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by GaryK
Sun Jun 02, 2024 8:05 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Convicted
Replies: 284
Views: 5432

Re: Trump Convicted

Is anyone here claiming Trump did nothing seriously wrong? If Michael Cohen was convicted of a felony for doing this on Trump's behalf, and Trump was directing it, wouldn't you expect Trump to be guilty of something as well? I'm certainly not claiming Trump did nothing seriously wrong. I believe he...
by GaryK
Fri May 31, 2024 4:50 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Convicted
Replies: 284
Views: 5432

Re: Trump Convicted

Of course. Otherwise, the jury would have found him not guilty. That's what the jury instructions told them to do, Mechan was very clear about that. The jury was convinced that the prosecution demonstrated this. Can you provide the evidence that falsification of tax returns and campaign finance vio...
by GaryK
Fri May 31, 2024 4:40 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Convicted
Replies: 284
Views: 5432

Re: Trump Convicted

Falsification of tax returns. He fraudulently wrote of the $130,000 payment as "legal expenses". That alone is a crime. And campaign finance violations. The $130,000 hush money payment was an undisclosed in-kind campaign contribution since its purpose was to affect the election. It is a v...
by GaryK
Fri May 31, 2024 4:17 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Convicted
Replies: 284
Views: 5432

Re: Trump Convicted

That is immaterial. You are putting out a standard that doesn't exist. NY law doesn't require that he be CONVICTED of any other crime. Only that the the falsification of business records had some additional criminal intent behind it. What was the additional criminal intent he was convicted of? Fals...
by GaryK
Fri May 31, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Convicted
Replies: 284
Views: 5432

Re: Trump Convicted

We have already discussed two separate crimes involved here. First, the hush money payments represented an illegal and undisclosed campaign contribution to the Trump Campaign. But more simply, the falsification of business records was also in the service of felony tax evasion. Trump wrote off the $...
by GaryK
Fri May 31, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Convicted
Replies: 284
Views: 5432

Re: Trump Convicted

We have already discussed two separate crimes involved here. First, the hush money payments represented an illegal and undisclosed campaign contribution to the Trump Campaign. But more simply, the falsification of business records was also in the service of felony tax evasion. Trump wrote off the $...
by GaryK
Fri May 31, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Trump Convicted
Replies: 284
Views: 5432

Re: Trump Convicted

Here is an article the senior legal analyst for one of the outlets not allowed on MN wrote. I have been reading and listening to him before and throughout the trial and feel he's been pretty objective throughout. Most importantly, the DA’s charges against Trump push the outer boundaries of the law a...
by GaryK
Mon May 27, 2024 11:22 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: War in Gaza
Replies: 627
Views: 97786

Re: War in Gaza

I would respect the ICC’s judgments just like I respect the judgments of my local judge who has adjudicated some of my neighbours as being speeders, thieves, drunk drivers and so on. I'm curious if you feel the same about the ICC's arrest warrant for Putin, involving his responsibility for war crim...
by GaryK
Wed May 22, 2024 10:37 am
Forum: Announcements and Introductions
Topic: Prayer Requests & Personal Testimonies
Replies: 347
Views: 102006

Re: Prayer Requests & Personal Testimonies

Please pray for GaryK and myself. We are both in 2 different hospitals for conditions with our bowels. I had a perforated duodenum and had to have surgery to fix me, and Gary had blood in his stool- not fixed but red and raw. That was all he was able to tell me when we talked on the phone. I'm reco...
by GaryK
Mon May 20, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: Announcements and Introductions
Topic: Prayer Requests & Personal Testimonies
Replies: 347
Views: 102006

Re: Prayer Requests & Personal Testimonies

Please pray for GaryK and myself. We are both in 2 different hospitals for conditions with our bowels. I had a perforated duodenum and had to have surgery to fix me, and Gary had blood in his stool- not fixed but red and raw. That was all he was able to tell me when we talked on the phone. I'm reco...