NY - Ex-President Donald Trump, charged with 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records, Apr 2023, Trial 25 Mar 2024 #2

[Arkay]

Trump Says He Would Likely Beat George Washington And Abraham Lincoln In An Election

“I think it would have been very hard for them to beat me,” Trump said.

www.forbes.com

Didn't you hear when he said he is the greatest president we have ever had?

Trump has habitually compared himself to Washington and Lincoln, claiming that if they were here today, with Washington running for President and Lincoln on his ticket as Vice-President, he would beat them in a landslide.

He blames Covid for any problems he had when his polling went south.

AS IF WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH!

(You know, like starting a new country or the US undergoing the Civil War)!

He also believes he should be on Mt. Rushmore and has posed himself in pictures with his face at an angle that looks like he’s beside them.

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And yes, he loves to repeat stories that begin with having been addressed as “Sir,” he’s named his private plane “Trump Force One,” and he’s set up an office at Mar-a-Lago to mimic the Oval Office.

At least Nixon just resigned.

jmo

 

[sds71]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646263638754316291

 

[JerseyGirl]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646263638754316291

The most recent envelope, which was addressed to prosecutor Alvin Bragg, included a letter that used an expletive to describe Bragg's weight and powder that authorities determined was non-hazardous.

A photo of Bragg and Trump was also in the envelope, the sources said.

The incident marked the second time Bragg has been sent white powder in recent weeks.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is sent another threatening letter and white powder

The envelope also included a photo of former President Donald Trump. The powder was determined to be nonhazardous, sources said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[SouthAussie]

Trump is now seeking more than $500 million in damages from Michael Cohen, alleging in a new lawsuit that Cohen revealed his "confidences" and spread "falsehoods... likely to be embarrassing or detrimental."

Complaint here: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.645291/gov.uscourts.flsd.645291.1.0_1.pdf

Cohen’s spokesman, attorney Lanny Davis, said the lawsuit will not deter Cohen’s cooperation with prosecutors.

“Mr. Trump appears once again to be using and abusing the judicial system as a form of harassment and intimidation against Michael Cohen,” Davis said. “It appears he is terrified by his looming legal perils and is attempting to send a message to other potential witnesses who are cooperating with prosecutors against him.”

Trump sues ex-lawyer Cohen, key witness in criminal case

Former President Donald Trump has sued the key witness in his criminal case, accusing one-time lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen of “vast reputational harm” for talking publicly about the hush-money payments at the heart of the case. The lawsuit filed in Miami federal court on Wednesday offered a...

apnews.com

 

[SouthAussie]

The most recent envelope, which was addressed to prosecutor Alvin Bragg, included a letter that used an expletive to describe Bragg's weight and powder that authorities determined was non-hazardous.

A photo of Bragg and Trump was also in the envelope, the sources said.

The incident marked the second time Bragg has been sent white powder in recent weeks.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is sent another threatening letter and white powder

The envelope also included a photo of former President Donald Trump. The powder was determined to be nonhazardous, sources said.

www.nbcnews.com

His [Bragg's] lawsuit against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan said the office has received more than a thousand threatening or harassing calls and emails. Bragg himself has received “multiple” death threats since Trump’s indictment, police sources told ABC News.

Bragg has been receiving additional security protection.

Manhattan DA receives new suspicious white powder envelope: Police sources

The NYPD responded to a new threatening letter sent to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, according to police sources.

abcnews.go.com

 

[Cool Cats]

Yup - I was right......

Trump's tale of crying Manhattan court employees was 'absolute BS,' law enforcement source says

Former President Trump’s claim to a Fox News anchor that New York court employees were “crying” and apologizing for his arraignment on felony charges is “absolute BS” and doesn’t remotely resemble what took place, a source told Yahoo News.

www.yahoo.com

 

[musicaljoke]

His [Bragg's] lawsuit against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan said the office has received more than a thousand threatening or harassing calls and emails. Bragg himself has received “multiple” death threats since Trump’s indictment, police sources told ABC News.

Bragg has been receiving additional security protection.

Manhattan DA receives new suspicious white powder envelope: Police sources

The NYPD responded to a new threatening letter sent to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, according to police sources.

abcnews.go.com

A good reason to keep things moving toward a trial. No more delays.

 

[MyBelle]

Explains loophole in the process of prosecuting white-collar crime that drags it out:

TRAC’s data also reveals one reason why white-collar crimes generally aren’t pursued by federal authorities. It takes a long time — years — to investigate a white-collar crime and initiate legal proceedings. In 2022, TRAC’s data notes, “the average days between receipt of these (criminal) referrals and the actual filing of the prosecution for white-collar crimes was 452 days. This is 3.6 times greater than the average time spent for all federal prosecutions last year.”

