Legal Opinion, Trump Indictment by Napolitano

[Care4all]

Q

please

We all know it's just persecution. The Dims never prosecute such things when it is a Dim

You don't even know for certain the charges and you are just blathering propaganda given you from right wingers...and trump, who all of you know is just a chronic liar...but you love his lies...so you choose to repeat them, is what it looks like...

It's like playing the game Simon Says, only trump is Simon....y'all mindlessly repeating what Trump Says

 

[Ringo]

Victor Bout, who was released from U.S. prison, sent former U.S. President Donald Trump instructions on how to survive in U.S. prison.

"I believe your life is in danger because you tried to save the American people from the genocide of globalist bondage. I know what I am talking about because I have been in an American prison myself," the message reads.

It is noted that the instructions contain recommendations for survival in an American prison. It describes the nuances of communication with prison administrators, cellmates, guards and inmates, as well as the rules of conduct on the territory of the prison.

On December 8, Bout was returned to Russia as a result of an agreement with the United States to exchange him for American basketball player Brittney Griner.

 

[Care4all]

Besides Maxine Waters encouraging peacefully harassing them, what other democrats? Did Bernie encourage violence that sent that man to shoot scalise? Nope!

How many violent acts did followers of Maxine Waters commit against Trumpers? Zip?

Then you must have been absolutely apoplectic-sickened over the death threats and such against Trump for seven years, memes of his bloody head, plays with his assassination in it, calls for his murder by many in Hollywood, calls by Washington Democrats encouraging people to get in Trump supporters faces and assault and harass them, one man even gong so far as to shoot Rep. Scalise with a rifle while playing baseball in a park just for being a republican like they were the Visigoths coming over the hill.

 

[JoeC]

What are the election crimes that have allegedly been covered up? Without that this is all just a leftist wet dream.

 

[OKTexas]

Not all legal opinions on this Trump indictment say it is crazy.... And this coming from a once Fox News contributor is a first....

He explains what he believes the crimes are,in depth...

And explains how Bragg should handle it....in his legal opinion.


COMMENTARY
By Andrew P. Napolitano - - Wednesday, March 29, 2023
OPINION:
After processing what he heard on cable television, former President Donald Trump publicly announced two weeks ago that on Tuesday, March 21, he would be arrested by the New York Police Department. That day came and went with no arrest.
Mr. Trump is the subject of four criminal investigations: one by the Manhattan district attorney for campaign finance fraud; one by the Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney for conspiracy to subvert an election; and two by the feds, one for conspiracy to subvert a congressional function on Jan. 6, 2021, and the other for retention of national defense secrets at his Florida home and obstruction of justice by hiding the secrets.

The case currently getting media attention is the one in Manhattan. It is also getting Mr. Trump’s attention, as he has threatened and predicted “death and destruction” if he is indicted. Along with that prediction, he posted photos that depicted himself about to strike Alvin Bragg, the New York district attorney, with a baseball bat.

The photo juxtaposition was appalling and ought to strike terror in his Manhattan lawyers, as it will form a credible basis for the New York prosecutor, at the time of arraignment, to ask for Mr. Trump’s immediate incarceration. It is standard to ask for no bail when the defendant has threatened the prosecution with bodily harm and has the present apparent ability to carry out the threat.

While Mr. Trump is protected 24/7 by the Secret Service from harm, the agents do not protect others from harm by him. If he is indicted in Manhattan, his lawyers will unhappily confront all this. They may also confront an indictment for threatening a public official with violence.

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Thus, Mr. Bragg will charge that when Michael Cohen, then Mr. Trump’s lawyer, used his own money to pay a woman to remain silent about a sexual liaison she claims she had with Mr. Trump, one that he denies, that payment was made to protect Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign against Hillary Clinton in October 2016.

If Mr. Trump had reimbursed Cohen out of his own funds on which he paid income taxes, and recorded that reimbursement as a personal campaign contribution, there would have been no crime. But by using corporate funds to reimburse Cohen and falsely recording the payments to Cohen as legal fees — ordinary corporate expenses, on which no income taxes were paid — Mr. Trump ran afoul of New York law and federal law. Then, the misdemeanor becomes a felony.

