Grand jury votes to indict Trump

[UncleMark]

Breaking

Trump Indicted in New York: Donald Trump Is Indicted in New York

Mr. Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges. The precise charges are not yet known, but the case is focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Lucy01]

Breaking

Trump Indicted in New York: Donald Trump Is Indicted in New York

Mr. Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges. The precise charges are not yet known, but the case is focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign.

www.nytimes.com

The dims are politicizing the justice system! Paybacks will be hell.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Breaking

Trump Indicted in New York: Donald Trump Is Indicted in New York

Mr. Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges. The precise charges are not yet known, but the case is focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign.

www.nytimes.com

It’s the least of the possible indictments and the easiest to characterize as political. Trumpsters have a martyr now and their slavish devotion will only increase. It’s also going to be hard for the prosecution to win according to legal beagles. It’s just not the case that’s going to end Trump as a political player IMO, more so if he wins.

Won’t be boring here for a while.

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

Won’t be boring here for a while.

Or, will get even more boring.

 

[Univee2]

Breaking

Trump Indicted in New York: Donald Trump Is Indicted in New York

Mr. Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges. The precise charges are not yet known, but the case is focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign.

www.nytimes.com

May you live in interesting times.

 

[outside shooter]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Or, will get even more boring.

Repetitive probably.

 

[UncleMark]

It’s the least of the possible indictments and the easiest to characterize as political. Trumpsters have a martyr now and their slavish devotion will only increase.

Won’t be boring here for a while.

I won't disagree. Nevertheless, I want to see him run through the process and subject to whatever the circumstances merit. Even if it's a relatively minor infraction, I want it to play out.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I won't disagree. Nevertheless, I want to see him run through the process and subject to whatever the circumstances merit. Even if it's a relatively minor infraction, I want it to play out.

He’ll raise money. Drag it out. Have it dismissed. Win at trial. Or have a nothing sentence. Something dumb.

 

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Breaking

Trump Indicted in New York: Donald Trump Is Indicted in New York

Mr. Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges. The precise charges are not yet known, but the case is focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign.

www.nytimes.com

Might as well just lock this thread now.

 

[IU_Hickory]

Looks like the jury agreed with me that these charges are legit

 

[UncleMark]

He’ll raise money. Drag it out. Have it dismissed. Win at trial. Or have a nothing sentence. Something dumb.

IANAL, but his usual delaying tactics won't play as well once it gets to this point, will they?

 

[Univee2]

He’ll raise money. Drag it out. Have it dismissed. Win at trial. Or have a nothing sentence. Something dumb.

Look up Shit Show and you’ll see this.

 

[Harry Hondo]

It’s the least of the possible indictments and the easiest to characterize as political. Trumpsters have a martyr now and their slavish devotion will only increase. It’s also going to be hard for the prosecution to win according to legal beagles. It’s just not the case that’s going to end Trump as a political player IMO, more so if he wins.

Won’t be boring here for a while.

Death penalty case?

A martyr is someone who is killed because of their beliefs. Calling him a martyr is about as hyperbolic as Trump himself, so perhaps it’s fitting. 😂

 

[mcmurtry66]

Looks like the jury agreed with me that these charges are legit

Or there’s enough liberals that voted in the grand jury. Trial is different standard. Unanimous. Now instead of patting yourself on the back pat your head and run along

 

[UncleMark]

Do they take DNA when booking nowadays? And could E. Jean Carroll get her hands on it?

 

[mcmurtry66]

IANAL, but his usual delaying tactics won't play as well once it gets to this point, will they?

No clue how ny state court works. I once kept my cousin’s DWI alive for almost five years. It was his third. By then the cop retired so the prosecutor dropped it to a misdemeanor

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Death penalty case?

A martyr is someone who is killed because of their beliefs. Calling him a martyr is about as hyperbolic as Trump himself, so perhaps it’s fitting. 😂

He’ll be a political martyr. He doesn’t have to die for that to happen.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Matt n Dallas will be here soon to take a flamethrower to this thread

 

[TMFT]

IANAL, but his usual delaying tactics won't play as well once it gets to this point, will they?

Kind of.

On one hand, the criminal court process tends to move quickly, especially for lower tier charges because judges don’t want clogged dockets.

That is balanced against judges being reticent to make someone stand trial before their attorneys are ready.

So, delay can be inevitable, but will still probably move faster than a corresponding civil case.

