Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday
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McCarthy has an interesting take on all of this.
tl;dr version
- Paying hush money is not illegal.
- Where the money came from is...complicated
- Statute of limitations is a big factor, also complicated.
Bottom line - thin case for Bragg, who had already dropped it in the past.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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McCarthy has an interesting take on all of this.
tl;dr version
- Paying hush money is not illegal.
- Where the money came from is...complicated
- Statute of limitations is a big factor, also complicated.
Bottom line - thin case for Bragg, who had already dropped it in the past.
@George-K said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
McCarthy has an interesting take on all of this.
tl;dr version
- Paying hush money is not illegal.
- Where the money came from is...complicated
- Statute of limitations is a big factor, also complicated.
Bottom line - thin case for Bragg, who had already dropped it in the past.
I think the misdemeanor case is solid, but the felony is very weak (to jolly’s point about Edwards). I suspect this guy will overreach, but I hope not.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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All of which skates over entirely how unsuited he is to hold office. I mean, who cares if he's suited? So long as there is plenty of fodder to fuck around with.
Adding my bit: A good thing would be for Tuesday to come and go with nothing happening. No arrest, and protesters standing around holding their peckers and their posters of outrage dragging in the dirt.
Not that Trump wouldn't have an explanation for it. You can massage anything if you have no respect for truth.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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@George-K said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
McCarthy has an interesting take on all of this.
tl;dr version
- Paying hush money is not illegal.
- Where the money came from is...complicated
- Statute of limitations is a big factor, also complicated.
Bottom line - thin case for Bragg, who had already dropped it in the past.
I think the misdemeanor case is solid, but the felony is very weak (to jolly’s point about Edwards). I suspect this guy will overreach, but I hope not.
@jon-nyc said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
I think the misdemeanor case is solid, but the felony is very weak
McCarthy's point is that the statute of limitations for the misdemeanor is two years, but for the felony is five.
If Bragg cannot prove the felony, we are left with misdemeanor falsification of records and the two-year statute of limitations would apply. We don’t know all the accounting facts, but we can probably assume that that has run by now — indeed, it likely lapsed in 2020 or 2021. If it’s just a misdemeanor, Trump is probably right that the case is time-barred.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Face it, if Trump could win reelection, just think how many people's lives could reaquire True Meaning.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@jon-nyc said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
I think the misdemeanor case is solid, but the felony is very weak
McCarthy's point is that the statute of limitations for the misdemeanor is two years, but for the felony is five.
If Bragg cannot prove the felony, we are left with misdemeanor falsification of records and the two-year statute of limitations would apply. We don’t know all the accounting facts, but we can probably assume that that has run by now — indeed, it likely lapsed in 2020 or 2021. If it’s just a misdemeanor, Trump is probably right that the case is time-barred.
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Face it, if Trump could win reelection, just think how many people's lives could reaquire True Meaning.
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All of which skates over entirely how unsuited he is to hold office. I mean, who cares if he's suited? So long as there is plenty of fodder to fuck around with.
Adding my bit: A good thing would be for Tuesday to come and go with nothing happening. No arrest, and protesters standing around holding their peckers and their posters of outrage dragging in the dirt.
Not that Trump wouldn't have an explanation for it. You can massage anything if you have no respect for truth.
@Catseye3 said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
All of which skates over entirely how unsuited he is to hold office. I mean, who cares? So long as there is plenty of fodder to fuck around with.
Adding my bit: A good thing would be for Tuesday to come and go with nothing happening. No arrest, and protesters standing around holding their peckers and their posters of outrage dragging in the dirt.
Not that Trump wouldn't have an explanation for it. You can massage anything if you have no respect for truth.
That’s a great post, Cats.
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All of which skates over entirely how unsuited he is to hold office. I mean, who cares if he's suited? So long as there is plenty of fodder to fuck around with.
Adding my bit: A good thing would be for Tuesday to come and go with nothing happening. No arrest, and protesters standing around holding their peckers and their posters of outrage dragging in the dirt.
Not that Trump wouldn't have an explanation for it. You can massage anything if you have no respect for truth.
@Catseye3 said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
Adding my bit: A good thing would be for Tuesday to come and go with nothing happening. No arrest, and protesters standing around holding their peckers and their posters of outrage dragging in the dirt.
Agreed. But, as Scott Adams said, "If Trump ends up in handcuffs, he will be your next president."
Not sure how that'll work out, but it will certainly rile up his base.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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I think they continue making the same mistake as during his term - trying to turn him into the boogeyman. All that does is make him look some perversion of noble and keep him in the public eye.
