?
I think the only way they could be deemed “ smart” is by those that are complicit. Our government is filled with compromised, corrupt dirtbags. Courts included. Add to that the media and voila. “Smart” Sarc… I agree with you God has chosen Trump. I believe God has his hand on him. No one but him could stand all that has been done to him as you stated. These mutts all stick together and attack in packs. They will never relent because they have too much to lose. Trump went down there and exposed both parties for what they are. They have decided that can never happen again. Hence the punishment that is going on right now to the American people. Because, you know, how dare we elect someone to represent us….God Bless PDJT!! He’s the only one that can straighten this out. I pray everyday for him to be back in the White House.
People make stupid decisions that backfire all the time…
Nobody said Bragg was smart. His name is a dead giveaway.
I agree, not smart….they just have the guns, the power, and control of the agencies (MSM, DOJ, FBI, Judges, etc.).
Smarts is the one thing they currently do not have on their side.
Good and valid question. He has already been saying it on Truth but how does he officially do it so it is heard in court?
I don’t know, “judge” Emmett Sullivan didn’t have any problem taking over the prosecution of Michael Flynn after it had been clearly established that Flynn had been coerced into a plea with false charges and threats to his family. And the rest of the judiciary allowed Sullivan to carry on with that farce.
There is no bottom to our judicial system. It is unhinged and untethered and run by a bunch of immoral ghouls.
God allowed them to be so elevated so HIGH in the Judiciary, because that is the Place where anyone is help MOST ACCOUNTABLE – at the TOP of the RUNGS of TEACHING, PREACHING, and JUDGING.
And so they are Guaranteed to have their FAIR JUSTICE in their Harvest.
I rank the corruption of our legal system to be the most serious problem facing us today. Above open borders, above Ukraine, above election integrity, above Biden’s corruption…
Fix the legal system, and you can start to fix the country.
IMHO
Oh I totally agree about that! The purpose of the phony indictment is to move the phony kangaroo trial phase.
I’ve been saying for awhile that Democrats are trying to “Tom Delay” the President. Recall that Tom Delay’s political career was destroyed by a phony indictment from a podunk local court and a phony conviction that took YEARS to be thrown out. By that time, his career was over and Democrats had removed a political enemy.
This is the same strategy.
The problem they have is people like Trainor who is making it clear that he can make trouble for them. Never underestimate a scorned bureaucrat who sees a lesser nobody trying to do his job.
And…still Trump was charged, arraigned, besmirched and forced to defend himself.
Special place in a volcano for the Brag bastard
Fourth, Trump had already resigned from his companies and turned all control of his assets to his sons.
He would not be signing anything of this nature at this point when he was beginning his first term.
That’s a great point.
it’s a solid point. lets pray that President Trump can prove this in the case with material evidence that the Trump organization signed off and not him personally.
God Bless America
Lol, Bragg better drop this because the purpose of that photo is two-fold.
1. Bragg is trying to prosecute a Federal case in a local podunk court. Trainor is telling Bragg “you have no authority here”.
2. Brag’s actions expose HIM to FEC investigation for illegally targeting an individual while Bragg was a candidate for office.
Bragg has zero authority to even bring the indictment. The FEC could decide that Bragg’s actions constitute an illegal campaign contribution to Trump’s political opponents.
Democrats are making it very easy for Trump to campaign by teaching voters that EVERYTHING they were told about Trump was a lie. Russia, Ukraine, COVID, J6, all if it.
They’re making it more likely that Trump gets nominated. They’re defusing every bomb.
There is no doubt (reality Deep State), Bragg was told to do it or else. It’s all part of the PLAN to DESTROY TRUMP and to make sure that NO ONE ELSE EVER RISES TO THIS POSITION AGAIN.
That’s the motive.
That’s the Message to Bragg.
Bragg was paid off and now he must do the job.
It’s really quite simple.
That’s how criminals operate.
Donald Trump knows this. He had to deal with the MOB in NYC/NYS and he always got along with them.
I’m getting exhausted with:
WE GOT HIM THIS TIME!
HE’S ON THE ROPES.
HE’S GOING DOWN!
God is in Control.
God always Wins.
Maundy Thursday.
