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Polls and fund raising is saying something different. Polls and fund raising measure political passion. And Trump is good at whipping up political passion. I hope we never live in a country where people are found guilty or innocent on the basis of polls and fund raising. Or media talking points. Or...

Yes, they talk about how the money was reported to the IRS as having been paid to Cohen as income, but a 1099 is an informational return - a business has to file a 1099 if they make certain payments to others regardless of whether those payments are tax deductible. All the discussion about tax trea...

Mechan, on the other hand, promised no vengeance, encouraged the jury to reach their own conclusions, and was careful to do things by the book . According the Alan Dershowitz and Johnathan Turley, along with many other legal experts I have heard of late, he went way outside the book on multiple ite...

Seems a lot of people disagree with the verdict. They are putting their money where their mouth is. Sure, Trump is doing a good job of politicizing this and promising political vengeance. Trump knows how to raise money off of partisan outrage and grievance. But he and his lawyer did not seem to be ...

Also, search for the string "1099" to see what was said about 1099s that were submitted. For instance: They include Cohen's bank opening records at First Republic Bank for both Resolution Consultants and Essential Consultants; the bank paperwork for the wire transfer to Keith Davidson; th...

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...

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...

Was falsification of tax returns and campaign finance violations part of the examination and cross examination process of the trial? I don't recall that it was. I realize that this may have been part of the jury instructions, but was it part of the trial? Of course. Otherwise, the jury would have f...

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. Judge Merchan instructed the jury, they didn’t need to "unanimously agree on which...

When a post is put in Bunny Trails, can we assume it is off topic and need not be responded to? Doesn't seem like this thread is the one we need to spend our time and energy on.