Spoiler Alert: Prosecutors' Tortuous Trump Case Is 'Confusing' to Nearly Everyone

[forkup]

We have already established that the contributions were not illegal in of themself.

"We have already established." Who's "we?"

And how you put it implies that the contributions weren't the only thing now does it?

Renting a car isn't illegal by itself. Doing it, so it can be used in a bank robbery is.

 

[Crepitus]

Spoiler Alert: ​

Prosecutors' Tortuous Trump Case Is 'Confusing' to Nearly Everyone​

Spoiler Alert: Prosecutors' Tortuous Trump Case Is 'Confusing' to Nearly Everyone

pjmedia.com

23 Apr 2024 ~~ By Victoria Taft

The first witness in Donald Trump's trial for alleged "criminal" bookkeeping errors came with National Enquirer-worthy titillations about what a hot commodity the former president was back in the day. Prosecutors thought they'd burst out of the gate with a little razzle-dazzle and T&A, hoping that jurors would believe the witness had anything to do with the actual charges in the case. This is because — spoiler alert — the prosecutors' actual case is a "confusing" distraction. It's the "Seinfeld" of legal cases.
But since a Manhattan jury will likely convict the former president because Orange Man Bad, here's what happened in court with the opening witness on truncated court sessions Monday and Tuesday.

David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, testified that he worked with Trump's lawyer to kill stories that hurt Trump's reputation or would be hurtful to his wife and family. This is the so-called catch-and-kill scheme, wherein sources would approach the Enquirer with an unflattering story about Trump (this applies to Hollywood stars and big shots), offer money to the people telling it, and then make the story disappear.
And it went something like this:

• Pecker reportedly would alert Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, about the titillating story.
• Cohen got three sources to sign a non-disclosure agreement for a sum of money.
• Trump paid his legal bills, which covered Cohen's incurred costs plus more.

All of the above is legal.
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The media have called this case a "hush money" case, but one of our crafty commenters called it the Hush Trump case. Touché. When a judge shuts up the defendant but not the other trial participants, you can't help but wonder if the fix is in. Where else will you read that in this censorious media world that we're living in?


Commentary:
Remembering when The Los Angeles Times “caught and killed” the story of Barack Obama’s banquet speech for Rashid Khalidi, which was on video. I bet that video is more damaging than sex with a stripper and had a bigger impact on the 2008 election than Daniels did in 2016. Nobody was prosecuted. Few even complained. The video is still in the vault.
THAT is not illegal. “Go away” settlements and NDAs are extremely common. The lying whorebag human toilet tried to milk a few dollars more out of him two weeks before the election.
130k to Trump is akin to me flipping a nickel to a bum who is annoying customers coming into my business. It’s a ridiculously small amount she accepted. That amount was offered because her lawyer knew it was so low no sane person would take it to court if they could make it go away for that trivial sum.
Nothing even slightly illegal about it.

The Secret Sources for ‘Bombshell’: Why Ex-Fox News Staffers Broke Their NDAs for Filmmakers

In order to paint a vivid picture of the network's culture, 'Bombshell's' makers spoke to about 20 people with a connection to Fox, including multiple women bound by confidentiality agreements, a task that sent the filmmakers into territory usually left to investigative journalists.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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It's not really surprising the RWNJs at PJ media can't understand it. They are conservatives after all.

 

[DGS49]

Nothing described by Star Witness #1 is a crime cognizable by the New York Justice System. AT WORST, it described a campaign finance irregularity (a Federal matter, not a State one), punishable by A FINE, however, the statute of limitations has run on that particular "crime" and the cognizant legal authority declined to pursue it.

The Leftist glee that accompanies this trial is merely the latest example of their hatred of America and its standards.

 

[leftwinger]

You actually think Biden is going to get as many votes as last time? With the dumpster fire that his entire administration has been? Dream on...

