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Is Mark Meadows preparing to flip on Trump in Georgia case?
Hotair ^ | 09/05/2023 | Karen Townsend

Posted on 09/05/2023 9:40:26 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: kiryandil

Very good you did not include the word Republic as in banana republics. We are just a banana if Biden is allowed to prosecute his opponent in next election.

It was nice knowing you USA which operated as constitutional Republic since George Washington was president.


21 posted on 09/05/2023 11:30:36 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like Desantis build wealth. Trump sacrificed his wealth to serve people. GO TRUMP)
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To: SeekAndFind

I left Hot Air four years ago and will never go back.


22 posted on 09/05/2023 11:50:16 PM PDT by roving (👌⚓Deplorable Listless Vessel with Trumpitist who looks Trumpish)
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To: srmanuel

Trump held a fundraiser for Rudy and the others.


23 posted on 09/05/2023 11:52:07 PM PDT by roving (👌⚓Deplorable Listless Vessel with Trumpitist who looks Trumpish)
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To: SeekAndFind

Not a single actual “crime” anywhere in this article.


24 posted on 09/05/2023 11:52:52 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Nervous Tick

Didn’t I see them pushing this story a month or two ago?

Repeating it isn’t going to make it come true.


25 posted on 09/05/2023 11:56:30 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump is spending plenty of money on his own court issues. Why would anyone think he should pay for anyone else’s


26 posted on 09/05/2023 11:57:28 PM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: SeekAndFind
A compelling rationale for Meadows flipping is to avoid not just potential jail time -- even if on a false conviction subject to reversal -- but to avoid the ongoing and ruinous expense of paying attorneys to defend him. My guess is that Meadows will ultimately give little to the case against Trump in an objective and factual sense but much to the prosecution on the mere appearance of Trump's former Chief of Staff as a witness against him.

For those believers in the judicial system, let me share an insight known well to experienced judges and lawyers. A criminal case can be rigged for conviction in ways that are hard to overturn on appeal. A determined and unethical prosecution with a compliant judge can constrain the defense, fashion a superficially strong case, and pack the jury with members inclined to convict.

Small unspoken signs of favor and disfavor by a judge can also easily prejudice even a fair and neutral jury. All it takes is for the judge to look interested and have a slight smile when the prosecution puts on their case, but then to lean back and frown when the defense puts witnesses on and speaks. In an intimidating environment with a challenging task, even honest jurors tend to look to the judge for signs of how they should assess the case before them. Good judges know this and are utterly neutral and unreadable in court room manner.

Since none of that normally appears on the record, defense attorneys have to challenge the judge and put the signs of prejudice on the record. Most attorneys would rather chew off their thumbs than do that because they know that even an eventual favorable ruling on appeal will risk wide dislike of them by other judges.

27 posted on 09/06/2023 12:04:26 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope some investigative reporter starts digging into his harem. He was known in DC to hire young pretty girls as his assistants. He could be their father or even their grandfather, which creeps me out.


28 posted on 09/06/2023 12:20:20 AM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: bray
Only the DNC would consider questioning a questionable election is a criminal event.

That's only when a Republican is doing the questioning. If THEY do it, it's "democracy", and perfectly legal.

29 posted on 09/06/2023 12:20:42 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Faux News: "We distort, you deride")
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To: roving

It’s better than nothing but a few hundred thousand compared to 10s of motion legal fees is not much

In Rudy’s case it’s Trump that owes him money


30 posted on 09/06/2023 12:50:26 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: kiryandil

I prefer mine stage 3.


31 posted on 09/06/2023 1:32:53 AM PDT by joesbucks (It's called love-bombing. Claiming he's saving the world. This is a cult. Just back away. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Sing about what? No crime was committed.


32 posted on 09/06/2023 1:38:30 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: srmanuel

Trump is holding fundraisers at his New Jersey club for Rudy.


33 posted on 09/06/2023 1:46:05 AM PDT by Trump_Triumphant ("Our hearts are restless, Oh Lord, until they rest in thee"- St. Augustine)
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To: Trump_Triumphant

That’s great but Trump owes Giuliani several million dollars over his work after the 2020 election and so far reports are Trump is refusing to pay him


35 posted on 09/06/2023 2:25:43 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: SeekAndFind

Mark Meadows ... another dis-appointment


36 posted on 09/06/2023 2:26:32 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: srmanuel

If he pays him now, it would look like witness tampering. The fundraisers are dinners for the donor class. I’m sure they’ll raise a substantial sum of money.


37 posted on 09/06/2023 2:47:09 AM PDT by Trump_Triumphant ("Our hearts are restless, Oh Lord, until they rest in thee"- St. Augustine)
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To: Nervous Tick

politico is most likely a mockingbird led production. That means it hates Trump most of the time and than pretends to be fair and balanced some of the time. Don’t trust a thing they do.


38 posted on 09/06/2023 3:09:22 AM PDT by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!! ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY: UNTIL ITS NOT)
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump said flipping ought to be illegal. i don’t know about that but any flipped testimony should be thrown out of court.


39 posted on 09/06/2023 3:41:37 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: Trump_Triumphant

Unless Rudy flips on Trump, he wouldn’t be a witness and I don’t how it would be considered tampering.

Trump is paying the legal bills of some of the other defendants, what I can’t figure why is Rudy one of the exceptions.


40 posted on 09/06/2023 3:44:35 AM PDT by srmanuel
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