Below is my column in Fox.com on the indictment of former President Donald Trump and how this case is a test not just for Trump but the New York legal system.
Here is the column:
Oscar Wilde once said “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself.”
With the release of the indictment of former President Donald Trump, Manhattan District Alvin Bragg has revealed himself as a follower of the Wilde school of legal thought. Bragg knew that he had no criminal case against Trump. However, after running on bagging Trump for some crime (any crime), Bragg knew that many would not care if he had a basis for a criminal charge. He would be lionized to be the first person to ever indict a former president in the blind rage against Trump.
After charging Trump with 34 counts, Bragg insisted that he will convict Trump of the “crime to promote a [political] candidacy through unlawful means.” He insists that he will prove “attempts to violate state and federal election laws.”
For months, many have raised objections to the effort of the Manhattan District Attorney to use a flawed legal theory to essentially litigate a federal election violation that the Justice Department opted not to charge. This bootstrap theory has been widely criticized, but many in the media sought to cut off that debate by suggesting that Bragg might be basing his prosecution on some unknown crime. Last week, Michael Cohen’s attorney Lanny Davis went as far to “warn all the pundits and everyone speculating…that there are lots of facts, lots of documents, lots of evidence of multiple crimes.”
We now have the indictment, and it is basically what many of us anticipated. It is a series of stacked counts of falsifying business records for the purpose of influencing the election. The indictment seems to address the lack of legal precedent with a lack of specificity on the underlying “secondary” felony. Bragg has done nothing more than replicate the same flawed theory dozens of times. This is where math and the law meet. If you multiply any number by zero, it is still zero.
If the New York bench retains any integrity, this case will be thrown out as legally improper with an admonition to Bragg and his office for politicizing the criminal justice process. That, however, may be asking a lot of state judges who are elected on both the trial and appellate levels. They also may prove to be lawyers on the Wilde side.
The cost, however, to the legal system will be immense. In a single indictment, Alvin Bragg bulldozed any high ground that the Democrats had after January 6th. He has fulfilled the narrative of the Trump campaign by supplying a raw and undeniable example of the politicization of the legal system. What is most shocking is that this attack on the rule of law was met with the rapturous applause of many, including lawyers and legal pundits. They not only will ignore the affront to the integrity of our legal system, but celebrate its demise.
Bragg himself threw a flag on the effort to indict Trump being pushed by a lawyer brought in as a special assistant district attorney for that purpose. Mark F. Pomerantz and his colleague Carey R. Dunne resigned — and their resignation letter was then leaked to an eager media. Pomerantz then took a step that floored many of us: he wrote a tell-all book based on the still ongoing investigation. However, Pomerantz admits that career prosecutors balked at his radical proposals to find a crime — any crime — to nail Trump. That included an entirely bonkers money laundering charge against Trump where he would be the victim of an extortion effort. In his book, Pomerantz admits that “many of the lawyers were relentlessly negative.” Some prosecutors were clearly so upset by his efforts that they “defected” from the team. He also admitted that Bragg told him “that the consensus among the group of prosecutors with whom he had been speaking was not to go forward.”
Despite objections from his colleagues who said he was undermining their efforts, Pomerantz published a book making the case against an individual who was not charged, let alone convicted. It was a grossly unprofessional and improper act. It also worked. Bragg caved to the overwhelming pressure that followed. If figures like Pomerantz was going to yield to temptation, why shouldn’t he? After all, no one wants to be the last ethical lawyer when everyone else is cashing in.
I remain hopeful that there is still a modicum of judicial integrity in New York to stand against this effort. However, this is a defining moment for many who have rationalized this abuse of the criminal justice system. For those attorneys, they have reached the point described by Robert Oppenheimer after the development of the atomic bomb. He stated “In some sort of crude sense which no vulgarity, no humour, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.”
The same is true for many in our profession. While some of us have warned that Mar-a-Lago could present a serious threat to Trump, we have warned that the Bragg prosecution is the denial of the core legal principle of blind justice. This expensive, drawn out effort would not have occurred for anyone other than Donald Trump. It is not just selective prosecution, it is exclusive prosecution for Trump and Trump alone.
There is a good-faith debate over whether the President should be charged over conduct related to Mar-a-Lago and possible obstruction of justice. This is not that case. For those lawyers applauding this ignoble moment, this is our sin as a profession, and it is “knowledge which they cannot lose” in the years to come.
