In a normally functioning democracy (constitutional republic), the testimony today by Trump corporate comptroller Jeff McConney would end the ridiculous “hush money” case. McConney testified he alone was the one who instructed the accounting department to classify payments to Michael Cohen as “legal expenses.”
This entire premise of the silly NY City case against Donald Trump is predicated on the claim candidate Trump had the payments classified as legal expenses to hide the hush money payment. If Trump didn’t determine the classification, the case should collapse. Alas, we all know what this Lawfare is really about.
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This is unbelieveable that these legal geniuses bringing this case to trial aren’t embarrassed…
they are Never embarrassed about their subversvive Lawfare !Why would they be. As leftist dimocrats , they know they will get away with it , time and time again !
All you need to know is that Norm guy is there. He was always leering in the background of the impeachment trials on Trump behind the dem congress. Lawyer of course.
In the real world this would be the case…But you are dealing with NY now – The pool of people in NYC are complete filth. They have the judge, Jury, the press…they have it all. They could care less what comes out of this.. Its a warning to those of us that would go broke trying to defend themselves.
We are so screwed…. they are everywhere
They lack that gene.
This testimony by McConney alone should be enough cover for the judge to issue a directed verdict of “Not Guilty on all Counts” when it’s moved by the Defense after the prosecution concludes its case in chief.
I am wonderong if PDJT’s legal team will even bother to put on a defence?
They CAN choose not to, and simply make a motion for dismissal on the basis that the State (Prosecutors) which has the burden of proof, by a preponderance of the evidence, have failed to make their case.
However, I am pretty sure they are pursueing a strategy of “lose the case in such a way as to guarantee you win on appeal”; they know its unlikely they will win in Merchans court, so they focus all of their efforts on insuring they get as many reasons for appeal on the record as they can.
So, IF they feel there are additional grounds for appeal that they can get into the record, by presenting a defence they will, if not then “stand pat” with a motion to dismiss which merchan denies, it goes to the jury and (assuming a guilty verdict) it goes to appeal.
That is looking at this case, stricktly from a legal standpoint, however its a LAWFARE case, so its really all about public perception and the Court of Public Opinion.
So, I suppose its POSSIBLE PDJT may calculate it is to his advantage, from THAT perspective, to put on a Defence in Court, to (perhaps) highlight just how absurd and meritless the Prosecutions case is?
So far, the Prosecution seems to have done a pretty good job of that, themselves.
Thanks for the reply. I was going to get into the pros/cons of putting on a defense. I hope the judge takes the opportunity when given to get out of this mess and issue a directed verdict of Not Guilty on all counts. If the judge declines, then my guess is the defense will put on a defense and bank on a hung jury.
The BIG risk with that is that there are 34 separate counts, so technically I presume that would require 34 separate verdicts. Knowing that some juries often issue “compromise verdicts”, even one guilty out of 34 would not be all the Lawfare team would need.
IIRC, most of the 34 counts are repetitive i.e. for each time the $ was listed in the books as attorneys fees.
So, how can one instance result in a guilty, and another not, unless they could show at,a date certain PDJT knew the $ was, ..blah blah.
Reading your responce, it occurs to me; suppose the Judge feels he has painted HIMSELF into a corner, with this whole gag order PDJT’s refusing to ‘honor’ and the Judge recognises he can’t really order PDJT jailed, nor can he back down, a directed verdict of NG WOULD be a way out of this mess, lol.
In which case a truly novel defence strategy, and totally appropriate for a lawfare case, which is all about fighting in the Court of Public Opinion.
Also a strategy that requires a Defendant with testicular fortitude!
I was thinking all three parties would like to find a quick exit ramp at this point. I’ll have to stay tuned.
Which “3”? Is it possible PDJT could set this up so HE has the upper hand as HE benefits from it continueing, where as THEY are motivated to drop it?
“The Art of the Deal” is not primarily about what goes on “in the negotiating room” its about everything else,…lol.
Possible.
Nah.. Merchan, Bragg, liberal loons and the media are absolutely convinced they’re winning. Their goal is to lock him up and then “Epstein” him. Do NOT underestimate how power hungry liberals and Democrats are. Plus, the fake Republicans that support it quietly
IMHO, this judge is thoroughly corrupt and I suspect fully compromised.
He’s playing the instructions he was given.
I suppose the defense could call the prosecution’s witnesses and get them to say that again.
The idea being that they could state: “the prosecution witnesses proved that DJT broke no laws”.
