This is what lawfare looks like.

[berg80]

The President’s Legal Shell Game to Avoid Accountability​

It is a fundamental principle in our country that nobody is above the law, not even the president. This is not a new idea—it comes from the founding generation, which fought a war to escape from a king who legally “could do no wrong” and then tried to build “a government of laws, and not of men.” It is well documented that President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in a sustained assault on this principle. Again and again—in courts, in Congress and in public—they have argued that the president cannot be held accountable. And although the Supreme Court has postponed oral argument in several relevant cases because of COVID-19, we shouldn’t lose track of how dangerous the president’s arguments are and how high the stakes could be for our democracy. (Our organization, Protect Democracy, has attempted to create a comprehensive catalogue of these arguments, which is available on our website and will be updated periodically. Please let us know if there are items we are missing.)

Each of the president’s arguments, standing alone, might seem narrow or technical—aggressive to be sure, but not too far beyond what past presidents have argued. But when one takes stock of the full picture, what emerges is an alarming portrait of a president who believes that he is accountable to nothing and no one: not state or federal courts, not state or federal law enforcement, not Congress. Furthermore, there is an aspect of the president’s attempts to escape accountability that is (by design) less well understood and even more disturbing. President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in a legal shell game, as three former high-ranking Republican officials recently described it—namely, an attempt to obfuscate the true nature of their belief that the president is untouchable.

The President’s Legal Shell Game to Avoid Accountability

President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in an attempt to fatally weaken the American system of checks and balances.

www.lawfaremedia.org

Judge to Consider Moving Trump’s Hush-Money Conviction to Federal Court​

A New York appeals court on Thursday left open the possibility that President Trump’s Manhattan criminal conviction could be moved to federal court, offering him a quicker path to overturning it.

Mr. Trump’s lawyers will still have to convince a federal judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein, that the criminal case belongs in federal court, and there may be obstacles to doing so. Previously, Judge Hellerstein has been unpersuaded.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/nyregion/trump-conviction-appeal.html

Appeals court finds ‘undue delay’ in Cannon’s handling of litigation over Jack Smith report​

Delay was one of the features of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s handling of the classified documents case in Florida. That theme continues even after she dismissed the case last year, because she hasn’t ruled on long-pending motions seeking the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the matter, which she blocked in January.

On Monday, the federal appeals court that covers Florida issued an order putting Cannon on a two-month clock to rule. In a one-page order, a three-judge panel noted that the Trump-appointed trial judge has had release motions pending before her months, but that she “has not ruled or conducted any other further proceedings on the pending motions.”

Appeals court finds ‘undue delay’ in Cannon’s handling of litigation over Jack Smith report

A judicial panel gave the Florida judge, who presided over Trump’s classified documents case, 60 more days to rule on long-pending release motions.

www.msnbc.com

Defenders of all things Don like to pretend his prosecutions were part of a grand conspiracy against him directed by Dem's. Is that the case, or were his crimes committed in disparate jurisdictions where high ranking members of the legal system had elected positions filled by Dem's?

They especially like to point to his conviction for financial crimes they falsely claim were victimless. Asserting the case was based on......pardon the pun......trumped up charges. Is that right? No.

Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records​

A core crime that the Manhattan District Attorney will likely include in an indictment of former President Donald Trump is “falsifying business records in the first degree,” a felony under New York State law (N.Y. Penal Code § 175.10). Prosecutors and indeed all of us are compelled by the rule of law to consider how such a charge compares to past prosecutions. Are like cases being treated alike?

Here it appears they are. Prosecution of falsifying business records in the first degree is commonplace and has been used by New York district attorneys’ offices to hold to account a breadth of criminal behavior from the more petty and simple to the more serious and highly organized. We reach this conclusion after surveying the past decade and a half of criminal cases across all the New York district attorneys’ offices.

Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records

A survey of years of New York criminal cases, which shows that the prosecution of falsifying business records in first degree is common.

www.justsecurity.org

The reality is trump has used a combination of status, wealth, and dogged determination to avoid accountability for his many crimes.

