Donald Trump, US President #47, US President #45, convicted felon, twice impeached, four times indicted, liable of rape, convicted for financial fraud, guilty of hiding hush money payments to porn actress in attempt to influence 2016 elections

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#3242537 30-May-2024 07:27

Pro-Trump heckler spars with Robert DeNiro… instantly regrets it

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#3242678 30-May-2024 12:04

The Washington Post - Opinion - Trump’s courtroom enablers

The Washington Post - Opinion - The Trump trials: A summary

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#3242697 30-May-2024 12:52

Of course Alito also voted that enforceable regulations that apply to literally every other lawyer and judges at every level in the US are only unenforceable recommendations for the Supreme Court earlier.

CNN: Alito tells lawmakers he will not recuse from Supreme Court cases despite flag controversy

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told lawmakers in a letter Wednesday that he will not recuse from cases involving the 2020 presidential election or the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot despite concerns about two controversial flags that have flown on his properties.
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#3242700 30-May-2024 13:08

'Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.' Voltaire

'A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.' Edward Abbey

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#3242709 30-May-2024 13:45

Spoiler: No 🙄

Notice that he barely even (if at all) talks about any of these losers anymore? He used them and when they were no longer of value, he basically washed his hands of them.

Sadly America seems to be full of similar people who are seduced by the orange buffoon's bs, but learn (far too late) that if they can't/don't do what he wants, he just hangs them out to dry.

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#3242786 30-May-2024 18:05

In Florida, prosecutor Jack Smith filing a motion asking that Trump stop threatening FBI agents, and their family members.

Inexplicably Judge Cannon threatened the prosecutor Jack Smith with sanctions, because Jack Smith didn't consult with Trump's lawyers enough before filing the motion.

Pretty obvious the Florida judge is doing everything she can to slow walk the classified documents case, and play both Judge and defense lawyer to Trump.

New York Times: Emerging Portrait of Judge in Trump Documents Case: Prepared, Prickly and Slow

Judge Aileen Cannon’s handling of court hearings offers insights into how the case accusing Donald Trump of illegally retaining classified material has become bogged down in unresolved issues.

A few months ago, a top prosecutor on former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case stood up in court and told Judge Aileen M. Cannon that he was concerned about the pace of the proceeding, gingerly expressing his desire to keep the matter “moving along.”

Almost instantly, Judge Cannon got defensive.

“I can assure you that in the background there is a great deal of judicial work going on,” she snapped. “So while it may not appear on the surface that anything is happening, there is a ton of work being done.”

In some sense, Judge Cannon had a point. Much of what judges do unfolds out of sight in the sanctity of their chambers.

But at seven public hearings over more than 10 months, Judge Cannon has left an increasingly detailed record of her decision-making skills and judicial temperament.

The portrait that has emerged so far is that of an industrious but inexperienced and often insecure judge whose reluctance to rule decisively even on minor matters has permitted one of the country’s most important criminal cases to become bogged down in a logjam of unresolved issues.

She rarely issues rulings that explain her thinking in a way that might reveal her legal influences or any guiding philosophy. And that has made the hearings, which have taken place in Federal District Court in Fort Pierce, Fla., all the more important in assessing her management of the case.

Regardless of her motives, Judge Cannon has effectively imperiled the future of a criminal prosecution that once seemed the most straightforward of the four Mr. Trump is facing.

She has largely accomplished this by granting a serious hearing to almost every issue — no matter how far-fetched — that Mr. Trump’s lawyers have raised, playing directly into the former president’s strategy of delaying the case from reaching trial.

It appears increasingly likely that the documents case will not go to a jury before Election Day, and that the only trial that Mr. Trump will face this year will be the one now ending in Manhattan, where jurors are expected to begin deliberating on Wednesday over whether he falsified business records in connection with hush money payments to a porn star.
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#3242792 30-May-2024 18:21

The NY Times - The Scene Outside the Trump Trial Mellows as Deliberations Start. Sort of.

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A group of women in Trump-themed clothing gathered in a serene circle and prayed, sang and wept. ...

