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| Bragg's Case Against Trump Is Imploding Fast |
| 2024-05-08 |
| [PJ] It was a bad week for Alvin Bragg and his case against Donald Trump. There's no other way to put it. For starters, Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, may have made a critical error that could reverse the Trump verdict upon appeal by allowing prosecutors to make certain arguments. As I reported earlier, "Last week, during an appearance on 'Fox & Friends,' GWU law professor Jonathan Turley told Fox News that Merchan made a mistake by allowing Bragg's prosecutorial team, which former Biden administration official Michael Colangelo is leading, to say unequivocally that Trump was involved in federal election law violations." "That jury has now been told repeatedly that there are federal election crimes here, strongly suggesting that the payment to Stormy Daniels did violate federal election laws," Turley explained. "That’s just not true." He cited the recent overturning of Harvey Weinstein's conviction for similar reasons as precedent. But even the actual allegations against Trump are falling apart. Keith Davidson, the lawyer representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels, testified that the $130,000 payment to Daniels should not be construed as "hush money" but rather as a legitimate "consideration" payment. Davidson also testified that Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was "despondent" when he didn't get a White House job after Trump won the presidency in 2016. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 This is how the Dems lose more of the black male vote than they could possibly imagine. They will net few or no votes. MSMBC hosts will complain. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-08 17:50 |
| #6 I'm pretty sure they will get a conviction despite the obvious farce of the entire trial. It will be reversed on appeal with scathing criticism from the appeals court about the utter travesty that was the "trial", but sometime after the November election, as was the entire point. Given the enormous, financial, political and violent reaction if they actual tried to imprison Trump, they will go with some form of residential confinement. The entire purpose here is to let Jojo abandon the need to debate "a convicted felon", use the term in the massive Basement Bunker Campaign Redux strategy for the fall, and to keep Trump from campaigning. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-05-08 14:53 |
| #5 Call Avenatti. The whole thing is a goat rodeo already. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-05-08 12:52 |
| #4 Just remember sentence first, trial after words! |
| Posted by: Vinegar+Spolusing6485 2024-05-08 11:05 |
| #3 Typically, a lot of the people who make up a jury have regular jobs and resent their time being wasted by irresponsible prosecutors and incompetent (or in this case biased) judges. I'm not sure if the jury in this case has anybody like this but if they do they are pretty ticked off at this point. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-05-08 10:15 |
| #2 It was a bad week for Alvin Bragg But a good week for America. Oh,no! That means a terrible week for "OUR DEMOCRACY" said every liberal dip$#!+ |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2024-05-08 09:21 |
| #1 It was a bad week for Alvin Bragg But a good week for America. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-05-08 06:24 |