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An appeals court has ruled that maybe Trump's case brought by Alvin Bragg should be moved to the federal court system after all. This is the case when a NY court convicted Trump of 34 felonies related to the NDA he agreed to with Stormy Daniels and the subsequent payments made to Michael Cohen. Trump has argued the case should have been moved to federal courts due the the Supreme Court's decision giving him some kind of immunity as president. It's convoluted, but Trump wants this in federal courts because he thinks he will get a more objective hearing of the case - and he is probably right.

If it does wind up in federal courts Trump will have an opportunity to have the case reviewed by the Supreme Court where he probably thinks he will get a favorable review by the 6 conservative justices. You never know with them, but it is better than leaving it with the hacks in NY.

IMO, this case was bullshit from the beginning. First the statute of limitations had expired for the business fraud charges. The elevation of the charges to avoid the statute of limitations is highly questionable because the prosecutor never charged Trump with an underlying crime, and the judge's order to the jury saying they didn't have to agree on the underlying crime deprived Trump of a defense. or due process.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-hu...t-conviction-12d2c85c0f90715d64f1764de335df04
 

yimyammer

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IMO, this case was bullshit from the beginning. First the statute of limitations had expired for the business fraud charges. The elevation of the charges to avoid the statute of limitations is highly questionable because the prosecutor never charged Trump with an underlying crime, and the judge's order to the jury saying they didn't have to agree on the underlying crime deprived Trump of a defense. or due process.

Not to mention how contrived the 34 charges were

The charges were broken down into 11 counts for invoices, 11 counts for checks, and 12 counts for ledger entries, all documented as "legal expenses”

To me, that’s like charging someone who stole a bag of candy for 122 separate charges representing the pieces of candy inside
 

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Not to mention how contrived the 34 charges were

The charges were broken down into 11 counts for invoices, 11 counts for checks, and 12 counts for ledger entries, all documented as "legal expenses”

To me, that’s like charging someone who stole a bag of candy for 122 separate charges representing the pieces of candy inside

But really the issue is Bragg charged him with fraud because he claimed the payments to Michael Cohen were not legal expense. Trump reimbursed Cohen for negotiating the NDA with Stormy Daniels and paying her off. What Michael Cohen did was actually legal work and he was functioning as Trump representation or lawyer. So how were these payments to Cohen not legal expenses? And remember too, Cohen paid Daniels $130,000. Trump paid Cohen over $400,000. So again, how could all the payments be part of these fraud scheme when the payment to Daniels was less than half the total amount? The who case is based on garbage from top to bottom.
 

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Keeping the record straight.

 

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No confirmations yet, but word is Thune caved on some of the stuff Schumer and Dems demanded.

Hope that isnt the case but with the weak leadership of Repubs it's probably true.

 

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On Sky News, a Leftist insists on defending the BBC vs. a conservative who rightly calls out the BBC.

 

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No confirmations yet, but word is Thune caved on some of the stuff Schumer and Dems demanded.

Hope that isnt the case but with the weak leadership of Repubs it's probably true.


The way most Democrats are squealing like stuck pigs over this deal, I tend to believe that Democrats didn't get much of anything.
 

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Good for Trump, but no one was attempting to overturn the election. They were attempting to uncover what most Americans believe was massive fraud. Questioning the results of an election should not be a crime. It is necessary for the health of any free electoral system., as long as the country is willing to examine all accusations and anomalies.
 
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