I actually think that Bragg, knowing the cases that are coming along in Georgia and DC, wanted the “honor” of being able to be the first to indict and arrest President Trump. For his next campaign, when he can brag that he was the first prosecutor to arrest a former president. His constituents will vote for him in droves because of it and donors will recognize that he is the only important candidate.
I do NOT believe Bragg did all this under COERSION.
He may have been ENTICED.
He may have simply been trying to BUTTER UP SOROS and Klaus Schwabb, for prizes down the Road.
He’s just Brown-nosing to those who have things he would like to have.
Some higher seats than he now has….
Can’t rape a willing participant, I don’t think anyone FORCED him to do this.
Agree . Bragg is a willing dupe thinking he is doing his duty. Reminds me of pence on j6
But but Ann Coulter sez Trump sucks now!
Is she really still alive and showing her horse face in public? She must be writing her next hagiography about Romney.
She works for Murdoch.
And Trump can file an FEC complaint alleging that Bragg is violating campaign laws by campaigning to indict Trump and trying to prosecute an FEC violation in a lesser court. That would be fun.
Trump also needs to get a Federal judge who isn’t a NeverTrumper to order the local podunk court to dismiss. No small feat, but he’s not going to get a fair trial. Bragg and the local judge will see to it that a bunch of antifa/BLM terrorists make up the jury.
I just pray God’s protection over Trump! They’re desperate, and will keep trying when this attack collapses!
Apparently Fat Alvin and his team screwed this up so badly that many leftists in the political arena and the MSM are basically about to abandon Bragg and hope this can go away because it has backfired BIGLY and been and absolute boon for President DJT!!!😆
Boon indeed, as I surmised, he’s about 10 Million to the better for it.
America is dead already because the multipolar world is emerging. Even Trump can’t put that genie back in the bottle.
Not dead but maybe in a coma. President Trump is awakening America so there is hope.
yeees..world is very different than…01/21/2021…..even his friend nutty yahoo(spell) is in big trouble…
No one else could do it.
No one else could convince me that they could do it.
But PDJT, becausecof all that he accomplished in his first term, despite all of the resistance,…
has me convinced he is the only one that could POSSIBLY do it.
He’s a crucible, and getting elected is not needed to fulfill his role. I hope he goes all the way, but he’s effective just as he is.
Aaanndd one thing to remember:
VSGPDJT will put that $10 million to more good use than DeStablishment for the primary, or JoBama (or whichever other puppet the Dims run) for the general, would put $100 million.
Absolument!
The Trump boomerang strikes again!
Araknicide coming soon since Hillary will be the first to face legal jeopardy from state attorneys general.
Hopefully that will ricochet too!
I tried to find this but couldn’t. During Trump’s presidency, there was talk of him changing the SS to fall under the US Treasury. Not that it would make much difference under this regime but it certainly was worthwhile when he was 45.
It used to be under the Treasury . . .
If the statute of limitations hasn’t expired, the Clintons should provide a target rich environment for State A.G.’s.
Its not like their crimes aren’t already documented, its just nobody, including PDJT was willing to “go there”, remember PDJT soon after being inaugerates said, basically “Aw, leave Hillary alone.” cause he didn’t want to cross the line Bragg has now crossed.
Lefties are mean but they are also really dumb. If they weren’t they wouldn’t be on the left.
Democrats are soo stupid
They do not understand simple Law.
I will be sure to mock the
Cricket Eating Pedophile
Global Communists
With this one next!
Magic mirrors,giant pinwheels,miracle golf carts,imaginary laws
The material simply writes itself in 🤡 🌎!
The two parts of their brains where the left has nothing right. Their right side? There’s empty space, nothing left in there
This is true, but with our current R leadership refusing to hold them accountable, what are clinging to?
Sue someone for $1T. I guess that would be NYC.
Does Bragg even have an IQ ?
He fell off the wrong side of the Bell Curve.
He thinks it’s important and necessary that he shows it off.
God, please protect President Donald J Trump and his family. Please help heal and unite this great country. America(First) Hispanics for MAGA & Trump 2024…Lots of love for Sundance and those in this forum…
And yet what motions were raised by PDJT’s legal team? Any?!
Oh, but they did ask to DELAY trial. Maybe it was “opposite” day?
The date for defense motions is in September, I think? The date for answers to those motions from the prosecution is in October, again not sure, but December is the date for coming before the judge.
If they asked for a delay he needs to fire all of them. How could that possibly help?
