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If they can do that to TRUMP, they can do that to YOU
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| 6/1/2024
| By Laz A. Mataz
Posted on 06/01/2024 6:28:27 AM PDT by Lazamataz
(At the end of this editorial, I'm offering the opportunity to get a bumper sticker to spread this message)
A long time ago, in 2005, I saw something George W. Bush had done, and I remarked: "First we beat the Soviet Union, then we became them." Little did I know that in under twenty years, we would see Soviet-style Show Trials. We just witnessed the most high-profile Show Trial in American history, where the President (and current candidate for a second term) was put through a trial where all of the elements were crafted to ensure a guilty verdict on manufactured crimes.
Consider the following elements:
- This judge was specifically selected to handle this case. This case was judge-shopped.
- The venue was specifically selected to ensure a Trump-hating jury.
- "Judge" Merchan took over Federal jurisdiction of election law, even though this was a state court.
- Further, Trump stood accused of a crime in which he had zero personal participation. Some nameless accountant filled out the expense information offered as evidence.
- Merchan refused to allow the defense to present witnesses that could refute the prosecution claims, most notably, one of the nation's foremost experts on Federal election law)
- The New York law (falsifying records) requires a predicate crime, none of which were proven or even formally alleged.
- Merchan instructed the jury to ignore the above fact and assume that a predicate crime exists.
- Multiple federal and state prosecutors passed on even charging Trump with any of those predicate crimes.
- The state crime that Trump was accused of, falsifying business records in pursuit of any other fraud, had long passed the Statute of Limitations, and could not legally be used as a charge.
- During the entire fraudulent trial, he out a gag order on Trump to ensure Trump could not defend himself in the court of public opinion.
- Merchan allowed elements of character assassination to be entered as evidence. How, exactly, was the Access Hollywood tape pertinent to this case?
- Merchan allowed a convicted perjurer and serial liar (Michael Cohen) to be the lead prosecution witness.
- The timing of the prosecution and sentencing of this case was carefully timed to inflict maximum political damage.
In short, a "hanging judge" was selected in a politically-hostile jurisdiction, wherein which the judge defied nearly every rule of evidence and law, muzzled the defense, and promoted every prosecution request, no matter how outrageous. This harkens back to the Soviet Show Trial era that Josef Stalin used to eliminate his opponents. Joe Biden personally showed that this fake trial was politically motivated by flashing a demonic grin when he was asked about the verdict, as he shuffled away from reporters.... and he sent a Trump-hating actor (Robert DiNero) to the courthouse to further assassinate Trump's character.
The so-called judge in this case, Juan Merchan, Merchan violated President Trump's Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights in so many ways.
- Trump's Sixth Amendment right to "an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed" was denied to him by Bragg and Merchan by not moving the venue to a more balanced location outside of New York City.
- Trump's Sixth Amendment right to a trial in "which district shall have been previously ascertained by law" was denied to him by Bragg and Merchan by trying a federal campaign finance law in a county court in New York.
- Trump's Sixth Amendment right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusations" against him was denied to him by Bragg and Merchan by not revealing what the underlying charge that bootstrapped the misdemeanors was. Even after conviction, nobody knows what the underlying crime was.
- Trump's Sixth Amendment right to "have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor" was denied to him by Bragg and Merchan by not letting Trump put the former Chairman of the Federal Elections Commission on the witness stand to give expert testimony on what constitutes illegal campaign spending.
- Trump's Sixth Amendment right to have a unanimous jury verdict was denied to him by Bragg and Merchan by letting the jury pick from several possible underlying crimes without all agreeing on what that crime was.
- Trump's Fifth Amendment right to "due process of law" was violated when Bragg and Merchan instructed the jury to presume guilt of the underlying crime that resuscitated misdemeanors that were past their statute of limitations.
To point out the motivations of this so-called judge (besides, of course, Trump Derangement Syndrome), it was revealed that Merchan's daughter (a Democrat consultant) is poised to receive $125 Million in fees, and was given unlimited access to his court.
If such a political, Soviet-style Show Trial can happen to a former President who also is a billionaire, is most certainly can happen to you.
TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: bumperstickers; convictedfelon; herotrump; hushmoneytrial; talkingpoints; trump; trumpguiltyverdict; trumppersecution; trumpverdict
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To: mware; usconservative
Watching Fox and Friends interview with Trump. Promised to release JFK files, 911 files and Epstine files. Laza I am more frightened for him them ever.I don't see how they don't kill him.
Actually, thinking it over: killing him in prison will actually be a lot harder, what with his accompanying Secret Service protection.
So maybe the sign they will attempt to kill him is they DON'T send him to prison.
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posted on
06/02/2024 6:15:48 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(We're next.)
To: SERE_DOC
Appreciate your thoughts, but I prefer the current headline to the article. It is more alliterative.
Thank you, however, for attempting to improve my work!
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posted on
06/02/2024 6:17:01 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(We're next.)
To: Nifster
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posted on
06/02/2024 6:17:44 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(We're next.)
