Posted on 03/30/2023 5:06:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A grand jury in New York has indicted former President Donald Trump, according to emerging reports.
“A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, a historic development that will shake up the 2024 presidential race and forever mark him as the nation’s first former president to face criminal charges,” the New York Times reported on Thursday evening.
“The felony indictment, filed under seal by the Manhattan district attorney’s office, will likely be announced in the coming days. By then, prosecutors working for the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, will have asked Mr. Trump to surrender and to face arraignment on charges that remain unknown for now.”
Trump, reacting to the news, bashed the decision as “Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.”
“From the time I came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower, and even before I was sworn in as your President of the United States, the Radical Left Democrats – the enemy of the hard-working men and women of this Country – have been engaged in a Witch-Hunt to destroy the Make America Great Again movement,” Trump said in a statement responding to the news he has been indicted. “You remember it just like I do: Russia, Russia, Russia; the Mueller Hoax; Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine; Impeachment Hoax 1; Impeachment Hoax 2; the illegal and unconstitutional Mar-a-Lago raid; and now this. The Democrats have lied, cheated and stolen in their obsession with trying to ‘Get Trump,’ but now they’ve done the unthinkable – indicting a completely innocent person in an act of blatant Election Interference. Never before in our Nation’s history has this been done...
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Finally, someone who sees where the true obstacle to a Trump Presidency resides. Everyone here is so worried about the Nov. election when there is absolutely no guarantee of even getting to the convention.
Really? Is it in the Constitution? Have the courts ruled on qualifications for federal office beyond what the Constitution requires?
This is the first shoe to drop. The Fulton County, Georgia case will almost certainly result in an indictment against Trump. Followed by the federal special prosecutor investigating the archives papers and January 6.
The RINO’s will want to exclude Trump from running in the GOP primaries. They may be able to have enough state GOP organizations refuse to let him run in their states to make it impossible for him to win enough delegates to win at the convention.
Meanwhile the 24/7 news cycle will spin constantly with trial news. The Dems will the ability to choose the juries and likely the judges in all three cases. Likely at least one will result in a conviction. The appeals process can be very long and in the event of a conviction the appeals court may not hear the case for more than a year. In the interval the election comes and goes. If Trump is on the ballot as the GOP candidate or an independent, the media will work with the Dems to convince the voting public a candidate convicted of a crime should not be elected.
Imagine Trump is the GOP POTUS candidate, has been convicted of some crime, and is sitting in jail on election day. The Democrat ballot stuffing machine is in overdrive and Trump loses the election due to the steal. If the Republicans wouldn’t oppose the steal in 2020, will they oppose the steal when the victim is a convicted felon they hate?
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If the GOP leadership wants their voters to abandon the Republican Party, then they’ll adopt the positions you laid out for the primaries.
I don’t care what they do. I’ve been sick of these GOP pussies for about 30 years.
Revenge
They hate Trump and all that he has done and will do
They’ve been after him for years
“Time for another 100 posts bashing DeSantis.”
If DeSantis is smart, he will sit on his massive war chest for a future run and get behind Donald Trump for president.
Who knows? It’s still not inconceivable he could be the VP.
They already had to defend their record in 2022, yet they did quite well. And their electoral theft skills have only improved since then.
The game is different now. And deadly serious.
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On that point, I couldn’t agree with you more. However, I believe there is a Devine Intervention at work with Trump’s appearance and continuing presence in politics, not unlike what occurred when the Founding Fathers gathered together to create this God-inspired, great Country of ours. In my estimation, it’s Biblical. Therefore, we must continue to pray for his safety and God’s strong hand to guide him through the demonic hell that’s been launched against him.
All of this is true, but he will have a New York City jury.
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