Fundamentally though, I’d think that to fully slam dunk this, the defense ought to prove that there are no laws to cover this and the entire indictment is a sham.
Again, what you suggest COULD be covered in a statement by the defence, in which they decline to present any defence, and make a motion to the Judge for a directed verdict.
Agreed.
No way should the jury be given the chance to say, “well if Trump was innocent, he would have put on a defense and told us so.” Without overcomplicating matters, Trump’s lawyers can systematically demolish Bragg’s case, put forth rational alternative explanations of the events, and leave the jury with every reason to view the State’s case as worthless. The Defense should further challenge the jury to avoid letting personal feelings about Trump interfering in their assessment of the facts in THIS case, lest they rob millions of their right to vote without Lawfare election interference. Explain to the jury what Lawfare is all about. Ask if they want to used as pawns to abuse the judicial system for partisan purposes.
Yes, you also make a valid argument FOR putting on a vigorous defence, even knowing the trial is rigged.
The approach you suggest also may be beneficial to the case PDJT is making, “in the Court of Public Opinion” which is where this case is REALLY being tried.
Glad I am not the one making the decision, and I am confident the final decision and the legal strategy all along has been VSGPDJT and his lawyers, while ‘advising’ him are not “calling the shots”,…HE is.
But the Manhattan elites on the jury aren’t anywhere near the country’s “Court of Public Opinion” so they could easily find President Trump guilty no matter the lack of evidence or existing law! This trial is really just the reverse/flip of OJ’s trial!!! Both cases involve white women. Black football legend found not guilty with lots of evidence for conviction versus white former President found guilty with no evidence at all for conviction!!! Jury nullification works both ways!!! JMO. Godspeed President Trump!!!
Elites don’t usually serve on juries, as they are,…well ELITES.
Juries are mostly composed of people too stupid to throw the unopened summons in the trash, ignoring the red warnings on the envelope, and instead focusing on the fact the summons came by plain mail instead of registered with return reciept.
So, too ignorant of legalities to realise “if they have no way to prove, IN COURT that I recieved the summons, they can NOT prosecute me for ignoring it.”
Hence, they pre-screen to get jurors who are utterly clueless of the legal system.
Good point! But to me anyone who lives in Manhattan is an elite or believes they are elite! Even the “utterly clueless” in the Manhattan jury pool have thoughts they are elites compared to those of us in flyover country! 🤣
I’ve been on a couple juries, including a year on the grand jury. I don’t agree with your characterization, and from I’ve seen the real idiots are weeded out during voir dire.
I don’t think this trial is hurting Trump’s election campaign. The longer it lasts, the worse the alternative to a Trump Presidency makes more sense. It might convince a Psychotic or 2.
Yes, the FEC really SHOULD fine these Prosecutors and the Legacy media, for Billion $ of ‘free media’ as in kind contributions to the Trump Campaign.
Isn’t this supposed to be a felony case? That was the rationale given for pursuing this matter beyond the Statue of Limitations. If that is the case the Demoncrats will have their “Convicted criminal” rallying cry. Also, there is that movement to deny anyone convicted of a felony from getting Secret Service protection. I wouldn’t count on the GOP in the House to kill that bill and I’m sure it would fly through the Senate.
Yes, they charged as a felony to get around the statute. The theory of the case is that the falsification of records was done as part of a conspiracy in violation of
§ 17–152. Conspiracy to promote or prevent election
Any two or more persons who conspire to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means and which conspiracy is acted upon by one or more of the parties thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(L.1976, c. 233)
Agreed. Hit a homerun.
This POS Cabal judge is going to have to be a contortionist to craft or accept the prosecutor’s proposed jury instructions, and then charge the jury with that made-up shit.
This is a criminal case so the bar is even higher for the prosecution to prove Trump’s guilt It would be beyond a reasonable doubt not a preponderance of evidence.
True.
This testimony comes out today. The same day that Merchan declared the $1,000 fines against President Trump aren’t working and he may have to hold him in contempt of court, which could mean jail.
This entire process is embarrassing, on a global scale. The folks involved in “getting Trump” cannot be embarrassed due to severe Narcissism.
The problem with narcs is not that they’re incapable of embarrassment. They understand that they are an embarrassment and do everything they can to show themselves as anything else.
The utter, visceral hatred and rage triggered by anyone who points to the worm behind the mask is unlike any other rage. It is a shock to the system and unless you experience the all-encompassing desire to be completely destroyed on every level by a narc, you really cannot understand it.
The more Trump points out their defects, the stronger their desire to destroy him.
Well stated!
