[Master Thread] Federal & State Charges Against Pres. Trump [merged]

[TBoneTX 45,304]

And down the drain goes the classified-documents case!

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'Absolutely Incredible!'  Julie Kelly Shares Unsealed Detail From Trump 'Classified Doc' Case

 

[...] Investigative journalist Julie Kelly has spotted something else in this case that will make you respond, "are you kidding me?"

 

Here it is:  [...]

 

https://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/04/27/well-well-well-julie-kelly-shares-unsealed-detail-from-trump-classified-doc-case-n2395622

[TBoneTX 45,304]

Jonathan Turley makes things clear, yet again.

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On Alvin Bragg and the art of not taking the law too seriously

 

Rube Goldberg, the inventor of bizarre machines that performed simple tasks through dozens of mechanical steps, was once asked about the essence of creating such fantastic, illogical machines.  He replied "An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously."  After the first week of testimony, the trial of Donald Trump is increasingly looking like a mad prosecution machine by lawyers who don’t take law too seriously.  [...]

 

https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4625253-on-alvin-bragg-and-the-art-of-not-taking-the-law-too-seriously/

[TBoneTX 45,304]

Did Judge Merchan Make a Critical Error That Can Save Trump?

 

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump had already hit a few snags, but now, Judge Merchan may have made a critical error that could reverse the Trump verdict upon appeal by allowing prosecutors to make certain arguments, according to GWU University law professor Jonathan Turley.

 

During an appearance on "Fox & Friends," Turley suggested that New York Judge Juan Merchan made a mistake by allowing Bragg's prosecutorial team, which is being led by former Biden administration official Michael Colangelo, to say unequivocally that Trump was involved in federal election law violations.

"I got to tell you, I think this judge may have already committed reversible error," Turley told Fox News.  "He could try to amend it, he could try to change it in his instructions, but 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.  That's just not true."  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/04/30/did-judge-merchan-make-a-critical-error-that-can-save-trump-n4928659

[Pooky 3,785]

Where, oh where, has innocent until PROVEN guilty disappeared to in this dystopian hell of a country? 🤔

[TBoneTX 45,304]

Long, but clear, reading.  Follow along to see how this was probably collusion if not outright conspiracy.

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Unredactions Reveal Early White House Involvement in Trump Documents Case

 

Top Biden administration officials worked with the National Archives to develop Special Counsel Jack Smith's case against Donald Trump involving the former president's alleged mishandling of classified material, according to recently unsealed court documents in the case pending in southern Florida.

 

More than 300 pages of newly unredacted exhibits, containing emails and other correspondence related to the early stages of the hunt for presidential papers, challenge public statements by Joe Biden about what he knew and when he knew it regarding the case against his political rival.  [...]

 

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/05/02/unredactions_reveal_early_white_house_involvement_in_trump_documents_case_1028630.html

[Dashinka 24,508]

The prosecution seems to be acting very petulant.

 

NY vs. Trump: Bragg's own witness, Hope Hicks, implodes case against Trump
 

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ny-vs-trump-braggs-witness-hope-hicks-implodes-case-against-trump

[TBoneTX 45,304]

Why is this not surprising?

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Trump Whodunnit:  Prosecutors admit key evidence in document case has been tampered with

 

In a stunning admission, Special Counsel Jack Smith's team is admitting that key evidence in former President Donald Trump's classified documents criminal case was altered or manipulated since it was seized by the FBI, and that prosecutors misled the court about it for a period of time.

Legal experts told Just the News the revelation could prove to be a serious problem for prosecutors and a violation of court rules to preserve evidence in the state it was seized.  [...]

 

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-whodunnit-prosecutors-admit-key-evidence-document-case-has

[TBoneTX 45,304]

New York DA Indicts Trump For Bringing Firefighters Pizza But No Salad Or Cheesy Bread

 

[...] "After a lengthy day in court, former President Trump personally delivered pizzas to New York firefighters without a single leaf of salad or some cheesy bread," declared District Attorney Alvin Bragg.  "For the sake of our democracy, he must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and then a bit further."  [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/new-york-da-indicts-trump-for-paying-off-firefighters-with-hush-pizza

Edited May 5 by TBoneTX

[TBoneTX 45,304]

This judge is going to be absolutely disemboweled upon appeal.