The longer it goes on, and the morevthe media is forced to report on it, the higher his poll #’s and campaign fund total goes.
The more even liberals realise this has gone way too far, and begin to take their first red pills.
Exactly. The longer it goes on, the longer the MSM needs to talk about it.
They didn’t even last an hour on Tuesday to start setting up the back tracking- Oh, it’s a sad day as every single MSM talking head exclaimed after the charging papers were finally shared.
And the other tell- they all started saying “conspiracy.” They pulled a conspiracy charge from thin air and added it to the indictment as they talk about it….
No where is there a charge of conspiracy, in fact, it’s one charge, listed 34 times.
To your point…the longer they are required to repeat their mantra…the dumber they will look in the end.
It’s to Trump’s advantage to keep this fraud in the news cycle. Free advertising. Motivates his base. Helps the mush heads realize that Trump keeps getting attacked because his America-first policies are a threat to the Plutocracy.
It will also be fun to see if he FEC intervenes. Trainor’s comments indicate they might stop Bragg over a jurisdictional issue. The Feds have already passed on it. Some local podunk DA doesn’t have the authority to enforce Federal law, especially laws that the Feds already determined the accused has not broken.
Sad to say that justice and truth no longer matter in NY or anywhere else in this country.
If they could get away with taking out our President Trump they would do so.
The despicable Bidenistas are showing us how much they care about The Law.
Zero.
Another Jussie Smollett moment for the left.
They’ve been caught with their pants down so many times, that I believe they have their pants down at all times.
Its all a big nothing burger to quote their jezebel spirit diva-hrc.
Total harassment of what they fear-PRESIDENT TRUMP. And now it backfires and we must enjoy it and pray more.
Jesus we trust in you!
This was already known before the traitors indicted PDJT. They don’t care.
New York, like all other tyrant-run cities, hate Trump and don’t care about the law or judicial rules.
Expect more of this in Atlanta and DC. They will not stop until he is behind bars or dead.
They will fail on all counts.
President Trump is protected by God.
It’s obvious to those of us paying attention.
Correx: PRAYING attention 👍
He will never be behind bars…thousands would storm the jurisdiction that tried.
All armed all with F$$k you bring it on attitude.
Why not, the country would well and truly be done if the people allowed such a travesty.
The U.S.A. would be Communist China..
Cheers!
They all look down.. and see that their feet stand on the edge of a knife… If it strays but a bit everything they do and live for falls into chaos. What a time indeed. The administrative states obvious fear watching their own underlings is almost gratifying. But not enough. More of this..
all of this truth ignores the fact that Bragg can keep things going, seat a Manhattan jury before a Biden supporting judge and Trump will be found guilty and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
How did all that evidence of statistical impossibility of Biden getting all those votes after the counting stopped turn out…?
How was heard the affidavits of the New York truck driver who took totes full of filled out ballots across State lines and then couldn’t find his trailer the next day?
How did that Supreme Court case brought by Texas against Pennsylvania turn out?
How did that investigation of who leaked the Flynn call to Isikoff turn out?
Trump could get 200 million votes in 2024 and still lose.
All true, but the feel is much different this time around.
That said the “ Deep State” as we know are quite capable of anything and everything leading up to having him assassinated.
Cheers!
That horrific possibility is, I believe off the table.
His enemies, as dumb as they are, understand the trap of making a martyer of him, and realise the time for “executive actiin” has passed.
And yet, their constant persecution/prosecution of him, with the well worn litany of Mueller, inpeach 1, impeach 2, etc is hsving the effect ofvmaking a martyer if him, over and over, with his support gaining each time.
Fascinating to watch the pin point accuracy, with which they shoot themselves in the foot, while simultaneously stepping on their own d*cks. Amasing dexterity to do that!
They don’t have anything To step on.
They know that Assassinating him would only increase the fury of MAGA. And so instead they want to attempt to destroy MAGA by attempting to fool all the people all the time with the fake impeachment, fake Liz Cheney select committee, fake indictment, fake news
Excuse for my possible naïveté but God allowed that malfunction to occur. Biden had to crawl in and receive stolen election goods, and he will be tried and convicted before his Maker. Trump is where he was destined to be.
I agree with your first three points. However, the feckless GOPe is complicit with the get Trump crowd. They do not want Trump to be their presidential candidate or President.