 

[Baller23Boogie]

No clue how ny state court works. I once kept my cousin’s DWI alive for almost five years. It was his third. By then the cop retired so the prosecutor dropped it to a misdemeanor

That's not something to brag about.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Kind of.

On one hand, the criminal court process tends to move quickly, especially for lower tier charges because judges don’t want clogged dockets.

That is balanced against judges being reticent to make someone stand trial before their attorneys are ready.

So, delay can be inevitable, but will still probably move faster than a corresponding civil case.

More importantly a spotlight will be on it

 

[Univee2]

He’ll be a political martyr. He doesn’t have to die for that to happen.

Another year-and-a-half of crap and back-and-forth ridiculousness.

I guess it’s way too much to expect and hope for a return to some kind of normalcy.

 

[mcmurtry66]

That's not something to brag about.

Wasn’t bragging. Just how it is

 

[MyTeamIsOnTheFloor]

I brokered dozens of settlements of sexual harassment lawsuits conditioned on confidentiality.

 

[UncleMark]

Another year-and-a-half of crap and back-and-forth ridiculousness.

I guess it’s way too much to expect and hope for a return to some kind of normalcy.

We've got the Georgia case and the Mar a Lago documents case and the Jan 6 case to look forward to, too. Could be looking at four cases going on simultaneously. Poor Donald just can't catch a break.

 

[UncleMark]

No clue how ny state court works. I once kept my cousin’s DWI alive for almost five years. It was his third. By then the cop retired so the prosecutor dropped it to a misdemeanor

Did your cousin ever get his shit together?

 

[Univee2]

We've got the Georgia case and the Mar a Lago documents case and the Jan 6 case to look forward to, too. Could be looking at four cases going on simultaneously. Poor Donald just can't catch a break.

McMurtry can drag it out. He’s getting his legal mojo back. No longer weak.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Did your cousin ever get his shit together?

No not really. It’s been a long time. He’s dying of copd. He’s what we call a hoosier. Those years were rough. He was roofing in a scram that was costing him about three hundred bucks a month

 

[mcmurtry66]

McMurtry can drag it out. He’s getting his legal mojo back. No longer weak.

Shit no. I’m sitting here super weak at the office trying to figure out what the hell im going to do for dinner. Figuring out meals is by far the worst part of single life.

 

[mrhighlife]

The dims are politicizing the justice system! Paybacks will be hell.

Are you suggesting Trump is above the law?

 

[IU_Hickory]

He’ll be a political martyr. He doesn’t have to die for that to happen.

He is a martyr to his followers simply if someone looked at him with so much as a scowl. He is adept at pretending to be a victim

 

[IU_Hickory]

Another year-and-a-half of crap and back-and-forth ridiculousness.

I guess it’s way too much to expect and hope for a return to some kind of normalcy.

So just let bygones be bygones. Breaking laws...pfft. who needs em

 

[Univee2]

Shit no. I’m sitting here super weak at the office trying to figure out what the hell im going to do for dinner. Figuring out meals is by far the worst part of single life.

Get married; get food.

 

[mrhighlife]

Did he commit this crime? If the answer is yes, and it probably is, then why shouldn't he be charged? He is not above the law.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Funny timing as the Q shaman got out today

 

[Indyhorn]

Funny timing as the Q shaman got out today

Two years imprisoned is probably long enough for just being a laughably stupid individual

 

[Hoopsdoc1978]

I guess we can dispense with the “this isn’t political” argument now.

I want Trump gone as much as the next guy and ianal but every single legal opinion I’ve seen on this says it’s a nothingburger. And it’s brought by a guy who was elected because he swore to take down Trump.

Just remember that this door can’t or won’t be closed once it’s open.

 

[anon_6hv78pr714xta]

Breaking

Trump Indicted in New York: Donald Trump Is Indicted in New York

Mr. Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges. The precise charges are not yet known, but the case is focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign.

www.nytimes.com

When can I stand in line for admission to the Trial of the Century?

 

[mrhighlife]

I guess we can dispense with the “this isn’t political” argument now.

I want Trump gone as much as the next guy and ianal but every single legal opinion I’ve seen on this says it’s a nothingburger. And it’s brought by a guy who was elected because he swore to take down Trump.

Just remember that this door can’t or won’t be closed once it’s open.

If it's a nothingburger than Trump will just take his fine or whatever and move on. That's how it works in a country of laws.

Of course he may drag it out claim victimhood.