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Trump: Set to declare 2024 presidential bid tonight; will indictments follow soon?
Charge - Falsifying corporate documents - 34 counts of falsification of New York business records in an attempt to cover up hush-money payments to Stephanie A. Gregory Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, an American pornographic film actress, director and former stripper. She claims she had an extramarital affair with Mr. Trump, which he vehemently denies.
Trial: Monday, March 25
New Application by Trump - Manhattan Judge Juan Manuel Marchan - That he adjourn the criminal trial indefinitely - because the Supreme Court of Canada has an appeal on "Presidential Immunity" re the Jan. 6, 2023 Insurrection allegation. He argues the trial has to await the prior decision of the US Supreme Court.
Espionage Act - Illegal handling of Presidential documents (At his Florida Home)
On Thurs., March 14 - Judge Aileen Cannon - President Trump will contention that the Espionage Act under which he is criminally charged is fatally flawed, an argument that, if vindicated, could mean the end of the case against him.
Mr. Trump’s argument, memorialized in a motion to dismiss, makes the case that the Espionage Act is unconstitutional as applied to former presidents.
It could lead to the Supreme Court weighing the law under which whistleblowers Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden were prosecuted, and a communist couple, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were put to death.
The 45th president faces in the Mar-a-Lago case 32 charges under the Espionage Act, which was passed in 1917.
The justices said the Constitution does not permit a single state to disqualify a presidential candidate from national office, declaring that such responsibility “rests with Congress and not the states.”
Charge: Insurrection and attempt to overturn the 2020 official election result
Defence: as to illegal actions that are "official acts" while President, a President has "immunity" from being charged "in perpetuity".
Trial - Judge Cannon - Trump has no "immunity".
Appeal in the Supreme Court of USA - it will hear Trump's Appeal from the lower court decision that Trump has no "immunity". If upheld, then the criminal trial of Trump will continue.
Scheduled arguments: the week of April 22 Proceedings in the trial court would remain frozen while they considered the appeal).
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Last edited by Bob Armstrong; Wednesday, 28th February, 2024, 10:35 PM.
I guess Bragg needs new headlines to distract from his role in the murder of that young woman in Georgia murdered by an illegal migrant who he released on child endangerment charges. Good job Democrats. They didn't learn their lesson in 2016.
Current trial - Prosecutor - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg
Allegation: 34 counts of falsification of New York business records in an attempt to cover up hush-money payments to Stephanie A. Gregory Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, an American pornographic film actress, director and former stripper. She claims she had an extramarital affair with Mr. Trump, which he vehemently denies.
Mr. Bragg further accuses Mr. Trump of trying to hide “damaging information and unlawful activity from American voters before and after the 2016 election.”
Mr. Bragg seeks a "felony" conviction for what would normally be a "misdemeanor". He argues that the intent to commit or conceal another crime (By making the illegal hush money payment), including breaking “state and federal election laws,” raises the charge to a felony, punishable by up to four years in prison, under New York law.
Today Mr. Bragg brought a motion before the judge handling the trial to impose a limited gag order on Mr. Trump.
In a court filing, Mr. Bragg wrote that “the need for such protection is compelling.” He also said: " [Trump's past] remarks [about court proceedings], as well as the inevitable reactions they incite from defendant’s followers and allies, pose a significant and imminent threat to the orderly administration of this criminal proceeding and a substantial likelihood of causing material prejudice.”
Republican Primary - Insurmountable Electoral Lead
[Today],Trump Defeats Haley in South Carolina, Her Home State [She is a former governor].
The GOP race is becoming a less-contested one. Yet Republican leaders see enthusiasm for the former president. Others worry whether he can win in November.
Wrongful Taking of Official Documents from the White House
President Trump could soon discover whether his criminal trial for hoarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago will fade into the mists of indefinite delay or instead keep him pinned to a South Florida courtroom just as the general election campaign gains steam.
Republican Primary - Insurmountable Electoral Lead
"“I’ve been the underdog in every race I’ve ever run. I’ve always been David taking on Goliath,” Ms. [ Nikki] Haley said. “And like David, I’m not just fighting someone bigger than me. I’m fighting for something bigger than myself.”
While Ms. Haley is vowing to stay in the race through the bitter end, the states coming up immediately after the South Carolina primary don’t look much more favorable to her than her home state [Trump - 63%; Haley - 35%; she is a former governor!).
Just less than two weeks after South Carolina’s primary there will be 15 states and one territory voting on Super Tuesday, on March 5. A quick survey of polling in these states finds that Ms. Haley is unlikely to win any of them."
A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364-million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth.
Judge Arthur Engoron issued his decision after a 2½-month trial that saw the Republican presidential front-runner bristling under oath that he was the victim of a rigged legal system.
The stiff penalty was a victory for New York Attorney-General Letitia James, a Democrat, who sued Trump over what she said was not just harmless bragging but years of deceptive practices as he built the multinational collection of skyscrapers, golf courses and other properties that catapulted him to wealth, fame and the White House.
Trump’s lawyers had said even before the verdict that they would appeal.
Illegal Hush Money to Stephanie A. Gregory Clifford, known professionally as Stormy Daniels, an American pornographic film actress, director and former stripper.
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