The people must go into battle with Trump, sooner than later. The politicians are the problem, not the solution.
Absolutely agree, #4 is way off base.
“Until the GOPe rises up and fights”?Are you delusional??
NOT asleep, complicit.
And the timing of Braggs action was coordinated with the RDS campaugn launch, its pretty obvious.
The RNC can not, will not allow PDJTVto be the nominee, and they would never allow him the VP candidate he would insist on, and it would be insane for him to pick off of any list they gave him.
Hence, the 2024 campaign was always going to be about the RNC, not the DNC.
And, IMHO it will lead to a split, they are just trying (and failing) to manipulate the optics of it.
Republicans are holding a hearing about Biden’s garage! What a bunch of losers!
There is the possibility that when the DOJ indicts (as it is assumed it will), they will ask Bragg to step back while the feds pursue their case. Bragg will get a delay and the DOJ will make the case. All the while, it can be said that Mr. Trump remains under indictment in New York making it seem as if the DOJ is prosecuting a serial criminal.
It won’t seem like that to more than the delusional TDS 10%.
So much fear around here of the media, as if they are all-powerful with their lies.
That ship has sailed.
I am hoping Trump’s journey through hell will give him moral authority over the GOP congress in 2025. If even one of those losers looks at Trump side-eye they need to be squashed.
Well that was a short news cycle.
“The Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) explicitly states the payments by President Trump to Stormy Daniels are not an election campaign violation.”
That’s okay. Bragg can switch his prosecution over to a few parking tickets that Trump paid without reporting them as campaign donations – because Trump knew that if he had outstanding parking tickets that might cost him some votes in the election. Q.E.D! Off to jail!
Bragg can now change his name to Brazen, or just Gone!
Throw the case out now!
One minor criticism here… I’d like to see Weissman peeking his weaselly mug around the comma in that montage up above. That guy’s a Grade A TDS-marinated LUNATIC…
is that Weissman at lower right hanging from the fence like Kilroy?
another who didn’t make that graphic
Hard to squeeze him into anything short of sweatpants.
Bragg said Vindman can borrow a pair of his. Claims they’re roomy.
I can’t believe that overstuffed pierogy has the audacity to wear a “Ranger” tab, he hasn’t probably passed the physical qualification in years.
Mmm… good call. Has there been a “Trumpy Bunch” meme yet? Might have to look into that…
He misses the point too. Cohen paid the extortion knowing he would get reimbursed. He did not pay it as a campaign finance contribution. He did not commit a crime.
He pled to a crime because his scumbag lawyer and the feds colluded to coerce him too. They already had him dead to rights on the taxi business stuff. So he agreed to it.
The point is this FEC guy’s statement helps trump legally less than one would think. Bragg needs a crime to tie in the financial records part of it. In fact there was no crime. What there was was the Feds and Lanny Davis obstructing Justice to force cohen to plea to a non crime.
The FEC ruled that a candidate can spend his own money anyway he wants. This was not campaign funds!
^ This.
Bragg’s theory is that Trump falsified the reimbursement he made to Cohen in 2017 by calling it a “legal retainer”. He did that to cover up Cohen’s crime, which was making the $130,000 payment to Daniel’s, which according to Bragg, was an illegal campaign contribution.
Except it wasn’t. Cohen was badly advised to plead guilty to it.
The advise was purposefully ‘bad’. The advise itself was criminal.
A defense lawyer colluding with prosecutors to obstruct Justice.
Similar to what happened to General Flynn.
I know this a “preaching to the choir” comment.
But the indictments are NOT about prosecuting PDJT for a crime, it’s about hindering and/or preventing PDJT from running in 2024.
Also to give the Greedy Old Possums an excuse to attempt to deny him the nomination.
Southern belles aren’t afraid of anything! Woman grabs a possum causing chaos on dance floor of Texas hall and drags it outside
the frightened little guy strolled in the place by mistake so she placed him back outside
‘Possums are mean and nasty, but can be carried by that rat-like tail. Just keep those claws and teeth in the other direction. He was not frightened. He was PO’ed.
THIS. It is all about THIS.
Thing is, the RNC CAN deny him the nominstion, its their club and they can run it how they want to.
If they really “didn’t care what we think” they wouldn’t be going through this eleborate charade, they would just deny him the RNC endorsement.
