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Furious Trump glares into the camera and shakes his fists as judge sets Stormy Daniels trial for March 25, 2024 - in the middle of the GOP primaries and months before the presidential election
UK Daily Mail ^ | 05/23/2023 | Wills Robinson

Posted on 05/23/2023 1:28:28 PM PDT by DFG

Donald Trump threw his hands in the air in fury during a virtual appearance in a Manhattan court on Tuesday as a judge scheduled the Stormy Daniels 'hush money' criminal trial for March 25, 2024.

It means the former president will be in a Manhattan courtroom for weeks in the middle of the Republican primaries and just months before the presidential election.

The court day lies just weeks after the 'Super Tuesday' primaries set for March 5, and days after Florida's March 19 contest that will pit Trump against Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Trump, 76, scowled into the camera during a Zoom appearance as Judge Juan Merchan told him to cancel all commitments during the trial and put a protective order in place banning him from sharing evidence in public.

He made the appearance as it was revealed his main rival in the GOP race, DeSantis, would formally announce he is running for President in a Twitter Spaces on Wednesday night.

A visibly-irritated Trump, wearing a blue suit against a backdrop of American flags at his Mar-a-Lago estate, turned to his lawyer during the appearance

'President Trump is running for President of the United States and is the leading contender,' his attorney Todd Blanche told the judge. 'He is very much concerned that his 1st Amendment rights are being violated.'

The charges are related to a $30,000 payoff to a doorman trying to sell information about a child that Trump allegedly fathered out of wedlock; $150,000 to former Playboy model Karen McDougal, and a $130,000 payment to Daniels.

Trump had pleaded not guilty last month to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records at his family company, the Trump Organization.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
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To: ConservativeWarrior
I refuse to vote for any presidential candidate who hasn’t been indicted by a crooked prosecutor in a Democrat sh!t-hole.

If DeSantis wants my vote, he better get working on that.

61 posted on 05/23/2023 2:19:37 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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To: ConservativeWarrior
To all the Trump-or-Die FReepers, remind me again why we don’t want to consider DeSantis?

I have a question for you.

We know Trump was criminally set up and framed, we know top officials in these government agencies were criminally undermining and attacking Trump and his associates, 24/7 for 7 years, and then attempted to destabilize and overthrow his administration. And ALL this totally influenced the last election. We know all this.

And DeSantis’ response to these high crimes and treason against Trump is to run AGAINST Trump?

Tell me, who side does it appear DeSantis is on?

62 posted on 05/23/2023 2:22:01 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Others might call it “deprivation of rights under color of law,” punishable by fines and prison time.


And who is in position to prosecute such a crime? Why Brandon’s DOJ and the NY State Attorney General, who ran on a platform of ‘getting Trump and his family’. The fact is that in several jurisdictions the lady holding the scales of justice has taken off her blindfold and has her fist, not merely her thumb pressing firmly down on one side.

And there appears to be virtually nothing we can do about it.


63 posted on 05/23/2023 2:22:49 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: DFG

Anyone have a different link to the video? I can’t access DM because I refuse to turn off my pop up blocker.


64 posted on 05/23/2023 2:23:30 PM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: glimmerman70

Leftists did that to a governor of Texas.

Got away with it too.


65 posted on 05/23/2023 2:23:34 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: DFG

100% election interference.


66 posted on 05/23/2023 2:30:29 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: Tellurian

I’ve noticed aol.com is awful. They post the most unflattering pictures of Trump, along with negative headlines. I’m sure lots of people just read the headlines and don’t bother to research anything.


67 posted on 05/23/2023 2:38:16 PM PDT by Nea Wood (Screw diversity. Celebrate excellence. )
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To: kenmcg

It’s hard to learn how the judge in this case became a US citizen

Same can be said about a member of the House from Minnesota.


68 posted on 05/23/2023 2:39:33 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: Deaf and Discerning

When I voted for McCain…I closed my eyes ands thought of Palin.


