Below is my column in the Hill on the approaching closing arguments in the Trump trial. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears to be launching his own school of abstract legal work in the Trump indictment. The key is to avoid any objective meaning.
Here is the column:
Abstract artist Jackson Pollock once said that his paintings have no objective meaning, so the best way for people to enjoy them is to stop looking for it.
For many of us, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has created a new school of abstract law where there is no need for objective meaning. The jury is simply supposed to enjoy it for what it is: a chance to convict Donald Trump.
Pollock was famous for his painting drips on large canvases. Bragg has achieved the same effect by regenerating a dead misdemeanor on falsifying business records as 34 felony counts. To achieve that extraordinary goal, he has alleged that the document violations (which expired long ago under the statute of limitations) were committed to hide some other crime.
Originally, Bragg vaguely referenced four crimes and there have been months of confusion as to what he was specifically alleging as his criminal theories. Even legal analysts on CNN and MSNBC have continued to question the specific allegations against Trump as we head into closing arguments.
As it stands, there are three crimes that have been referenced by prosecutors: state and federal election violations and taxation violations.
Bragg’s legal vision for non-objective indictments was greatly advanced by Judge Juan Merchan, who will allow the jury to reach different rulings on what crime is actually evident in Bragg’s paint splatters.
Merchan has ruled that the jurors can disagree on what actually occurred in terms of the second crime. This means there could be three groups of four jurors, with one believing that there was a conspiracy to conceal a state election violation, another believing there was a federal election violation (which Bragg cannot enforce), and a third believing there was a tax violation, respectively. Nonetheless, Merchan will treat that as a unanimous verdict.
In other words, they could look at the indictment and see vastly different shapes, but still send Trump to prison on their interpretations.
Moreover, Michael Cohen is the sole witness even to address the elements of any of these crimes. Cohen is a convicted serial perjurer and disbarred attorney who appears to have lied again during the trial. Even if they consider his testimony, there is no direct corroboration in evidence on Trump’s intent or knowledge. As a result, the prosecutors will rely on circumstantial evidence to support whichever interpretation the jurors will buy.
Faced with charges that can mean different things to different jurors, Trump’s team will have to focus on the spaces between the paint drips; the canvas itself.
All of this case is based on the payment for a non-disclosure agreement that is perfectly legal and indeed common in business and politics. The Trump team needs to stop dancing around the NDA.
The jury likely believes that Trump knew of the NDA and supported it. The defense has to emphasize the testimony of David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Inquirer, that he killed stories for a variety of celebrities and politicians, including Rahm Emmanuel and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He also said that he killed stories for Trump for years before he even thought of running for president.
They need to emphasize the testimony of multiple witnesses that Trump seemed to want to avoid embarrassment to his family. He was also the host of a popular television show and an international businessman. The payment of a couple hundred thousand to kill stories is considered a cost of doing business for most celebrities, particularly those who have television contracts with provisions allowing cancellation for scandals.
In the instructions, the court will tell the jurors that payments cannot be campaign contributions if they would have been made anyway regardless of the campaign.
They also need to point out other gaps. It was not Trump who listed payments as legal expenses or retainer payments. Witnesses said that payments to lawyers are routinely recorded as legal expenses. Indeed, it is not clear how the money should have been denominated but the decision was being made by others in the Trump organization and by Cohen himself.
Moreover, on the characterization of payments as part of a “retainer,” the other party to that characterization was former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg. He is currently in prison in New York, but was not called by the prosecution. The prosecutors elected to rely entirely on Michael Cohen with various witnesses, including Cohen, referencing Weisselberg’s decision on how to pay the money.
That made the canvas itself largely Michael Cohen. All of this is held together by a witness who admitted that he has lied to banks, Congress, prosecutors, business associates, and virtually every creature that has ever walked or crawled on the face of the Earth. He also lied in front of the jury about the critical call where he said that he told Trump about the NDA payment.
The defense showed that that 96-second-long call was to Trump’s bodyguard, Keith Schiller, in late October 2016. It was preceded and followed by text messages that indicated that their conversation was actually about a teenager harassing Cohen.
Moreover, Cohen admitted to making millions by bashing Trump, and that he has a personal interest in his conviction.
You can throw paint on Cohen all day, but it will not cover up the fact that he is a pathological liar and grifter.
That is why I still believe that a hung jury might even be the most likely possibility. That may change when we see Judge Merchan’s final instructions. However, the only thing worse in New York than being a Trump supporter is being a chump. To rely solely on Cohen and not even call someone like Weisselberg is to play these jurors as chumps.
Pollock was doing more than just throwing paint at a canvas. As Pablo Picasso said, “there is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.” Bragg started with nothing and sold it as a legal abstraction.