They don’t want him, and we know they don’t, and they know we know, so why don’t they just do what they have full authority to do?
Because, believe it or not, of US.
I believe, Brother, I believe, and that’s why we won’t shut up or go away!
I like Elon more and more
Same.
My guess is somebody else commited the same non crime, and does not want it found out.
I’m guarded about being optimistic regarding the FEC statement or it having any effect on the Manhattan witch-hunt by Fatty Alvinbraggle.
I’m wracking my brain for an instance when the left made any kind of a move to retreat.
The Mueller witch-hunt was punitive because of the uncertainty and length. This will not be that different though I hope I’m wrong.
That’s a good nickname!
We can only hope for a dismissal. I cannot be optimistic due to the dirty anti Trump judge presiding over the case. I think Dershowitz is correct in that that judge is biased and a coward that would never throw the case out as it rightly should be. “Get Trump” is the clarion call of the left and the deep state so He can never hold the office again. In some respects, since the ‘rats are so adept at cheating, I don’t know what they are worried about with regards to the next election. They just got that leftist puke judge installed in wisconsin, they control nv, mi and pa. With all the other irredeemable deep blue states, that’s all they need for the win, even giving ga and az to the republican.
Dershowitz said yesterday on the Lou Dobbs podcast that the next step after conviction is the appeals court in Albany.
Albany is not Manhattan and northern New York state is very different from NYC.
It may end up in the SCOTUS.
But it could die either place.
A conviction means jail time. Appeals take time. In that time DJT sits in a cell unable to campaign effectively neutering him in the election. This is probably the ‘rat play.
Alvin Bragg
The Nothing Burger King.
“I woulda indicted the Ham Sandwich, too… but I ate it.”
This is so wonderful to hear tonight. Somehow I feel the presence of God here 🙏. And I wonder what the fallout will look like.
Robert Barnes with Alex Mercouris and Alex Christoforou discuss the Bragg indictment of President Trump. Both Barnes and Alex Mercouris are attorneys reaching the same point that President Trump never violated any federal election law. A very detailed and informative report.
At The Duran today. A very good analysis including foreign and domestic fallout.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Bp3U6JSgqY4?feature=share
That was most interesting. Thank you for the link.
They got him now…
/s
Wow. This is a pleasant surprise; someone who works in the government making sense. There’s hope yet we may find more of these scarce creatures.
Integrity at the FEC?
Federal law has no bearing on NY law. Even if he violated Federal law, NY law does not consider violations outside of the state, which are outside of its jurisdiction. Further, Trump did not run for election for a New York seat. The New York laws regarding elections are superseded by Federal law.
Fat Alvin should be investigated, prosecuted, disbarred and imprisoned for this Kafkaesque persecution, along with that traitorous old ghoul George Sauron.
According to FEC Commissioner Trainer the reasons why there was no crime by President Trump included:
“Second, the paperwork violation in question came well after Trump’s 2016 election, so it couldn’t have been done to help his election.
Third, it is not obvious that the reason for the payment and the reimbursement to Cohen was to influence the election, thus failing the “objective standard” of law. “It has to be something that anybody on the street can look at and say the only reason you did that was to influence the campaign,” said Trainor.
“There’s a lot of reasons that he could have done it that aren’t related to him being a candidate for president, and so therefore, it wouldn’t have met the standard as campaign expenditure under federal law,” he added.”
Is this what the young people call a “buzz kill”?
that’s pretty ancient lingo
the ‘young people’ probably say something different by now
probably 3 or 4 clicks farther down the irony and feigned-indifference scales
just guessing, ymmv
If the democrat/lawfare team worked the wargaming on this.. a little FEC spin has been factored in… the dershow evaluation is so much blathering .. the goal is always .. use the process as punishment.. Godspeed POTUS45.. the war has gone HOT
Naturally, this news is not being reported by the ̶d̶e̶m̶o̶c̶r̶a̶t̶ communist media.
Bragg: Trump, before your dimise, I’d like you to join me for a ceremony that will make this Democrat assassination of you an epic battle. No MAGA ganster will dare oppose the Empire now.
Trump: The more you tighten your grip, Bragg, the more MAGA Deplorables will slip through your fingers.
(Apologies to *Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope*)
Regards
Climate Heretic
Keep in mind, the devil’s imp (Fauci) stated that we are likely to have a new “pandemic” late this year, early next year.
