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Escapee
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Trump's first Criminal Trial starts Today.  Expected to last 6-8 weeks.
Jury selection is likely to take 2 weeks.

He claim's he is too famous to get a fair trial, and to some extent he's right.
It has a lot of parallels with OJ simpsons case: rich,  hero worship, and  expensive defence lawyers appealing to emotions outside the facts.

All 12 jurors need to agree, seems very unlikely given the hypnotic control the defendant holds over his cult and their ability to ignore facts, he just needs 1 juror in his cult and a conviction is impossible, regardless of the facts.

He will claim vindication from a not guilty or a if a 'mis-trial' is declared because the jury can't unanimously agree.

It could work out very well for him.
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Report edy May 31, 2024 12:17 AM BST
Shouldn't
Report Jack Bauer "24" May 31, 2024 12:17 AM BST
I would not trust a word he says these days. It's is quite possible Trump has something on him.
Report Ronaldmcdonald May 31, 2024 12:21 AM BST
That's shocking Escapee, but without any indictments it's nothing more than rumours. Be sure and let me know if anyone does get indicted though. In the mean time I will listen to Dershowitz because he is a leading expert on the law.
Report casemoney May 31, 2024 12:25 AM BST
What about **** Billy escapee has he not been linked to Holidaying on the Island ?
Report casemoney May 31, 2024 12:27 AM BST
Trump will be Odds again tomorrow looking at the money lined up
Report Ronaldmcdonald May 31, 2024 12:29 AM BST
It's possible Trump has something on you - TDS.
No one's asking you to trust Dershowitz. Do you have to trust him to hear what he has to say? That sounds a bit cretinous to be fair if you don't trust yourself to hear a different opinion.
He is usually right in his legal predictions because unlike partisans like Tribe he predicts what he thinks will happen based on the law and his experience rather than what he would like to happen. And he is unbiased in his legal opinions, he's not the sort to just tell you what you want to hear.
Report edy May 31, 2024 12:34 AM BST
What are all the greatest things that Derschowitz told you that you didn't want to hear?
Report Ronaldmcdonald May 31, 2024 12:40 AM BST
I am not the sort who doesn't want to hear things. I am not a leftie.
Report Jack Bauer "24" May 31, 2024 12:40 AM BST
He doesn't even believe what he is saying. He is a defence attorney paid to defend people who he knows are guilty and that is what he has been doing over the last few years with Trump for whatever reason.

You seem very upset tonight, Ronnie. You are going to feel a thousand times worse in November when Trump loses again and ends up going to jail.
Report Ronaldmcdonald May 31, 2024 12:46 AM BST
I am not upset I totally understand the gloaters want to gloat. Let the baby have his bottle is what I say.
Dershowitz does defend the guilty, that's what lawyers do. Do you think juries should decide if someone is guilty before the case starts so that the lawyers can avoid representing the guilty ones?
That sounds bananas.
Did you watch the Dershowitz video? It sounds like all your reasons for not liking him are imaginary. You must lose fortunes on here going with your uninformed prejudices.
Report edy May 31, 2024 12:53 AM BST

May 31, 2024 -- 12:40AM, Ronaldmcdonald wrote:


I am not the sort who doesn't want to hear things. I am not a leftie.


Oh, she has never told you something you didn't want to hear. Most interesting.

Report Escapee May 31, 2024 12:54 AM BST
Maga meltdown ITT.

dunno why they're worried, the christian evangelists have already taken over so much of USA, they can put up a convicted felon, convicted rapist, and they'll still win.
Report edy May 31, 2024 12:54 AM BST
*so he has never
Report lfc1971 May 31, 2024 1:05 AM BST
Imagine if he still wins the election for president of the USA

and finds he can accomplish his work even better in prison without all the troublemakers

That would be pretty cool Grin
Report Ronaldmcdonald May 31, 2024 1:10 AM BST
There might be things I don't like the sound of, but that doesn't mean I don't want to hear them. I listen to lefties all the time even when they talk nonsense like Jack. He said Dershowitz doesn't believe what he says! Lefties just make up nonsense like that all the time, but I still listen to it.
Report edy May 31, 2024 1:14 AM BST
I see.

What are all the greatest things that Derschowitz told you that you didn't like the sound of?
Report Ronaldmcdonald May 31, 2024 1:18 AM BST
He said Trump was very likely to be convicted in the hush money case. I didn't like the sound of it much when he said it, but I knew it was realistic considering the venue.
Report Ronaldmcdonald May 31, 2024 1:36 AM BST
Now in theory Democrats could pass a bill to prevent people with convictions from taking office. However I believe they would need two-thirds of both the House and the Senate, and ratification by three-fourths of the state legislature to get it through, which would be a very high bar.
Report ImSoLuckyLucky! May 31, 2024 1:16 PM BST
Kremlin supporting TRUMP
Obviously Putins PUPPEY

Laugh
Report ImSoLuckyLucky! May 31, 2024 8:00 PM BST
Looking forward to his probation officer telling him
If he dosent admit his guilt
Hes going to
PRISON!!!