Trump has long benefited from this flaw in the U.S. legal system

 

[sds71]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646624433682153472

 

[Stunned]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646624433682153472

And away we go!

 

[Lilibet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646624433682153472

What! The judge doesn’t allow all caps or comic sans?

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

What! The judge doesn’t allow all caps or comic sans?

I'd love to see a legal brief written in Wingdings

 

[Stunned]

What! The judge doesn’t allow all caps or comic sans?

Sadly this is where we are at as a country!

 

[MrsWatson]

IANAL, but surely there are thousands of software platforms specifically for the legal field that have templates for judicial submissions and I find it difficult to believe his attorneys weren't aware of the standards expected.

Then again, what's that old cliche? Sometimes, you get what you pay for.

moo

 

[crussell821]

What! The judge doesn’t allow all caps or comic sans?

Take capslock away from Trump, he’s not going to know what to do with himself. MOO

 

[Stunned]

IANAL, but surely there are thousands of software platforms specifically for the legal field that have templates for judicial submissions and I find it difficult to believe his attorneys weren't aware of the standards expected.

Then again, what's that old cliche? Sometimes, you get what you pay for.

moo

Or probably won’t pay for!

 

[Lilibet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1646624433682153472

IANAL, but surely there are thousands of software platforms specifically for the legal field that have templates for judicial submissions and I find it difficult to believe his attorneys weren't aware of the standards expected.

Then again, what's that old cliche? Sometimes, you get what you pay for.

moo

In all fairness, and I hate to have to be fair, the tweet about the judge’s requirements for font and spacing wasn’t saying that Trump’s lawyers had done it wrong. It seemed to just be listing the judge’s requirements for all submissions. The filing itself looked fine. But the tweet set up some fun comments!

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.645291/gov.uscourts.flsd.645291.1.0_2.pdf

 

[JerseyGirl]

Manhattan DA asks judge to look into Trump attorney's potential conflict of interest

Prosecutors have asked a judge in former President Trump's criminal case to look further into a potential conflict of interest on the part of Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina.

abcnews.go.com

"[T]he People request that the Court make certain additional inquiries of Mr. Tacopina and conduct a Gomberg inquiry of the defendant," executive assistant district attorney Susan Hoffinger wrote in a letter to the court, referring to a hearing that would establish that Trump knowingly opts to continue with Tacopina as his attorney notwithstanding any conflict.

Trump affirmed at his arraignment he wanted to move forward with Tacopina on his legal team, but Hoffinger said a full hearing would be needed.

She has asked the judge order Tacopina to turn over any records of his firm's communications with Daniels, and to disclose the extent to which he may have shared any information from Daniels with Trump.

The potential conflict was raised by Daniels' current attorney, Clark Brewster, who said in a letter to the Manhattan district attorney's office that Daniels had a 2018 conversation with Tacopina and attorneys at his firm about them potentially representing her.

Tacopina has said he never spoke to Daniels and he told the judge his firm refused to represent her.

 

[JerseyGirl]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/19/politics/bragg-jordan-pomerantz-hearing/index.html

Lawyers for House Republicans and the Manhattan district attorney's office are set to square off before a federal judge Wednesday over a subpoena seeking testimony about the indictment of former President Donald Trump.

Last week Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, sued Jim Jordan, the chair of the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee, to block a congressional subpoena to a former prosecutor, alleging the lawmakers are engaged in a "transparent campaign to intimidate and attack" the DA's office.

Bragg asked the judge for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction to block this subpoena and any future subpoenas to him or other current or former prosecutors.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Court hearing set in Manhattan DA Bragg's lawsuit against House Judiciary Committee's Jim Jordan

A court hearing will be held in Lower Manhattan about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's lawsuit against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan.

abc7ny.com

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing in Manhattan on Monday on crime in New York City and what it alleges are Bragg's "pro-crime, anti-victim" policies. The D.A.'s office, however, points to statistics showing that violent crime in Manhattan has dropped since Bragg took office in January 2022.

In response, Bragg said that if Jordan, who is from Ohio, "really cared about public safety," he would travel to some of the major cities in his home state, where crime is reportedly higher than in New York.

Bragg, in his lawsuit, said he's taking legal action "in response to an unprecedently brazen and unconstitutional attack by members of Congress on an ongoing New York State criminal prosecution and investigation of former President Donald J. Trump."