Chelly
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This is just the beginning. Starting small and building the way up to larger, serious charges.IMO, they have to start somewhere
This is just the beginning. Starting small and building the way up to larger, serious charges.IMO, they have to start somewhere
“I know how to follow the facts and hold people in power accountable.”![]()
New York DA Alvin Bragg made tough-on-Trump record central to campaign
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s decision to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump makes good on the Democratic prosecutor’s campaign boast that he is tough on Mr. Trump.www.washingtontimes.com
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg‘s decision to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump makes good on the Democratic prosecutor’s campaign boast that he is tough on Mr. Trump.
Mr. Bragg put his tough-on-Trump bona fides front and center as he faced other Democratic contenders in the 2021 race to become the top prosecutor in one of the country’s most liberal-leaning cities.
Throughout his campaign, Mr. Bragg boasted about his work overseeing the lawsuit against the Donald J. Trump Foundation while serving as New York state’s chief deputy attorney general from 2017 to 2018.
That case resulted in a judge ordering Mr. Trump to pay $2 million in damages and led to the foundation being shut down over allegations of misused funds.
Mr. Bragg cited the case in a December 2020 campaign forum as he sparred with his Democratic rival in the Manhattan district attorney’s race.
“I have investigated Trump and his children and held them accountable for their misconduct with the Trump Foundation,” he said. “I know how to follow the facts and hold people in power accountable.”
That's interesting. The DA began his investigation while Trump was still President. The Watergate investigation took several years to conclude.RE: Felony charges
The indictment is still sealed but reportedly brings more than 30 counts against Trump related to business fraud, likely for falsifying business expenses—which can be a felonyand punishable by up to four years in prison in New York if done to cover up another crime. The indictment against Trump and the tax fraud charges against his company and Weisselberg are all products of the Manhattan DA’s long-running investigation into Trump and his company, which began in 2019
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Trump’s Criminal Charges To Be Overseen By Same Judge Who Sentenced His Company For Tax Fraud—And He’s Not Happy About It
Trump claimed on Truth Social that Justice Juan Merchan “HATES ME.”www.forbes.com
IMO, they have to start somewhere
None of it will make sense.No, but if & when he gets off & if he becomes the next president I'm sure he will be doing some chanting of his own.
Maybe some seem to be “hypnotized”…. But for others, it’s simply that there are no other options. The alternative is so much worse.It truly is unexplainable. I have tried to make it explainable- but I can't- It is like he has hypnotized 60 million people!!!!
<modsnip> President Trump does not have to prove his innocence because in the United States a person is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It's up to the State to prove he is guilty. A defendant doesn't have to prove anything. JMO.I was typing this comment as Sillybilly posted, but I think it ties in. The thread is not really about something political. It is about the grand jury deciding that there is enough evidence to indict someone for a crime…30 counts. This is just like any other indictment a grand jury, made up of regular citizens, makes. We see this all the time on WS. The difference is that a former President has never been indicted. But just like anyone else indicted, Mr Trump will have his opportunity to give facts supporting his innocence during a trial. I think we can discuss the legal aspects of this case without doing what SB has asked us NOT to do. Maybe pretend we’ve never heard of Mr Trump before.![]()
<modsnip> President Trump does not have to prove his innocence because in the United States a person is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It's up to the State to prove he is guilty. A defendant doesn't have to prove anything. JMO.
In the United States, you are considered innocent , until you're proven guilty. The prosecutor (aka district attorney or attorney general) must show the jury that all of the elements of the crime are present and that the accused is the one who committed that crime - beyond a reasonable doubt.I was typing this comment as Sillybilly posted, but I think it ties in. The thread is not really about something political. It is about the grand jury deciding that there is enough evidence to indict someone for a crime…30 counts. This is just like any other indictment a grand jury, made up of regular citizens, makes. We see this all the time on WS. The difference is that a former President has never been indicted. But just like anyone else indicted, Mr Trump will have his opportunity to give facts supporting his innocence during a trial. I think we can discuss the legal aspects of this case without doing what SB has asked us NOT to do. Maybe pretend we’ve never heard of Mr Trump before.![]()
That would be priceless!What will be hilarious is if he refuses to leave Mar a Lago and turn himself in and Desantis has to sign an order for him to be arrested and removed.