LaughLaughLaugh
Report Jack Bauer "24" June 1, 2024 1:04 AM BST
https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1796682184277045345

Dershowitz is already flipping and now saying that it probably won't be overturned on appeal because the judges are afraid that people at Martha's Vineyard won't talk to them anymore like they won't talk to him. Laugh
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 1:13 AM BST
Flipping? He has not said it would be overturned. Is Dershowitz in the room with you now?
Report Jack Bauer "24" June 1, 2024 1:16 AM BST
I have seen multiple interviews with Dershowitz over the last year where he was adamant that if convicted it would be overturned on appeal.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 1:18 AM BST
I have not seen any recent interviews like that, but that maybe true of older interviews. However, are you familiar with concept of peoples opinions changing as information comes in and the situation changes?
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 1:22 AM BST
If you don't like Dershowitz who is your favourite legal expert?
Report Jack Bauer "24" June 1, 2024 1:23 AM BST
You seem to be missing the point yet again. He is now coming up with ridiculous reasons for changing his view.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 1:26 AM BST
Oh dear now Jack doesn't like reasons but can't explain why. So who is your favourite legal analyst?
Report Escapee June 1, 2024 1:29 AM BST

So who is your favourite legal analyst?


Rudy "garden centre" Giuliani

Report Jack Bauer "24" June 1, 2024 1:31 AM BST
What is there to explain?

I don't have a favourite legal analyst, I am not a fanboy. I'll leave the hero worship to the MAGA clowns.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 1:34 AM BST
In other words you know your arguments are vacuous. Try to do better.
Report Escapee June 1, 2024 1:34 AM BST

So who is your favourite legal analyst?


Micheal "mortgaged my house for trump and he shat on me" Cohen

Report A_T June 1, 2024 8:04 AM BST
If you don't like Dershowitz who is your favourite legal expert?

sydney "plea deal" powell
Report dave1357 June 1, 2024 8:15 AM BST
So who is your favourite legal analyst?

I like that Robert Costello chap, who trump called as his only witness and was quickly caught lying and had to withdraw his testimony, probably ensuring that there was no doubt left in the jury's mind.
Report lfc1971 June 1, 2024 10:12 AM BST
Of course technically president Trump has not been convicted of anything
as he has an appeal pending
Report A_T June 1, 2024 11:27 AM BST
he is a convicted felon
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- June 1, 2024 11:56 AM BST
34 felony convictions and a rape conviction

Is he appealing the rape conviction?
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 12:09 PM BST
There isn't a rape conviction.
Report Dr Crippen June 1, 2024 12:16 PM BST
I wonder why the lefties have look to America to find a right-winger to slag off.
Can't they find a right-winger living in the UK to have a go at? 

Trunp isn't very right-wing anyway.
The blacks seem to like him. Enough vote for him.
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- June 1, 2024 12:25 PM BST
Right whingers living in uk lols, they are all promising to feck orf.

Lols, great stuff.
Report Kriskin June 1, 2024 12:28 PM BST
Only thing this has done - has made a Trump a bigger certainty to be next President
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 1:00 PM BST
It's true Trump isn't very right wing at all. He spent $400 billion on stimulus cheques. He was a Democrat for many years but the Democrats moved to the left and abandoned the working class and many of them now support Trump. Why does the left despise the working class?
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- June 1, 2024 1:18 PM BST
Trump chose Republicans as he knew if he murdered sonebody they
would still love him and vote for him.

A rape conviction and 34 felony convictions later
he's got a point, innit.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 1:20 PM BST
What are the odds Judge Merchan would be randomly chosen for 3 Trump related cases? The estimates are somewhere in the region of 15000-1.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 1:22 PM BST
Would have been a nice treble.
Report Escapee June 1, 2024 1:46 PM BST
Born in New York, grew up in NY, lives in NY, committed crimes in NY, Trial in NY....

it's a conspiracyCrazy
Report lfc1971 June 1, 2024 1:51 PM BST
The legal process is ongoing

Lefties don’t seem to like due process
Report lfc1971 June 1, 2024 1:59 PM BST
And if president Trump wins on appeal ( especially if from prison )

There will be very large compensation to be paid ., and criminal charges against Biden
and co - corruption and criminal interference in the course of the American presidential election
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 1:59 PM BST
Can anyone calculate the odds for the Merchan treble? Not sure how to work it out.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 2:06 PM BST
There will be tit for tat prosecutions by prosecutors in red states bringing cases against key Democrat politicians. It's not really happened before because it would have been mutually assured destruction.
Report dave1357 June 1, 2024 2:10 PM BST
I imagine that the most disgusting americans ever born would like to try that, but I doubt it will succeed.
Report ----you-have-to-laugh--- June 1, 2024 2:12 PM BST
3 legal cases, lol

What are the chances of an innocent man getting repeated charged for crimes he committed
Report edy June 1, 2024 2:18 PM BST

Jun 1, 2024 -- 2:06PM, Ronaldmcdonald wrote:


There will be tit for tat prosecutions by prosecutors in red states bringing cases against key Democrat politicians. It's not really happened before because it would have been mutually assured destruction.