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When the judge gags a key witness for Trump's defense

 

[...] If you think that sounds a little odd for an FEC disclosure, you're right.  That's where one of the critical witnesses to be called by the Trump defense comes in.  Bradley Smith is a former chairman of the FEC, and on many occasions, including long before Trump, he has argued that there are all sorts of things a candidate can spend money on that are not legally classifiable as "for the purpose of influencing any election."  [...]

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/2993414/when-the-judge-gags-a-key-witness-for-trumps-defense/

[TBoneTX 45,304]

Trump Classified Docs Trial Postponed Indefinitely

 

On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon indefinitely postponed Trump's classified documents trial.

"The Court also determines that finalization of a trial date at this juncture—before resolution of the myriad and interconnected pre-trial and CIPA issues remaining and forthcoming—would be imprudent and inconsistent with the Court's duty to fully and fairly consider the various pending pre-trial motions before the Court, critical CIPA issues, and additional pretrial and trial preparations necessary to present this case to a jury," Judge Cannon wrote.

 

"The Court therefore vacates the current May 20, 2024, trial date (and associated calendar call), to be reset by separate order following resolution of the matters before the Court, consistent with Defendants' right to due process and the public's interest in the fair and efficient administration of justice."

Special Counsel Jack Smith's classified documents case against former President Donald Trump has been on shaky ground lately.  On Friday, Smith's team admitted to misleading Cannon and tampering with the evidence that had been used as the basis for his case against Trump.  [...]

 

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/05/07/breaking-trump-classified-docs-trial-postponed-indefinitely-n4928842

[TBoneTX 45,304]

Jim Jordan Opens Investigation Into Jack Smith: 'Mishandled the Very Docs He's Claiming Were Mishandled'

 

[...] Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has announced they're investigating Smith after Smith's acknowledgement that some of the evidence in President Trump’s classified documents case "was altered or manipulated after it was seized by the FBI in its raid on Mar-a-Lago."  [...]

 

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/05/07/jordan-opens-investigation-into-jack-smith-mishandled-the-very-docs-hes-claiming-were-mishandled-n2173859

[TBoneTX 45,304]

Judge allows Stormy Daniels to give irrelevant, salacious testimony just to humiliate Trump

 

[...] For Merchan, who has largely ruled against Trump on such motions, that was enough.

 

He allowed the prosecutors to get into the details of the affair despite the immateriality of the evidence to any criminal theory.

Neither the NDA nor the payment to Daniels is being contested.  [...]

 

https://nypost.com/2024/05/07/opinion/judge-allows-stormy-daniels-to-give-irrelevant-salacious-testimony-just-to-humiliate-trump/

[TBoneTX 45,304]

BOMBSHELL:  FBI Staged Fake Photo of Classified Documents for PR Purposes

 

You know that famous photo of Trump's purloined Top Secret documents?  The one that the FBI released that showed all those classified documents hidden in folders?

 

It's kinda, sorta faked.  Staged.  Not accurate at all.  A sham.  A con.  Complete BS.  [...]

 

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/05/08/bombshell-fbi-staged-fake-photo-of-classified-documents-for-pr-purposes-n3787983

[TBoneTX 45,304]

Hopefully this hoses the weasels and their "case."

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The DOJ's Doctored Crime Scene Photo of Mar-a-Lago Raid

 

New disclosures in Special Counsel Jack Smith's espionage case against Donald Trump reveal the FBI tampered with evidence to create the infamous photo--and DOJ has lied about it for nearly two years.  [...]

 

https://www.declassified.live/p/the-dojs-doctored-crime-scene-photo

[TBoneTX 45,304]

Trump Assures Jury Stormy Daniels Was Way Hotter Back Then

 

NEW YORK CITY, NY — Former President Donald Trump made sure members of the jury in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial knew the adult film actress was much much hotter when he first met her.

"She was an eight or a nine back then, let me tell you," Trump explained to members of the jury.  "Now she's a bit of a [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-assures-jury-stormy-daniels-was-way-hotter-back-then