President Trump’s staggering record of uncharged crimes​

President Trump's staggering record of uncharged crimes - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Donald Trump has been credibly accused of committing at least 56 criminal offenses since he launched his campaign for the presidency in 2015.

www.citizensforethics.org

 

[toobfreak]

This is what lawfare looks like.​

Yeah, we stared at it for four years.

 

[Dante]

The President’s Legal Shell Game to Avoid Accountability​

It is a fundamental principle in our country that nobody is above the law, not even the president. This is not a new idea—it comes from the founding generation, which fought a war to escape from a king who legally “could do no wrong” and then tried to build “a government of laws, and not of men.” It is well documented that President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in a sustained assault on this principle. Again and again—in courts, in Congress and in public—they have argued that the president cannot be held accountable. And although the Supreme Court has postponed oral argument in several relevant cases because of COVID-19, we shouldn’t lose track of how dangerous the president’s arguments are and how high the stakes could be for our democracy. (Our organization, Protect Democracy, has attempted to create a comprehensive catalogue of these arguments, which is available on our website and will be updated periodically. Please let us know if there are items we are missing.)

Each of the president’s arguments, standing alone, might seem narrow or technical—aggressive to be sure, but not too far beyond what past presidents have argued. But when one takes stock of the full picture, what emerges is an alarming portrait of a president who believes that he is accountable to nothing and no one: not state or federal courts, not state or federal law enforcement, not Congress. Furthermore, there is an aspect of the president’s attempts to escape accountability that is (by design) less well understood and even more disturbing. President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in a legal shell game, as three former high-ranking Republican officials recently described it—namely, an attempt to obfuscate the true nature of their belief that the president is untouchable.

The President’s Legal Shell Game to Avoid Accountability

President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in an attempt to fatally weaken the American system of checks and balances.

www.lawfaremedia.org

Judge to Consider Moving Trump’s Hush-Money Conviction to Federal Court​

A New York appeals court on Thursday left open the possibility that President Trump’s Manhattan criminal conviction could be moved to federal court, offering him a quicker path to overturning it.

Mr. Trump’s lawyers will still have to convince a federal judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein, that the criminal case belongs in federal court, and there may be obstacles to doing so. Previously, Judge Hellerstein has been unpersuaded.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/nyregion/trump-conviction-appeal.html

Appeals court finds ‘undue delay’ in Cannon’s handling of litigation over Jack Smith report​

Delay was one of the features of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s handling of the classified documents case in Florida. That theme continues even after she dismissed the case last year, because she hasn’t ruled on long-pending motions seeking the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the matter, which she blocked in January.

On Monday, the federal appeals court that covers Florida issued an order putting Cannon on a two-month clock to rule. In a one-page order, a three-judge panel noted that the Trump-appointed trial judge has had release motions pending before her months, but that she “has not ruled or conducted any other further proceedings on the pending motions.”

Appeals court finds ‘undue delay’ in Cannon’s handling of litigation over Jack Smith report

A judicial panel gave the Florida judge, who presided over Trump’s classified documents case, 60 more days to rule on long-pending release motions.

www.msnbc.com

Defenders of all things Don like to pretend his prosecutions were part of a grand conspiracy against him directed by Dem's. Is that the case, or were his crimes committed in disparate jurisdictions where high ranking members of the legal system had elected positions filled by Dem's?

They especially like to point to his conviction for financial crimes they falsely claim were victimless. Asserting the case was based on......pardon the pun......trumped up charges. Is that right? No.

Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records​

A core crime that the Manhattan District Attorney will likely include in an indictment of former President Donald Trump is “falsifying business records in the first degree,” a felony under New York State law (N.Y. Penal Code § 175.10). Prosecutors and indeed all of us are compelled by the rule of law to consider how such a charge compares to past prosecutions. Are like cases being treated alike?

