Posted on 05/28/2024 5:43:42 PM PDT by conservative98
Merchan is a crooked judge, pure and simple
I am not in the Manhattan courthouse, but I am listening carefully to what lawyers I trust (from Fox) who are there are texting/emailing to reporters, who are, in turn, reading them on air at Fox, as well as those who have left the courthouse and are speaking directly on air. The judge is a disgusting fraud who has his foot on the defense lawyer's neck, while he allows the prosecutor to ramble on in every direction, including (only now) about federal campaign law and personal insinuations about Trump, as well as suggestions that Cohen's actions can be inferred on to Trump. Outrageous.
This judge was specifically appointed to handle this case. From the start, he has shredded the law and the rules of evidence, he has stomped all over due process, he has silenced Trump respecting most aspects of the case, he has allowed collateral evidence into the trial (of which there is a ton), he has assumed jurisdiction over federal election law (preventing the defense from putting on one of the top experts in the nation from testifying to the jury), he has not directed the prosecution to state the alleged federal crimes with specificity (re federal campaign law, he has not required proof of anything let alone a citation to what law they're only now inferring), etc. Then there was Stormy Daniels, who was used to embarrass Trump and spew her hate and nothing more. Michael Cohen, who lies whenever he opens his mouth, was the lead state witness. That is how preposterous this entire case is. Now, the Access Hollywood tape. None of this is relevant. It is all intended to create anger and hate against Trump by the jurors, which is an abomination. This character assassination, under cover of a so-called justice system, is pure Stalinism. One can only imagine what kind of jury instructions this so-called judge will give the jury.
Meanwhile, to underscore the political nature of all of this (as if it needs to be underscored), the Biden campaign used Robert De Niro, a foul-mouthed mad man, to accuse Trump of effectively being Genghis Kahn in the midst of the closing arguments, and the White House has told the media that Biden himself will comment as president after the jury issues its verdict.
Let's remember, this is a non-case. There is no crime, federal, state, or local. The state misdemeanor having to do with corporate reporting was not violated. The NDA was a legal expense and reported as such. The misdemeanor statue had already run anyway.
As a result of leftwing groups filing a complaint with the FEC, claiming the NDA was an illegal federal campaign contribution, the FEC said it was not. As if all of this were not enough, the SDNY U.S. attorney's office took another look at the case. It dropped it. Indeed, it was Cohen who agreed to committing a list of federal crimes, including perjury. The former Manhattan DA looked at it and dropped it. Bragg originally blew it off but when one of Biden's henchmen was sent to NY to work on the non-fraud fraud case, and then moved to the non-crime criminal case, it was taken up. Then the preposterous theory was concocted: well, the state misdemeanor statute can be revived if the NDA can be said to have covered up another crime, in this case a federal campaign violation. And their key witness, Cohen. Of course, the DA has no jurisdictional authority on federal campaign matters. The FEC and SDNY do have jurisdiction but refused to bring charges. Hence, there was no federal campaign violation. The judge refused to allow Brad Smith, former chairman of the FEC and federal campaign law expert, to testify for the defense as an expert witness, who would have fired a fatal legal torpedo into the DA's case. As he said on three different occasions on Life, Liberty & Levin, there was no federal election crime, which is precisely why the judge wouldn't let the jury hear from him. There's much more, of course.
The so-called judge in this case, Juan Merchan, is what we used to call a hanging judge. That is, the trial process is nothing more than a formality. In the end, nothing can be said, no evidence can be presented, no witness can alter, and no injustice can prevent the preordained outcome demanded by the judge. At least that is this judge's intent and goal.
Remember, at the crux of all of this, there has been no evidence that Trump violated federal election law, let alone did so with intent and for which there is no reasonable doubt. The state law cannot be revived without proving this. My hope is that there's at least one juror with the smarts, guts, and conscience, who cuts through the static, the collateral evidence, and the judge's misconduct, and says no to Merchan, no to Bragg, no to the Biden regime, and no to this horrendous tyranny.
Let’s hope. There was an attorney, iirc, and an investment banker and another financial type of guy, so not all were idiots. Whether they care enough to do the right thing, or any of the others will, we’ll see.
I think the inevitable guilty verdict will cement the end of America.
If they can do this to Trump, what chance do we have.
I’m pretty much done with our fraud of a “country”.
There’s two attorneys on the jury. You’d think they’d be smart enough and ethical enough to... Oh never mind, it’s NY city.
Well we know that most of the TDS is based on ignorance and lies.
Maybe, just maybe, there are some of the jurors who don’t “hate” DJT, just “dislike” him.
And maybe, just maybe, there will be at least one jury member that is now no longer ignorant and sees through the lies.
Then maybe, just maybe, that jury member (or those jury members) vote to acquit.
Maybe . . .
Please write that in h2.
I think they are on the jury to use their education and experience to bully any juror who expresses any doubt about guilt.
Mob rule.
Good Luck with that scenario.
A guilty verdict is baked into the cake also why Biden “agreed” to an early debate. They know Trump will be mired in legal glue and maybe unable to show because of a sham incarceration
The Judge whose daughter raised over $100 Million on this very case allowed Jurors onto the Jury that said they hated Trump.
Over objections by Trump Lawyers
I am sure the jurors have been told in no uncertain terms that their very lives and those of their family will depend on their verdicts.
If this were Hunter’s case, I think Levin’s thoughts would totally opposite.
Trump will be at the debate unless he chooses not to.
GET OFF THE THREAD, PUNK.
Roy Bean, West of the Pecos, was the original Hanging Judge, but the criminals/outlaws were guilty of a crime...
You all have to remember this corrupt judge comes from a very, very corrupt country. He is a Colombian immigrant! There in that corrupt hellhole, they have no laws they rule themselves, and this piece of shit Who grew up in Columbia is bringing his nation’s corrupt Colombian law into our nation and into our court room! Where the hell is the uproar from our reps and conservative people in NY? What about the upper courts? Aren’t they concerned? What’s going on ..how the people are beginning to see our law system? Somehow there needs to be accountability and this piece of crap needs to be accountable!
I’ve never made it onto a jury but I’d hope that if I did I’d have the fortitude to not go with the easy decision.
Those of us who resisted the vax and covid restrictions show that america still has small bastions of patriots.
Trumps appeal ( if found guilty of what I still don’t understand) will stretch into his Presidency in which I understand will be dealt with after his second term.
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