Posted on 10/06/2026 10:01:16 AM PDT by ransomnote
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23hTrumps 34 felonies explained by a judge so the next time some liberal starts ranting about Trump being a felon you can rant right back at them about how ridiculous their accusations really are.
October 5, 2026
TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~
Mr. GAETZ. Judge Wilson, what is the statute of limitations on a mis-
demeanor in New York?
Judge WILSON. One year.
Mr. GAETZ. The business case is a misdemeanor, correct?
Judge WILSON. The underlying crime, the falsified business
records, yes, that’s a misdemeanor charge.
Mr. GAETZ. So, the only way to get to a felony is by committing—
or is by concealment of another crime?
Judge WILSON. Correct.
Mr. GAETZ. Each one of those crimes has a specific element?
Judge WILSON. That’s right.
Mr. GAETZ. You have to prove—to get a conviction at trial you
have to prove every element of the crime beyond a reasonable
doubt, right? That is just traditionally how this works?
Judge WILSON. That is the right way to do it.
Mr. GAETZ. So, in the indictment did they put the underlying
crime?
Judge WILSON. No, they did not. They only described it as other
crimes.
Mr. GAETZ. OK. In the jury instructions did they put the specific
underlying crime?
Judge WILSON. No, the falsifying business records was described
in the jury instructions. There was some brief description of the
New York State election law violation, but there was no description
given of the three—choice of three crimes. There was a description
given of falsifying business records, which was pretty ironic, be-
cause it was falsifying business records to falsify business records.
Mr. GAETZ. So, that is also a misdemeanor, right?
Judge WILSON. That should be, yes.
Mr. GAETZ. So, you have two plus two equals six. Like if you
commit two misdemeanors you get to the felony statute of limita-
tions, which they had to get or they could have never brought the
case?
Judge WILSON. That’s correct, but there’s some more question
marks regarding the statute of limitations. It’s not cut and dried
because the time that Donald Trump spent out of New York could
be used to toll the statute of limitations. That was the ruling in the
Court of Appeals Harvey Weinstein case. He argued that the time
that he spent out of California should not have tolled it—out of
New York, that is, in California, should not have tolled the time
limitations. The Court of Appeals ruled against him on that issue.
So, that’s how they get around the statute of limitations problem
in this case.
Mr. GAETZ. So, was the election law case a Federal election law
or a State election law underlying crime?
Judge WILSON. Seemed like it was charged both when we got to
the jury instructions. There’s a violation of New York election law
charge, but then there’s one—among the three charges underlying
is an unspecified violation of Federal election law.
Mr. GAETZ. Then the third one was tax violation, right?
Judge WILSON. Also, unspecified.
Mr. GAETZ. So, do all three of those underlying crimes have sig-
nificantly different elements of the crime?
Judge WILSON. That is correct.
Mr. GAETZ. Were any of the elements of those crimes listed?
Judge WILSON. No. Not at all.
Mr. GAETZ. So, this is important, and it might not be as robust
or anything, but when you defend a client in court, if you don’t
know what the elements of the crime you are defending, how do
you mount a defense?
Judge WILSON. You can’t. That’s the very issue of fundamental
fairness that I referenced. You as a defendant are entitled to know
what the charges are against you so that you can defend against
those charges. Donald Trump was never made aware of what the
extent of the charges were against him until the end of the trial.
Mr. GAETZ. The elements of the crime go in the jury instructions.
Traditionally, that is how it works. Federal Court, State Court,
North Dakota State Court, and Minnesota. I have been in all these
different jurisdictions. You actually get the elements of the under-
lying crime, correct?
Judge WILSON. Anytime that I instructed a jury I instructed
them what the elements of the crime were.
Mr. GAETZ. Instead in this case they got a grab bag?
Judge WILSON. They got a choice of three when it came to the
underlying crimes. We don’t even know which ones they chose, so
we don’t know whether or not they could have been unanimous on
those three or not. That’s another failing of the jury instructions.
Mr. GAETZ. So, not only did we have not the elements of the
crime, but we had three different crimes with three vastly different
elements of the crimes?
Judge WILSON. All unspecified.
Mr. GAETZ. None of them in the indictment? The elements of the
crimes weren’t in the bill of particulars. Last, hearing I had the bill
of particulars waved at me like it was some kind of magic docu-
ment that flew in here with its own cape.
Judge WILSON. So, the statement of facts only describes a series
of allegations, a series of actions that it’s believed that Donald
Trump took. None of them describe any criminal activity. None of
them describe any—they don’t describe any elements of any crime.
Mr. GAETZ. That is why you believe, as do I, that when this goes
on appeal there is going to be significant legal issues to argue that
the jury never actually got them put in front of them?
Judge WILSON. I have very little doubt that this matter will be
reversed on appeal and based on these issues.~~~END OF TRANSCRIPT.
Full hearing transcript: https://www.congress.gov/118/chrg/CHRG-118hhrg56300/CHRG-118hhrg56300.pdf
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Jim
Basically, in this country, they make up the law as they go along.
So, if they want to “get” you, they just invent something, like Kathy Hoe-chul does in a lot of cases.
Ok. So why is the court dragging their feet? (So democrats can milk this)
When will they finally rule? (Once democrats are done milking it)
How is this fair? (It’s not)
If they can do this to a us president just wait till you see what they can do to you.
We got too many black robed dictators on our courts who like to twist the law to fit their political bent.
After reading the transcript, the Judge should have immediately found the lawyer in Contempt of Copurt and JAILED him, then referred him to the BAR for permanent Disbarment.
When people hate Trump they will not discuss anything that has anything to do with him
It’s like invasion of tge body snatchers
It’s like the stepford wives
So, when is it going to be reversed?
Another Fake judge but a Real Idiot
The overturn can’t happen quickly enough.
It has been two years since the verdict and still nothing from the appeals level.
“...you can rant right back at them”
You can’t reason with libtards.
Reason has no place in their psyche.
Wouldn’t waste my breath.
Democrats always bet heave on ridiculous accusations more often about Trump they any other item they opt to lean on.
They have a long list on things they are incompetent in.
“Judge WILSON. So, the statement of facts only describes a series of allegations,”
.
That pretty much sums up almost all prog attempts at (name current Republican) “justice,” for republican “criminals” and talking head prog media.
Lots of noise, no actual evidence.
.
The whole system is a sham. The idea of the rule of law is bunk. If you ran the exact same case on Obama you should get the exact same results. NOBODY believes that.
The appeals court will get around to the appeal after Trump leaves office.
How has more females in Congress affected the government? 😂
This appeal needs to hurry up and be heard and ruled upon. I am sick and tired of waiting on Trump’s guaranteed exoneration. I am getting tired of waiting to throw this back into the faces of the comie libs who have been righteously able to scream “34 time convicted felon” because the official criminal justice system has deemed it so, albeit corruptly.
What the heck are we waiting for.
Why is this appeal taking so dang long? Get on with it. Frustrating.
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