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- Fri May 31, 2024 10:42 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump Convicted
- Replies: 122
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Re: Trump Convicted
They concluded there wasn't enough to recommend an investigation, let alone an indictment or prosecution. Let's look at the record shall we? From the same source as above: In a statement explaining their votes against moving forward with an investigation, Cooksey and Trainor avoided addressing the ...
- Fri May 31, 2024 9:45 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump Convicted
- Replies: 122
- Views: 2054
Re: Trump Convicted
Tell us what conclusion the FEC reached with respect to Trump's guilt or innocence? The record is out there. Feel free to quote any part of it you want. They concluded there wasn't enough to recommend an investigation, let alone an indictment or prosecution. Let's look at the record shall we? From ...
- Fri May 31, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump Convicted
- Replies: 122
- Views: 2054
Re: Trump Convicted
Fairness comes into the process at other points such as sentencing and parole. But don't juries sometimes recommend a sentence as well? Almost never. In most jurisdictions it is judges. They consider a variety of factors such as past history of the defendant, whether the defendant has expressed rem...
- Fri May 31, 2024 9:21 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump Convicted
- Replies: 122
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Re: Trump Convicted
In the new world liberals want to create for themselves (and force the rest of us to live in), these things aren't relevant to justice: - Fairness. I keep seeing over and over "it doesn't matter if the trial was unfair and the jury shouldn't even consider that." That's a really interestin...
- Fri May 31, 2024 8:31 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump Convicted
- Replies: 122
- Views: 2054
Re: Trump Convicted
I think it might be worthy to note again that the jury did not need to determine whether Trump is getting fair treatment as compared with others who do similar crimes. All they needed to do was determine innocent or guilty. The same will be true with Hunter Biden. I'm curious though whether there a...
- Fri May 31, 2024 8:24 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump Convicted
- Replies: 122
- Views: 2054
Re: Trump Convicted
The FEC looked at all this and said it was not a crime. Really??? https://www.citizensforethics.org/news/analysis/no-the-fec-did-not-absolve-trump-of-his-hush-money-campaign-finance-issues/ Yes. The FEC looked at it, and decided there wasn't grounds to move forward. But the six-person bipartisan ag...
- Fri May 31, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump Convicted
- Replies: 122
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Re: Trump Convicted
We don't need to speculate.HondurasKeiser wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2024 5:53 pmSo you know that Judge Merchen did nothing improper because Ruth Marcus says so?
If he did it will be grounds for a successful appeal. That is how the adversarial justice system works.
- Fri May 31, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump Convicted
- Replies: 122
- Views: 2054
Re: Trump Convicted
And the discussion here on MN has no rules of evidence. So yeah, I'll take a jury trial over social media any day. I try to hold myself to a high standard for rules of evidence. And I encourage you to do the same. I have searched rather intensively and cannot find the evidence you claim in the post...
- Fri May 31, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump Convicted
- Replies: 122
- Views: 2054
Re: Trump Convicted
I have no idea. I wasn't there. It wasn't televised. And I haven't read all 94 pages of trial transcripts. Knock yourself out if you are curious: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/30/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial-transcript-may-29.html?u2g=i&unlocked_article_code=1.wE0.FzNI.mXQ7AHRb...
- Fri May 31, 2024 4:32 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Trump Convicted
- Replies: 122
- Views: 2054
Re: Trump Convicted
What was the additional criminal intent he was convicted of? 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 contrib...