Here it appears they are. Prosecution of falsifying business records in the first degree is commonplace and has been used by New York district attorneys’ offices to hold to account a breadth of criminal behavior from the more petty and simple to the more serious and highly organized. We reach this conclusion after surveying the past decade and a half of criminal cases across all the New York district attorneys’ offices.

Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records

A survey of years of New York criminal cases, which shows that the prosecution of falsifying business records in first degree is common.

www.justsecurity.org

The reality is trump has used a combination of status, wealth, and dogged determination to avoid accountability for his many crimes.

President Trump’s staggering record of uncharged crimes​

President Trump's staggering record of uncharged crimes - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Donald Trump has been credibly accused of committing at least 56 criminal offenses since he launched his campaign for the presidency in 2015.

www.citizensforethics.org

Should read "This is what TRUE lawfare looks like."

 

[berg80]

Should read "This is what TRUE lawfare looks like."

The claim by The Following that the Criminal-in-Chief was railroaded in the NY biz fraud case is belied by the facts.

Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records

A survey of years of New York criminal cases, which shows that the prosecution of falsifying business records in first degree is common.

www.justsecurity.org

As are all their lies.

 

[kyzr]

berg has 3 more years to waste his time typing.

 

[struth]

The President’s Legal Shell Game to Avoid Accountability​

It is a fundamental principle in our country that nobody is above the law, not even the president. This is not a new idea—it comes from the founding generation, which fought a war to escape from a king who legally “could do no wrong” and then tried to build “a government of laws, and not of men.” It is well documented that President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in a sustained assault on this principle. Again and again—in courts, in Congress and in public—they have argued that the president cannot be held accountable. And although the Supreme Court has postponed oral argument in several relevant cases because of COVID-19, we shouldn’t lose track of how dangerous the president’s arguments are and how high the stakes could be for our democracy. (Our organization, Protect Democracy, has attempted to create a comprehensive catalogue of these arguments, which is available on our website and will be updated periodically. Please let us know if there are items we are missing.)

Each of the president’s arguments, standing alone, might seem narrow or technical—aggressive to be sure, but not too far beyond what past presidents have argued. But when one takes stock of the full picture, what emerges is an alarming portrait of a president who believes that he is accountable to nothing and no one: not state or federal courts, not state or federal law enforcement, not Congress. Furthermore, there is an aspect of the president’s attempts to escape accountability that is (by design) less well understood and even more disturbing. President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in a legal shell game, as three former high-ranking Republican officials recently described it—namely, an attempt to obfuscate the true nature of their belief that the president is untouchable.

The President’s Legal Shell Game to Avoid Accountability

President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in an attempt to fatally weaken the American system of checks and balances.

www.lawfaremedia.org

Judge to Consider Moving Trump’s Hush-Money Conviction to Federal Court​

A New York appeals court on Thursday left open the possibility that President Trump’s Manhattan criminal conviction could be moved to federal court, offering him a quicker path to overturning it.

Mr. Trump’s lawyers will still have to convince a federal judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein, that the criminal case belongs in federal court, and there may be obstacles to doing so. Previously, Judge Hellerstein has been unpersuaded.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/nyregion/trump-conviction-appeal.html

Appeals court finds ‘undue delay’ in Cannon’s handling of litigation over Jack Smith report​

Delay was one of the features of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s handling of the classified documents case in Florida. That theme continues even after she dismissed the case last year, because she hasn’t ruled on long-pending motions seeking the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the matter, which she blocked in January.

On Monday, the federal appeals court that covers Florida issued an order putting Cannon on a two-month clock to rule. In a one-page order, a three-judge panel noted that the Trump-appointed trial judge has had release motions pending before her months, but that she “has not ruled or conducted any other further proceedings on the pending motions.”

Appeals court finds ‘undue delay’ in Cannon’s handling of litigation over Jack Smith report

A judicial panel gave the Florida judge, who presided over Trump’s classified documents case, 60 more days to rule on long-pending release motions.

www.msnbc.com

Defenders of all things Don like to pretend his prosecutions were part of a grand conspiracy against him directed by Dem's. Is that the case, or were his crimes committed in disparate jurisdictions where high ranking members of the legal system had elected positions filled by Dem's?