Jonathan Turley is the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School.
Jonathan: The Reuters headline says it all: “Trump booed and heckled by raucous crowd at Libertarian convention”. It definitely did not go well for DJT at the Libertarian Party presidential nominating convention on Saturday night. It started with Sen. MAGA Mike Lee, who tried to introduce DJT, but practically got shouted off the stage.
Over the boos DJT tried to convince the unruly crowd “You have to vote for me”. Kind of weird because DJT is the presumptive nominee of the GOP. But by his speech you would think DJT was running on the Libertarian Party ticket. You can’t be the nominee of two different parties!
When the results were in on the first round of voting DJT got ONLY 6 votes as a write-in candidate–10 less than a guy named “Toad”! Even Stormy Daniels got 1 vote. It’s pretty clear the Libertarian Party does not like DJT. So why subject yourself to such abuse? DJT is one desperate dude!
Why would DJT show up, offer them a seat at the table, and ask for their vote?
Because that’s what a LEADER does.
Where’s Hidin’ Biden? Still at the beach?
After lurking here for several weeks, I have concluded that Dennis McIntyre is the one who is desperate.
Dennis, on a different article ATS – is that you too, insisted on making this absurd claim.
Here is a link to the entire Trump Libertarian convention speech.
https://youtu.be/9-XVDp2YID8
You can skip to 22m if you only want Trump. But you claimed that Sen. Lee interoduced Trump – the first 22 minutes include the introduction by the Libertarian party chairwoman – NO Lee.
If you do not wish to Watch and learn all the factual errors you have made – below I highlight some of them.
Regardless there is no commentary during the speeches. Just What Trump said and how the crowd reacted. So that we all can weight the truthfulness of your remarks.
With respect to the FACTS in your post – they are completely False. Several people spoke – including RFK jr. Sen. Lee, Vivek, and Trump.
ALL got mixed receptions. Pretty much NO ONE – including other libertarians gets the wholehearted support of libertarians at their convention.
Libertarians most notable attribute is their independence.
Regardless, Sen Lee was relatively well received, and did NOT introduce Trump.
No one was “practically shouted off the stage”. They all spoke for their allotted time. They all got booed and cheered.
Trump was introduced by the current chairwoman of the Libertarian party who gave him a glowing and well received into.
She noted the historic nature of his appearance, AND that of RFK jr. and specifically noted that Pres. Biden had ALSO been invited.
but did not respond.
The primaring boing and catcalls directed at Trump were for his responsibility in instituting the COVID policies that F’d up the country.
While Biden doubled down on all of these going far further than Trump long after it was well known these were a hoax.
It is a FACT that bad COVID policies STARTED With Trump – and libertarians do not forget that.
That is one of many reasons Trump is not likely to win the libertarian nomination – though he did have the courage to ask for it.
But those libertarians who will not vote for Trump over covid, are not voting for Biden for any reason at all.
Many of Trump’s remarks got significant cheers – you would not likely understand them as you have no clue about the politic values and issues of conservatives, libertarians or anyone not on the far Left.
Regardless, Trump promised to commute the conviction of Ross Ulbricht on Day one.
I doubt you know who Ulbricht is, but I can assure you every single libertarain at the convention did – and they cheered.
Tramp also promised that he would prevent regulations that interfered with bitcoin owners from actually possessing their Crypto Wallets.
Again something that I doubt you understand, but it is the difference between Crypto being actually able to function as money and being more similar to a stock market short on the dollar. Regardless libertarians understood and cheered.
Trump also promised there would never be a Government backed crypto currency – no “FedCoin”.
Again to the cheers of libertarians.
Trump practically read an editorial in the Spectator by Libertarian Dereck Mullroy laying out the libertarian case for Trump.
“You can’t be the nominee of two different parties!”
Of course you can.
It is extremely common. Though the norm is that people run as both the democrat and republican for local and sometimes state offices.
In elections in my state it is unusual to see judges as an example not appearing on the primary of BOTH parties.
Toad is an extremely popular libertarian candidate and runs in Every libertarian election.
And absolutely Libertarians would vote for Daniels.
Did anyone write in Biden ? Anyone ?
Those of you on the left write constantly that we can not allow false information to be posted – and then spray us all with lie after lie.
On another Turley article I respended for a While to ATS’s claims that the LNC was massively hostile to Trump.
You are echoing that claim. A FEW MSM talking heads are too.
AS everyone can tell from actual reporting – people documenting the even – rather than deceptively trying to spin it the TRUTH is different.
Trump showed up. He made a very strong appeal to libertarians, he addressed SOME of our issues directly. Libertarians were critical of Trump over SOME libertarian issues – like COVID. Trump BOTCHED Covid. But anyone who thinks that means Libertarians though Biden was better on Covid is brain dead and does not know libertarians.
