Trump on Trial (Trump indicted for a fourth time in Georgia. Expands his record of most indictments by a former president)

[China]

52 minutes ago, Larry said:

Unfortunately, I seem to recall the Constitution stating that members of Congress are immune to arrest by the states. At least while performing their duties or some such. 

 

Obstructing justice is a duty of congress?

[Jabbyrwock]

5 minutes ago, China said:

 

Obstructing justice is a duty of congress?

 

No, just one of the perks.

[Dan T.]

Trump: “Court people were crying…”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 12, 2023 by Dan T.

[Dan T.]

And in no-duh news:

 

Trump's Tale of Crying Manhattan Court Employees

Was 'Absolute BS,' Law Enforcement Source Says

Michael Isikoff

Chief Investigative Correspondent

Wed, April 12, 2023 

 

Former President Trump’s claim to a Fox News anchor that New York court employees were “crying” and apologizing for his arraignment on felony charges is “absolute BS” and doesn’t remotely resemble what took place, a law enforcement source familiar with the details of what transpired that day told Yahoo News.

“Zero,” said the source when asked how much truth there was to Trump’s colorful account. “There were zero people crying. There were zero people saying ‘I’m sorry.’”

 

Trump's tale of crying Manhattan court employees was 'absolute BS,' law enforcement source says (yahoo.com)

[EmirOfShmo]

[China]

36 minutes ago, EmirOfShmo said:

 

[EmirOfShmo]

Not sure what charge(s) this would be....document related?

 

 

[LadySkinsFan]

40 minutes ago, EmirOfShmo said:

Not sure what charge(s) this would be....document related?

 

 

 

There's at least two federal indictments before the WDC grand jury now.  Both look like they are moving right along.

[China]

43 minutes ago, EmirOfShmo said:

Not sure what charge(s) this would be....document related?

 

 

 

It seems to me they have enough evidence that they could indict Trump tomorrow on the documents case if they felt like it.  But DOJ is notoriously cautious, meticulous and slow, dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's.  So it's taking longer than it should.

[China]

Trump trying some witness intimidation:

 

Trump sues former lawyer Michael Cohen, key witness in Manhattan DA probe, for $500 million

 

Former President Donald Trump sued his onetime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen on Wednesday, seeking at least $500 million for alleged breaches of contract and “unjust enrichment.”

 

The civil suit, filed in federal court in Miami, accused Cohen of “spreading falsehoods” about Trump, violating his attorney-client relationship and breaching a confidentiality agreement he had signed with the Trump Organization.

 

The allegations against Cohen, whose once-close relationship with Trump imploded in 2018, come as the disbarred lawyer has become a key witness against the former president in a criminal case in Manhattan.

 

Trump, the first ex-president to face criminal charges, pleaded not guilty earlier this month to 34 counts of falsifying business records in that case. It centers on hush money payments made before the 2016 presidential election, which Cohen facilitated for Trump.

 

The famously litigious former president has previously been accused of using the courts as a cudgel against his adversaries.

 

The complaint alleged Cohen’s fiduciary obligations owed to Trump “survive the attorney-client relationship and Defendant’s disbarment and are still in effect today.”

 

Cohen’s “most egregious breaches of fiduciary duty and contract” came in connection with the tell-all books he published in 2020 and 2022, as well as claims made on his podcast, “Mea Culpa,” the lawsuit alleged.

 

“Mr. Trump appears once again to be using and abusing the judicial system as a form of harassment and intimidation against Michael Cohen,” Lanny Davis, Cohen’s attorney, said in a statement.

 

Davis said the “frivolous” lawsuit suggests Trump is “terrified by his looming legal perils and is attempting to send a message to other potential witnesses who are cooperating with prosecutors against him.”

 

Click on the link for the full article

[LadySkinsFan]

Should be thrown out because they conspired to commit a crime. Definitely it's an intimidation tactic. Michael Cohen can't wait to testify against him in the criminal case, as he should. Trump should be charged with witness intimidation. He's in criminal court now, not civil court. 

[PokerPacker]

7 hours ago, Dan T. said:

And in no-duh news:

 

Trump's Tale of Crying Manhattan Court Employees

Was 'Absolute BS,' Law Enforcement Source Says

Michael Isikoff

Chief Investigative Correspondent

Wed, April 12, 2023 

 

Former President Trump’s claim to a Fox News anchor that New York court employees were “crying” and apologizing for his arraignment on felony charges is “absolute BS” and doesn’t remotely resemble what took place, a law enforcement source familiar with the details of what transpired that day told Yahoo News.