They especially like to point to his conviction for financial crimes they falsely claim were victimless. Asserting the case was based on......pardon the pun......trumped up charges. Is that right? No.

Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records​

A core crime that the Manhattan District Attorney will likely include in an indictment of former President Donald Trump is “falsifying business records in the first degree,” a felony under New York State law (N.Y. Penal Code § 175.10). Prosecutors and indeed all of us are compelled by the rule of law to consider how such a charge compares to past prosecutions. Are like cases being treated alike?

Here it appears they are. Prosecution of falsifying business records in the first degree is commonplace and has been used by New York district attorneys’ offices to hold to account a breadth of criminal behavior from the more petty and simple to the more serious and highly organized. We reach this conclusion after surveying the past decade and a half of criminal cases across all the New York district attorneys’ offices.

Survey of Past New York Felony Prosecutions for Falsifying Business Records

A survey of years of New York criminal cases, which shows that the prosecution of falsifying business records in first degree is common.

www.justsecurity.org

The reality is trump has used a combination of status, wealth, and dogged determination to avoid accountability for his many crimes.

President Trump’s staggering record of uncharged crimes​

President Trump's staggering record of uncharged crimes - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Donald Trump has been credibly accused of committing at least 56 criminal offenses since he launched his campaign for the presidency in 2015.

www.citizensforethics.org

Should we be surprised that Dems consider a defendant exercising their right and defending themselves from accusations, is lawfare? No we shouldn’t, it’s very fascist of them

 

[berg80]

berg has 3 more years to waste his time typing.
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A core crime that the Manhattan District Attorney will likely include in an indictment of former President Donald Trump is “falsifying business records in the first degree,” a felony under New York State law (N.Y. Penal Code § 175.10). Prosecutors and indeed all of us are compelled by the rule of law to consider how such a charge compares to past prosecutions. Are like cases being treated alike?

Here it appears they are. Prosecution of falsifying business records in the first degree is commonplace and has been used by New York district attorneys’ offices to hold to account a breadth of criminal behavior from the more petty and simple to the more serious and highly organized. We reach this conclusion after surveying the past decade and a half of criminal cases across all the New York district attorneys’ offices.

And you have 3 more years asking yourself how you could have been duped in to supporting a man for whom you can not muster a defense.

 

[struth]

A core crime that the Manhattan District Attorney will likely include in an indictment of former President Donald Trump is “falsifying business records in the first degree,” a felony under New York State law (N.Y. Penal Code § 175.10). Prosecutors and indeed all of us are compelled by the rule of law to consider how such a charge compares to past prosecutions. Are like cases being treated alike?

Here it appears they are. Prosecution of falsifying business records in the first degree is commonplace and has been used by New York district attorneys’ offices to hold to account a breadth of criminal behavior from the more petty and simple to the more serious and highly organized. We reach this conclusion after surveying the past decade and a half of criminal cases across all the New York district attorneys’ offices.

And you have 3 more years asking yourself how you could have been duped in to supporting a man for whom you can not muster a defense.

That’s the same DA office that worked to try and get their pal Epstein off the Sex offender list

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/09/us/jeffrey-epstein-sex-offender

Clearly they are compromised and unworthy any credibility

 

[Dante]

berg has 3 more years to waste his time typing.
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Why did you bother to comment?

asking for nobody in particular

 

[elektra]

Our democrat God, in which we trust
Writing checks and recording the check is claimed to be a crime? The law was re-wrote so that it would make it a crime to wrote checks and record the checks. No other person in history has committed this, "crime."

 

[kyzr]

A core crime that the Manhattan District Attorney will likely include in an indictment of former President Donald Trump is “falsifying business records in the first degree,” a felony under New York State law (N.Y. Penal Code § 175.10). Prosecutors and indeed all of us are compelled by the rule of law to consider how such a charge compares to past prosecutions. Are like cases being treated alike?