But the TRUTH is that like his recent NY and NJ rallies Trump showed up at places where many people not in complete agreement with him were likely to show up. Many of those have proved overwhelming successes. AOC is busy trying to claim this was an attack on the Bronx or that the Support was ASTROTURF – all debunked, But mostly she makes clear Trump should NOT be allowed to come to the bronx.
The most brave thing we can do is to confront those who are hostile.
I would like to see the Libertarian party candidate at the presidential debates, and RFK jr.
We should ALL be able to hear what those who do not agree with us have to say.
Further – the Moderators – should NOT be asking the questions – the Candidates should be asking each other questions.
Libertarians do not want Biden and Trump to speak about what Jake Tapper thinks is important.
Democrats want to hear Trump answer Democrats questions and Republicans want to hear Biden answer Republican questions – and I as a libertarian want them both to answer Questions that are important to me.
SOME of those are important to the majority of people.
But if you want my vote – address what I care about.
Do my issues deserve to dominate – absolutely not. But this election is going to be decided by people who are not republicans and not democrats, the candidates need toi address voters outside their party – Trump is doing that.
Where is Biden ?
“Brilliant scholar and former Trump attorney John Eastman, traveled to Michigan on Friday night.
Attorney Eastman delivered a powerful speech on lawfare and how it’s being used against President Trump and his supporters. Mr. Eastman addressed a large crowd in Lansing, Michigan, at an event that was hosted by Michigan’s top election integrity group, MI Fair Elections, which was created by the incredible author and patriot extraordinaire Patrice Johnson.
John Eastman described the election fraud in 2020 in great detail during his speech.
The Biden regime and deep state players DO NOT want you to know this information.”
https://rumble.com/v4v8ftc-john-eastman-delivers-blistering-speech-on-illegitimate-2020-president-elec.html
Please SHARE!
Excellent.
Can someone here in this MAGA cult please explain to me why we have Memorial Day and why Trump’s disgusting, insulting comments are appropriate.
When I try to explain the meaning of this day and the inappropriateness of Trump’s message, all I get is personal insults.
Trump, your cult leader, has clearly trained you well.
Deny reality.
Don’t believe your lying eyes.
Lash out with insults, when faced with the truth.
You are the one throwing insults here. If you really are seeking information (which I doubt) try asking in a way that is not insulting to the person from whom you want a response.
OK.
What is the purpose of Memorial Day?
Why is Trump’s Truth Social post an appropriate message for Memorial Day?
That’s better. Why Memorial Day? See:
https://newsroom.woundedwarriorproject.org/What-is-Memorial-Day-Facts,-Meaning,-and-History
Was the tweet appropriate?
No
So why do you relentlessly defend him?
Why can’t you call him out when he does something like this?
The problem with Trump is that he is a malignant narcissist. Everything has to be about him all the time.
The classic example was when he went to the shiva (funeral) of Weisselberg’s mother. He used the occasion to brag about his new yacht and showed off photos of naked women posing with him on the yacht. Then he started hitting on Weisselberg’s daughter-in-law.
You can read about it here:
https://www.jewishexponent.com/trump-showed-photos-of-naked-women-at-shiva-report-says/
Trump has no sense of decorum. He has absolutely no sense of appropriate behavior. He has to be the center of attention at all times. This is the nature of malignant narcissism.
I realize Trump is far from perfect but I don’t see him as negatively as you. He is oafish but an effective body guard and he got into politics not for money but for love of country. (He could have stayed in the private sector and made tons more money and avoided the insane persecution.) Although he can be self centered at times he genuinely loves the American people. His insults are directed at specific very powerful people, not the electorate. In this he is the polar opposite of Biden, Obama, and Hillary all of whom insulted and showed contempt for the non-liberal electorate. He also concentrates on merit and getting the job done, and has little use for identity politics and tired old race or class grievances.
If you truly want insight into why Trump’s supporters are devoted to him (perhaps a big “if”), I suggest you see the movie Green Book. It portrays a true story of a friendship between a refined Black concert pianist and the body guard, Frank Villalonga, he selects to accompany him on a tour of the south in the early 1960s. Villalonga is uncouth and oafish but the pianist selects him anyway because he’s the right man for the job. Anyone not blinded by hatred of Trump can see that the country has been severely damaged by Biden and Trump is probably the only person who can repair that damage and set us on a better course.
Finally, a MAGA follower willing to admit Trump is not perfect. I can respect that.
It seems the MAGA faithful believe Trump is literally the Second Coming, and embodies perfection without fault. You should be careful. You may be ex-communicated.