Those were bogus printed forged ballots. Tens of millions. I see nothing to stop it from happening again? They are getiing illegals names on the voter rolls in the millions as they come across. It takes “work” to find them and fight to get them off. No one (lazy state R) is doing that. They will flood out ballots and Mules will dump them in drop boxes marked Uniparty or D. Once the Ballots get into the pile they become untracable. Envelopes dissapear as do scans of Signatures. Little hope to stop it.

 

[Marener]

Everything is confusing when you’ve been dumbed down by conservative media for decades.

 

[Hellokitty]

Sure. And yet this lawyer is explicitly saying what the purpose of the payments were.

As I stated. The admission has cost him jail time. Bit I guess Cohen did that for the lol's

He was facing 70 years with all the charges and got 3, so one could easily conclude the admission shorted his jail time BIGLY!!!

 

[Billiejeens]

Everything is confusing when you’ve been dumbed down by conservative media for decades.

Following the narrative is simple when you have been encased in the Democrat Media Bubble Cult for so long, yes?

 

[Faun]

Cohen went to jail for perjury, tax invasion, and making unlawful campaign contributions.....

Count #8 -- excessive campaign contribution.

I swear, you idiots are so fucking uninformed.

 

[Faun]

Cohen pleaded guilty to an act that every neutral legal observer concluded was not an actual crime in a failed effort to get favorable sentencing treatment for the crimes that he did commit.

"every neutral legal observer"

 

[leftwinger]

Not confusing how it began (Obiden):

On Tuesday, Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) sent out a letter to crooked Attorney General Merrick Garland and Soros-funded New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg demanding the two turn over evidence related to the hiring of former top Biden attorny Matthew Colangelo to run the latest lawfare case against President Trump in a New York City courtroom.

Goodman calls the hiring of Colangelo “a declaration of war against the American judicial system.”

Back in April 2023 The Gateway Pundit first reported on Colangelo’s ties between Bragg DA’s office and Biden regime.

The House Judiciary demanded in early April that Colangelo turn over documents related to his hiring to jump start Bragg’s garbage indictment of President Trump.
All lawfare cases lead back to the Biden regime.
They are no better than any other corrupt banana republic in history.

Rep. Goodman published this press release earlier today.

Today, Congressman Lance Gooden (R-Texas) demanded answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and New York Attorney General Alvin Bragg following the highly suspect hiring of Matthew Colangelo by the New York Attorney General’s Office. This demand for transparency comes amid disturbing revelations about the politically motivated prosecution of former President Donald Trump.

Matthew Colangelo, who abruptly stepped down from a top position at the Biden Justice Department, has taken a role in the New York lawsuit crafted to target President Trump. To ensure transparency and accountability are upheld in this case, Congressman Gooden is demanding the preservation of all information relating to Colangelo’s hiring, including all documents, communications, and other information, including electronic information and metadata, that is or may be potentially responsive to a congressional inquiry, request, or investigation.

Specifically, this information must include any communication between DA Bragg and Mr. Colangelo and/or other DOJ officials while Mr. Colangelo was still employed with DOJ. Additionally, this information must include any communication between Mr. Colangelo and any Biden Administration officials regarding his employment with the Manhattan District Attorney General’s Office while Mr. Colangelo was still employed with DOJ.

Additionally, Congressman Gooden is requesting a response to the following questions no later than May 24, 2024:

 

[forkup]

He was facing 70 years with all the charges and got 3, so one could easily conclude the admission shorted his jail time BIGLY!!!

Oh? So a DOJ that was led by Bill Barr. An AG that had previously interfered on several occasions in both investigation and prosecutions over the objections of investigators and prosecutors to help Trump and his allies let prosecutors frame Cohen.

Is that what you want me, or for that matter a jury to accept?

In my opinion, the only logical conclusion is that he committed those crimes and would have had a hard time fighting the charges.

Otherwise, a lawyer that literally has friends in the highest circle of government, including the freaking president has no reason to admit to crimes he didn't commit.

 

[Faun]

Cohen's crimes are Cohen's crimes. Not Trumps.

