Posted on 06/01/2024 12:14:53 AM PDT by John Semmens
This week, former President Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of trying to conceal "hush money" payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels after the 2016 election. Normally, the statute of limitations would have prevented the case from being brought, but New York state law was modified to allow this prosecution of Trump. Considering that Daniels accepted payment for agreeing to a perfectly legal Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) yet still went on to make defamatory charges against Trump it seems clear that nothing was "hushed up." Eight years ago the Federal Elections Commission decided that since the payments were made after the 2016 election, so there was no way they could've influenced the outcome and no violation of election laws.
Both New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg promised voters they would get Trump. James nailed Trump with a half-billion dollar fine on a real estate loan that was paid back in full with interest. Bragg convicted Trump of an ex-post-facto crime in a venue where 90% of the jury pool hates Trump. Irked at this special treatment, Trump called the cases against him "rigged" and "unfair."
Apparently, a lot of people agree with Trump. In the first 24 hours since the verdict was announced $50 million in donations to his campaign were made. Biden campaign spokesman Michael Tyler praised "the courageous jurors who have brought this monster to heel. It once again proves that no one is above the law."
Trump asserted that "if no one is above the law, why hasn't Biden been made to answer for the bribes he's received? Why was he so easily let off the hook for mishandling classified documents?"
Biden clarified the issue, saying "as president, I am the law. Special Prosecutor Robert Hur knows this. That's why he prudently recognized that charging me with mishandling classified documents would hurt him more that it would hurt me. Attorney General Garland takes his orders from me. He doesn't dare charge me with bribery or any other crime. The Republicans in Congress have no leverage on impeachment when Democrats in the Senate will never convict me. The Supreme Court said I had no authority to cancel student debt, but I did it anyway. I ordered millions of Americans to take an experimental vaccine--even children and babies. I am the Commander-in-Chief of the world's most powerful military. No one in their right mind will take the risk of getting crosswise with me. In light of the awesome power I command, Trump complaining that he's being treated unfairly is a risk only the insane would take. I mean, I could order him to be killed tomorrow and no one would dare try to stop me."
In related news, Hillary Clinton hailed "this latest nail in Trump's coffin. Now that Bragg has proved Trump cheated me out of my turn to be president in 2016 how many billions of dollars does he owe me? Kooky E. Jean Carroll got $88 million for being defamed by Trump. The state of New York got almost half a billion from Trump as a fine for his real estate deals. Since I lost out on far more than these others I should get whatever remains of his wealth. He could still run for president from a prison cell, but he can't win if I've got all his money."
If you missed any of the other Semi-News/Semi-Satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/363239-2024-06-01-semi-news-semi-satire-june-2-2024-edition.htm
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Fake nonsense.
Tough to mine humor from such a tragic situation. I’m trying to get over the nausea from realizing there’s a place where our laws and very rights can be overturned by a few evil people in the right positions.
You call it ‘satire’ and I call it prophecy.
So, you suggest in private mail that i “look up satire” than reread the article. I find the article odious, i do not need to reread it to say that, publicly.
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