Trump hit with criminal charges in New York, a first for a US ex-president -New York Times

[Clipper]

I'd like to see Governors in progressive states like Florida and Texas ban all travel to New York in protest.

Put a little pressure on Mr. Bragg.

Kinda like wha Putin would do, right?

 

[bugs]

The misdemeanor crime of falsifying business records is what they're going for.

Maybe he'll have to do some community service, like donating his salary after he's reelected.

LOL! what a shit show..

 

[AMart]

I doubt they’d charge him with a flimsy case. He better not hire the lawyers he’s been hiring.

 

[pknopp]

Two pertinent points. Payments to a porn star are not illegal--especially when HE didn't do it and second, there is an inconvenient little thing called the "statute of limitations." You got him this time.

Payments to a porn star wouldn't be illegal. Claiming them as a legitimate legal expense and using them as a tax deduction would be.

 

[skews13]

It's a paywall

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury empaneled by the Manhattan District Attorney's office — the first time a former president has been criminally charged in the history of the United States.



The indictment is under seal, and the exact charges are unknown. However, they stem from a $130,000 illegal hush payment Trump is accused of facilitating through his former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, to adult film star Stormy Daniels, to cover up an affair the two of them had during the 2016 presidential election.

Cohen was sentenced to prison in that scheme over charges of bank fraud, tax evasion, and campaign finance violations, and since being released has given information to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg in the case against his former boss.

The indictment of Trump comes after a long on-again, off-again investigation by New York prosecutors. Bragg originally declined to press charges against Trump as part of an investigation of his business practices, a move that generated controversy and led to criticism from former prosecutors in the office.

Ahead of the indictment, Trump called for his supporters to stage protests — which prompted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to step in and urge against violence.

Trump is widely expected to continue his campaign for president in 2024, regardless of the charges against him.

This is not the only criminal investigation of the former president. In Georgia, Fulton County DA Fani Willis is investigating him as part of her probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia — including the effort to seat fake Trump electors and the former president's phone call with Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger demanding he "find" extra votes to win the state for him.

Meanwhile, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is investigating Trump on two different fronts: his role in the incitement of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and his efforts to confiscate and improperly stash highly classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago country club in Palm Beach, Florida. Either of those could result in federal charges.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

57 percent say any criminal charges should disqualify Trump from reelection bid: poll

A majority of Americans in a new poll say that any criminal charges filed against former President Trump should disqualify him from running for another White House term. Fifty-seven percent of resp…

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I don't pay much attention to Democrat media. They make it up as they go along.

 

[Lakhota]

Just announced on MSNBC. I apologize if this has already been posted.

GRAND JURY INDICTS

 

[bugs]

Based on what? Biden hasn't been impeached or convicted of a crime. Not once.

he is the worst president of my Lifetime (so far)

 

[pknopp]

What "crime"? A supposed NDA payment to Stormy McFunbags that she has already denied?

How Big Brother of you comrade. The Party approves

I asked a simple question. If there is a crime here (and neither one of us knows for sure) but if there is, should the person get a free pass simply because they are a politician?

 

[Polishprince]

Kinda like wha Putin would do, right?

No, its kind of what Stacey Abrams did when she convinced MLB to cancel the Atlanta all star game to put pressure on them. Or what Ringo Starr did when he was offended that North Carolina refused to allow dudes to use the state's ladies rooms.

 

[Rumpole]

Over hush money charges.

Personally, I do not support this action. If Trump is going to be indicted, in my view, it should be for something more serious.
Moreover, the odds are great that it will be a hung jury, which will help Trump with his base. Though that would, no matter what, the key, politically speaking, is reaching the independents, and this charge won't cut it.

Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump

The case, which centers on hush-money payments to a porn star, marks the first time in U.S. history a former president has faced criminal charges.

www.wsj.com

A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump over his role in paying hush-money to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election, kicking off a process in which the former president will likely be required to come to New York to face the charges, according to people familiar with the matter.

The grand jury returned the indictment of Mr. Trump after a vote on Thursday, the people said, marking the first time a former president has faced criminal charges. The indictment, sought by the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, isn’t public.

In New York, judges routinely keep charges under wraps until defendants make their initial appearance in court.
A spokesman for Mr. Trump and a spokeswoman for Mr. Bragg didn’t immediately comment.

 

[B. Kidd]

I doubt they’d charge him with a flimsy case. He better not hire the lawyers he’s been hiring.

Take off your TDS goggles, reprobate!

 

[excalibur]

The misdemeanor crime of falsifying business records is what they're going for.

Maybe he'll have to do some community service, like donating his salary after he's reelected.

You don't use a grand jury for a misdemeanor charge.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Payments to a porn star wouldn't be illegal. Claiming them as a legitimate legal expense and using them as a tax deduction would be.

There was two years to bring that charge. Then the statute of limitations ran.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I could have sworn I saw some people here spiking the football when it was announced the Grand Jury was taking a month off.

Oh well.

Are you not spiking it yourself?
It is just yet another example of the kind of ugly, immature and vengeful politics we have in America. You don't go after a former President with off the wall charges from years past.
Hillary Clinton, in the same state mind you, did a no contest deal for misusing campaign funds and it didn't even make on page 22 of the NYT.
This is a gotcha political game being played by a prosecutor doing it only to get attention. And, of course, do the bidding for the DNC.

 

[JoeB131]

The statute of limitations has run. Converting a misdemeanor to a felony is specious.

Of course, we have not seen the actual charges, but from all that we do know this incompetent Manhattan DA, who allows felons to walk and commit further crimes, has a real problem on several grounds.

But, they want that photo of Trump when he is officially charged.

It bumps up to a felony by Trump's continued attempts to hide it.

What "crime"? A supposed NDA payment to Stormy McFunbags that she has already denied?

It doesn't matter. They have documentation of the payment, corroborated by Daniels, Cohen and Pecker.

 

[bugs]

You don't use a grand jury for a misdemeanor charge.

Not even for Trump?

 

[Winco]

This isn't going to end well for your cult.

This ^^^^^ is the cult.

 

[pknopp]

There was two years to bring that charge. Then the statute of limitations ran.

I have no idea what they have charged him with. Neither do you. I'm fairly sure cheating on your taxes has a longer than 2 year limitation though.

 

[B. Kidd]

he is the worst president of my Lifetime (so far)

Your lifetime and existence is a feeble one.