Trump's misdemeanor charges for falsifying business records become a felony for covering up those crimes.

 

[Billiejeens]

Oh? So a DOJ that was led by Bill Barr. An AG that had previously interfered on several occasions in both investigation and prosecutions over the objections of investigators and prosecutors to help Trump and his allies let prosecutors frame Cohen.

Is that what you want me, or for that matter a jury to accept?

In my opinion, the only logical conclusion is that he committed those crimes and would have had a hard time fighting the charges.

Otherwise, a lawyer that literally has friends in the highest circle of government, including the freaking president has no reason to admit to crimes he didn't commit.

He made up a crime so that he could flip on a bigger fish.

Are you always ignorant or blind to reality at this level, or just when it comes to President Trump?

 

[Faun]

We have already established that the contributions were not illegal in of themself.

LOL

Cohen's conviction for making an illegal campaign contribution proves you're insane.

 

[Faun]

November is coming, Konradv! Wait until you see how many supporters Trump has!

Does it matter? The rights gonna scream election fraud again if he loses again.

 

[Man With A Plan]

Everything is confusing when you’ve been dumbed down by conservative media for decades.

LOL At this point, Marener so little of media is "conservative" it's rather amusing that you think it's dumbing down America! You know what's dumbing down America? Our schools no longer teach critical thinking...they indoctrinate. We're churning out lemmings. Look at the morons running around right now supporting Hamas on college campuses. They can't process the fact that Islamic terrorists hate us almost as much as Israel and would kill them without blinking an eye.

 

[Man With A Plan]

Trump's misdemeanor charges for falsifying business records become a felony for covering up those crimes.

Do you even know what Trump is charged with?

 

[Billiejeens]

LOL

Cohen's conviction for making an illegal campaign contribution proves you're insane.

Poor fawny
He wasn't convicted, there was no finding of fact - he pleaded out.

 

[Faun]

Nothing described by Star Witness #1 is a crime cognizable by the New York Justice System. AT WORST, it described a campaign finance irregularity (a Federal matter, not a State one), punishable by A FINE, however, the statute of limitations has run on that particular "crime" and the cognizant legal authority declined to pursue it.

The Leftist glee that accompanies this trial is merely the latest example of their hatred of America and its standards.

Sadly, you're clueless.

 

[Faun]

Poor fawny
He wasn't convicted, there was no finding of fact - he pleaded out.

Of course he was convicted, ya putz...

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/182-cohen-plea-deal/9bc6cd47e7c48e9f9469/optimized/full.pdf

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The defendant hereby acknowledges that he has accepted this Agreement and decided to plead guilty because he is in fact guilty. By entering this plea of guilty, the defendant waives any and all right to withdraw his plea or to attack his conviction, either on direct appeal or collaterally, on the ground that the Government has failed to produce any discovery material, Jencks Act material, exculpatory material pursuant to Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), other than information establishing the factual innocence ofthe defendant, or impeachment material pursuant to Giglio v. United Stores, 405 U.S. 150 (1972), that has not already been produced as of the date of the signing of this Agreement.​

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The defendant recognizes that, if he is not a citizen of the United States, his guilty plea and conviction make it very likely that his deportation from the United States is presumptively mandatory and that, at a minimum, he is at risk of being deported or suffering other adverse immigration consequences The defendant acknowledges that he has discussed the possible immigration consequences (including deportation) of his guilty plea and conviction with defense counsel. The defendant affirms that he wants to plead guilty regardless of any immigration consequences that may result from the guilty plea and conviction, even if those consequences include deportation from the United States. It is agreed that the defendant will have no right to withdraw his guilty plea based on any actual or perceived adverse immigration consequences (including deportation) resulting from the guilty plea and conviction. It is further agreed that the defendant will not challenge his conviction or sentence on direct appeal, or through litigation under Title 28, United States Code, Section 2255 and/or Section 2%], on the basis of any actual or perceived adverse immigration consequences (including deportation) resulting from his guilty plea and conviction.​