The rage you talk about is demonic, their eyes are dark and deadly.
Staying “ neutral” while in their company affords one an opportunity witness several “ personalities” in minutes.
Dangerous..is an understatement.
Cheers!
Completely agree, it is demonic. The lows they’ll sink to is unfathomable. And it’s an obsession for them.
A narcissist is a nice word for psychotic. They have no reason or sense in their actions. Good or bad means nothing to these people, including harm to human life as a means to an end. There is no place in a civil world of moral virtue for such a train of thought.
Modern pseudo-science discusses the distinctions between psychotic or narcisist,…in many earlier societies, the discussion would have been over the name of the demon that had possesed them.
But then,…WE are the “modern, enlightened” society,….LOL!
Someone said SS can’t be in prison… so neither can PDJT.
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Merchan is waiting for Trump’s secret service protection to be taken away by Congress.
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This ^^^^
Embarrassed? These folks don’t know the meaning of the word. Watch. They are going to charge this guy with perjury.
But don’tchaknow they are protecting “Our Democracy“! ?
Communist democrats wouldn’t know embarrassment…they don’t know shame…they don’t know what ethics, values and morals are. We are certainly witnessing the degradation of the rule of law…we ARE a banana republic (esp in NY State and DC)
Honestly, I feel we are insulting the dignity of bananas.
Even Chiquita had dignity, these Lawfare apparatchiks ( including the “judge” ) have less dignity than a rotten pineapple.
Bananas…Pineapples…
Judge Merchand looking to ‘Dole out some punishment’ 🙂
Hey, Wordy – is that an oblique reference to “Dole” brand pineapple chunks, perchance?
[Sorry – off topic somewhat – but it is a beautiful Autumn morning in my part of Oz and I’m feeling cheeky, for an old bloke, that is.]
<…is that an oblique reference to “Dole” brand pineapple chunks..>
Of course…
Autumn morning at 5:41 pm EDT…
Australia?
Agreed. Put on the defense. Drive the stake in. .. and its the leftists (Biden voters) watching and talking about it every day.
There oft-stated ONLY standard is “whatever it takes”.
Unlike we who believe in rules of acceptable behavior, whether a moral or legal code, their ONLY standard openly aknowledges lieing, cheating, stealing and killing, even mass murder are ALL acceptible to them in pursuit of their goals.
WHATEVER it takes, means JUST what it says, and when they tell you who and what they are,…
BELIEVE them.
My prayer is they get what they are dishing out.
As believers, we’re promised a day where every wrong is made right. The list is getting longer with Lawfare and corrupt judges and politicians. This includes the crowd of Republican crickets.
Liberals are incapable of embarrassment. You need a soul, a heart and a mind first.
Well, I for one will be aiming for hearts and minds, understanding they will not stop, so long as they draw breath.
As for the soul, thats above my pay grade!
Embarrassing that the prosecutors did not already know this!
They will probably try to prove he is committing perjury to invalidate the testimony.
If they did not depose this witness, well before going to trial, and so KNOW he was going to say this, it would be very surprising.
Generally, there are very few “Perry Mason moments” as each side used discovery, depositions, etc. in order to avoid being surprised.
Not saying it CAN’T happen, but its rare.
Tell me, has satan ever been embarrassed?
You have a great point, T2020!
“This is unbelievable that these legal geniuses bringing this case to trial aren’t embarrassed”
Two emotions that leftists are incapable of acknowledging within themselves: 1) shame, 2) humility.
“In a normally functioning democracy……”
Those are words that can most definitely send us down a rabbit hole.
You assume these legal “geniuses” have ethical integrity.
One cannot embarrass a liberal democrat. They have no pride or shame.
You need a conscience to be embarrassed IMHO.
The most corrupt frauds posing as legal minds for lawfare, shooting blanks.
Shooting blanks.
And from the looks of it, shooting from their high capacity magazine.
In this battle of wits with PDJT, they are hopelessly outgunned and woefully short of ammunition.
What a coincidence! Hamas agrees to a ceasefire.
Now MSNBC & CNN can skip any discussion about testimony favorable to Trump.
Is hamas going to give the dead hostage bodies back ?
Hamas agrees to a ceasefire. Great, I can surely bank on it, ’cause these are the people made famous for their integrity, and keeping their word.
Well, unfortunately telling the truth is lying and lying is telling the truth: see Vinman, the “beach friends”, anyone involved in creating the Russia hoax, Fanni, etc…
Maybe after seeing all the commotion and the lengths the DA has gone through to create this non-existent crime, there will be 12 more PDJT for 2024 converts!!!!!