Rasmussen has Trump up by 10 over Biden. And yes I know in 48 hours that can change. I know Donald is not that warm and fuzzy, but people can be fickle. Human beings can do some strange things. No matter what, Trump will be front and center for at least 2 years. No matter what kind of publicity he gets, he will get more publicity than all others combined.
So democrat cheating in 2024, which Al Bragg just commenced, is OK?
So democrats are going to cheat again as they did in 2020?
It’s not about winning constitutional elections in the American restricted-vote republic anymore (the 57% who pay no fed taxes cannot vote, period).
It’s about cheating; there will be no “election” until communist (liberal, progressive, socialist, democrat, RINO, AINO) cheating is terminated with extreme prejudice.
This is war.
So, now that making “Hush Money” payments can be CRIMINALLY prosecuted, when will we see indictments for the $17 MILLION plus in Hush Money payments made on behalf of Congress-Criminals and Senators using TAXPAYER money? Was Joe Biden involved in one or more of them? Shouldn’t these ALL be considered illegal campaign finance transactions?
Bruce, do you really think that the house and senate are above the law? Say it ain’t so.
Couldn’t tell which was worse. Bragg’s press conference or Trump’s speech afterwards.
These are not the kinds of people that are the way forward for our country.
Here’s your answer: Alvin “And The Chipmunks” Bragg’s delirious, incoherent, non-jurisprudential and tribal rantings and ravings.
Way worse!
Al Bragg, the NAACP, Wealthy Beneficiaries of the Unconstitutional “Great Society,” Abraham Lincoln, Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto do not constitute the way forward for America.
“Crazy Abe” threw the baby out with the bathwater; “Crazy Abe” threw the Constitution out with reprehensible slavery, which must have been abrogated by legal means.
George Washington and Donald Trump fought and sacrificed for America, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (original) and they are the only way forward for actual Americans and for patriotic America.
Narrative: Trump was stranded in the jungle (new york) when his plane crashed, DeSantis is trying to get his girl (the presidency) on lover’s lane, the “boys in the jungle had [Trump] on the run,” Trump “smelled somethin’ cookin’ they was cookin’ me,” again, for about the 5th time, so Trump jumped in the ocean and grabbed a whale (massive public and legal support) that got him back to the States with a chance to get his girl (the presidency) back from disloyal “Made Man” Ronnie.
Well George, notwithstanding President Lincoln and the Civil War, I could see myself to meeting you about 0.5% of the way. With over a half century of stagnant wages, and the resulting inequality that has reached unstable levels, I can be persuaded that the two entrenched major political parties don’t care about me any more than Trump does.
We all owe Alvin and his cheeky chipmunks in the Manhattan DA’s office a hefty, hearty, “hell yeah” thank you. He just handed Trump the Christmas present of a lifetime — the 2024 Presidential election. When you tell the American people they can’t have something, it becomes simply irresistible (apologies to Robt. Palmer, RIP, for bad pun).
Sweet Christmas don’t be late!!
Alvin “And The Chipmunks” Bragg Present A Heartfelt Thank You (Sarc)
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Great Society
The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The term was first coined during a 1964 commencement address by President Lyndon B. Johnson at the University of Michigan[1] and came to represent his domestic agenda.[2] The main goal was the total elimination of poverty and racial injustice.
– Wiki
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UNCONSTITUTIONAL
LBJ forced America to “yield to temptation” – to spend $30 trillion+ (to date) on useless waste, presented as charity, under the fraud of the Marxist “Great Society” American taxation plan.
LBJ attempted to remove the onus from himself as he was headed to prison over the Billie Sol Estes criminal affair, and after LBJ was part and parcel of the JFK assassination.
LBJ was the worst kind of sinner, yielding to the worst kind of temptation.
Americans were never intended to be given “free stuff,” Americans were intended to be given freedom.
LBJ may have been the worst man to serve as president in my lifetime. I’m about to turn 74. I really believe that he is more morally and ethically deficient than the Bidens. If that’s possible.
Turley: I read this much and no further: “Bragg knew that he had no criminal case against Trump. However, after running on bagging Trump for some crime (any crime), Bragg knew that many would not care if he had a basis for a criminal charge. He would be lionized to be the first person to ever indict a former president in the blind rage against Trump.”