Reporters threatened to outnumber demonstrators.

Good grief! 🙄

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#3242934 30-May-2024 20:33

Note to all the people crying (lol) in that photo: Trump couldn't care less about you 🙄

Reporters threatened to outnumber demonstrators.

That's very symbolic, isn't it?

Absolutely ironic that the "never surrender" card shows a picture of Trump...surrendering!

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#3243022 31-May-2024 08:39

Sideface:A group of women in Trump-themed clothing gathered in a serene circle and prayed, sang and wept. ...

Reporters threatened to outnumber demonstrators.

Good grief! 🙄

Well we all know how useful "thoughts and prayers" are

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#3243032 31-May-2024 09:10

CNN: Trump Convicted Of Felony On All Counts In Hush Money Trial: Here’s What Happens Next

As of 9:10 Friday NZ

Here's the verdict on each of the 34 counts
The verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is now being read in the courtroom.

The 34 counts stemmed from 11 invoices, 12 vouchers and 11 checks that make up Trump’s monthly reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen who fronted the $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Follow the latest on the verdict for each of the counts below:

Count 1: GUILTY
Count 2: GUILTY
Count 3: GUILTY
Count 4: GUILTY
Count 5: GUILTY
Count 6: GUILTY
Count 7: GUILTY
Count 8: GUILTY
Count 9: GUILTY
Count 10: GUILTY
Count 11: GUILTY
Count 12: GUILTY
Count 13: GUILTY
Count 14: GUILTY
Count 15: GUILTY
Count 16: GUILTY
Count 17: GUILTY
Count 18: GUILTY
Count 19: GUILTY
Count 20: GUILTY
Count 21: GUILTY
Count 22: GUILTY
Count 23: GUILTY
Count 24: GUILTY
Count 25: GUILTY
Count 26: GUILTY
Count 27: GUILTY
Count 28: GUILTY
Count 29: GUILTY
Count 30: GUILTY
Count 31: GUILTY
Count 32: GUILTY
Count 33: GUILTY
Count 34: GUILTY

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#3243033 31-May-2024 09:13

All 34 counts, so what do you do with him now?
Cohen did serve time for this after all so why not the Boss the crime was committed for.

History Made: Donald Trump Is Now a Convicted Criminal

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-trial-jurors-reach-a-verdict-in-hush-money-trial?ref=home?ref=home

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#3243037 31-May-2024 09:18

I'm sensing an appeal in the near future......

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#3243038 31-May-2024 09:18

So you ask "What's next?"

Many American voters said they won't vote for a felon.

But now

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#3243044 31-May-2024 09:21

Highest appeal is to a New York Supreme Court, the state level one.

So FU US federal supreme court. I'm looking at you Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.

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#3243045 31-May-2024 09:21

Sensational. This news has made my day.

Given the orange buffoon's tired-as predictability, he'll now come out with crap like "biased/corrupted/unfair judge", "biased/rigged jurors", "kangaroo court", "Biden/rigged trial", "election interference", blah blah blah, the list goes on, take your pick. Hell, someone could probably even make a Trump bingo card out of it. He will be absolutely livid and seething - this is finally something that (for once) he didn't have control of, and (for once) it didn't go his way. I'm loving it!!!!

He'll be equally as quick to launch an appeal and start fundraising off this, probably almost immediately on the latter.

Yes, he might still win this year - but he'll always have the * of "convicted felon" hanging over his head. Long, long, long overdue - but at least it's finally happened.

A few of the funnier updates from CNN:

Judge denies Trump attorney's request for acquittal

Trump attorney Todd Blanche moves for an acquittal of the charges, not withstanding the verdict.

Blanche says there's no way the jury could've reached the verdict without the testimony of Michael Cohen, and that the defense believes Cohen committed perjury at this trial.

Judge Juan Merchan denies the acquittal motion.

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Donald Trump is leaving the courtroom.

Frowning, the former president grabbed his son Eric's hand and shook it rapidly, before starting to walk out.

Trump is red in the face, and both father and son looked upset.

Sentencing is set down for July 11.

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