“Just as every cop is a criminal,
and all the sinners saints…”
Rolling Stones
to paraphrase Hemingway, “wouldn’t it be pretty to think so”.
(but i hope you’re right and i’m just being cynical✌🏻😁)
New York DA Indicts Trump For Bringing Firefighters Pizza But No Salad Or Cheesy Bread
https://babylonbee.com/news/new-york-da-indicts-trump-for-paying-off-firefighters-with-hush-pizza
The actions of these legalistic commies begs the question of what consequences/repercussions would they face if they refused to make judicial clowns of themselves?
Did not the supposed recipient of “hush money” say that she received none because she had demanded none and because there was no affair, nothing to be hushed up?
And then she denied the denial?
Where is the credibility?
FACTS?,…LOGIC? Standards of proof and Jurispudence?
We need none of THAT!
Its Orange Man, and he is inherently BAD, …nuff said!
She smokes Johnson’s for a living so really nothing coming out of her mouth is to be trusted.
Waiting for the corrupt Mad Hatter Merchan to strike the testimony and instruct the jury it’s not relevant and to disregard it.
This whole contrived case is going down the tubes.
I suspect the stench of prosecutorial desperation is starting to overwhelm the Stalinist courtroom.
Nothing would surprise me anymore.
Betsy! It’s important to understand that the last thing Merchan wants to do is to put a former president of the United States and possibly a future president, as well. … There are many reasons why incarceration is truly a last step for me,” the judge said.
LOL
Thanks, mycroft….silly me…
(😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂)
I am starting to think that even these 12 Commie jurists will be too embarrassed to cough out a guilty verdict. I am starting to hear some Libs in my neck of the woods whispering reluctantly that these cases are absurd.
I’m not expecting a “not guilty” verdict because there probably are a few jurors with TDS.
I think Trump’s team is going for a hung jury and mistrial. A couple of jurors with common sense could do it. I doubt one person alone could hold out, but there are always surprises.
Barris didn’t want to bring this case, but was pressured/blackmailed/bribed to do it. I doubt he’d go for a re-trial.
Never, ever underestimate NY liberals.
It won’t matter until the appeal is filed and heard.
This Injustice makes what happened to Ray Donovan look judicially pristine.
They are down to the bottom of their tool box as his poll numbers surge.
Of course, they have one tool left, and Julius Caesor would know exactly what I’m referring to.
So would JFK.
Appeal!? Just how timely is the appeal process for the James/ Ergone going? The Appeals Court is also a NY court and thus just as corrupt. They will slow roll this process and the ‘Hush Money’ verdict as long as they can.
If Judge Merchan calls a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?
Four. Just because the Judge calls a tail a leg doesn’t make it one.
All cases are now fully exposed as fabrications for the world to see and are collapsing with regards to any modicum of credibility.
Ridiculous and absurd are no longer even apt descriptions to describe the Lawfare.
When looking at all of it, you start to think, just maybe they want Trump to win?
The economy collapsing into a stagflation depression, 10’s of millions of illegals that cannot stay in a bankrupt America (no work and no more free money), war possibly over the border. Then there is the fact the people looking at the government as completely utterly corrupt and that the only way to fix it, destroy it and start over.
YA, let Trump in, he is to blame for everything anyway!
I was thinking the same thing the other day. They are wrecking the economy on purpose
Ever since the escalator ride, they have been making “sacrifice plays” and losing territory.
Of COARSE they are wrecking the economy on purpose, every single move they have made, have all been in the same direction which is to make the economy worse.
Rememnber that Obama promised to “significantly change” our culture. This is his third term doing that. And best of all, he has a built-in scape goat to take the blame.
The DemonRats have been planning on dumping the ruined destroyed America on the Rhinocrats. The big problem for them both, we know they work together and neither of the parties are going to escape the coming retribution on those that caused the problems.
The 21st century, we all can watch the destruction day by day. Never has that been the case in the past, when destruction came upon you in the past, you did not even know it was happening till it was to late.
It could be, but it might also be just to set the stage for FJB’s exit and replacement by… ???
WHAT possible advantage to they gain, in replacing Joe with,…?
ANY “?” Democrat they replace him with would HAVE to be percieved as ‘4 more years’ of the DIASTEROUS policies that have Joes #’s in the toilet .
So long as he has any kind of a pulse, I believe the Demd will stick with running Joe.
Not to mention the issues of getting the “replacement “ legally on each states ballot.