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Mr. Bragg looked at the evidence and research amassed against Mr. Trump by his predecessor and, for reasons not made public, decided to put the criminal investigation of Mr. Trump on the back burner. Then, after he interrogated Cohen, he and his team — the Manhattan DA is a former federal prosecutor in the same office that prosecuted Cohen and declined to prosecute Mr. Trump — concluded that Cohen is sufficiently credible, particularly when buttressed by Cohen’s files and the records of the Trump Organization, to testify against Mr. Trump.

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While most of the thousands of federal and state criminal laws have no moral place in America, as they either criminalize harmless behavior or intrude upon the exercise of natural rights, so long as these laws are enforced against others — and they are — they should be enforced wherever the evidence sufficiently points to guilt, without fear or favor.

Should Mr. Trump get a pass? Only if the district attorney thinks the case is weak, not because Mr. Trump is a former president.

Wow, you ate the shit about the lies about the photos that Trump supposedly posted and apparently so did Napolitano, Trump didn't post those. Not only do you spew propaganda, you're a consumer of it as well. ROFLMFAO

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[Care4all]

What are the election crimes that have allegedly been covered up? Without that this is all just a leftist wet dream.

The court will decide what is next step in process

Wow, you ate the shit about the lies about the photos that Trump supposedly posted and apparently so did Napolitano, Trump didn't post those. Not only do you spew propaganda, you're a consumer of it as well. ROFLMFAO

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ROFLMAO

who do you think posted it?

 

[JoeC]

The court will decide what is next step in process

ROFLMAO

who do you think posted it?

So what’s the crime?

 

[westwall]

Not all legal opinions on this Trump indictment say it is crazy.... And this coming from a once Fox News contributor is a first....

He explains what he believes the crimes are,in depth...

And explains how Bragg should handle it....in his legal opinion.


COMMENTARY
By Andrew P. Napolitano - - Wednesday, March 29, 2023
OPINION:
After processing what he heard on cable television, former President Donald Trump publicly announced two weeks ago that on Tuesday, March 21, he would be arrested by the New York Police Department. That day came and went with no arrest.
Mr. Trump is the subject of four criminal investigations: one by the Manhattan district attorney for campaign finance fraud; one by the Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney for conspiracy to subvert an election; and two by the feds, one for conspiracy to subvert a congressional function on Jan. 6, 2021, and the other for retention of national defense secrets at his Florida home and obstruction of justice by hiding the secrets.

The case currently getting media attention is the one in Manhattan. It is also getting Mr. Trump’s attention, as he has threatened and predicted “death and destruction” if he is indicted. Along with that prediction, he posted photos that depicted himself about to strike Alvin Bragg, the New York district attorney, with a baseball bat.

The photo juxtaposition was appalling and ought to strike terror in his Manhattan lawyers, as it will form a credible basis for the New York prosecutor, at the time of arraignment, to ask for Mr. Trump’s immediate incarceration. It is standard to ask for no bail when the defendant has threatened the prosecution with bodily harm and has the present apparent ability to carry out the threat.

While Mr. Trump is protected 24/7 by the Secret Service from harm, the agents do not protect others from harm by him. If he is indicted in Manhattan, his lawyers will unhappily confront all this. They may also confront an indictment for threatening a public official with violence.

=========

Thus, Mr. Bragg will charge that when Michael Cohen, then Mr. Trump’s lawyer, used his own money to pay a woman to remain silent about a sexual liaison she claims she had with Mr. Trump, one that he denies, that payment was made to protect Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign against Hillary Clinton in October 2016.

If Mr. Trump had reimbursed Cohen out of his own funds on which he paid income taxes, and recorded that reimbursement as a personal campaign contribution, there would have been no crime. But by using corporate funds to reimburse Cohen and falsely recording the payments to Cohen as legal fees — ordinary corporate expenses, on which no income taxes were paid — Mr. Trump ran afoul of New York law and federal law. Then, the misdemeanor becomes a felony.

