Politics OFFICIAL AROUND THE TRUMP LEGAL DRAMA: MAY & JUNE 2024

The big problem with @beast crnjo and @jonnyboy's spin on this is the Feds have already brought this case against someone else. The Trump Justice Department brought this case against.... Michael Cohen. And Cohen was sentenced to three years for it.

December 12, 2018

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday for crimes that included arranging payments during the 2016 election to silence women who claimed affairs with Trump after the President’s onetime “fixer” attributed his offenses to “my duty to cover up his dirty deeds.”​

 

Donald Trump whines he 'wanted to testify' in unhinged rant after felony convictions

In a bizarre rant the day after his criminal conviction, disgraced felon and 2020 Presidential loser Donald Trump said that he wanted to testify during his month-long Manhattan trial.

He also called Joe Biden, his presumptive opponent in the 2024 general election, a "fascist" and claimed that the Democratic candidate wanted to prevent people from driving cars.

Trump, along with many other Republicans, have moaned since he was convicted Thursday night. He has repeatedly claimed that the trial was a "witch hunt" and a partisan attack by Biden. The case was brought against Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, however, who has no link to the federal government. He continued to make these claims during his Friday speech at his eponymous tower in Mid-town Manhattan.

Trump made the speech with no teleprompter, rambling off speech and jumping between unrelated topics with little rhyme or reason. It is unclear what the point of this speech was, as he did not say anything he had not said before.

p:nth-of-type(6)","type":"performPlaceholder","relativePos":"after"}" data-placeholder-placeholder="" data-response-start="758.5" data-type="placeholder" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(53, 51, 78); font-family: Apercu, sans-serif; font-size: medium; background-color: rgb(246, 249, 248);">
The president notably did not testify at his own criminal trial. He told the crowd on Friday that he was "upset" with his lawyers for how they handled the case, adding that he wanted to testify.

"It was very unfair," he said of the trial. He continuously referenced a frequent pain point, the gag order he was subject to to prevent him from harassing witnesses or the jury on social media. He was slapped with 10 gag order violations, racking up thousands of dollars worth of fines. He was even threatened with jail time if he continued to break the rules to him.

"The judge was a tyrant," he continued, once again targeting Justice Juan Merchan, who oversaw the case and issued the gag order.

"[I've] never seen anyone treated like that by a judge," he went on to say. "He's conflicted, and he's a crooked judge."

Merchan became a popular target for Trump in recent weeks, as he is one of the few figures in the trial who was not covered by the order.

The convicted felon could face up to four years of prison for each of the 34 counts he was convicted of. In total, he could serve a maximum sentence of 20 years. However, because he has a clean criminal record, is old at 77, and did not commit a violent crime, many do not believe he will face a prison sentence.

Trump's legal team is expected to appeal the conviction. They have until June 13 to file for an appeal.

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-convicted-felon-tower-515161

 

What's with this deflection of attributes onto Biden? Trump is a fascist so, he calls Biden fascist. Trump's family is a crime family, so he calls Biden's family a crime family. Etc etc etc. Some weak ass shit.

To be fair, Judge Merchan was very very patient with Trump. Just levied him some fines for his gag order violations that his supporters paid for. Could have put him in jail, but didn't. Smart on his part. Will help the conviction stay in place. Trump trying to say he is corrupt and all that jazz, but Merchan towed the line.

 

Yeah, all these people on the right seem to be forgetting we didn't just reach a new rubicon, we were already there. Trump used the justice system already to go after political opponents. He always was chanting about locking up Hillary and Obama and other political opponents or enemies.

Had Cohen locked for the same shit he just got convicted for, but he should go free?

He's a felon now regardless. Like he said, he shouldn't be able to run. It would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis.

 

It's pretty clear who the sheep are.

 

So Trump has been convicted of cheating in the 2016 election. He's been indicted for cheating in the 2020 election. Seems rather likely that he's committing further felonies currently in the 2024 election, and will eventually be charged for those as well. Quite the trifecta, should it come to pass.

barfo