Here it appears they are. Prosecution of falsifying business records in the first degree is commonplace and has been used by New York district attorneys’ offices to hold to account a breadth of criminal behavior from the more petty and simple to the more serious and highly organized. We reach this conclusion after surveying the past decade and a half of criminal cases across all the New York district attorneys’ offices.

And you have 3 more years asking yourself how you could have been duped in to supporting a man for whom you can not muster a defense.

I'm wondering why the appeals court hasn't overturned the sham "convictions" yet. Its a joke.

Buzz Kill: The Trump Conviction Presents a Target-Rich Environment for Appeal

Below is my column in the Hill on the most compelling grounds for an appeal in the Trump case after his conviction on 34 counts in Manhattan. There has been considerable criticism of the defense te…

jonathanturley.org

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Defenders of all things Don like to pretend his prosecutions were part of a grand conspiracy against him directed by Dem's.

Defenders of Trump like to lie that Trump’s prosecutions are partisan.

The fact is that Trump is a criminal who violates the law – prosecuting Trump for his many crimes is perfectly warranted and lawful.

 

[berg80]

DOJ issues subpoenas for Walz, Minneapolis mayor in criminal investigation​

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5693648-minnesota-officials-doj-subpoenas/

Grandpa Don is getting very cranky.

 

[berg80]

Judge Cannon blocks release of Jack Smith’s classified documents report​

In her latest move benefiting Donald Trump, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted a request from him and his former co-defendants to block the release of Jack Smith’s report on the classified documents case he brought against them in Florida.

Cannon had dismissed the case in 2024 when Trump was running for president. The Justice Department was appealing her order, but dropped the appeal when he won the election, due to the DOJ’s policy against prosecuting sitting presidents.

Explaining her reasoning on Monday, the Trump-appointed judge wrote, in part, that “there is the matter of manifest injustice to the former defendants that would result from disclosure of Volume II. Special Counsel Smith, acting without lawful authority, obtained an indictment in this action and initiated proceedings that resulted in a final order of dismissal of all charges.”

Judge Cannon blocks release of Jack Smith’s classified documents report

The Trump appointee had previously dismissed the criminal case against Trump on the grounds that the special counsel was unlawfully appointed.

www.ms.now

Cannon's bend over to trump, ruling Smith did not have legal authority to bring charges, was never adjudicated by an appeals court. Now that court, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, will have a chance to reverse the brunette sock puppet for a third time.

 

[kyzr]

A core crime that the Manhattan District Attorney will likely include in an indictment of former President Donald Trump is “falsifying business records in the first degree,” a felony under New York State law (N.Y. Penal Code § 175.10). Prosecutors and indeed all of us are compelled by the rule of law to consider how such a charge compares to past prosecutions. Are like cases being treated alike?
Here it appears they are. Prosecution of falsifying business records in the first degree is commonplace and has been used by New York district attorneys’ offices to hold to account a breadth of criminal behavior from the more petty and simple to the more serious and highly organized. We reach this conclusion after surveying the past decade and a half of criminal cases across all the New York district attorneys’ offices.

So if Trump committed fraud, who was defrauded? hint: no one. The "felonies" will be overturned on appeal.

And you have 3 more years asking yourself how you could have been duped in to supporting a man for whom you can not muster a defense.

Trump has a 90% approval from real Republicans. As for a legal defense, read this from a law professor:

Appeals court thinks Donald Trump fraud ruling has "real problems"—Attorney

Jonathan Turley says the appeals court reviewing Donald Trump's civil fraud case believes the ruling has some "real problems."

www.newsweek.com

 

[berg80]

So if Trump committed fraud, who was defrauded? hint: no one. The "felonies" will be overturned on appeal.

Educate yourself. https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/decisions/trump-decision.pdf

I have no doubt that's true if he can get the case before a loyalist hack like Aileen.

 

[blackhawk]