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RayAmerica says
President of El Salvador on Charges Against President Trump: ‘The United States’ Ability to Use “Democracy” as Foreign Policy Is Gone’
https://thelibertydaily.com/president-of-el-salvador-on-charges-against-president-trump-the-united-states-ability-to-use-democracy-as-foreign-policy-is-gone/
It's been gone for 30 years. Our government is criminal. Remember this?
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That horrible asshole was just lying about everything she stated...
Agreed. That was one of the low points back then, before the quadruple. lol
I don't know if they think we're this stupid, or if they are legitimately this stupid.
Judge Overseeing DA Bragg’s Anti-Trump Case Is a Biden Donor
Judge Merchan suggested but did not order President Trump to stop tweeting or talking about the case. The judge set the next court hearing in the case for December, because he’s so very busy with other, more important cases or something. That means the circus resumes right before the primaries begin. ...
🔥 Bragg’s indictment has 34 counts of the same exact “crime,” alleging 34 separate violations of the exact same New York Penal Code §175.10, for “falsifying business records in the first degree.” All 34 counts are based on one single transaction, the one single payment of $130K to Stormy Daniels. Bragg boosted the charges to a whopping 34 by counting every microscopic stage of the transaction as a separate crime. ...
I could not find a single case in New York’s legal history where a defendant was charged separately for all the parts of the same transaction under § 175.10.
To pump the mis-accounting charge up to a felony, Bragg also must prove that Trump’s INTENT in paying Cohen’s legal retainer was not just to cover up his sordid relationship with the sex worker, but to cover up another CRIME, which presumably would be the campaign finance violation.
But so far, DA Bragg has refused to identify what the other crime is, even when directly asked by reporters. It’s goofy, and that’s a tell. ...
Penal Code § 175.10 is one sentence long, and itself requires proof of a lesser crime, misdemeanor falsifying business records, under the immediately previous statute, § 175.05. That statute describes the crime:
So, Bragg must prove two “elements”: (1) that Trump had an “intent to defraud” somebody when the accountant miscoded the expenses, and (2) Trump personally directed the false entry to be made in the “business records.”
The whole case revolves around Trump’s bookkeeper entering Cohen’s invoices into the accounting system and calling them “legal expenses” instead of … what? Buying story rights? Donations to Trump’s campaign? Bragg doesn’t say what they should’ve been called instead.
What would YOU call payments to your lawyer?
Under the New York law, to qualify as a crime, the false record can’t be just any old business record. It has to be something that would cause other people to be defrauded, like investors, or an insurance company. ...
As far as I can tell, Trump’s legal expense entries didn’t create any financial advantage for the “enterprise,” and nobody depended on them that was or could have been defrauded. So it’s not clear to me that the Cohen invoices and payments were the type of business records that could be subject to the statute.
🔥 But Bragg’s biggest problem is proving intent. He doesn’t just have to prove intent, he must prove TWO separate intents: an “intent to defraud” related to the Cohen payments, PLUS an intent to cover up a second crime, the campaign finance violation. That’s the only way Bragg can reach a felony level of “falsification.”
Not only that, but Bragg must prove both those intents “beyond a reasonable doubt” — the highest standard of proof under the law. OJ Simpson walked because they couldn’t prove murder beyond a reasonable doubt. “If the glove don’t fit, you must acquit.”
In other words, it doesn’t matter whether the coding for “legal fees” was actually incorrect, or whether a campaign reporting violation actually occurred. Bragg has to prove that Trump — in his own mind — both intended to deceive people to get a financial advantage, and also intended avoid reporting legitimate campaign expenses in a criminal way.
Nope, they KNOW that the public is that stupid. No matter how many times someone like Shiff is caught in a lie, about half the public eagerly awaits to believe his next lie.
I don't know many people that watch television, or really pay any attention to what politicians say.
richwicks says
I don't know many people that watch television, or really pay any attention to what politicians say.
Oh yeah? Ask around and see how many people:
Believe that Jan 6th was an insurrection led by Trump
Believe that Covid 19 killed millions and the vax is effective at prevention and mitigation
Believe that Trump is guilty of some serious crime with the Stormy Daniels payment
Believe that no election steal took place
Believe that the Biden laptop is just Russian propaganda
Believe that the Ukraine war was caused by a thoroughly unprovoked Russian invasion
Believe that the Ukraine war was caused by a thoroughly unprovoked Russian invasion
How exactly was it "povoked"?
How exactly was it "povoked"?
But we should see that Putin would consider NATO expansion to include Ukraine as an existential threat.
RWSGFY says
How exactly was it "povoked"?
Expansion of NATO east, to include former Soviet republics. A change of Ukraine government in 2014, with Western help, from a pro-Russian government to a pro NATO government, to include a change in the Ukraine constitution that would allow Ukraine to join NATO. At this point, Russia seriously saw the danger of a NATO naval base at Sevastopol, so the Russians annexed Crimea.
I am no fan of Putin, that man is not only head of state and government, but he is also head of the mafia and the intelligence agencies. But we should see that Putin would consider NATO expansion to include Ukraine as an existential threat.
Richwichs practices number one which plays right into the hands of the anarchotyrants who have taken control of many government functions. The constant whining about how the government is evil changes nothing and is borderline pathological repeating butthurt injustice from 20-40 years ago
Mr. HeadSet, how about the wishes of those who live in the former Soviet republics? Would it not be a natural outcome that Russia be surrounded by NATO if the people of the countries that surround Russia all have similar values, or maybe interests, which are different from those of the Russians?
Good luck "voting harder".
If you don't understand the problem you won't try to fix the problem.
richwicks says
Good luck "voting harder".
If your idea of engaging government and being politically active is voting then you may as well stop voting.
richwicks says
If you don't understand the problem you won't try to fix the problem.
Look in the mirror, you will see the problem.
When you change, you might be able to help the government change.
This mother fucker, you think was elected?
DID we? No, we didn't.
richwicks says
This mother fucker, you think was elected?
Yes, the states certified the votes and the electoral college voted for the potatus. These people, (state and locally elected officials) are responsible for the votes in their jurisdiction. You or someone you know could do that job. Until you realize that local officials run the election then you don’t understand how to prevent the ongoing fraud.
richwicks says
DID we? No, we didn't.
Yes you did. If you did not file a lawsuit to challenge the outcome
"Trump indicted."
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Link to NYT Article:
https://archive.is/IsPTb