“Zero,” said the source when asked how much truth there was to Trump’s colorful account. “There were zero people crying. There were zero people saying ‘I’m sorry.’”

 

Trump's tale of crying Manhattan court employees was 'absolute BS,' law enforcement source says (yahoo.com)

Now sue him for defamation.

[China]

18 hours ago, China said:

Trump trying some witness intimidation:

 

Trump sues former lawyer Michael Cohen, key witness in Manhattan DA probe, for $500 million

 

Former President Donald Trump sued his onetime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen on Wednesday, seeking at least $500 million for alleged breaches of contract and “unjust enrichment.”

 

The civil suit, filed in federal court in Miami, accused Cohen of “spreading falsehoods” about Trump, violating his attorney-client relationship and breaching a confidentiality agreement he had signed with the Trump Organization.

 

The allegations against Cohen, whose once-close relationship with Trump imploded in 2018, come as the disbarred lawyer has become a key witness against the former president in a criminal case in Manhattan.

 

Trump, the first ex-president to face criminal charges, pleaded not guilty earlier this month to 34 counts of falsifying business records in that case. It centers on hush money payments made before the 2016 presidential election, which Cohen facilitated for Trump.

 

The famously litigious former president has previously been accused of using the courts as a cudgel against his adversaries.

 

The complaint alleged Cohen’s fiduciary obligations owed to Trump “survive the attorney-client relationship and Defendant’s disbarment and are still in effect today.”

 

Cohen’s “most egregious breaches of fiduciary duty and contract” came in connection with the tell-all books he published in 2020 and 2022, as well as claims made on his podcast, “Mea Culpa,” the lawsuit alleged.

 

“Mr. Trump appears once again to be using and abusing the judicial system as a form of harassment and intimidation against Michael Cohen,” Lanny Davis, Cohen’s attorney, said in a statement.

 

Davis said the “frivolous” lawsuit suggests Trump is “terrified by his looming legal perils and is attempting to send a message to other potential witnesses who are cooperating with prosecutors against him.”

 

Click on the link for the full article

 

Whoops! By Suing Michael Cohen, Trump May Have Inadvertently Admitted The Stormy Daniels Hush Money Payment Was Real

 

Did Donald Trump have an affair with Stormy Daniels? He’s long insisted he didn’t. And yet he keeps accidentally admitting that he did. Back in February, Daniels thanked him for letting slip on Truth Social that their tryst “happened a long time ago.” On Wednesday he filed a lawsuit against Michael Cohen, the lawyer who claims he helped provide her with a hush money payment shortly before the 2016 election, alleging defamation. (Not that he hasn’t done that before.) But that may be Trump inadvertently admitting it again.

 

Former Manhattan prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo went on CNN shortly after news of the lawsuit — which accuses Cohen of violating attorney-client privilege — was made public. She couldn’t for the life of her figure out how that isn’t an admission of guilt.

 

“It’s an interesting case here because, on the one hand, he’s saying everything is false, right?” Agnifilo said. “So if he was breaching attorney-client privilege, you’re doing that by telling things that were said to you in confidence. But so, is he saying things that Michael Cohen is saying are true because I told him in confidence, and now he’s breached that privilege? Or is he saying that the things are false? Because if they’re false, why didn’t he bring a defamation claim? So it kind of makes no sense.”

 

Click on the link for the full article

[Bang]

You mean other than the time he admitted it was real except it was a long time ago and doesn't matter anymore?

We keep "pretending" this guy has stepped in things he's been wallowing in right in full view.

 

~Bang

[Cooked Crack]

 

[EmirOfShmo]

 

[LadySkinsFan]

That's hilarious!

[TradeTheBeal!]

7 hours?  Good times!

 

 

[China]

So how many times did he plead the 5th?  Inquiring minds want to know.

[@DCGoldPants]

2 minutes ago, China said:

So how many times did he plead the 5th?  Inquiring minds want to know.

 

obviously zero times, because "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?"

51 minutes ago, TradeTheBeal! said:

7 hours?  Good times!

 

 

 

Let's be honest. We know what he eats. at least 40% of that time he was in the bathroom.

[Cooked Crack]

1 hour ago, China said:

So how many times did he plead the 5th?  Inquiring minds want to know.

 

 

[Larry]

Wonder how many crimes he confessed to, that he doesn't know about?  

[ixcuincle]

 

[Bang]

Criminals always feel that way.

 

~Bang him in the head with a ****ing gavel til he falls down dead.

[PokerPacker]

17 hours ago, @DCGoldPants said:

Let's be honest. We know what he eats. at least 40% of that time he was in the bathroom.

Why would he go to the bathroom when he's wearing a perfectly good diaper?