well they've been chasing him for 8 years. they finally found something that sticks. Use local courts to tie trump up
That judge will definitely put trump in jail These prognosticators that say he won't don't know what they're talking about.
The Constitution mandates that crimes be tried in the county where the event happened. That has been the law since the founding of this nation.
So if the crime took place in New York, the trial must be conducted in New York. There have been laws covering what can be written off as a business expense for decades. This was to stop people from writing off vacations and mistresses as a business expense.
I said before, and during the trial. If Trump had paid out of his personal accounts that there would have been nothing the Law could do about it. But he paid from the DJT Trust, which was a catch all for all his business interests.
That makes it falsifying business records. The expenses had nothing to do with the DJT business interests. He could have, should have had the Trust transfer half a million to his personal accounts and call it a payout or whatever. But he wanted the tax advantage of writing off the expense.
The DJT Trust was headquartered and managed in New York City. That put the jurisdiction squarely in New York.
I read the synopsis of the trial in several sites every day. Let me summarize for you. 22 witnesses testified that Trump did what he was accused of doing. Documentation including checks, emails, text messages, and notes was presented showing that Trump did everything he was accused of. Audio recordings existed with Trump telling people to do what he was accused of doing.
There are some screaming that Trump wasn’t charged with a felony so the charges are bogus. Remember the Constitution requirements. In the county where the crime took place. The meetings and that sort of thing took place outside of NYC. So New York couldn’t charge Trump with the qualifying Felonies. That would be Unconstitutional.
I keep hearing how this will certainly be overturned. I keep asking on what grounds. Nobody can say. These claims have existed before the trial and most of the preliminary hearings even happened. How do you know a verdict will be overturned before the preliminary hearings have happened?
The usual grounds for such appeals are prosecutorial misconduct. Usually that is withholding evidence that is exculpatory or damaging to the case of the State. Lying cops could also fall into that category. Legal errors from the bench. Decisions which violate precedent or established law.
Now it is hard to imagine those happened before the hearings took place. That was when we began hearing how this verdict would obviously be overturned.
I am one of those who believes that it is supposed to be hard to convict someone. I like when a strong defense is presented in court. If there is misconduct I want it exposed.
Trump didn’t have a strong defense. His defense was primarily that those who testified were awful because they were testifying against Trump.