Cannot wait for you to lambast all these many cases as banana republic kangaroo court cases when they arrive.

Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 2:45 PM BST
They won't need any help from a kangaroo court.
Report A_T June 1, 2024 2:46 PM BST
fox news telling lies leading to threats against the judge


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/false-right-wing-reports-trump-trial-jury-instructions-fuel-threats-ju-rcna154678
Report edy June 1, 2024 2:46 PM BST

Jun 1, 2024 -- 2:45PM, Ronaldmcdonald wrote:


They won't need any help from a kangaroo court.


What do you mean?

Report A_T June 1, 2024 2:47 PM BST
There will be tit for tat prosecutions by prosecutors in red states bringing cases against key Democrat politicians

unlikely as there won't be the necessary evidential bases
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 2:56 PM BST
There's enough evidence. Although the prosecutions against Trump have proved evidence is not needed if you have a corrupt judge and prosecutor and a jury that hates the defendant.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 2:56 PM BST
There's enough evidence. Although the prosecutions against Trump have proved evidence is not needed if you have a corrupt judge and prosecutor and a jury that hates the defendant.
Report dave1357 June 1, 2024 3:00 PM BST
he paid the porn star to keep quiet, he accounted for the payment as legal fees. It wasn't difficult for the jury to understand and it won't be difficult for the appeal court judges to understand, if they even decide to hear it.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 3:04 PM BST
They won't need any help from a kangaroo court because there are legitimate cases which can be brought. There's plenty of legitimate evidence which has already been collected in Biden's document case and Hilary's document case.
Report lfc1971 June 1, 2024 3:05 PM BST
Best advice for Trump ?

Keep your powder dry , let them send you to prison
if that’s what happens ,, and if you don’t win this year
You are still a relatively young and fit person ..campaign from prison -
Run for president again in 2028 …
Report dave1357 June 1, 2024 3:06 PM BST
hurrr eeeemails!!!!!!!!
Report lfc1971 June 1, 2024 3:07 PM BST
Like Mandela you will be guaranteed win and return to the Whitehouse
Oh , and I know it’s in Trumps nature to be forgiving( like Mandela ) … Don’t forgive
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 3:09 PM BST
A campaign expense is an expense that arises out of the campaign. Hush money payments do not arise out of the campaign. The FEC expert Trump's team wanted to call was not allowed to give evidence on that point, and the jury were wrongly told that it had been proven to be a campaign expense.
Report edy June 1, 2024 3:09 PM BST
Ronaldmcdonald • June 1, 2024 2:56 PM BST
There's enough evidence. Although the prosecutions against Trump have proved evidence is not needed if you have a corrupt judge and prosecutor and a jury that hates the defendant.


Sweet! Who are we going after first with all that sweet evidence?
Report edy June 1, 2024 3:11 PM BST
Also....so you disagree with what you summarised as Dershowitz's view that it would be bogus cases?

Ronaldmcdonald • May 31, 2024 12:13 AM BST
Dershowitz is no clown. Only a clown would call him a clown. He is a Harvard law professor with 60 years legal experience, and his legal predictions are usually correct. Did you watch the video I posted? He said it's worse for America than Trump. Red states will bring bogus prosecutions against Democrat politicians and elections will be decided by lawfare instead of votes.
Report dave1357 June 1, 2024 3:13 PM BST
Pretty sure the judge instructs the court on the applicable law. Some trump crony wouldn't be permitted to do so. I doubt that they will even appeal on the point - just like everything else trump and his surrogates say, it was designed to get foxnews rubes to soil their underwear.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 3:16 PM BST
He's not a Trump crony he's an FEC expert Bradley Smith. He was head of the FEC. The FEC are the experts on election law not the judge.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 3:19 PM BST
Some of the prosecutions by red state prosecutors might be bogus who knows. That's what happens with lawfare sometimes, but they don't need to be bogus because they are plenty of legitimate cases they could bring.
Report edy June 1, 2024 3:20 PM BST
Sweet, so we are we going after first with all that evidence?
Report edy June 1, 2024 3:20 PM BST
who
Report edy June 1, 2024 3:21 PM BST
AOC surely. Or that Newsom guy.