With respect, I disagree with everything you say, but we should be able to disagree without being disagreeable at a personal level. I believe that Trump is a scoundrel and a con-man. He claims to be a brilliant business man of great wealth. However, I believe he may actually have a negative net worth. He recites the value of his properties but neglects to mention the mortgages on those properties. By his own admission he is “the King of debt” and brags about how he uses borrowed money for all his deals. It is quite possible that his debts exceed the value of his properties leaving him with negative equity. He has cash flow from the properties but that is not equity. He has had multiple bankruptcies because of his poor business skills. He lost money running a casino. I live in Nevada. A casino is basically a license to print money. In Nevada we do not have personal or business income taxes. We tax the casinos on their gross receipts and get enough to run the state. The casinos make huge profits on the out of state suckers who come here, even after we have siphoned off enough money from them to run the state.
Trump is a loser and a con-man.
Your analysis is distorted by an extreme level of hate. I feel sorry for you. We, by contrast, have a lot of love and a lot of fun. Have a good evening.
Why does ANY of that matter to you?? Why don’t YOU just admit you don’t like his policies? Because if you DID like them, none of that would matter to you. Just like Joe being a racist, misogynist, creepy old brain dead fool doesn’t matter to his “followers”.
“Finally, a MAGA follower willing to admit Trump is not perfect. I can respect that.”
Is there someone ANYONE that has said that Trump is perfect ?
Is there someone ANYONE that has said ANY presidential candidate is perfect ?
Is there someone ANYONE that has said ANY political candidate is perfect ?
In what world do you actually live ?
Each and every one of us here has different views regarding Trump Biden or any of a long list of other politicians.
But I do not know of a single person that has argued that any candidate is perfect.
This election – like every election ever pits two imperfect candidates against each other and the electorate gets to decide which imperfect candidate they prefer,
According to polls right now, a plurality and very near a majority of voters prefer Trump.
If the election was held today Trump would win the popular vote by 7M votes, and a likely 30+EC vote win.
Though the odds of that changing in Biden’s favor actually diminish has the election nears,
No incumbent president has ever won with Biden’s negatives.
Regardless people get to choose for themselves.
Next – as evidence by the Polls – it is YOU that is abnormal – though only mildly so.
As noted the NORM – but about 7m voters is Trump is a better choice than Biden.
So it is kind of wierd for you to be pi$$ing over Trump voters.
After all YOU are supporting the worst president in US history.
“It seems the MAGA faithful believe Trump is literally the Second Coming, and embodies perfection without fault. You should be careful. You may be ex-communicated.”
It SEEMS that you are delusional.
Why does the Salena Zito quote so often fit perfectly when dealing with left wing nuts.
Trump supporters take Trump seriously but not literally.
Trump detractors take him literally but not seriously.
I have never voted for Trump. But I LOVE MOST of the Trump memes. But neither I nor anyone else I know takes them Literally.
On the rare occasions that Biden and his supporters manage an actually good meme – I love that too.
Most people who are honest with themselves love good memes no matter whose Oxe is gored.
No one is engaging in idolatory.
“With respect, I disagree with everything you say, but we should be able to disagree without being disagreeable at a personal level.”
That would be a refreshing change coming from anyone on the left.
It used to be those on the right I was fighting over efforts to silence dissent.
Now it is exclusively those on the left. If you are the one person on the left that does not beleive dissent should be silenced – kudos to you.
Of course that means you can not support most of the current lawfare.
Just like Hillary Clinton Trump has the right to refuse to accept what you beleive was the outcome of the 2020 election.
Myriads of people have told Hillary she lost – she STILL claims she actually won.
Guess what – It is not a Crime for Trump to beleive he won in 2020 – no matter WHO you think told him otherwise.
So lets get rid of all the lawfare nonsense that is rooted in idiotic claims that Trump could not challenge the 2020 election and Knew that.
Can you live by your own words – that we should be allowed to disagree without being disagreeable at a personal level.
Siccing law enforcement on someone over political disaggreement is just about as personally disagreeable as you can be.
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oldmanfromkansas says:
“I believe that Trump is a scoundrel and a con-man. He claims to be a brilliant business man of great wealth. However, I believe he may actually have a negative net worth. He recites the value of his properties but neglects to mention the mortgages on those properties. By his own admission he is “the King of debt” and brags about how he uses borrowed money for all his deals. It is quite possible that his debts exceed the value of his properties leaving him with negative equity. He has cash flow from the properties but that is not equity. He has had multiple bankruptcies because of his poor business skills. He lost money running a casino. I live in Nevada. A casino is basically a license to print money. In Nevada we do not have personal or business income taxes. We tax the casinos on their gross receipts and get enough to run the state. The casinos make huge profits on the out of state suckers who come here, even after we have siphoned off enough money from them to run the state.”
