Merchan stands firm on hush money case.

[berg80]

Judge Denies Trump’s Bid to Throw Out Conviction Over Immunity Ruling​

A judge on Monday rejected Donald J. Trump’s argument that a recent Supreme Court ruling had nullified his criminal case in New York, upholding the former and future president’s felony conviction for falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal.

The judge’s ruling preserves, at least for now, the stain of Mr. Trump’s criminal conviction. And if it withstands Mr. Trump’s appeal, it will make him the first felon to serve as president.

The ruling, which addressed the Supreme Court’s decision to grant presidents broad immunity for their official actions, thwarted only the first of several legal maneuvers Mr. Trump has concocted to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.

Prosecutors had argued that the Supreme Court’s decision had “no bearing on this prosecution,” noting that Mr. Trump was convicted of orchestrating a scheme involving a personal and political crisis that predated his presidency.

Judge Denies Trump’s Bid to Throw Out Conviction Over Immunity Ruling

Justice Juan M. Merchan thwarted one of several attempts by Donald J. Trump to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.

www.nytimes.com

All most of us want is accountability for crimes committed.

 

[Lesh]

Interesting

 

[Thunk]

Judge Martians TDS got the better of him. Now after his trial Judge Martian will hang by the neck until dead!

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

wow, a dem judge, prosecutor and jury......
the election nullified this BS

 

[ThisIsMe]

Judge Denies Trump’s Bid to Throw Out Conviction Over Immunity Ruling​

A judge on Monday rejected Donald J. Trump’s argument that a recent Supreme Court ruling had nullified his criminal case in New York, upholding the former and future president’s felony conviction for falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal.

The judge’s ruling preserves, at least for now, the stain of Mr. Trump’s criminal conviction. And if it withstands Mr. Trump’s appeal, it will make him the first felon to serve as president.

The ruling, which addressed the Supreme Court’s decision to grant presidents broad immunity for their official actions, thwarted only the first of several legal maneuvers Mr. Trump has concocted to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.

Prosecutors had argued that the Supreme Court’s decision had “no bearing on this prosecution,” noting that Mr. Trump was convicted of orchestrating a scheme involving a personal and political crisis that predated his presidency.

Judge Denies Trump’s Bid to Throw Out Conviction Over Immunity Ruling

Justice Juan M. Merchan thwarted one of several attempts by Donald J. Trump to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.

www.nytimes.com

All most of us want is accountability for crimes committed.

Nah, trump will just pardon himself. Seems to be the thing to do!

 

[DonGlock26]

On to the appeals.

 

[berg80]

Judge Martians TDS got the better of him. Now after his trial Judge Martian will hang by the neck until dead!

But Mr. Trump’s lawyers seized on a particularly contentious portion of the high court’s ruling, which prohibited prosecutors from introducing evidence involving a president’s official acts even in a case about private misconduct. They argued that testimony from former White House employees had contaminated the verdict.

In the first significant interpretation of that polarizing opinion, the New York judge who oversaw the trial sided with prosecutors, concluding that the testimony centered on Mr. Trump’s unofficial conduct.

“The People’s use of these acts as evidence of the decidedly personal acts of falsifying business records poses no danger of intrusion on the authority and function of the Executive Branch,” the judge, Juan M. Merchan, wrote in a 41-page decision.

And even if the evidence was “admitted in error, such error was harmless,” he added, noting the “overwhelming evidence of guilt” introduced at trial.

 

[berg80]

On to the appeals.

Any idea if the appeals court is stacked with trumples like the SC?

 

[justoffal]

Judge Denies Trump’s Bid to Throw Out Conviction Over Immunity Ruling​

A judge on Monday rejected Donald J. Trump’s argument that a recent Supreme Court ruling had nullified his criminal case in New York, upholding the former and future president’s felony conviction for falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal.

The judge’s ruling preserves, at least for now, the stain of Mr. Trump’s criminal conviction. And if it withstands Mr. Trump’s appeal, it will make him the first felon to serve as president.

The ruling, which addressed the Supreme Court’s decision to grant presidents broad immunity for their official actions, thwarted only the first of several legal maneuvers Mr. Trump has concocted to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.

Prosecutors had argued that the Supreme Court’s decision had “no bearing on this prosecution,” noting that Mr. Trump was convicted of orchestrating a scheme involving a personal and political crisis that predated his presidency.

Judge Denies Trump’s Bid to Throw Out Conviction Over Immunity Ruling

Justice Juan M. Merchan thwarted one of several attempts by Donald J. Trump to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.

www.nytimes.com

All most of us want is accountability for crimes committed.

It will go to appellate....then state supreme....then supreme... If the penalty is not reduced to something that is sane before it gets there it will be thrown out. This is all but guaranteed.

 

[DGS49]

The ruling is correct. At the time when the alleged criminal action took place, Trump was not in office.

This does not change the fact that the verdict is - sorry for using legal jargon here - bullshit. There is no cognizable crime here. There is nothing illegal about entering into a non-disclosure agreement, even if it enhances one's political prospects, and Federal campaign finance law cannot be litigated in a New York State court.

The case will be thrown out, the only questions being when and how.

 

[DonGlock26]

Any idea if the appeals court is stacked with trumples like the SC?

All he needs is no corrupt Democrats on the bench.

 

[whitehall]

If the feeble "hush money" case is the pathetic left's last hope they are in for a bigger disappointment than the election.

 

[Lesh]

Judge Martians TDS got the better of him. Now after his trial Judge Martian will hang by the neck until dead!

Are you fucking crazy?

 

[Thunk]

And even if the evidence was “admitted in error, such error was harmless,”

How convenient.

 

[Thunk]

Are you fucking crazy?

Judge Martian will be put on trial just like the judge who sold children to the FOR-PROFIT CHILDRENS PRISONS. (yes...the one that biden just pardoned).

Only Martian will be hanged before he receives a pardon.

 

[justoffal]

All he needs is no corrupt Democrats on the bench.

Bragg may not be reelected...

 

[berg80]

It will go to appellate....then state supreme....then supreme... If the penalty is not reduced to something that is sane before it gets there it will be thrown out. This is all but guaranteed.

Obviously, if it gets as far as the SC trump's conservatives will overturn the ruling. Don's first term having secured him a proverbial get out of jail free card thanks to McTreason's duplicitous acts.

 

[berg80]

Judge Martian will be put on trial just like the judge who sold children to the FOR-PROFIT CHILDRENS PRISONS. (yes...the one that biden just pardoned).

Only Martian will be hanged before he receives a pardon.

Ignored. You make an even 60 trumples.

 

[Lesh]

Judge Martian will be put on trial just like the judge who sold children to the FOR-PROFIT CHILDRENS PRISONS. (yes...the one that biden just pardoned).

Only Martian will be hanged before he receives a pardon.

You ARE insane

 

[DonGlock26]

Obviously, if it gets as far as the SC trump's conservatives will overturn the ruling. Don's first term having secured him a proverbial get out of jail free card thanks to McTreason's duplicitous acts.

Like Hunter's card?