What are the legal hoops to jump through if a party’s candidate becomes incapacitated after their convention and nomination, but before the election?
No worries. Each state would bend over backwards to accommodate the change.
well, since he is obviously incapacitated BEFORE, and they never the less nominated him anyway, I would say its basically “tough titties, you are stuck with him now!”
Proceedurally, there is NO provision for “do overs” and several dead candidates have never the less remained on the ballot and could even win.
And I don’t mean “brain dead” like Fetterman, I mean COLD dead.
I think they would have to run the ticket, anyway and 25th him if he won, after.
Its really never happened so no way of knowing.
History in the making!
As of right now, both Trump and Biden are the presumptive nominees. Neither will be the official nominee until the conventions. The nominees at the conventions go on the ballot.
I don’t think they gain any advantage. In fact, I don’t think there is any way Trump can lose in November, even with huge cheating. Even with jail. But I don’t think that’s what THEY think.
They know that the most important issues are immigration and the economy/inflation. Knowing that, why would they float importing tens of thousands of Arab terrorists, on top of the invasion they created at the border? Why would they promote a 44% capital gains tax rate (the highest ever), to completely finish off the economy? Why would they continue wrecking the economy by letting inflation spiral, in an election year? What they have done here is political suicide that no other candidate has ever done nor would ever do.
On top of that, their first gambit this year, antifa dressed up in headscarves, crashed and burned spectacularly. A repeat of the 2020 madness and violence is not going to fly this year. They really are just about out of options, but the one option they still have is to replace Biden.
satan doesn’t want us thinking about the coming armagedon .
This reminds me of the time when National Security Advisor John Pointdexter witnessed in front of the Congress regarding the Iran-Contras affair. I heard it on radio. The Swedish Radio US correspondent was all agog; would this be the witness statement that would lead to the impeachment of Ronald Reagan? And then one of the first questions Pointdexter was asked was whether he had discussed these issues with the President. He answered he had never done so, and despite that our man on the spot missed the importance of that answer, that was it!
One would hope that judge M would be slightly more clever than the Swedish radio reporter, but I guess that’s to hope for too much!
Poindexter told the truth.
The follow up should have been, “well, have you ever discussed it with the VP?” And watched his reaction.
Because it was Poppy who ran the whole thing. 👀
And the money was partially laundered thru Noriega who was promptly taken down as soon as Poppy ascended to the WH.
Good point! It was many years ago but I do not remember that question ever being asked. I guess it wasn’t.
Sharp as a tack, as usual, B.K.
So much history in need of a major re-write, after the revelations of the last 7 years, it reminds me of a Tommy Lee Jones line from Men In Black one.
(Something like)
7 years ago you KNEW the Bushs and Chaneys were patriots.
5 years ago, you KNEW the FBI were all Efrems Jrs.
Just imagine what you will know, tomorrow!
We should now recognize the need to reevaluate paradigms going back centuries and millennia.
Bragg must have known this, but he brought the case anyway. The well fed DA realizes he has nothing and the facade is collapsing, but they go through the motions. With a Cartel Judge, no less. What a bunch of corrupt fools.
You comment as if the Judge and Prosecutors in this case have any choice.
The Prosecutor declined, recognising there was no case.
A DOJ FED Prosecutor transferred from the DOJ to the NYC Prosecutors office to say “Oh, YES there is and you WILL prosecute it!”
And as is coming out despite Joes denials at the time, this has all been directed and coordinated by the WH.
The decisions and actions of the Judge and Prosecutors, are being decided by a higher authority, they are “juist followink orders”.
Can you imagine if AG John Mitchell were alive today to witness this? The reported scale of perjury, obstruction and conspiracy today at that level of government is off the charts in comparison to that of Mitchell’s time.
John maybe cool with it, but you can bet martha is pitchin a fit, lol.
A good application of the RICO statute, then.
I would maintain they have a choice, even Bragg. It is just they choose the easy, corrupt route.
Funny, I was just in New York City this weekend and it was a mess — garbage all over the place, construction barricades on every street and aggressive panhandlers everywhere. I walked by the Macy’s building which is spectacular even now, but it was built in 1938. The Empire State Building was completed in 1931. All I could think of was how arrogant fools like Bragg have destroyed the place, yet they think themselves superior. They build nothing, only take.
At this point a criminal case needs to be opened against the judge and the DA for malfeasance and abuse of the legal system.
President Trump is being denied his Firth Amendment right to due process of law ensuring all states apply the law equally and that all citizens are treated equally under the law.