That’s of course if Russia and its growing list of allies haven’t caused Babylon’s collapse before then. I’d be far more concerned about that honestly.
will he FEC Commissioner James E. “Trey” Trainor. be expert for defendant at trial?
When the American Fascist movement (D) pulls a Gestapo stunt like arresting the President on ludicrously false charges, notice how all the NATO “allies” are either silent in their condemnation or smirk with agreement at the Junta’s lawlessness.
Food for thought.
Just as with Republican politicians, look who is silent, who condemns without SAYING HIS NAME, and who speaks out in his defence, without hesitation.
All of the “usual suspects” both with World leaders, and with R’s.
At one of KL’s appearances with PDJT, she said she had been strongly advised to “distance” herself from PDJT, and then she stepped over, hugged him and said “Hows this?”
Today, she was asked by an NBC reporter in a gaggle and said “I probably shouldn’t say this, but its BULLSHIT. (Was asked about the indictment).
The then told the reporter off.
Guess the FEC looked at the recent poll numbers and decided Bragg better drop the charges pronto.
I’m in agreement with this line of critical thinking wrt to STANDING. That is, NYC DA BRAGG really has no jurisdiction over FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS.
HOWEVER..there is this gorilla in the room. And this gorilla has been ignored by Trainor. Reading this article several times and mulling it over there is some contradictions in the legal opinion read out by trainor in this article. Meaning: that if trainor expects to be called as an expert witness in the defense of President Trump, he has to REFINE his arguments very carefully AND POWERFULLY>
Here is why.
if we establish these so called violations are Federal Election Campaign violations and that the FEC has already LEGALLY decided the case and dismissed it for lack of cause…then that must be held in court as a material evidence.
so we start with this in order to establish that the PROPER jurisdiction has already dispensed with the investigation and has already concluded there is no crime.
But in the same opinion offered by Trainor, he states in the article: “First, he said, Cohen took the blame in his plea deal. “At the end of the day, there’s the person who committed the crime, and there’s the person who is behind bars because of it,” Trainor said of Cohen.” and he also says First, he said, Cohen took the blame in his plea deal. “At the end of the day, there’s the person who committed the crime, and there’s the person who is behind bars because of it,” Trainor said of Cohen.
what “blame”? What crime? It was either a violation of FEC or it was not. It can’t be both things.
If he is going to make this argument, then the logical conclusion is that Trainor is actually defending Cohen and that Cohen should have never been put on trial. Should have had his case dismissed. See the problem?
that is the part that creates confusion and needs to be refined. (there is another, and I will get to it)
If Trainor is saying that Cohen “took a plea” and thus “took the blame”….then there IS AN FEC violation. That”s the implication with this disjointed opinion.
So he has to refine his testimony and be very clear about this.
For example…perhaps Cohen WAS CHARGED IMPROPERLY? That’s the logical conclusion if the same opinion applies: if there was not FEC violation, why was COHEN CHARGED? and why did the defense in his case NOT EXPOSE this fact? Is Cohen going to be able to appeal his case upon this “new” revelation. And more to the point, where was Trainor when the Cohen trial happened? Why did the FEC refuse to express these same legal representations to the NYC DA office at that time?
so again, Trainor will need to refine his opinion and carefully reduce this matter to ONLY THAT RELATED TO:
standing and jurisdiction…AND declinee talking about COHEN case altogether. It is not helpful. This is one of those conundrums that is likely to blow up in the face if not handled correctly.
timeline showing that he was already elected when these payments were made. Thus intent as a matter of election interference drops to moot.
Those two things are helpful to the Defense. Those two things help get this entire case dismissed.
Now, there is another contradiction in the article that needs to be pointed out:
in the article Trainor states as his #3 reason: “It has to be something that anybody on the street can look at and say the only reason you did that was to influence the campaign”
but Trainor has already established that the alleged violation took place AFTER President Trump had already been elected! So this number 3 defense undermines the argument that the payments could not possibly help President Trump in his election!
the more I look at this, the more it looks like in its current expressed form that it is a defense that has not been fully fleshed out and concentrated and edited for consistency. Too many contradictions and conundrums IT creates.
and lastly…statute of limitations. It’s actually the weakest of all of the arguments. It’s not a powerful argument. There are excemptions to the state of NY for felony indictments. It would appear the DA Bragg has accomplished the test to those limits and has exceeded this within the provisions giving him the power to do so. So this is not the argument to make. It’s a good media public court of opinion talking piece and yes it is worthwhile to debate showing the lack of a speedy trial and a lack of interest for 6 plus years, but it is not going to win the defense case for President Trump.
summary: Trainor is an expert witness to explain dismissal on the basis of jurisdiction and standing. The Defense should be very very careful creating a situation where they create confusion and contradictions….
