Posted on 06/07/2024 9:45:04 AM PDT by bitt
Can they file an appeal before the sentence is read? I don’t think that would make sense.
"Better?" You think Bragg and Merchan would not twist whatever they picked into a "crime?"
Actually I don't know what the jury believed. I know how they voted.
The FEC concluded that the Clinton campaign and DNC misreported the money that funded the dossier, masking it as “legal services” and “legal and compliance consulting” instead of opposition research.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/politics/clinton-dnc-steele-dossier-fusion-gps/index.html
That really burns my britches. Hillary did the same exact misreporting of a legal expense to hide a payout to somebody (Steele), but this time it really was used to try to influence an election.
The Stormy Daniels payment was not election related, but Hillary's definitely was. She did exactly what Trump is accused of doing, but a thousand times worse.
Not disagreeing with you, but that seems literally insane. If true, that law should be taken up to the Supreme Court as unconstitutional under the 6th Amendment. Since, as I understand it, the whole "falsifying business documents" is predicated on the commission of some other felony, it seems pure madness to be able to convict when the other felony has not been proven.
Yes, it sounds insane to me. Other posters are telling me that such prosecutions are completely normal. I don't understand why ethical lawyers and judges would want the law to work that way. Maybe it's some kind of legal trick that was originally used against terrorists or mobsters.
“Better?” You think Bragg and Merchan would not twist whatever they picked into a “crime?”
You missed the point I was trying to make.
I am not saying that what you suggest is a bad idea, but there is no guarantee one way or the other. Gensler submitted the Steele crap as “legal expenses,” and neither he nor Hillary was charged, as you may have heard. “No reasonable prosecutor...”
“Not disagreeing with you, but that seems literally insane. “
It does seem weird but according to the articles I’ve read, that is the way it is
Yale law professor says Trump isn’t a convicted felon despite guilty verdict — here’s why
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