====================

Mr. Bragg looked at the evidence and research amassed against Mr. Trump by his predecessor and, for reasons not made public, decided to put the criminal investigation of Mr. Trump on the back burner. Then, after he interrogated Cohen, he and his team — the Manhattan DA is a former federal prosecutor in the same office that prosecuted Cohen and declined to prosecute Mr. Trump — concluded that Cohen is sufficiently credible, particularly when buttressed by Cohen’s files and the records of the Trump Organization, to testify against Mr. Trump.

=============

While most of the thousands of federal and state criminal laws have no moral place in America, as they either criminalize harmless behavior or intrude upon the exercise of natural rights, so long as these laws are enforced against others — and they are — they should be enforced wherever the evidence sufficiently points to guilt, without fear or favor.

Should Mr. Trump get a pass? Only if the district attorney thinks the case is weak, not because Mr. Trump is a former president.

Ole nappy is an anti Trump asshat. He is pissed that he wasn't considered for the SCOTUS, ever since then he hasn't had a good thing to say about Trump.

 

[WorldWatcher]

What are the election crimes that have allegedly been covered up? Without that this is all just a leftist wet dream.

Cohen's campaign finance law violations.

WW

 

[JoeC]

It is not illegal to pay hush money..And it is not illegal to conceal it. If It is a crime it is a state crime, and a misdemeanor, which the statutes of limitations has expired.
And btw the payment was made in 2017 so how is that a campaign violation in the first place?

 

[Care4all]

Ole nappy is an anti Trump asshat. He is pissed that he wasn't considered for the SCOTUS, ever since then he hasn't had a good thing to say about Trump.

Sure....

 

[Care4all]

It is not illegal to pay hush money..And it is not illegal to conceal it. If It is a crime it is a state crime, and a misdemeanor, which the statutes of limitations has expired.
And btw the payment was made in 2017 so how is that a campaign violation in the first place?

Michael Cohen donated $130,000 to pay off stormy...that was a political donation that was over the legal amount to donate to a candidate under campaign finance laws, and then Trump and the Trump organization paid him back, by falsifying business records so to hide it.

 

[Care4all]

Trumpers, are you all fine with Crooked Donald, cooking his books? Falsifying business records?

Yes or no?

 

[bigrebnc1775]

True and true...

Most cases are plea deals, mostly the wealthiest, fight charges, but they do not always win.

John Edwards won you do remember John Edwards right?

 

[Care4all]

John Edwards won you do remember John Edwards right?

Sure do.

And unlike crooked donald, he peacefully went to court, faced his charges and won....

He didn't demean the court, he didn't plan protests, he didn't campaign off of it for mega donations,....

 

[westwall]

Trumpers, are you all fine with Crooked Donald, cooking his books? Falsifying business records?

Yes or no?

Show us where he did. There is ZERO evidence presented.

 

[JoeC]

Michael Cohen donated $130,000 to pay off stormy...that was a political donation that was over the legal amount to donate to a candidate under campaign finance laws, and then Trump and the Trump organization paid him back, by falsifying business records so to hide it.

How is it a political donation? In 2017. It was not a political donation. Again a misdemeanor at best even if so .Bragg is making a very tenuous legal argument that other before refused on its flimsy grounds.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Do you have an example of Bragg over looking felonies??

you mean so far today?

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg cuts career criminal a sweetheart deal while busy prosecuting Trump

 

[Care4all]

you mean so far today?

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg cuts career criminal a sweetheart deal while busy prosecuting Trump

There was no choice by prosecutors. The shop lifting theft was less than $1000 worth of goods and under the laws of N.Y. STATE, it is Petty Larceny....

Grand larceny a felony, requires under law, to be over $1000 in theft.

 

[BluesLegend]

Did you complain this way when Obama constantly chimed in on various court decisions?

No f*cking way.

You thought that everything the Messiah said and did was rational and legal.

But the fact is....Obama, Chuck Schumer, and other's attempted to influence court decisions on a regular basis. One of them was the Dobbs decision. They said all Hell was going to break loose if they didn't rule in their favor.

Obama, "The police acted stupidly" remember that one.