I hope that I have explained these issues clearly and that the Defense Counsel for President Trump is very focused on how to dematerialize this case. Wading into matters that invite scrutiny and doubt is not going to help President Trump at all.
remember: there is a jury that will hear the prosecutor say over and over: where was the so called FEC when Cohen was indicted? The conviction of Cohen proves this was a crime..so the defense will need to be prepared for that action in the court room and be laser focused on what it presents.
these are only my opinions. I am not a lawyer. I notice things.
God Bless America
the legal defense of President Trump must be PEERLESS and on unimpeachable expert witness with a clear eyed, full throated demonstration of why this case is a failure.
In my opinion if Trainor is to be the star witness he will do well to NOT create more confusion that this article has created. It needs to be simple and direct:
there is a standing and jurisdiction issue…NYC DA cannot bring charges for FEC violation.
FEC has already formerly and officially disposed of the investigations and held officially in writing it will not bring a case against president Trump.
he must refrain from discussing or giving his opinion WHY the FEC did not make these same defenses to benefit the case of Cohen. That’s the gorilla. Cohen was allowed to plea to a lessor charge, but again the case charges that got him indicted were campaign finance laws (and others unrelated).
references:
https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/murs/7313/7313_27.pdf
Our battles are fought in court rooms sometime.
“General Trump” is being shot at like George Washington was before, during and after battles.
George Washington had a bullet go through his hat one time but he was never hurt.
I would say this is because God was protecting him for his purpose.
George Washington should have been killed by a snipers bullet many times but even in battle was not.
Am I equating George Washington to Donald Trump?
Yes.
I believe President Trump is also being protected by God for his purpose.
Donald Trump, George Washington are similar in this respect.
God has a purpose for Donald Trump.
I believe he will be protected because of this by God and whatever evil forces confront him he will prevail.
He has so far and if you haven’t noticed, its a miracle.
Kudos to James Trainor for making that statement. It’s somewhat refreshing when, behind all the corruption, someone comes out with an honest statement.
You know, when this whole thing is all said and done in NY and Trump comes out of it. I hope he sues and wins so much money from NYC and NY State that he can issue a demand statement on the payout and wind up seizing or buying out all the government property in Manhattan.
Oh, that would be sweet justice and irony.
yes, a lawsuit would be appropriate…
but what WOULD MAKE MORE IMPACT is this:
that the federal judge exercise his power and authority to slap DA Bragg with prosecutorial misconduct. In order to do this, he will first have to dismiss the case entirely on the basis that intentional fraud exists. It”s pretty clear to me that DA Bragg manufactured a baseless and error filled allegation and then empaneled a grand jury to achieve a court filing indictment. This can be shown as prosecutorial misconduct..and yes it is a criminal offense if the intent can be demonstrated as malicious toward the defendant. color of law statutes apply. Furthermore, it can also be shown that DA Bragg by insisting on this case when other prosecutors refused, pleaded to not go forward with it, and also some resigned, means he holds a special aggravating offense. A fact pattern of continued abuse of law, as they say. Additionally, it can be proven that the FEC declined this case in an official ruling. And provided the NYC DA office with that FEDERAL ruling. ignoring this ruling and attempting to convert a non criminal offense already disposed of by the FEC into a dubious notion built on literally air that it can become a state felony case is more than just absurd. it”s not only president, has never even been considered before, but is a type of gross misconduct.
A lawsuit from President Trump will never cost DA Bragg a single dime. The taxpayers in NY pay for that. A formal official rebuke and then removal from the DA office as well as disbarment and a violation of prosecutorial misconduct is on order here.
jmho
God Bless America
Would be nice if the Republicans got some backbone and spoke up or did something. Proves to me that many were in on the voter fraud and this persecution of Trump.
You can say that again.
Jim Jordan and his posse got this. Someone is furiously transcribing in short hand to get it all down and squeeze onto a single page in a new officially signed and sealed letter.
