It's not the only rule.

But remember I've waived it for this thread. Only this thread.

Sideface:

 

The NY Times - Judge Quashes Six Charges in Georgia Election Case Against Trump

 

13 March 2024

 

In a surprise move on Wednesday, a judge in Atlanta quashed six of the charges against former President Donald J. Trump and his allies in the sprawling Georgia election interference case, including one related to a call that Mr. Trump made to pressure Georgia’s secretary of state in early January 2021.

 

The judge, Scott McAfee of Fulton Superior Court, left intact the rest of the racketeering indictment, which initially included 41 counts.

 

The ruling was not related to a defense effort to disqualify Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., who is leading the case. A ruling on that matter, which has made headlines for weeks after it was revealed that Ms. Willis had engaged in a romantic relationship with another prosecutor, is expected by the end of the week.

 

 

Apparently they can be re-introduced at a later date if more detail is included.

https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/biden-getting-older-trump-losing-mind

The fact is that neither Biden nor Trump have managed to avoid the encroachments of age. But they are not equally or similarly afflicted. Biden, a recovering stutterer, has always tended to get a bit tongue-tied. Trump, an idiot in the truest sense of the word, has always been known to say startlingly stupid things. But there are clear signs that Trump is far more cognitively impaired than Biden, and getting worse.

I'm inclined to agree here. An interesting read.

SaltyNZ:

neb: Ah yes, the first steps in bringing the Führerprinzip to the US:

 

 

 

Not that I necessarily disagree, but don't skirt too close to the only rule of the forums.

freitasm:

 

Sure, changed.

 

@freitasm

Close, but he was found liable only for sexual assault, not rape. On the rape charge he was found NOT liable.

I'm not trolling, just don't want to see anyone come at you for defamation or anything like that. Probably pretty unlikely.

If they quit, is there a by-election like we have here, or does the governor of the state just appoint someone to take over the seat on an acting basis? (apologies if this has been asked before - this thread is quite long now!)

Paul1977:

Close, but he was found liable only for sexual assault, not rape. On the rape charge he was found NOT liable.

 

I'm not trolling, just don't want to see anyone come at you for defamation or anything like that. Probably pretty unlikely.

quickymart:

If they quit, is there a by-election like we have here, or does the governor of the state just appoint someone to take over the seat on an acting basis? (apologies if this has been asked before - this thread is quite long now!)

https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-approves-trumps-bond-e-jean-carroll-defamation-case/story?id=108062778

So, now we go through the appeals process.

quickymart:

 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-approves-trumps-bond-e-jean-carroll-defamation-case/story?id=108062778

 

So, now we go through the appeals process.

 

Oh, he was always going to appeal - but this way at the end she gets cash in hand in 30 days rather than having to go through the process of wringing it out of him.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-expected-attend-hearing-seek-dismissal-classified-documents/story?id=108092856

Maybe Cannon is finally realising she needs to be a judge for all the people, not just the orange buffoon?

Looks like I spoke too soon, sigh.

Edit - or maybe not. She declined to dismiss one of the charges against him: https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-classified-documents-hearing-03-14-24/index.html

Bung: Dont waste time trying to excuse Trump. Comment by the trial judge in the Washington Post - “The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape,’ ” Kaplan wrote. He added: “Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that.” Kaplan said New York’s legal definition of “rape” is “far narrower” than the word is understood in “common modern parlance.”

Pointing out something that is factually incorrect isn't making excuses. I'm not saying he didn't rape her, I'm saying in court he was found not liable for rape. Like I said, I don't like the man at all, but it seems to me that's all the more reason to be accurate when levelling criticism so it can't be thrown back at you.

If you say he was found liable for rape, an opponent can say "no he wasn't" then paint you as a liar and use that as an excuse to ignore everything else you say.

If you say he was found liable for sexual assault, on the other hand, you're not giving them the same ammunition because it's a factually true statement.