You can “beleive that Trump has a negative net worth, but the odds of that are below zero.
First the DJT stock is NOT leveraged. It has a value and no liabilities against it. Currently that is about 2/3 of Trump’s wealth which Fortune now rates as $7.1B. Could the value of that stock decline ? Certainly. But it is near 50/sh right now,
Unless it drops to $2.share Trump will be worth more than he was in 2023.
As to properties – the likely actual value of all the properties are known publicly.
As there a property whose value you want to challenge ?
We know which properties have mortgages, and we know when those mortgages were written. This is all things you can find publicly if you wish to bother. The maximum a bank will lend is 80% of the value of the property at the time the mortgage is written – So we can determine using public information what Trump’s debt to equity ration is. I have not personally done that – but Forbes and Fortune have. Fortune is doing so essentially in real time and values Trump at 7.1B
If Trump’s assets were ENTIRELY commercial realestate in NYC – and it was middling at best comercial real estate – Trump would be facing a problem. Middling commercial real estate in Manhattan and other large cities is taking a bath.
We have the equivalent to the 2006 housing bubble happening in commercial real estate.
But Trump is NOT exclusively in locations that are in trouble, and not exclusively in commercial real estate.
With respect to Nevada. The profit margins of casinos are quite literally determined by the laws of probability.
Those laws dictate that over the long run the Casinos will ALWAYS win about 10% more than they lose – that is GROSS.
Your states tax is on the GROSS. That means subtract the tax rate from the statistical profit margin add in overhead costs, and that will determine if a casino is profitable – and the answer is pretty easy – the larger it is the better – because overhead scales less than linearly.
Therefore a gross receipts tax – essentially a sales tax is a regressive tax on the smallest gambling organizations it applies to.
Your proud of that ?
You can run your state however you please – but calling Trump a loser and a Con man when you are running your own state off the backs of “out of state suckers” – sounds like a con man and loser to me.
You are free to believe Trump is nearly insolvent.
You are free to believe there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
But you can not require the rest of us to believe you are rational if you do.
“So why do you relentlessly defend him?”
I am not aware of anyone who defends Trump unconditionally.
I do not support many things about trump.
That does not alter the fact that he remains the best president of the 21st century – though to quote the smothers brothers “that is not a compliment”.
Why do people defend him – against lies by the left ? Do I actually need to explain that ?
I would defend Biden if people were actually lying about him.
Though the lies about Biden are pretty much By the left and they are things like – that he is competent.
“Why can’t you call him out when he does something like this?”
ATS – stupid fallacy. You do not get to decide what is important to me or others.
“The problem with Trump is that he is a malignant narcissist. Everything has to be about him all the time.”
The malignant part is a huge reach – the rest is True but it is true of EVERY politician.
So you are asking me to specially call Trump out for being like other politicians.
Except even that is only partly true. Trump has kept more campaign promises than any other candidate I know of.
“The classic example was when he went to the shiva (funeral) of Weisselberg’s mother.”
So your Hammering a 4 year old story that went nowhere.
Most of us understand when a Trump story did not fly – that means it probably was another lie – like the collusion delusion.
ATS you do not understand the lack of Trust that the majority of americans have for you and the MSM.
Though Trump is a part of that – he is only a part.
You want things called out ? Where were you about the long long long list of democrat, and media lies over the past 8 years ?
“Trump has no sense of decorum.”
Not news. I am told he has toilets made of gold. Sounds like Trump. Tacky.
So what – I doubt I like your tastes in decor (or decorum) either.
“He has absolutely no sense of appropriate behavior. ”
Nor does anyone on the left.
“He has to be the center of attention at all times.”
Like every politician that ever was.
“This is the nature of malignant narcissism.”
Please refer to the diagnostic criteria in the DSM.
Honor those in service to the Nation
President of the United States=Commander in Chief
VP Kamala’s Memorial Day message last year? She wrote: “Enjoy the long weekend.”
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1795147971278885171
Can someone here explain why Karl Marx is on this uniquely American blog?
Did they kick you off the Communist Manifesto site Comrade Karl?
Wait. They can’t. You wrote it!
Don’t Worry. Be Happy. Go Home!
ATS can you even explain what you mean ?
At least in the past left wingnuts would lie about Trump comments or deceptively edit them – now your not even bother to say what it is that offended you.
thank god spectral evidence was not introduced.
You didn’t convince me with your logic, but when you added 500 exclamation points at the end, how could I deny the truth of what you said? (eye roll)
Trump should hold a rally in Chicago. As with NJ, he’ll draw 100,000 enthusiastic supporters, many of them African Americans who are reeling from FJB’s having invited in millions of illegal aliens, who wind up displacing poor Chicago citizens. They are waking up to the reality that only Trump is willing and able to solve that problem. They will turn out in force for Trump.