Appeal should be made to the next level up to the Supreme Court because this type abuse can be done against anyone.
Also Lawfare as it has been applied against President Trump by all the parties involved (inside and outside government collaboration) is a clear RICO case.
What this will come down to is what the conflicted Judge instructs the jury to consider correct?
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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:
You must consider that any payment made to a lawyer is not to be considered for legal services rendered, but rather as ‘services rendered’ much the same as if those services were from a prostitute . . .
“Lawyers and tarts. The two oldest professions in the world. And we always aim to please.”
-Rumpole of the Bailey
That certainly will in all likelyhood be the case.
In the old, pre lawfare days Criminal cases invariably came down to 3 things;
Burden of Proof.
Admidsable Evidence.
Reasonable Doubt.
and these three factors framed the Judges instructions TO the Jury.
With Lawfare, the system is distorted like a Salvador Dali painting, logic and any attempt at fairness are thrown out the window, so no telling what the Judge will instruct.
dutchman: “With Lawfare, the system is distorted like a Salvador Dali painting, logic and any attempt at fairness are thrown out the window, so no telling what the Judge will instruct.”
What’s being done here is taught in Lawfare 101 as practiced by the Biden DOJ and its partner in illegal lawfare-driven action, Alvin Bragg.
Rewrite or re-interpret the law on the fly to fit the actions of some particular person or group of people whom you want targeted so as to create ‘crimes’ where no such crimes have ever been prosecuted in a court of law.
Then manufacture evidence of these ‘crimes’ from what would be legal behavior if past legal precedent and constitutional principles were being honestly and professionally applied.
Here is what the communist judge will probably instruct: The law is being properly interpreted and applied by the prosecution, and the evidence of guilt presented by the prosecution is directly relevant to the jury’s verdict decision.
The judge will then have given this highly-biased NYC jury all the excuse they need to convict, and with their verdict of guilty, remove themselves from the very real threat they might be targeted for violence by Trump haters in NYC and across the nation.
Someone should have asked me how that designation works. Most financial people notate the payment as it is designated on the statement requesting payment. Seriously doubt it said HUSH MONEY. Good Heavens. What a circus.
As with hate speech, which inevitably led to hate crimes, and so much else they are attempting, ultimately they are getting into attempted mind reading, but outlawing THOUGHTS.
It “doesn’t matter” HOW the pmts were listed in the books of the company, or what those that charged the bill (Cohen, Danials) or what those who paid the bill (bookkeeper) thought or understood the $ to be for.
ALL that matters is did DJT, the Defendent think/know the $ was illegal, according to some statute I am not at all clear on,..?
Oh, but wait! “Ignorance is no excuse!” so I suppose they can say even if NOBODY had any illegal intent, that somehow in a “3 felonies/day” type way, that the Jury can find PDJT guilty of 34 counts of,…I have no idea what.
These corrupt lawfare coup plotters and their lesser intellectually endowed flunkies like Bragg dont care that the “case” just got torn to shreds by this testimony. Trump played no role in how the money was put down.
This is all for media use.
You cant loathe these people enough.
Well, technically a business owner can be held legally culpable for the actions of his employees, even if he was unaware (he is supposed to know) and even if the actions were “against company policy” and illegal.
So, I suppose Merchan COULD instruct the jury that “even if you are convinced by the evidence that the Defendanr DJT was unaware, if you find the listing of these payments as legal fees violated the statute, you can find DJT guilty” or something to that effect.
That’s painful to see in writing but I suspect strongly it’s the truth, and will likely be in a jury instruction if this gets that far. I’m reminded that in every trial no matter how big or small, each day presents a new opportunity for a mistrial for some unexpected reason. It’s impossible to predict almost anything with certainty now about this trial.
However Braggs ‘case” hinges on Trump hidung the payment to defraud. This never took place.
No, Bragg’s case hinges on many jurors he threatens or bribes.
In this day and age, with attention whoring being all the rage, a jurors 15 min of fame for fals
You cant loathe these people enough.
We can certainly try.
New depths,….constantly plumbing new depths,..
I think we can all see expert “clown” show these liberals are putting on, making themselves look like naughty children. I believe it is a common thing really these days.
The more Judge Merchan proclaims his honor, the faster we must count the spoons.
In my opinion and this is just my opinion Someone needs to be exposed BIGLY…mainly the Judge
So the guy who keeps the books enters a payment to a lawyer as a…..legal payment.
Sounds suspicious to me.
Holy Moly — the Controller classed a payment to an attorney for legal services as a legal expense.