He should be ignored. It would precipitate increasingly outrageous behavior on his part and accomplish their aims far more effectively.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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I think they continue making the same mistake as during his term - trying to turn him into the boogeyman. All that does is make him look some perversion of noble and keep him in the public eye.
He should be ignored. It would precipitate increasingly outrageous behavior on his part and accomplish their aims far more effectively.
@Mik said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
I think they continue making the same mistake as during his term - trying to turn him into the boogeyman. All that does is make him look some perversion of noble and keep him in the public eye.
He should be ignored. It would precipitate increasingly outrageous behavior on his part and accomplish their aims far more effectively.
It's really surprising how stupid politicians can be.
I was only joking
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@Mik said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
I think they continue making the same mistake as during his term - trying to turn him into the boogeyman. All that does is make him look some perversion of noble and keep him in the public eye.
He should be ignored. It would precipitate increasingly outrageous behavior on his part and accomplish their aims far more effectively.
It's really surprising how stupid politicians can be.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
@Mik said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
I think they continue making the same mistake as during his term - trying to turn him into the boogeyman. All that does is make him look some perversion of noble and keep him in the public eye.
He should be ignored. It would precipitate increasingly outrageous behavior on his part and accomplish their aims far more effectively.
It's really surprising how stupid politicians can be.
If you assume their goals are not their ideology but rather their personal advancement in the social hierarchy, their behavior might make more sense.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
@Mik said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
I think they continue making the same mistake as during his term - trying to turn him into the boogeyman. All that does is make him look some perversion of noble and keep him in the public eye.
He should be ignored. It would precipitate increasingly outrageous behavior on his part and accomplish their aims far more effectively.
It's really surprising how stupid politicians can be.
If you assume their goals are not their ideology but rather their personal advancement in the social hierarchy, their behavior might make more sense.
@Horace said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
@Mik said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
I think they continue making the same mistake as during his term - trying to turn him into the boogeyman. All that does is make him look some perversion of noble and keep him in the public eye.
He should be ignored. It would precipitate increasingly outrageous behavior on his part and accomplish their aims far more effectively.
It's really surprising how stupid politicians can be.
If you assume their goals are not their ideology but rather their personal advancement in the social hierarchy, their behavior might make more sense.
So it's a choice between stupidity and sociopathy. Great.
I was only joking
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@Horace said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
@Mik said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
I think they continue making the same mistake as during his term - trying to turn him into the boogeyman. All that does is make him look some perversion of noble and keep him in the public eye.
He should be ignored. It would precipitate increasingly outrageous behavior on his part and accomplish their aims far more effectively.
It's really surprising how stupid politicians can be.
If you assume their goals are not their ideology but rather their personal advancement in the social hierarchy, their behavior might make more sense.
So it's a choice between stupidity and sociopathy. Great.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
@Horace said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
@Mik said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
I think they continue making the same mistake as during his term - trying to turn him into the boogeyman. All that does is make him look some perversion of noble and keep him in the public eye.
He should be ignored. It would precipitate increasingly outrageous behavior on his part and accomplish their aims far more effectively.
It's really surprising how stupid politicians can be.
If you assume their goals are not their ideology but rather their personal advancement in the social hierarchy, their behavior might make more sense.
So it's a choice between stupidity and sociopathy. Great.
A motivation for social advancement, and an inability to disentangle one's personal ambitions from alleged ideological motivations, is way too normal to be considered sociopathic or aberrant.
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@Catseye3 said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
Adding my bit: A good thing would be for Tuesday to come and go with nothing happening. No arrest, and protesters standing around holding their peckers and their posters of outrage dragging in the dirt.
Agreed. But, as Scott Adams said, "If Trump ends up in handcuffs, he will be your next president."
Not sure how that'll work out, but it will certainly rile up his base.
@George-K said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
Not sure how that'll work out, but it will certainly rile up his base.
Question of the hour: How widespread is his base nowadays? We hear glancing references to fans falling away, but what's the reality here?
Tell you what, a good barometric way to answer that would be to watch Trump himself. The more he spins to push himself into the public eye, the more worried he is, maybe.
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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On another note, one might think he'd have learned that encouraging protests was not a great strategy.
@Mik said in Trump says he expects to be arrested on Tuesday:
On another note, one might think he'd have learned that encouraging protests was not a great strategy.
He's not really the brightest bulb, either. From time to time, I've wondered whether he is genuinely stupid, but I suspect it's more of a personality disorder.