And making nice poster boards that are legible on CSPAN
Yup, that letter will scare them…
Sadly, Jim has done no more than Lindsey – bloviate, and send strongly worded letters of condemnation. He’s proven to be part of the problem, not the solution.
So please tell us who you think is part of the solution, and why.
Subpoenas.
Arrests, convictions, and orange jumpsuits would do it for me. Why – because that is deliverable; it is
what should be happening after all this time. Who do you think, and why?
Most of the republican party did not embrace Trump,
hey jumped on the bandwagon only when they saw the voters supported Trump.
After the steal they reverted to their Uni party controlled opposition role
He being Lindsay or Jim?
Both are totally useless!
Please, if you can’t say who is useful, how do you determine who is not?
Looks like this FEC guy should be defenses first witness, no?
Wonder if Bragg ever considered an interview of FEC personnel before the Grand Jury?
If you going to accuse someone of a crime, one would think you would get the input of those who regulate the crime, no?
Bragg isn’t real bright.
I’m guessing Affirmative Action acceptance at Harvard.
DEI is Affirmative Action on steroids.
Looks like Harvard hit its 10 year quota of nitwits with this one student.
Sloppy, sloppy work.
Oh, this FEC guy is probably going to get fired soon for speaking out to help President Trump’s defense. Someone is going to make a phone call like they did with that Virgin Islands prosecutor.
Last I heard that Virgin Islands case is still in play:
JPMorgan Chase can be sued by Virgin Islands over Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking claims
20 MAR 2023
By Dan Mangan
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/20/jpmorgan-chase-can-be-sued-by-virgin-islands-over-jeffrey-epstein-sex-trafficking-claims.html
They claim Epstein was a wealthy “friend” of Donald Trump. What a stretch.
No, he was a customer. Nothing more, nothing less.
And when Trump had proof of what Epstein was doing, he banned Epstein from all Trump properties for life.
This happened to George Allen back in 2006 during the infamous “Macaca Incident.”
No one in the RNC, or the Virginia RNC, spoke up for Mr. Allen when he was charged with hurling a racial slur at a demonrat plant, put there solely to smear Mr. Allen’s campaign.
Shameless then and shameless now.
Uniparty – spots, leopards and such.
Jim Jordan is and he’s taking a lot of heat from the fat grease stain
I keep thinking to myself, “This time, Republican voters will see that the GOP is their enemy and organize a MAGA party to destroy it.”
But I’ve come to the conclusion that most people enjoy admiring the source of their misery.
I keep thinking to myself, “This time, Republican voters will see the MAGA talking points RFK jr recently put out and see that some should vote in the Democrat primary if DJT already has things in hand so that we can checkmate our overlords with our own uniparty”.
Not gonna happen. They slurp out of the Uniparty trough. The American people have been totally abandoned.,
The origination of the word “Republican “ was from an ancient, mid eastern language. It was used to describe a spineless creature, wormlike, that seemed to thrive in sewage.
Is this sarcasm? Even wikipedia, as bad as it is, doesn’t go there.
They won’t because they are the other side of the hate trump and they want power-money-control coin. All of DC needs to be made invalid.
Start thinking about it this way: Republicans WORK WITH the Democrats. They are collaborators.
That’s why I call them the Vichy Republicans.
It doesn’t matter what the repubs do. President Trump will take the statement from Trey and turn it into a magnificent campaign ad.
I do not understand all of it yet, because of the media blackout on the subject, BUT, it appears that Dominion software is in Florida, and there is evidence of fraud in the handling of votes as they are fed to Tallahassee…..
AND
Ron Desantis IS BLOCKING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE FRAUD???????????????
Does anyone have more information on this ?
We need to send them a case of clip-on spines.
While I agree completly, on the other hand, WE are really the Government. Since money is the common denominator, i as an old really old Military analyst, Forensic and Historical, suggest finding the pro-Constitution list to buy from. Eviserate Kellogg’s, Nestle, NIKE ( whom I worked for ) after retirement, etc. There are absolutely millions of us. Bed Bath and Beyond, and all the other “wazzocks” should suffer their ignorance. A point: Military War and Political War are twins, both end up with winners and losers. Nothing could be easier than NOT buying from “wazzoks” and supporting proper non-political businesses.