Posted on 05/12/2024 5:59:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Even for those of us who have long been critics of the “hush money” case against Donald Trump and its dubious legal theory, it has been surprising to see that the prosecutors had no more evidence than we previously knew about.
The assumption was that no rational prosecutor would base a major criminal case almost entirely on the testimony of Michael Cohen, who was recently denounced by a judge as a serial perjurer peddling “perverse” theories in court. The calculus of Alvin Bragg is now obvious. He is counting on the jury convicting Trump regardless of the evidence.
Which is also why Bragg likely fears that the judge, not the jury, will decide the case. After the government closes its evidence this week, the defense will move for a direct verdict by the judge on the basis that the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction.
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I wouldn’t expect anything from the judge in this case.
He’s in on it.
With Trump’s trial for reporting certain payments to his lawyer as “legal expenses,” when those payments were actually to keep a certain embarrassing thing secret, it’s a good time to test your knowledge of the connections between sex and presidents.
1.How should Trump have reported payments to keep an affair with a hooker secret?
A.”Payments to keep an affair with a hooker secret”
B.”Legal Expenses”
2.How did Hillary Clinton report payments for sex dirt on Trump known as the Steele Dossier?
A.”Payments for sex dirt on Trump”
B.”Legal Expenses”
3.Why is Trump’s affair with a hooker worse than Bill Clinton’s series of affairs with economically-dependent persons?
A.Sex in conjunction with prostitution is worse than sex in conjunction with sexual harassment of subordinates
B.Hey, Bill Clinton’s a Democrat.
4.Why is Trump’s misreporting of his hush money payments to a hooker worse than Bill Clinton’s lying under oath in a court of law about sex in conjunction with sexual harassment?
A.Lying about sex isn’t impeachable
B.Hey, Bill Clinton’s a Democrat.
5.Why is Trump’s affair with a prostitute worse than Hunter Biden’s affair with a prostitute?
A.Hunter Biden had an affair with a prostitute?
B.Orange Man bad.
6.Why is Trump having unprotected sex with a prostitute worse than Hunter Biden having unprotected sex with a prostitute?
A.Hunter Biden had unprotected sex with a prostitute?
B.Orange Man bad.
7.When did Trump have his affair with Stormy Daniels?
A.Recently (since leaving the White House)
B.While he was President
C.Within two or three years of becoming President
D.A long time ago
8.Did Trump have affairs with any attractive women?
A.No, they were all dog-faced pony soldiers.
B.Yes, with a Playboy “playmate of the month” (and maybe others)
9.Did any U.S. President, other than Trump, have affairs prior to office?
A.No, Trump has been the only one.
B.Yes, many that we know about.
10.Did any U.S. President, other than Bill Clinton, have affairs while in office?
A.No, Clinton has been the only one.
B.Yes, many that we know about.
ANSWERS
1.B. Legal Expenses
2.B. Legal Expenses
3.B. Sex in conjunction with forcing yourself on economically-vulnerable persons is worse than than sex with prostitutes.
4.B. Lying under oath about sex is worse than reporting a hush money payment in a way that doesn’t reveal what you’re trying to keep secret.
5.B. Both Hunter Biden and Donald Trump had affairs with prostitutes. The only difference is Orange Man bad.
6.B. According to Stormy Daniels, Trump had unprotected sex with her. The DNA of his love child proves that Hunter Biden had unprotected sex with his prostitute. The only difference is Orange Man bad.
7.D. a long time ago; viz., in 2006, ten years before being elected President, and eight years before becoming a candidate for the Republican nomination.
8.B. As to why Karen McDougal isn’t ratting on Trump and Stormy Daniels is, let’s just say there are different kinds of prostitutes out there.
9.B. Among others to have had affairs prior to being President was Grover Cleveland. Cleveland fathered a child through his affair, and financially-supported that child through adulthood. I could also mention Warren Harding. His pre-White Office affair was with a neighbor, and during the campaign, the Republicans put her and her husband on a long cruise to French Polynesia.
10.B. Among others to have had affairs while President was Jack Kennedy. It is said the CIA kept two prostitutes available to satisfy his needs. Also, the aforementioned Warren Harding. While President, he had sex with an admirer in a hall closet, from which came a love-child.
Since this is the only case that will be heard against Trump this year, the verdict will have to be ‘guilty’. Nothing less will do for Bragg or for the democrats or for Biden. Even if they can’t prove any of the allegations, which we all know are all trumped up, the judge will issue instructions to go find Trump guilty, and no innocent can be found and no mistrial and no hung-jury. It’s a must be found guilty, even if the judge makes he decision for the jury.
It’s not Bragg.
It’s Colango, The Meritless Garland and whoever that Evil Woman under Garland is.
And the reason is simple: Manhattan jury...without a single Orthodox Jew as a member.
Of course Merchan is not going to grant the motion for a direct verdict. He’s been and will continue to be paid well to run interference on this case and secure a conviction.
The ready reference on this forum to pay offs when there is zero evidence of it is frustrating. Marchan’s acting as he is because he’s a leftist hack. There is no evidence beyond that
A good chunk of the trial has nothing to do with what he’s on trial for.
This POS judge will not dismiss or declare this trial a mis-trial.
It’s full steam ahead.
Of course Merchan is not going to grant the motion for a direct verdict. He’s been and will continue to be paid well to run interference on this case and secure a conviction
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Judge merchan won’t be paid as much as his daughter is raking in from the case
>> The ready reference on this forum to pay offs when there is zero evidence of it is frustrating.
I think I spotted the error in that assumption. :)
As far as I know no one really knows what he’s on trial for
It may not be direct evidence but Merchan’s daughter has raised over $90 million dollars pimping this trial to her clients Adam Schiff and the Senate Majority PAC.
There is a major flaw in your test.
The trash bag admitted that she LIED. She never slept with Trump.
So, basically he was the victim of extortion based on a fraudulent premise to tank his chances of becoming President.
She should be prosecuted for election interference.
Da judge is a communist pos.
The jury clowns I’m sure are all communist posts.
The prosecutors are all commie pos’s.
I wish the defense could show that test with the nswers to the jury. In lieu of what democrat slime have done already, I bet they are engaging in jury tamperingin this trial.
I’m afraid the jury will convict particularly if exculpatory evidence is being denied from presentation.
Matthew Colangelo...
The FED GOV scum traitor female dog that you are thinking of, working as DOJ’s number 2 under the crypt keeper ghoul Merrick Garland, is an especially evil pile of feces, named Lisa Monaco.
An industrial appliance shredder set on its slowest setting is too kind of a form of retribution, were it administered judicially to her.
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