Posted on 06/01/2024 11:53:32 AM PDT by janetjanet998
The judge who presided over Donald Trump’s fraud case closed off many avenues of appeal, leaving him few ways to escape his felony conviction
Bush v Gore has entered the chat..
this blazed the path for SCOTUS to step in (again). Because of the time constraints of the election a quick ruling was needed.
I think Levin and others are working on it. Scotus can’t step in until properly asked.
They of course are wrong.
You can shut them up when you ask them about bush v gore. They pulled the case out of florida because of time constraints.
election interference. if not settled quickly it will continue to damage the candidate.
I think it was the head of the FEC at the time.
The judge would not allow the federal election expert witness to testify!
Oh, f@#$ the NY Times. They talk out of their a@@es and lie constantly. F@#$ their “experts,” too. The case is not relevant. If anything, it is energizing his support. Voters are not “ignoring” this “conviction,” they are energized by it.
2021 New York Laws
ELN - Election
Article 17 - Violations of the Elective Franchise
17-152 - Conspiracy to Promote or Prevent Election.
"§ 17-152. Conspiracy to promote or prevent election. Any two or more persons who conspire to promote or prevent the election of any person to a public office by unlawful means and which conspiracy is acted upon by one or more of the parties thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
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IMHO: The Manhattan DA's objective in the present case before Judge Juan Merchan, has been to take whatever is the result, to the Court of Appeals of New York State - in order for the New York State Court of Appeals Justices to decide the intent of the New York State legislature, re:
The New York statute does not state that there must be a state law violation as the covered-up crime, for elevating a New York State misdemeanor to felony.
The Manhattan DA seeks a decision, that a covered-up federal crime, qualifies for elevating a New York State misdemeanor to felony.
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Elevating to a felony, by way of lawfare, was an ambition of Mike Pomerantz:
People vs. Donald Trump by Mike Pomerantz - Amazon.com book review - EXCERPTS:
Mike Pomerantz gathered enough evidence to support the view - held by many of his colleagues on the case, including former Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. - that former president Donald Trump should be indicted for a number of financial crimes. But that indictment never happened. This book explains why [according to its author, Mark Pomerantz].
Pomerantz’s work ultimately led to the indictment of the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, who pleaded guilty to tax fraud [04/10/2024, sentence: 5 months at Rikers]. But that indictment was merely the prelude to a larger criminal case that Pomerantz urged the Manhattan DA, Alvin Bragg, to bring against Donald Trump.
When the Manhattan DA refused to authorize that prosecution, Mike Pomerantz and his colleague Carey Dunne resigned.
About the author
Mark Pomerantz was born in Brooklyn and received a BA from Harvard College in 1972 and a JD from the University of Michigan Law School in 1975.
He worked as a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Pomerantz has also been on the faculty of Columbia Law School and has lectured on criminal procedure and white-collar law at Harvard and Stanford Law Schools.
From February 2021 to February 2022, he worked pro bono as special assistant district attorney in the office of the New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. to assist with that office’s criminal investigation into the personal and business finances of former president Donald Trump.
In other words, Mark Pomerantz thinks that he found a window of opportunity for making a mountain out of a mole hill, resulting in elevating "the seriousness of the charges" against Donald Trump.
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He’s not a felon. He’s a justice impacted individual.
Dershowitz, Ayala, and Geragos said the exact opposite yesterday on Megyn Kelly’s show. I’d believe them over the NYT any day.
Mark Levin says you can.
One idiot suggested that the defense team should have admitted that Trump had an affair with Stormy Daniels. Huh? Trump says it never happened, and even she has previously said it never happened. But it was clever of the judge to let her testify (to irrelevant matters) at the trial, because even a lot of people who plan to vote for Trump (like Tyrus on Gutfeld) now believe that the affair took place. That could cost Trump some votes in November.
Again? When did they stop?
The country is the people not corrupt officials.
It’s the New York Times…….
“Right, and Trump should immediately appeal this to the USSC as this is a matter of utmost national interest.”
Emergency appeals go to the circuit judge.
Basically, the article said the judge didn’t make any stupid mistakes, but there are still avenues for appeal.
he’ll pardon himself as soon as he’s elected.
I think the payment to Cohen was made in 17
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