Partly as a result of the trial, but partly because of the polls we are seeing a change in Trump/Republican strategy.
Trump’s lead in swing states right now is HUGE. Biden outspent Trump 15:1 in swing states in the past 2 months and did not budge the needle.
Trump needs two things to guarantee this election – he MUST win the popular vote.
While that is NOT a requirement to win the election, as evidenced by the 2020 election – it is a requirement to constrain the lawfare and the fraud.
If Trump wins the popular vote – there is NOTHING democrats can do.
Without a popular vote victory the scale of fraud that democrats can get away with is much smaller.
There was with certainty significant Fraud in the CA recall race. But there is also no doubt that Fraud or not, Newsome had way more than enough votes to win. As a result – no one looked into the fraud
No one cares about Fraud except in close elections.
And election fraud only effects close elections.
Trump’s and republicans strategy will be to hold the swing states and grow their lead outside those states. To bring every possible state into play. First to run up the popular vote – because that is necescary to prevent Fraud. And 2nd to make Biden and Democrats have to defend Everywhere.
NY, NJ, VA, WA, NB, NM, ME, NH all appear to be in play. Trump is not going to win all of those too.
He may not win any of them. But he will force Biden and democrats to waste effort defending them.
And he WILL bring up his popular vote numbers.
Next this significantly helps republicans downballot.
And that is a win-win.
Trump went into 2017 with tepid support from the GOP.
He will be going into 2025 with nearly all the GOP 4square behind him.
The down fall of the Gangsta Boyz in the hood is comming
50 Cents snitches on Puff Daddy, Jay Z and starts a Jigaboo war.
An exceptional must read thread! (with video)
“John Eastman 1 of 9
This is a 9-part thread about Attorney John Eastman speaking on his findings and informing us about the stolen 2020 election.
His presentation on Lawfare in America, hosted by Michigan Fair Elections, was given on May 14th.
As you watch and listen, you’re going to be astounded and infuriated at the efforts the Left is using to squash the truth about election integrity and how 2020 was stolen. He was arraigned in Arizona just a few days later on charges related to a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona. They also arraigned a dozen others, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows. They have all also been indicted in Georgia.
This is an all-out effort to intimidate and silence anyone who speaks the truth about the 2020 election, using indictments, lawfare, the mafia media, and any other threats they can dream up. The truth is closing in on them, and they feel the heat.
They CANNOT silence all of us!!”
…. (cont’d) —>
https://x.com/DonGP4037/status/1794828400483328456
“What should we do? Fearlessly, ferociously, and faithfully spread these videos, speak the truth, and tell as many as we know. You can share these videos with a link, even to people not on X. Send them a link to each post. The links will open on any computer.
In addition to this post are eight videos, seven from the Michigan Fair Elections meeting and one news story of his arraignment in Arizona.
(h/t to themidwesterner for the original video on Rumble)”
https://x.com/DonGP4037/status/1794828400483328456
Trump’s Memorial Day message is so despicable and disgusting that not even Fox is willing to report it.
@Anonymi
No, that’s you. If internet comments could be flatulence, you’d be the king/queen. Nobody cares. Go back to your table and let the grown-ups talk, kiddo.
So you agree with Trump, that Memorial Day is a special day set aside for attacks on “Human Scum”, the judicial system, and your political opponents.
It is not a day to remember the fallen men and women who sacrificed themselves so that you have the freedom to make absurd statements.
God help us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some people can do two things at once.
James, not to worry, Aninni is one of those miserable, shrivel-souled haters I mentioned. He can’t touch us (see my comment below).
So if Memorial Day is not for remembering the fallen who sacrificed themselves for this country, then what, in your view, is its purpose.
Please feel free to explain the purpose of Memorial Day.
Didn’t he post a traditional message first?
NO
And even if he did post a “traditional” message, that in no way excuses the disgusting message he put on Truth Social.
What is wrong with the message ?
Are you saying there is no such thing as Human scum ? That it is never acceptable to call someone that ?
Not Mao, Not Hitler ?
Accept as you must that some people are human scum, and all that is in disagreement is who is Human scum.
So what specifically is it that offends you in Trump’s message ?
Separately Trump honored 100 Gold Star families over memorial day. Seems like what a presidential candidate should do.
What did Biden do ?
Yes he did . Aninny is lying.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-human-scum-memorial-day-post-truth-social-1905063
So what.
That doesn’t excuse the disgusting post on Truth Social.
Do you agree that his Truth Social post is appropriate for Memorial Day.
I wouldn’t have chosen those words but agree with the sentiment. That was a specific message to the biased judges presiding over some of his cases. His general Memorial Day message was posted earlier.