The alternative, dividing it between legal and public relations expenses, would have no impact on Trump’s tax obligations.
At least Lavrenti Beria would “show you the crime”. The Biden-Bragg Lawfare Commandos’ “novel” legal theory: conviction first, crime determined later.
“The alternative, dividing it between legal and public relations expenses, would have no impact on Trump’s tax obligations.”
Therein lies the key to all of this. Does the controller’s entry have any impact on Trump’s tax obligations? If yes, then why are the prosecutors not hanging Trump for tax evasion? If no, then as far as the government’s concern, the controller’s entry has all the significance of some doodling in the margins of a notebook.
Tax implications do not appear to be the theory. The theory is that the recorded payments are part of a conspiracy to promote the election of any person to public office by illegal means in violation of NYS election law section 17-152.
I assume the crimes that Trump is accused of contain the essential element of intent. So far there has been nothing to show Trump knew about the payments being classified as legal expenses, much less ordering that they be so classified. (Not that Merchan would grant a directed verdict on the absence of evidence of intent, of course.)
But I expect Cohen will lie like crazy and claim that Trump told him the payments would be so classified to hide the “hush money.”
If I remember correctly, his normal monthly fee was $35,000.
From what has been said during the last 3 or 4 years, it seems that Cohen paid the money on his own and afterword sent a bill to the Trump Corporation after the fact.
That is what I remember!
Don’t think it has anything to do with who paid it or when. Solely a question of how it was recorded in the business general ledger/accounting documents.
Are these the prosecution’s witnesses.
The old sayin’ : with friends like that.
So, it would seem to me, that McConney, Cohen and Weisselberg were simply doing their jobs and that NO laws were broken at all.
Didn’t the prosecution vet their witnesses? But then, do they even know the Law? Do they even care?
No, no and no.
Yet one guy is sitting in jail
Do they even know what “vet” means. They probably think it only means “someone who has served in the military”.
I wonder if the John Edwards precedent will come up the trial. Clearly, the DOJ policy is that hush money cannot be a campaign expense.
Not being tried as a campaign spending violation.
It only takes a few to turn the judicial system into a clown show. Such a disgrace we are witnessing.
But for the white goatee I coulda sworn “Damnit” Janet Yellen was on that stand today.
I have that late 70’s Radio Gold Mega Hit “What A Fool Believes” stuck in my head now… I suppose it’s fitting…
Is this the first crack in the dam? There was a discussion the other day about Congressional silence = lying.
Lying/participating in the lie.
JD Vance has been very vocal lately…
Rat bastagees.
Trump needs to be reimbursed for all of his time and legal fees.
A patriotic attorney would waive them fees and claim the effort as a business expense on their tax return.
Enough with fretting over PDJT’s legal fees.
Firstly, while hecis paying out $ as expences for these legal charades, he is reaping so far, and with 6 months to go, 1 1/2 BILLION $ in free media coverage, as a direct result of these lawfare cases.
Secondly, he can surely deduct from taxes, as an expence some portion of these as attorn,….oh, yeah.
Given the current charges, he might just want to “eat” the legal fees, rather than deducting them but he STILL comes out, way ahead.
What is happening in this sham trial is mere kabuke theater taking place inside a kangaroo court setting. The outcome is just as inevitable as it is predictable. Unless some higher court authority steps in, the judge will not dismiss the case regardless of how illegal and how unconstitutional the case actually is, and a verdict of ‘guilty’ rendered by a highly-biased NYC jury is a 100% certainty.
The only real questions outstanding are: (1) how long will this sham Moscow on the Hudson show trial continue before a verdict of ‘guilty’ is rendered by a highly-biased NYC jury; (2) what kind of sentence will this communist judge be imposing once the inevitable guilty verdict is handed down; and (3) how disruptive will the judge’s sentence be to the Trump campaign throughout the summer and fall of 2024?
IF the charging documents specified what law PDJT was actually being accused of violating, then we could look it up to see what is listed as the options for punishment of a guilty finding by the court.
As theyy cited to law, we can only speculate, but it seems like 38 times NOTHING,…
is still nothing.
NYS Penal code 175.10:
A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree when he commits the crime of falsifying business records in the second degree, and when his intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.
Falsifying business records in the first degree is a class E felony.
“Another crime” being NYS election law 17-152, Conspiracy to promote or prevent election.