Right?
Report A_T June 1, 2024 3:21 PM BST
this case was a legal first but georgia will be more interesting where the don's accomplices have already plead guilty and apologised to the people of the state
Report dave1357 June 1, 2024 3:21 PM BST
The FEC is a political body not an expert body.
Report A_T June 1, 2024 3:29 PM BST
i see roger stone was at court - he must be grateful to the don - he'd be in prison were it not for the pardon

crims have to stick together
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 3:31 PM BST
That's clutching at straws Dave. And I suppose you would have us believe the judge is not political. The FEC is the governing body for elections. They decide if the rules have been broken, and they have already looked at this case and decided there is nothing to prosecute.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 3:54 PM BST
That's nice cryoftruth has got a laundry list on nonsense. TDS is a genuine mental illness. Unverified laundry lists of complaints are always true of course.
Is it even possible to run 400 businesses over 50 years without any bankruptcies? Bankruptcies are a fact of life for people who run businesses. People always talk about them as if they are a huge negative. I don't see them as a negative at all. It's far better that he ran those businesses and provided employment and wealth generation than not, even if the businesses eventually failed.
Report dave1357 June 1, 2024 4:01 PM BST
The commission was unable to function from late August 2019 to December 2020, with an exception for the period of May 2020 to July 2020, due to lack of a quorum.[4][5] In the absence of a quorum, the commission could not vote on complaints or give guidance through advisory opinions. As of May 19, 2020, there were 350 outstanding matters on the agency's enforcement docket and 227 items waiting for action.[6] In December 2020, three commissioners were appointed to restore a quorum; however, deadlocks arising from the equal number of members from the Republican and Democratic parties with the absence of a tie-breaking vote has resulted in some controversial investigations not being pursued.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Election_Commission
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 4:03 PM BST
The hush money payments were made in 2016.
Report edy June 1, 2024 4:12 PM BST
Oh, so it was hush money.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 4:14 PM BST
What should it be called?
Report edy June 1, 2024 4:14 PM BST
Hush money.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 4:16 PM BST
For accounting purposes it was entered as a legal expense because they have to choose from a drop down list of options, and I don't think hush money would be in the drop down.
Report edy June 1, 2024 4:19 PM BST
I see.

Thought of any sweet Democrats that we will be prosecuting with all the legitimate evidence yet?
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 4:25 PM BST
I should imagine the primary target would be Biden, although they might have to wait until he leaves office because his immunity from prosecution is more likely to be honoured than Trumps immunity. The immunity issue is still being decided by the supreme court. There should be a decision soon which could affect all of the lawfare cases.
Report ImSoLuckyLucky! June 1, 2024 4:26 PM BST
With a drop down tab
You can enter
HUSH MUNIE

If you like

Trump just committed fraud calling it

BUSINESS
and claiming tax relief

Laugh
Report edy June 1, 2024 4:26 PM BST
That sounds a bit lame and disappointing. You promised

There will be tit for tat prosecutions by prosecutors in red states bringing cases against key Democrat politicians

and not people that won't even run for any further offices.
Report edy June 1, 2024 4:27 PM BST
So any key Democrat politicians that will actually run for office, Ronald?
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 4:34 PM BST
Yes I am sure there will be other Democrats. Maybe goldbar Bob the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He's already being tried for bribery.
Report edy June 1, 2024 4:38 PM BST
Let's hope for AOC!
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 4:39 PM BST
He wasn't on trial for not entering it as hush money. It's a bit of a red herring.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 4:43 PM BST
A case could be made against AOC. She went to a fashion show wearing an expensive dress with TAX THE RICH written on it which was not a permissable gift for a politician to accept.
Report edy June 1, 2024 4:44 PM BST
Oh blimey, that is going to be so awesome!
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 4:45 PM BST
It's no more trivial than what Trump has been indicted for.
Report edy June 1, 2024 4:46 PM BST
Wait. So it would be a total bogus case in your mind?
Report edy June 1, 2024 4:47 PM BST
Don't you have anything on her that you consider bigly? Cry
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 4:49 PM BST
I think it would be overkill to prosecute her and claim that it was done in furtherance of another crime to make it into a felony as was done with Trump. I am not in favour of politicians using lawfare to win elections because it's very bad for the country. Elections should be decided by voters, not by lawfare, but it's inevitable that's how elections will be decided in future unfortunately.
Report edy June 1, 2024 4:50 PM BST
Will it jump over to the UK as well? You guys seem to copy all the latest culture war fads from the US all the time. Partly because their organisations come over and target you.
Report edy June 1, 2024 4:53 PM BST
And maybe because all of your Ronalds largely speak the same language as their Ronalds.
Report Ronaldmcdonald June 1, 2024 4:56 PM BST
Could be. Boris was prosecuted.
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