Just where do you get off proclaiming to have any grounds for stating what the Manhattan DA “knew”? What is the source for you to claim Bragg is guilty of “blind rage”? His demeanor is measured, professional and intellligent, contrary to the pig you are paid to defend who didn’t even wait 12 hours before violating the Judge’s admonition to keep his mouth shut. You say there’s no “basis for a criminal charge”–based on what? DA Bragg methodically assembled sworn testimony of knowledgeable witnesses and documents to support each and every one of the counts the pig was charged with, and the evidence was presented to a grand jury that recommended indictment. What do you have that proves: 1. any of these items of evidence–testimony and documents– are not true? After all Cohen went to prison over it; or 2. that, under NY law, this evidence is insufficient as a matter of law to supporft the charges? Again, after all, Cohen went to prison over it. Why shouldn’t Trump? You have nothing, and you know it.
Your entire piece flows from these outrageously preposterous and baseless claims, which is why I didn’t bother to read further. Why does anyone give you space or air time to spew your obvious nonsense? Oh, wait. I know the answer to that one: the paycheck Fox gives you to undermine respect for the rule of law and judicial system when it comes to the pig. How ironic that someone who holds himself out to be an expert of and respecter of our American rule of law and justice system writes the slop you write, especially considering that it is to benefit such a deeply-flawed person like Trump–twice-impeached, lies about losing the election, started an insurrection, and a racist who brags about assaulting women. It’s just as ironic and outrageous when the pig poses in front of the American flag, and when Mark Levin has the temerity to play the national anthem before launching into tirades and lies against Democrats. You haven’t a clue about patriotism.
NUTCHACHACAH, here’s you “patriotism”; it was penned and ratified by the American Founders and Framers of the Constitution and Bill of Rights within the year of their adoption.
It was in full force and effect on January 1, 1863 and was only illicitly voided by the illegal and unconstitutional use of violence and brutal military force, oppression and tyranny.
Of course, you will agree, it is valid and legitimate to this date having never been abrogated by legal and constitutional means; it is a cold case awaiting resolution.
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Naturalization Acts of 1790, 1795, 1798 and 1802 (four confirming iterations)
United States Congress, “An act to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization,” March 26, 1790
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That any Alien being a free white person, who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for the term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof…
Gigi, we are not surprised that you didn’t read the entire blog post. It’s hard to do but I often read articles from CNN from start to finish. Unlike you, I am willing to test my suppositions because I believe that is a mark of an educated person to do so. There are two times when I stop reading. I stop when they get to the part where the government should own all means of production and I stop reading when they say that we need more censorship rather than less. You know, your two favorite parts.
Yawnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Donald Trump (Slick Willie) really did not have sex with that woman, Stormy Daniels, now he must get back to becoming the next president of the USA.
George, Thinkitthrough, Wait Wait you missed it! Gigi began by stating, “Turley: I read this much and no further: “Bragg knew that he had no criminal case….”
Two paragraphs later, she says, “Your entire piece [!!!] flows from these outrageously preposterous and baseless claims, which is why I didn’t bother to read further.”
Are you laughing yet?
That, however, may be asking a lot of state judges who are elected on both the trial and appellate levels.
In other words, the judge will be more concerned with his re-election than honoring his oath and the law. Check…
I’m guilty, guilty as H-ll. I paid hush money to keep the office housekeeper from telling my wife I damaged her precious keepsake. I did so because I wanted to save my marriage. I put the hush money under transportation expenses. That misdemeanor lead Alvin to contend I did it on purpose, and he is charging me for that and the destruction of property but has twisted it into a felony. He will say I intended to kill my wife, and I needed an excuse, which would be to blame it on her, saying she came after me with a knife after I destroyed her property.
Presently, I am waiting for Alvin Bragg to arrest me and charge me with a murder that never happened. That I had no involvement since I live in a different state doesn’t seem to matter because he also contends I hired the butler to do it.
That is ATS’s logic, representing his grandiose belief that he graduated from law school.
I now join the likes of Alexander Hamilton and thousands of others who paid hush money.
Jonathan: I don’t want to gloat. That’s not my style. But wasn’t it great to see Trump having to finally face Judge Merchan and hear read out all the 34 criminal charges against him? Kind of renews your faith in the American justice system. Up to that point yesterday many called Trump the “teflon man”–the guy who has never been charged criminally. That all changed yesterday.
Now you have a different take. You say the 34 “stacked counts” against Trump are based on a “flawed theory”. You say Judge Merchan should throw out the case as “legally improper with an admonition to Bragg and his office of politicizing the criminal justice process”. You ignore the fact that the indictment includes 34 separate criminal offenses under state law. At least one count includes the claim that Trump falsified records to commit a state tax crime. So many of the counts have nothing to do specifically with the Stormy Daniels allegations.