You mean honoring over 100 gold star families ?
Trump hating trolls are out in force today. But have no fear, they have only hate, their lives are miserable, their souls are shriveled with fear, loathing and envy. Good Americans rejoice you are not like them. We Trump supporters have a lot of fun and a lot of love, as demonstrated recently in NJ and the South Bronx. In the end our love and happiness will conquer their hate and misery. Their darkness and death will be unable to touch our light and life. Trump 2024
The number of delibberate and intetnional lies by the dishonroable liar of this peiece are truly astounding.
” Michael Cohen is the sole witness even to address the elements of any of these crimes. ” David Pecker explicitly testified that he committed the campaign finance felony, one of the underlying crimes being covered up.
“there is no direct corroboration in evidence on Trump’s intent or knowledge. ” there is plenty of indirect corroboration. Multiple witnesses testified that Trump was intensely focused on the details when paying bills, and routinely rejected bills he didn’t understand or disagreed with. More than sufficient evidence he would not have mistakenly paid a nonexistent legal retainer.
” The defense has to emphasize the testimony of David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Inquirer, that he killed stories for a variety of celebrities and politicians, including Rahm Emmanuel and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He also said that he killed stories for Trump for years before he even thought of running for president.” The problem is Pecker explicitly testified that in this case, he paid to kill the story solely because Trump asked him to so so to help the campaign. And again pecker testified that this was him committing a felony.
“The payment of a couple hundred thousand to kill stories is considered a cost of doing business for most celebrities, particularly those who have television contracts with provisions allowing cancellation for scandals.” There is no dispute that if he had used his own money it wouldn;t have been a crime. But he didn’t, instead using the money of people who have admitted they paid the women solely to help the campaign.
“He also lied in front of the jury about the critical call where he said that he told Trump about the NDA payment.” Contrary to Turley’s deliberate and intentional lie, no evidence was introduced showing Cohen lied about this call.
“Moreover, Cohen admitted to making millions by bashing Trump, and that he has a personal interest in his conviction.” Again, Turley is intentionally lying. Cohen would be much better off financially if Trump is found innocent. If Trump is president the gravy train keeps rolling around IF he is found guilty, the gravy train ends.
“To rely solely on Cohen and not even call someone like Weisselberg is to play these jurors as chumps.” Why didn’t Trump call Weisselberg? Why didn’t Trump call the bodyguard if Cohen lied about that phonecall?
And for that matter, why hasn’t Turley pointed out that as Trump’s lawyer he is ethically obligated to tell the stupidest lies imaginable to bolster Trump’s case.
“David Pecker explicitly testified that he committed the campaign finance felony, one of the underlying crimes being covered up.”
False Pecker stated that he had a non-prosecution agreement with the DOJ that is all. If DOJ thought they could prove a crime – they would have indicted and prosecuted Pecker – they did not.
BTW Which campaign Finance Felony would that be ?
Given that the FEC found that Hillary funneling millions through a law firm to fund a Russian fabricating a hoax and shilling it to the FBI was a minor violation of federal election law only meriting a small fine, you now want to argue that paying hush money to a porn star is actually much worse ? Amd it is not like Hillary covered this all up by calling it a legal expense ? Except she did.
If trying to silence derogatory information is criminal – why isnt the entire Biden campaign fitted in Orange jumpsuits after all they sought and successfully killed the Hunter Biden laptop story ?
Why isn’t DOJ prosecuting that ?
You can not claim What Trump did was a campaign finance felony – without jailing every political campaign since the FECA laws took effect.
Trump Feels Entitled To Jewish Votes
Israel, Trump argued, needs his help. Street demonstrations for Israel get smaller crowds than his rallies, he said. In Washington, and particularly in Congress, “Israel is losing its power,” he added. “It’s incredible.”
The former president repeatedly expressed frustration that Jewish Americans did not vote for him as much as he believes they should, the donors said.
“But how can a Jewish person vote for a Democrat, and Biden in particular — but forget Biden. They always let you down,” he said, referring to Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/27/trump-israel-gaza-policy-donors/
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Trump made these comments at a private meeting with Jewish donors in New York. The whole pitch seemed to be that Jews would be crazy ‘not’ to vote for him! ‘Because only Trump can help Jews retain their political influence in the U.S.’
Interestingly the article notes that Trump stop talking to Netanyahu after the latter recognized Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. As though foreign leaders must parrot Trump’s election lies in order to stay in good standing.
Like Netanyahu was supposed to tell Biden, “I can’t recognize your presidency because Donald Trump might return to power.”
^^ Paid DNC troll ^^
So ? Alot of us wonder why Jews would ever vote for democrats. ?
Why Women would vote for democrats ?
Why blacks would vote for democrats ?
Why anyone would vote for democrats ?
