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.
If he overruled the jury that way, he’d be open to all kinds of crap.
**** the *******.
Burn it down.
One might tell the poster that with that kind of “explanation” specifying “the exact same events” that if his aunt had balls, it would be his uncle.
Given the content of that post to you, that just might be very true.
Aside from that totally inane element of your argument, your claim is a counterfactual conditional.
Counterfactual conditionals can be useful mental exercises. For example theorizing what would have happened if the outcome of a war had been different. Counterfactual conditionals can be based on analytical thinking.
OTOH, your counterfactual conditional is simply making things up. It doesn't follow from any empirical data.
In addition to being made up, it does not address anything Mark Levin actually said about this bizarre situation. It has no relevance to anything. It seems your counterfactual is intended to change the subject.
Most people here believed that Kyle Rittenhouse would be found guilty.
He wasn’t.
Don’t give up so easy.
Isn’t there laws about fellow jurist revealing how the others ruled? In a high profile trial, a verdict holdout’s identity, if revealed, could be a threat to their life.
This govt has lost their minds over Trump. It clearly shows that they have no business being IN the govt.
Why is that jerkoff on FR?
Merchan has already said that he doesn’t care what the Jury decides, he will make the final decision.
But, Yeah, it would be nice to know that there is at least one fair, thinking and honest person in the New York Jury pool.
When, and in what exact words, did he say that?
Hunter committed actual crimes. Hunter was given a pass on a slam-dunk tax evasion case.
Trump, the Cleanest Guy in The DC Swamp, didn't commit any crimes at all.
He was dragged into Democrat jurisdictions and given a taste of Pure Democracy - of the Democrats, by the Democrats and for the Democrats. Mob rule and a lynching*, in other words.
How DARE you defend that sort of behavior on a forum based on our Representative Republic, all while pretending to be a conservative?
Excellent analysis of a counterfactual conditional in your post #64, BTW, lasereye.
I think you may have noticed that lots of posters around here seem to have your number, joesbucks.
You gonna opus out a 27-year-old FR account defending some cartel stooge & vile wetback cur who is abusing the American legal system for his political party, cucks? Hmmmmmmmmm?
*seems like you and your Democrat Party pals have always liked a little lynching when it comes to your political enemies, joescucks. Things haven't changed with your ilk in over 175 years...
ok
“ No matter which sides wins the ‘24 election, there will be violence.
Thanks, DemocRATs. I really, really hope that you pay for it.
Dearly.”
I’m willing to do my part. Lock and load.
My apologies; I must have misread or misinterpreted something I read or heard he said a few months ago. I can’t find anything about it now., All I can find is his statements that the jury doesn’t need to agree on a Predicate crime to find Trump guilty.
If it were 12 random citizens, sure. If it were 12 random citizens who made it through jury selection, sure.
There’s a substantial chance the jury pool was stacked.
There’s a substantial chance that even if there’s someone who might be thinking of not guilty, they could be bought or scared off.
Merchan is not acting like a guy who thinks this is a done deal, though.
bttt
I'm just waiting for one idea to fit into my plan.
I suspect those attorneys were placed there to watch, and report, suspected stealth jury nullification by a juror. Watching jury deliberations to see if a juror is intentionally monkeying with their predetermined verdict.
The attorneys, I believe, are the eyes and ears of the judge
I thought Kyle Rittenhouse would be found not guilty from the get go. Only had to watch the video of the three guys atte.pting to use deadly force against him.
That and a judge who wasn’t going to take shit from the prosecutor.
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