It was predictable you would adopt Trump and his supporter’s claims the Bragg case is a “political prosecution”. For those on this blog who think you are a “liberal Democrat” that bizarre claim should now be put to rest with your column. You are firmly in the Trump camp. Given the snow ball effect of the Bragg prosecution–the 3 other much more serious cases in Georgia and Jack Smith’s two investigations–what will you say when Trump is charged in those cases? All just “political prosecutions”? Stay tuned because you have other opportunities to prove your Trump bona fides.
Mcyintire. I’m a moderate, former Democrat, now independent voter, female, and an attorney. Also a former prosecutor. This case is nothing to be proud of. It’s disgusting. It’s truly political. And I am embarrassed. And I don’t care what anybody thinks about Trump, this case is an embarrassment. And I am no Trump fan at all. But I am a fan of the law, justice and legal system and I just wanna vomit.
Allie: have you heard any witness testimony? Have you seen any documents? Of course not. Then, where the hell do you get off saying that prosecuting Trump for crimes that Michael Cohen went to prison for (to benefit the unindicted co-conspirator, Trump) is “truly pollitical”? You don’t know what you don’t know. If you really were are “a fan of the law, justice and legal system” then you would know better than to write this slop about evidence and witnesses you know nothing about. I think you’re just another person paid to cheer for Trump–like the Cult 45 people who wave around the “Witch Hunt” and “Blacks For Trump” signs at rallies.
To merely state the alleged facts is to refute the indictment!
Allie, as another attorney that isn’t a huge Trump fan I have to agree with everything you stated. I will vote for any other Republican in the primary, well almost any other Republican, although I would vote for Trump over Biden or any other Democrat on the scene today, and I also think the indictment is a farce and a tragedy.
If you notice you will see that most legitimate attorneys commenting on the indictment call it a political sham or at best a real empty case, but the non-attorneys on here, like Svelaz and Anonymous, claim it is a worthy case. Even Andrew McCabe said ON CNN that it is a big nothing.
You’re certainly not acting like a former prosecutor. If you think it’s legally problematic, make a legal argument about why.
Aninny:
I’m no Allie but here’s a whack at it:
The indictment will fail because the government can’t possibly prove that the business entry was made SOLELY to defraud or to evade campaign finance law and thus the essential felony elevating “other crime” is unprovable. Many plausible reasons — protection of marriage, avoiding embarrassment, an on and on — exist which cannot be disproven beyond reasonable doubt. It’s why John Edwards — a truly sleazy guy — walked free because the federales couldn’t prove the sole reason for spending on his lie was to evade campaign finance disclosures. Oh and since the predicate misdemeanor is time barred by the statute of limitations the whole case fails.
How’s that for a “legal argument,” Professor?
Now back to my favorite Biblical epc, “King of Kings” with Jeffrey Hunter and Robert Ryan. They may not really be Jesus and The Baptizer but they ought to be.
I have to wonder if New York criminal procedure has what is called here a “Knapstad Motion” where a defendant can file a pre-trial motion to dismiss asserting that the state has not presented a provable case or a prima facie showing of guilt.
Ref: (CrR) 8.3
Most states have a procedure to challenge the charging document as not stating a crime. Maybe some NY lawyers can provide some help.
The Knapstad Motion formalized an existing common law rule so it seems likely to be a New York remedy even if it hasn’t been formalized by statute or rule. Whether it has been formalized, I don’t know…not my jurisdiction…but I would expect the remedy to exist.
You don’t want to gloat, but you won’t avoid being an idiot.
Dennis McIntyre, how hilarious for you to say you are not one to gloat. You must think that we are all new to this blog. When it comes to gloat you are the GOAT. Your reputation proceeds you. Everyone knows that gloat is an official feature of your resume. You do however win the trophy for the biggest har har of the day. You can put the trophy with the rest of your participation ribbons.
Good luck Dennis, life is hard and in your case even harder. America lost not Trump, he will prevail.
There’s no there there.
The only question is whether corruption will prevail.
You feel it slipping away, don’t you?
When a prosecutor throws this many charges against the wall it is a sign of desperation, attempting to make nothing appear to be a big something.
It’s amazing this guy calls himself a lawyer.
If Michael Cohen was prosecuted and convicted and imprisoned for his actions, and those actions were at the behest of Trump in a conspiracy to prevent information from reaching the public, it seems thoroughly obvious that a crime occurred.
Or is Turley going to tell us Cohen didn’t do anything wrong and was unfairly railroaded, too?