Is there something wrong with Trump pondering why Jews do not vote for him in larger numbers ?
If Trump’s Memorial Day message doesn’t convince you that he is a dangerous psychopath, then there is absolutely no hope for you.
If you fail to condemn his despicable tirade, then you are beyond redemption, a totally brain-washed cult follower.
He starts out with “Happy Memorial Day”. This is something that you simply do not say. For the families of those who have fallen and made the ultimate sacrifice, this day is the furthest thing from a “happy day”.
If you are incapable of understanding this then go to this link:
https://www.codeofsupport.org/news-feed/why-you-dont-say-happy-memorial-day/
He makes absolutely no mention of the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice. He offers no condolences, or expressions of support to the families. Instead he goes on to address the “Human Scum” who attack him, and the judicial system that is holding him to account.
This man is a severely mentally ill and dangerous psychopath.
That description applies to FJB.
Memorial day is a solemn yet happy day. No one ever asked your ignorant self to be sad on this day. We recognize our fallen heroes and the sacrifice they made in service of our way of life. Do you think any one of those heroes would not want all Americans to be happy on this day??? Perhaps you’d understand better if you had ever served. But hey, they died so you would have the right to get your opinions and feigned outrage from MSNBC, so have at it.
The American Founders gave Americans the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Naturalization Act of 1790—the borders, the law, the population—of their United States of America.
The singular American failure has been and remains the judicial branch, with emphasis on the Supreme Court.
Looks like someone is a hater who hates the American Founders and the borders, law, and population they established.
For whatever it’s worth, anyone who cares to should check out Scott Rasmussen, the one percent on you tube. This should scare all of us.
The “one percent” has no significance in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
The only problem in America has ever been and remains that the judicial branch fails to support the Constitution, which is its sworn-oath duty.
The singular American failure has been and remains the judicial branch, with emphasis on the Supreme Court.
There are two MAGAs on the jury. Trump could murder their dog in front of them and they would never convict. It will be hung.
So you are confirming that MAGA’s are totally brain-washed cult followers, who would happily drink the cyanide laced Kool-Aid, just like the Jim Jones cult in Guyana.
It’s a sad state of affairs that such a legally weak, politically motivated, and incompetent case could go to trial. In normal times a case with so many issues would not go to trial. If one did, the judge would throw it out, if the judge didn’t toss the case, the jury would acquit. Is settling for, (hoping for, wishing for) a hung jury rather, than an acquittal, a cynical point of view? Unfortunately, it’s a realistic view of our times, and New York politics.
What issues? Besides the irrefutable proof of Trump’s guilt?
What action did Trump take that created the charge against him?
Just wanted to to share this in honor of Memorial Day: Remembering The Men of The Vietnam War https://tinyurl.com/3eff5hyc
Lest we forget, today we honor & salute the service of the men & women who have sacrificed their lives for our country & for our democracy.
And on this sacred day, let’s not forget how General John Kelly, Trump’s Chief of Staff, descibed Trump:
“A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them.’ A person that did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because ‘it doesn’t look good for me.’ A person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law.”
“There is nothing more that can be said,” Kelly concluded. “God help us.”
“Lest we forget, today we honor & salute the service of the men…who have sacrificed their lives…”
– Anonymous
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Had one been there, one would fully grasp that one could not forget, even if one wanted to, and one does that every—single—day.
That was nothing more than a backhand slap at those of who have served and who have lost friends and family in service.
If you’re going to honor veterans, then honor veterans. If you’re going to tell us how much you hate Donald Trump, then tell us how much you hate Donald Trump. Don’t conflate the two.
It’s now clear that Trump supporters think that quoting a decorated US general who devoted his life to defending our country & worked day in & day out with Trump is a backhand slap at those who have served & who have lost friends & family in service. It’s sad to see how much hatred Trump supporters have for decorated US general on Memorial Day.
Not even close.
I am a decorated and retired US Navy Captain, who turned down a star because the modern military promotes big mouth showboats like Kelly.
Though I am not a “Trump supporter”, do you really think your insults are netting any worthwhile results here?
Anonymous – what should we say about a Presdient who constantly checks his watch during ceremonies to honor American troops slain in Afghanistan, a disaster which the incompetence of that President helped create? What should we say when he then lets his Press Spokesman deny that he ever looked at his watch? https://nypost. com/2024/05/13/us-news/jen-psaki-forced-to-retract-false-book-claim-that-biden-did-not-check-his-watch-during-ceremony-for-us-troops-slain-in-afghanistan/
That silly story has been repeated more times than any number of the equally false lies told by our current “president”…the political equivalent of a 20 dollar call girl …
Judge Merchan has been making love to those Jury Instructions for months. He will do as he’s told.