69 posted on 05/23/2023 2:40:44 PM PDT by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: dragnet2

“Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.“

Aaaand, if DeSantis was all we’d like him to be, they could simply do the SAME thing to him.

There are lots of bimbos out there looking for $$$ anyway they can get it.


70 posted on 05/23/2023 2:45:36 PM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: DFG

If I recall correctly, from earlier news reports, trumps team was delaying the trial. Why don’t they only ask the judge to hold a trial next week and get it over with now?


71 posted on 05/23/2023 2:46:33 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Anybody But Trump. Tired of Trump's Boorish Antics, Poor Hiring and Life Choices. We Can Do Better!)
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To: ALPAPilot

“I wonder if the lawyers involved are deep state people just pretending.”

You may be right. In addition Trump has not been able to get the creme of the crop at the most prestigious law firms to represent him even though he can afford the fees. It seems many of the best constitutional lawyers and litigators fear peer disapproval if they represent Trump. To them social approval is more important than justice.


72 posted on 05/23/2023 2:47:34 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it)
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To: silent majority rising

“Can he move it to the US Supreme Court because the NY Supreme Court is attempting to influence an election?”

I am not an attorney but I did take constitutional law in college. My understanding is once appeals are done in the state court system the Supreme Court may take a case where constitutional rights may have been violated.


73 posted on 05/23/2023 2:49:46 PM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

I guess EJ Carroll has now said she is going to file a 10M lawsuit against Trump for defamation again after winning the 5M from recent trial. Trump claims EJ called her black husband a derogatory name. Seriously, he should shut up and save that for the appeal with his attorney’s.

I know he didn’t get a fair trial with EJ. But he needs to shut up and let his attorney’s do their job.


74 posted on 05/23/2023 2:50:14 PM PDT by Engedi
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Relax and let the real adults deal with President Trump and his re-election. Milquetoast “conservatives’ like you cower at the first sign of uneasiness.


75 posted on 05/23/2023 2:54:48 PM PDT by New Perspective (As Leonard Cohen said once in an interview, “You won’t like what comes after America”)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

“ We need an Electable Conservative DeSantis on the ballot.”

—————————————

How well will DeSantis do in the general after passing 6 wk abortion? Ans: worse than Trump.

DeSantis supporters seem to only care about ‘winning the general’ without recognizing that the laws DeSantis has passed will be construed as ‘authoritarian dictator’, ‘far right extremist’, homophobe etc. While they could only criticize Trump personally, they will showcase the laws DeSantis passed using their own definition. Ex. Don’t say gay law. Independents and blue dog democrats will NOT vote for him. Same problem Cruz would have had.

Above all of the other laws, 6 wk abortion is very unpopular whether you like it or not. Check the polling on that subject.

Think past your emotions…..


76 posted on 05/23/2023 2:55:16 PM PDT by Moe-Patrick (If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem)
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To: Olog-hai

The Democrat Marxists consigned the Constitution to the wastebasket a long time ago. This is the Soviet Union of America now. We don’t need no stinkin’ rights and guarantees of due process.

It’s sad, because the GOP will hang Trump out to dry. He’s ancient history as far as they’re concerned.


77 posted on 05/23/2023 2:57:01 PM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: babble-on

Beat it you leftist troll.


78 posted on 05/23/2023 2:59:33 PM PDT by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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To: usconservative

You don’t think he was going got do this all along regardless?


79 posted on 05/23/2023 3:00:57 PM PDT by vivenne
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To: DFG; All

This and Fani Willis sent out notices to county and city officials around Fulton/Atlanta that some time soon something is coming out of her office and everyone should be prepared. She’s advising that some of her folks will be working from home, etc.

Fear mongering at its best.

WWZ zombies will descend upon Fulton/Atlanta and destroy the place, when she lays out her case.


80 posted on 05/23/2023 3:03:05 PM PDT by qaz123
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