Please read this. Cohen admitted to campaign finance violations, but were they actually? The primary crime was tax evasion. He admitted the other trying to get Trump but he paid them with his own check. Don’t jump to quick conclusions. NDAs are common and not against the law. Trump reimbursed him for legal services. It was a personal matter and not a campaign donation.
Wake up, Libs, you have been duped by the mainstream media since Trump came down the escalator.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-eight-counts-including-criminal-tax
No, it’s much simpler than that. Cohen was jailed for tax evasion. His tax filings, not Trump’s. Nothing to do with Stormy Daniels.
obvious that a crime occurred.
No. In Fact no court has so ruled. The only thing that happened, is a person pleaded guilty to a crime, Those two things are not the same.
Why is the left so blind to the abuse of constitutional rights, that they welcome the govt, abusing its citizens?
“IF NEARLY HALF OF BLACKS ARE NOT OK WITH WHITE PEOPLE…THAT’S A HATE GROUP.”
– SCOTT ADAMS
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“Elon Musk tweets support for ‘Dilbert’ creator”
Elon Musk defended “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams. Last week, Adams called Black Americans a “hate group” and suggested that White people should “get the hell away” from them. His comments came in response to a poll from the conservative firm Rasmussen Reports that said 53% of Black Americans agreed with the statement, “It’s OK to be White.” In response to a tweet about the controversy, Twitter owner Musk said Sunday that the “media is racist.” Musk said that for a “very long time, US media was racist against non-white people, now they’re racist against whites & Asians.”
“Same thing happened with elite colleges & high schools in America,” Musk wrote. “Maybe they can try not being racist.”
– CNN Business, February 27, 2023
It should be said that when watching trump in the courthouse yesterday I stood up and applauded my TV. Efforts to uphold the rule of law against a con man gangster wannabe make me proud for the sake of my relatives who have sacrificed much, even their lives, in defense of this country.
Your article just establishes you even further in my mind of being an unsavable partisan hack, Turley. It’s like you need an intervention from friends who’ve known you for a long time. This case will clearly rest on documentation, Cohen’s testimony corroborated by David Pecker…
What, are these facts not relevant?
Instead, we get another thoroughly predictable belch push piece from a partisan lawyer who has yet to see a strong enough case to be brought against someone the Constitution was built to prevent access to power for. …
But no, Turley speaks in defense of a thoroughly compromised politician in the form of trump **no matter what**.
The one thing I can imagine you doing is building the slow burn for when further charges come in. This is the cold open for trump after all in terms of what awaits him legally.
It should be said that when watching trump in the courthouse yesterday I stood up and applauded my TV, too. But for different reasons. Because I understand what’s going on, while you are blinded by TDS.
It’s quite funny to me how badly the cliche “TDS” has aged. With two Watergate level conspiracies just for Trump to gain a technical victory in the ’16 election and two impeachments later, why is it any sort of derangement that would posit an inevitable indictment of Trump to be anything other than a logical progression of events? In fact, wouldn’t it show that the derangement to be with the forces that toss around the cliche itself…
Perhaps I’m misunderstanding the cliche though…, maybe since you “understand what’s going on” so well you can explain why the cliche is resonant with you?
Oh my, the times have become frightful. For the first time in our history we have suffered a politician who does not want their reputation impugned and has directed their resources to quietly and nonviolently prevent it. Sure, it can be made to be against election laws per se, but who would care without proof it was the one primary factor to account for the politician’s election? Well, we know the answer to who cares. They are any who support the regulatory, administrative state and who will undertake any means possible to prevent an interloper from upsetting the status quo.
The next hearing in the case is not until Dec. 4, 2023.The prosecutors have asked for the trial to take place in January 2024 and Trump’s attorneys have requested April 2024. Bragg’s office will have 65 days (June 8, 2023) to file discovery materials. The defense will have until August 8, 2023 to file all pre-trial motions.
Linked below is the “Statement of Facts” that accompanied the indictment. It gives us what the DA has and that will be disclosed to the defense on or before June 8, 2023. Good hunting, everyone.
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000187-4dd5-dfdf-af9f-4dfda6e80000
“a politician who does not want their reputation impugned”? Are you kidding? Trump has had a terrible reputation his entire adult life, long before “The Apprentice”, long before he sought the adulation and attention of the US presidency, going back to the seventies when he was successfully sued by HUD for racial discrimination, then there’s destroying artwork from the Bon Wit Teller building after promising to preserve it as a condition for demolishing the building, constantly lying, cheating people in business, cheating on his 3 wives, 6 bankruptcies….the list goes on and on. Why are you members of Cult 45 blind to the reality of WHY so many people have always been repulsed by Trump? Michael Cohen went to prison over the same matters Trump was indicted for–and he did it at Trump’s request and to benefit Trump–explain why Trump should get a free pass.