To: Lazamataz
I'm unsure of the pathway SCOTUS could take to step in. There is an established pathway to SCOTUS, I don't think they can raise an issue themselves. If they did, it would be well outside of precedent. However, if they did, there would be -- as Algore once put it -- no Controlling Legal Authority to overrule them. Who can decide the constitutionality of a Supreme Court action? No one, that's who. Not Congress, and not the Executive branch. Mark Levin explained the pathway to SCOTUS extremely well on his show, and again on FoxNews (I saw the clip posted on Rumble. I do not watch FoxNews.) I couldn't possibly do it justice, other than to state there is a pathway based on the 2000 election.
Agree, we've lived in the 'sweet spot' of American history, and that's coming to a rapid end.
Finally, my brother (and I mean that from my heart) from another mother, all I will say is this: Iron sharpens Iron. You make me think more as well. Always appreciated that about you.
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posted on
06/02/2024 6:19:45 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: eartick
I love your action!
Yet, I’ve actually given this some thought. If we were to have an uprising, where? When? Washington DC? Do you know how wired that entire town is, and do you know how much hardcore military hardware is prepositioned there? Where else would we go, and what actions could we take that are meaningful and that would bring change?
Thinking quite hard about it, I have no answer to any of that. Unless some incredible leader emerges, I will stay stationary.
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posted on
06/02/2024 6:22:39 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(We're next.)
To: usconservative
Mark Levin explained the pathway to SCOTUS extremely well on his show, and again on FoxNews (I saw the clip posted on Rumble. I do not watch FoxNews.) I couldn't possibly do it justice, other than to state there is a pathway based on the 2000 election.I heard that the next day, he retracted his claim. He discovered why it didn't quite meet the thresholds.
Still, if we are living in a nearly lawless society, SCOTUS could simply go outside their normal boundaries.
Hell, if they did, I wouldn't put it past Obama/Biden to order the SCOTUS judges to be arrested for treason.
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posted on
06/02/2024 6:25:52 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(We're next.)
To: moovova
That meme ought to be on billboards, utility poles, t-shirts....
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posted on
06/02/2024 6:29:26 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: Lazamataz
What we need to do is show unity, numbers, and determination. Some thoughts...
Pick one biz ally of Deep State and boycott it for a specified period of time. Repeat as necessary.
Group together and pull your kids out of publik skrewls for a day nationwide. Repeat as necessary.
If Deep State targets a biz, find a way to support it. If you don’t need anything, buy something for someone who does. Repeat as necessary.
One thing I’d love to see just as one mother of a morale booster is people nationwide lighting up the night to spell MAGA. I don’t know how the heck we’d do that, but I’d love to see it.
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posted on
06/02/2024 6:38:26 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: mewzilla
One thing I’d love to see just as one mother of a morale booster is people nationwide lighting up the night to spell MAGA. Lighted drones, programmed to fly in formation. I could actually help here.
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posted on
06/02/2024 6:39:30 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(We're next.)
To: piytar; LambSlave; StAntKnee; HYPOCRACY; EEGator; Big Red Badger; Army Air Corps; Chickensoup; ...
I combined all my other ping lists to get a broader reach on this forum. I feel this article is THAT important. If you have been pinged twice, please excuse that.
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posted on
06/02/2024 6:44:49 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(We're next.)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
06/02/2024 7:03:05 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(For what is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed ...to be brought out. Mk 4:22)
To: wildbill
Quit Lying.
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posted on
06/02/2024 7:06:05 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Lazamataz
I didn't hear Levin's retraction, so thanks for that bit of info.
Allow me to go on record here:
If SCOTUS were to step in and go outside their normal boundaries and Biden's handlers manage to steal the 2024 election, you can expect to see them pack the courts with liberal judges and finish off the job of destroying the America you and I grew up in.
God help us all.
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posted on
06/02/2024 7:09:22 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
06/02/2024 7:17:50 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
( The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Lazamataz
Biden would ‘disqualify’ President Trump from having SS protection
“because hes a convicted felon”
To: FlingWingFlyer
I believe that what ‘fat-boy’ had on his side was surreptitious visits to all of the jurors individually during the week long ‘vacation’ that Merchan gave them (at his handlers’ demand, likley).
Those ‘visits’ were to reinforce the ‘requirement’ for a guilty verdict, regardless of the flimsy, or even nonexistent, predicate.
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posted on
06/02/2024 7:20:01 AM PDT
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
To: PubliusMM
I believe that what ‘fat-boy’ had on his side was surreptitious visits to all of the jurors individually during the week long ‘vacation’ that Merchan gave them (at his handlers’ demand, likley). Those ‘visits’ were to reinforce the ‘requirement’ for a guilty verdict, regardless of the flimsy, or even nonexistent, predicate. Like any good Banana Republic, "Plomo or Plata".
Lead or Silver.
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posted on
06/02/2024 7:35:18 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(We're next.)
To: Lazamataz
You’re fine.
If it’s that important nobody should be complaining about an extra ping.
If they are, it’s THEIR problem.
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posted on
06/02/2024 7:54:02 AM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
06/02/2024 7:57:05 AM PDT
by
laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: moovova
Thanks for posting that.
It is so true.
What happened to him is what they are planning for all of us.
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posted on
06/02/2024 7:57:58 AM PDT
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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