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  • 89th8 Offline
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    89th
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    #21

    FAFO

    verb?

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    • MikM Offline
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      Mik
      wrote on last edited by
      #22

      Really? That's your assessment of the situation he's in here? Business that was concluded before he ever took office being used to punish him for having the temerity to stand for office?

      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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        #23

        I believe the investigations were started a number of years ago and initiated by investigative journalists with Forbes, WaPo, NY Times, etc. Eventually this led to interest from the NY tax dept and the DA. And yes, if you spend years inflating your worth to make money (via lower interest rates) and then you decide to run for President, that puts your life and history in the spotlight. Aka... FAFO. Not to mention his behavior in 2020 after he lost... but the charges were already underway by then I believe.

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          Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          • MikM Mik

            Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

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            @Mik said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

            Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

            If there was a crime, and he was charged even if others do the same thing and dont get charged, is that an excuse?

            What if people are drink driving? "Hey, I saw three other people leave the bar over the drunk limit. Why dont you let me go?

            (I know I know, apples vs. oranges. But the defense that "everybody does it", it is not a very good defense.)

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              Mik
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              #26

              Have you been taking miss the point lessons from Ax? 😆😆😆

              "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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              • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                @Mik said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

                If there was a crime, and he was charged even if others do the same thing and dont get charged, is that an excuse?

                What if people are drink driving? "Hey, I saw three other people leave the bar over the drunk limit. Why dont you let me go?

                (I know I know, apples vs. oranges. But the defense that "everybody does it", it is not a very good defense.)

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                George K
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                @taiwan_girl said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                What if people are drink driving? "Hey, I saw three other people leave the bar over the drunk limit. Why dont you let me go?

                Officer: You know why I pulled you over?

                Me: No.

                Officer: You were doing 74 in a 55 zone.

                Me: But everyone was going that fast.

                Officer: Ever go fishing?

                Me: Yes...

                Officer: Ever catch all the fish?

                As cute as that story is, it sort of misses the point, most of which is not legal but political.

                1. Has anyone ever been prosecuted for this crime?
                2. The DA ran on an agenda of targeting Trump - whom she claimed was guilty not only of being an (undefined) crook, but of being white.
                3. As a matter of right/wrong, is it right that you have to go bankrupt to defend yourself in court? If the stakes were smaller, would it be the right thing to take someone's house if he can't pay the fine while he appeals the judgment?

                "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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                  Jolly
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                  #28

                  It's not that everybody does it, it's that AFAIK, nobody has ever been prosecuted just this way under this statute, and NOBODY has received a fine such as this.

                  Personally, I think it's unconstitutional.

                  I guess we'll find out.

                  “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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                  • MikM Mik

                    Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

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                    @Mik said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                    Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

                    If I ran for president you wouldn’t find much. Certainly not hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent profits. I doubt I’d find anything newsworthy on you either. Don’t attract the spotlight if you’ve done shady shit. If found, even if it was bill clinton in court today, I don’t have a problem with justice being served.

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                    • 89th8 89th

                      @Mik said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                      Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

                      If I ran for president you wouldn’t find much. Certainly not hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent profits. I doubt I’d find anything newsworthy on you either. Don’t attract the spotlight if you’ve done shady shit. If found, even if it was bill clinton in court today, I don’t have a problem with justice being served.

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                      Jolly
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                      @89th said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                      @Mik said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                      Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

                      If I ran for president you wouldn’t find much. Certainly not hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent profits. I doubt I’d find anything newsworthy on you either. Don’t attract the spotlight if you’ve done shady shit. If found, even if it was bill clinton in court today, I don’t have a problem with justice being served.

                      I hope you enjoy the world you wish for.

                      “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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                      • JollyJ Jolly

                        It's not that everybody does it, it's that AFAIK, nobody has ever been prosecuted just this way under this statute, and NOBODY has received a fine such as this.

                        Personally, I think it's unconstitutional.

                        I guess we'll find out.

                        89th8 Offline
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                        89th
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                        #31

                        @Jolly said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                        It's not that everybody does it, it's that AFAIK, nobody has ever been prosecuted just this way under this statute, and NOBODY has received a fine such as this.

                        Personally, I think it's unconstitutional.

                        I guess we'll find out.

                        I’d imagine there have been countless of similar cases prosecuted for such type of fraud and ill gotten gains. Not sure where to search and find that info, though.

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                        • JollyJ Jolly

                          @89th said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                          @Mik said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                          Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

                          If I ran for president you wouldn’t find much. Certainly not hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent profits. I doubt I’d find anything newsworthy on you either. Don’t attract the spotlight if you’ve done shady shit. If found, even if it was bill clinton in court today, I don’t have a problem with justice being served.

                          I hope you enjoy the world you wish for.

                          89th8 Offline
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                          89th
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #32

                          @Jolly said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                          @89th said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                          @Mik said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                          Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

                          If I ran for president you wouldn’t find much. Certainly not hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent profits. I doubt I’d find anything newsworthy on you either. Don’t attract the spotlight if you’ve done shady shit. If found, even if it was bill clinton in court today, I don’t have a problem with justice being served.

                          I hope you enjoy the world you wish for.