Explain why Hillary should get a free pass.
Explain why Biden should get a free pass.
Uh, who went to prison for Hillary’s “cirmes”, and what are they? Who went to prison for Biden’s “crimes” and what are they? Cohen’s crimes are established, as is the beneficiary of the crimes–Trump. Do you even understand the point I was making?
Do you even understand the point I was making?
No.
“Michael Cohen went to prison over the same matters Trump was indicted for.”
Wrong.
But you are correct — no one went to prison for Hillary’s crimes.
Lock her up already!
Perhaps there are some courageous prosecutors willing to bring indictments against the Clinton Foundation in Arkansas for some tax issues?
It will of course be a kamikazee suicide mission, but someone has to do it, you know, because NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW, right?
Same with Biden. “If filing false business documents is as serious as the media and the prosecutors are claiming over the last 24 hours then they better have a seat and about a pallet of Kentucky bourbon when they see what all the Biden family has done over the past decade. Every day we find another LLC affiated to the Bidens that they were using to launder money from our adversaries around the world.” [Rep. James Comer]
Perhaps there are officials courageous enough to finally bring indictments against the Biden Crime Family?
Let’s go prosecutors! No time like the present….
Kevin Clinesmith should have went to prison for the crimes he committed to promote Hillary Clinton’s hoax.
He did not.
he was not even disbarred.
Many are repulsed by Trump but unlike you and your cult not to the extent they would weaponize the justice system against him. I heard of a poll yesterday wherein some 30% agreed Trump has been treated unfairly, yet over 60% say they would never vote for him. Take that poll as a poll on the 2024 election and satisfy yourself that you and yours will prevail. Hubris and boisterousness are character flaws he has shown himself unable to overcome and even for many who otherwise have appreciation for his positions on what and how government should be it’s enough to discourage their votes. That should surely be received as enough solace for all misanthropes to let up on their blood thirst for a crucifixion. I say, “Should be”, but will not hold my breath on it.
“Get the hell away from black people.”
“Black people are a hate group.”
– Dilbert
What was good enough for Al Capone is good enough for Donald Trump.
But Trump isn’t being charge with tax evasion. Or do you not know what Al Capone was sent to jail for? The IRS got Al Capone not any state.
David, too bad you are unaware that it is the Bidens that are being looked at for tax evasion.
May we abolish affirmative action and welfare now?
https://youtu.be/qSrOXvoNLwg
Al Wilson does it better:
Point conceded.
Always love your insights, Mr. Turley. As to the article’s statement “That, however, may be asking a lot of state judges who are elected on both the trial and appellate levels.” While trial judges in the NYS Unified Court System (NYS Supreme Court) are elected, I believe it is accurate to say that appellate level judges (Appellate Division and the NYS Court of Appeals) are nominated. Wishing you all the best.
Clearly the genie is out of the bottle and the country will be much much much poorer for justice no longer being blind. On display to the world – where even the dollar is even faster and relatedly losing its hegemony. The future on a tattooed two tier justice system is a dark tunnel
There are a number of Russian “Escort: Agencies in the NYC/D.C. Metroplex.
Just as Hunter Biden had an acquired taste for Russian Hookers, there must be a number of Escorts that ‘Preformed Services’
for a number of the Hill Democrats. After all payment for Services Preformed also includes Silence (Non-Disclosure) of said Act of Services.
Perhaps the Defense should subpoena several NYC and Washington D.C. Madams, Escorts, and Escort Agencies for Sworn Testimony.
Indeed, Mr. Alvin Bragg Jr. Manhattan District Attorney should be very interested in hearing the White Collar Crimes of these Politicians “Catch and Kill”. Mostly all these Politicians draw a salary off the U.S. Government. Who knows some of the Escorts may actually work for the Government.
R.I.P.:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Jeane_Palfrey
If you havent, read Bonfire of the Vanities, in which Tom Wolfe will tell you all about “integrity” the New York criminal justice system and the great search for the “great white defendant”. Trump better take a lesson from Sherman McCoy and realize he’s a professional defendant now. No book more clearly articulated the future than Tom Wolfe’s great American novel.
Rainbow, thanks for the reference to the best book of the 1980s! Perfect metaphor for today’s politicians.