For clarification about falsifying business records in the second degree:
A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the second degree when, with intent to defraud, he:
1. Makes or causes a false entry in the business records of an enterprise; or
2. Alters, erases, obliterates, deletes, removes or destroys a true entry in the business records of an enterprise; or
3. Omits to make a true entry in the business records of an enterprise in violation of a duty to do so which he knows to be imposed upon him by law or by the nature of his position; or
4. Prevents the making of a true entry or causes the omission thereof in the business records of an enterprise.
Falsifying business records in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
The statute for the class A misdemeanor has run out.
If I were a court artist the look on his face would look like this.
lol
High compliment from you, my friend.
thank you!
What makes you so sure it doesn’t?
Now the clap chasers at the Centers for Disinformation and Colusion want to scare us with the dreaded bird flu, just in time to throw the election. Someone in the future Trump administration needs to investigate how the CDC distributes grant money to the states.
AFTER they shut down the CDC, entirely.
Wait – what? Payments PDJT didn’t direct, made to lawyer Cohen in 2017, intended to shield Melania from possible scandal; did not influence the November 2016 election? How could that be? /sarc
In the prosecution’s version of the space-time continuum, Trump was planning in 2016 to falsify 2017 records for a payment made in 2017 to silence a possible scandal that Trump’s campaign would not know about until 2017.
Or Trump had a plutonium-powered time machine made out of a DeLorean.
A prosecution witness destroys the prosecution’s legal theory. Don’t see this often.
Lawfare isn’t sending their best, folks…
In a dog and pony show you don’t need the best dogs, you need the best show.
Well, this confirms that MATTHEW COLANGELO IS A MORON!!! Gee, now we see why all these other folks decided this case was a big zero and basically a damn joke!!! 🥴
Paying people to go away is common. I’ve seen bad employees with nonsensical claims get paid to go away.
If a hack like Gerstein @Politico picks out this gem & tweets it, then you know there’s blameshifting underway.
So, what “evidence” was presented to the Grand Jury that approved moving ahead with a trial with no crime? Doesn’t a judge review the case before it is presented to a jury, to verify that a case exists? What a travesty!
Yes, youCAN indict a ham sandwich.
Convicting it, however is far more challenging.
According to Colangelo, the entry should have been “illegal campaign contribution”
This trial is over as far as I’m concerned. But this democratic jury will convict no matter what.
Now we just need the Jean Carroll crap to get overturned!
There’s reversible error in there. And it’s going up to a federal appeals court, not a NY state appeals court.
The cabal is counting on the left not looking at the details of these cases but the overall headline of “Trump in Court”. Which probably is enough to soothe the bloodlust in their hearts.
When does Stormy take the stand?
Henry Cuellar: US congressman and wife charged with taking $600,000 in bribes
“Before I took any action, I proactively sought legal advice from the House Ethics Committee, who gave me more than one written opinion, along with an additional opinion from a national law firm,” he said.
“The actions I took in Congress were consistent with the actions of many of my colleagues and in the interest of the American people.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68940479
So I was wondering why it appeared the lawless DOJ under the Branden regime would be pretending to do their jobs… Suspicions confirmed….
They’re even framing Democrats now.
This is what all Police States eventually do. Eat Their Own.
Meanwhile, the #BidenCrime Syndicate continues taking Bribes for Treason, and Trafficking Women, Children and Fentanyl, a Chinese Chemical Weapon.
Psalm 59:
11-13 Don’t make quick work of them, God,
lest my people forget.
Bring them down in slow motion,
take them apart piece by piece.
Let all their mean-mouthed arrogance
catch up with them,
Catch them out and bring them down
—every muttered curse
—every barefaced lie.
Finish them off in fine style!
Finish them off for good!
Then all the world will see
that God rules well in Jacob,
everywhere that God’s in charge.
14-15 They return when the sun goes down,
They howl like coyotes, ringing the city.
They scavenge for bones,
And bite the hand that feeds them.
16-17 And me? I’m singing your prowess,
shouting at dawn your largesse,
For you’ve been a safe place for me,
a good place to hide.
Strong God, I’m watching you do it,
I can always count on you—
God, my dependable love.
Amen and Amen!
Where there is Dharma, there is Victory.
Always MAGA 👊👊🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻
I think a guilty verdict is all but certain here in commie NYC. So the next question is what does the corrupt judge do with Trump pending the appeal? We all know what the media is going to do:
TRUMP GUILTY OF 36 FELONIES, JURY FINDS”
What a disgrace. Going to take a lot of heavy lifting to fix the “legal” system. Obviously, the lawyers are corrupt. They have a goal…and they keep marching through it, dragging the judges with them.
Disgusting. Short on lady like words.
Thank you.