The Trump "Hush Money" Trial starts today
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@Jolly said in The Trump "Hush Money" Trial starts today:
Merchan needs to be disbarred.
He will be reversed.
He will retire, and go down as the first judge to convict a former president.
He will become a commentator on MSNBC and funnel more money to his daughter.
He DGAF.
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55 pages of judge instructions for the jury. Instructions that they [jury] did not get a copy of, that were read to them by the judge.
Jeez...
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55 pages of judge instructions for the jury. Instructions that they [jury] did not get a copy of, that were read to them by the judge.
Jeez...
@Jolly said in The Trump "Hush Money" Trial starts today:
55 pages of judge instructions for the jury.
Not all that unusual.
Instructions that they [jury] did not get a copy of, that were read to them by the judge.
If they forget, can they request the judge to return and read them again?
And again.
And again..
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@George-K said in The Trump "Hush Money" Trial starts today:
Misleading. His instructions make sense. He’s charged with falsifying business records to cover up a crime. He’s saying the jury doesn’t have to agree what the underlying crime was, as long as they believe he kniew about it and falsified records because of it. The jury does have to be unanimous that he falsified records with the motivation of covering up a crime.
(In fact, under the law, Trump doesn’t even have to be the one who committed the crime being covered up.)
You were warned.
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@George-K said in The Trump "Hush Money" Trial starts today:
Misleading. His instructions make sense. He’s charged with falsifying business records to cover up a crime. He’s saying the jury doesn’t have to agree what the underlying crime was, as long as they believe he kniew about it and falsified records because of it. The jury does have to be unanimous that he falsified records with the motivation of covering up a crime.
(In fact, under the law, Trump doesn’t even have to be the one who committed the crime being covered up.)
@jon-nyc said in The Trump "Hush Money" Trial starts today:
He’s charged with falsifying business records to cover up a crime.
An unspecified crime. Has that even been revealed in testimony or evidence?
Would any crime do? Murder? Robbing a bank? Jaywalking?
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@jon-nyc said in The Trump "Hush Money" Trial starts today:
He’s charged with falsifying business records to cover up a crime.
An unspecified crime. Has that even been revealed in testimony or evidence?
Would any crime do? Murder? Robbing a bank? Jaywalking?
@George-K said in The Trump "Hush Money" Trial starts today:
@jon-nyc said in The Trump "Hush Money" Trial starts today:
He’s charged with falsifying business records to cover up a crime.
An unspecified crime. Has that even been revealed in testimony or evidence?
Would any crime do? Murder? Robbing a bank? Jaywalking?
Doesn't matter. It's a political trial. Stefanik has even filed a complaint that the judge was hand-picked.
They don't care about the application of the law, they only care about a conviction. Even knowing that multiple grounds exist for that conviction to be overturned, from a goofy bootstrapping of state law into federal law, selective prosecution, inability to obtain a fair trial, the denial of expert witnesses for the defense, the introduction of non-bearing salacious testimony, the weird jury instructions...It all points to a political show trial.
Americans can only hope that this current season of lawfare backfires spectacularly. Nothing breeds avoidance in American politics as knowing your tactics will get you savaged at the ballot box.
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Beat me to it. The Jury requested 20 minutes thirty minutes ago. Merchan is back on the bench. Should be any minute.
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Unfrigging believable.
@LuFins-Dad said in The Trump "Hush Money" Trial starts today:
Unfrigging believable.
Told ya. It's a political trial.
They shredded the law, fixed the trial and pissed on the Constitution.
Payback is hell and the stupid-ass Demonrat zealots have opened a door best left shut.
It's now open season on ex-Presidents.