                          What world is that? One where such a level of fraud is punished?

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                          • 89th8 89th

                            @Jolly said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                            It's not that everybody does it, it's that AFAIK, nobody has ever been prosecuted just this way under this statute, and NOBODY has received a fine such as this.

                            Personally, I think it's unconstitutional.

                            I guess we'll find out.

                            I’d imagine there have been countless of similar cases prosecuted for such type of fraud and ill gotten gains. Not sure where to search and find that info, though.

                            JollyJ Offline
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                            Jolly
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #33

                            @89th said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                            @Jolly said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                            It's not that everybody does it, it's that AFAIK, nobody has ever been prosecuted just this way under this statute, and NOBODY has received a fine such as this.

                            Personally, I think it's unconstitutional.

                            I guess we'll find out.

                            I’d imagine there have been countless of similar cases prosecuted for such type of fraud and ill gotten gains. Not sure where to search and find that info, though.

                            Give me one, besides Trump.

                            “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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                            • 89th8 89th

                              @Jolly said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                              @89th said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                              @Mik said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                              Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

                              If I ran for president you wouldn’t find much. Certainly not hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent profits. I doubt I’d find anything newsworthy on you either. Don’t attract the spotlight if you’ve done shady shit. If found, even if it was bill clinton in court today, I don’t have a problem with justice being served.

                              I hope you enjoy the world you wish for.

                              What world is that? One where such a level of fraud is punished?

                              JollyJ Offline
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                              Jolly
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                              #34

                              @89th said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                              @Jolly said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                              @89th said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                              @Mik said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                              Show me the man and I'll show you the crime. What you just posted proves my point.

                              If I ran for president you wouldn’t find much. Certainly not hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent profits. I doubt I’d find anything newsworthy on you either. Don’t attract the spotlight if you’ve done shady shit. If found, even if it was bill clinton in court today, I don’t have a problem with justice being served.

                              I hope you enjoy the world you wish for.

                              What world is that? One where such a level of fraud is punished?

                              You'd make a great FBI agent.

                              Or Nazi.

                              “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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                              • JollyJ Jolly

                                @89th said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                                @Jolly said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                                It's not that everybody does it, it's that AFAIK, nobody has ever been prosecuted just this way under this statute, and NOBODY has received a fine such as this.

                                Personally, I think it's unconstitutional.

                                I guess we'll find out.

                                I’d imagine there have been countless of similar cases prosecuted for such type of fraud and ill gotten gains. Not sure where to search and find that info, though.

                                Give me one, besides Trump.

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                                taiwan_girl
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                                @Jolly said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                                @89th said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                                @Jolly said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                                It's not that everybody does it, it's that AFAIK, nobody has ever been prosecuted just this way under this statute, and NOBODY has received a fine such as this.

                                Personally, I think it's unconstitutional.

                                I guess we'll find out.

                                I’d imagine there have been countless of similar cases prosecuted for such type of fraud and ill gotten gains. Not sure where to search and find that info, though.

                                Give me one, besides Trump.

                                Here

                                https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2023/04/06/new-york-state-has-issued-nearly-9800-felony-charges-of-falsifying-business-records-since-2015/?slreturn=20240121221514

                                New York State Has Issued Nearly 9,800 Felony Charges of Falsifying Business Records Since 2015
                                Data shows 9,794 cases involving state penal law 175.10, or falsifying business records in the first degree, have been arraigned in both local and superior New York state courts since 2015.

                                Former President Donald Trump is far from the first person to face felony charges of falsifying business records—New York state has arraigned almost 9,800 cases involving the same charge since 2015, according to available data.

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                                • 89th8 89th

                                  @Jolly said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                                  It's not that everybody does it, it's that AFAIK, nobody has ever been prosecuted just this way under this statute, and NOBODY has received a fine such as this.

                                  Personally, I think it's unconstitutional.

                                  I guess we'll find out.

                                  I’d imagine there have been countless of similar cases prosecuted for such type of fraud and ill gotten gains. Not sure where to search and find that info, though.

                                  George KG Offline
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                                  George K
                                  wrote on last edited by
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                                  @89th said in Trump fine GoFundMe:

                                  I’d imagine there have been countless of similar cases prosecuted for such type of fraud and ill gotten gains.

                                  I may be wrong, but my understanding is that no one has been prosecuted for such a case in which there was no loss by any of the lenders. At least that’s what I read.

                                  Not sure where to search and find that info, though.

                                  Let us know if you find something.

                                  "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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                                    Here is a small list of the 9800 NY prosecutions (since 2015) for falsifying business records

                                    https://www.scribd.com/document/632650172/Survey-of-New-York-Prosecutions-for-Felony-Falsification-of-Business-Records#from_embed

                                    President Trump case is on page 11 FYI

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                                    • JollyJ Offline
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                                      Jolly
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #38

                                      Show me a case even remotely similar to his.

                                      One.

                                      “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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                                        taiwan_girl
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #39

                                        So, if someone kills someone with a fly swatter and that has never been done before, should the person still be prosecuted?

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                                          Jolly
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                                          The bedrock of American law is equal justice. Justice applied inequitably is not justice, is it?

                                          “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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