Dotard also asks that his conviction be overturned. He had a phone call with speaker Johnson demanding something be done to overturn his felony conviction , just as he demanded someone do something to reinstate his loser ass as President. As usual....someone must do something for him. Trump dropped 'frequent F-bombs' during call with Mike Johnson after conviction: report A new report from Politico's Playbook details how former President Donald Trump reacted with pure fury after being convicted in New York on 34 felony charges. According to Politico, Trump had a phone call with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) shortly after the conviction in which he was heard "dropping frequent F-bombs" and demanding that something be done to reverse his conviction. “We have to overturn this,” Trump told Johnson. "Johnson has also been in talks with Judiciary chair and Trump ally Jim Jordan (R-OH) about using the appropriations process to target special counsel Jack Smith's probe," writes Politico. However, Republicans such as Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) are dumping on the idea of defunding the special counsel. "I don't think it's a good idea unless you can show that [the prosecutors] acted in bad faith or fraud or something like that,” he told Politico. “They’re just doing their job — even though I disagree with what they did.” Another Republican, who wished to remain anonymous, said that defunding Smith would completely undermine the GOP's complaints about Democrats "weaponizing" the justice system.
stinky should move to africa (together with his entire idiot family). maybe some banana republic over there needs a new "president" or whatever.
I would rather see Trump move to Russia, North Korea, or China considering he's publicly given high praise to the leaders of those countries...people acting like Dictators. In addition, he should encourage a lot of MAGA people to go with him to join the MAGA folks already there in those countries saying it's better there than living in the United States. wrbtrader
Will Trump go to prison for felony hush money conviction? Experts are split Trump's sentencing in his New York hush money case is scheduled for July 11. After becoming the first former president to face criminal charges, Donald Trump faces another historic first next month: He could become the first former president in U.S. history to be ordered to prison when he's sentenced in his New York hush money case. Several experts told ABC News that the odds are against the former president serving any time behind bars before the 2024 election, after a jury in May found him guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to an effort to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election. But it's possible that the nature and circumstances of Trump's alleged criminal conduct -- in addition to his lack of remorse and behavior during the trial -- could provide Judge Juan Merchan justification to impose a sentence that includes prison time, some experts told ABC News. Of the 14 lawyers and law professors who spoke with ABC News, five believed an incarceratory sentence was likely, two described the decision as a toss-up, and seven believed a prison sentence was unlikely due to a combination of the logistical challenges, a lack of precedent supporting incarceration for first-time offenders, and the political implications of such a sentence. Regardless of the punishment, experts broadly agreed that Trump's sentence will most likely be stayed pending his appeal -- a process that could take anywhere from months to a year -- meaning the former president would likely avoid serving any part of a sentence until after the 2024 election. Ahead of the July 11 sentencing, Judge Juan Merchan faces the unprecedented question of how to punish the former president for crimes that prosecutors framed in the sharpest terms -- a "subversion of democracy" and "election fraud, pure and simple" -- but that were charged using the least severe class of felonies in New York. "There is no more serious falsification of business records case that I can remember in the history of supervising and prosecuting many of these cases," said Karen Friedman Agnifilo, who previously served as the chief assistant district attorney in the Manhattan district attorney's office. https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-prison-felony-hush-money-conviction-experts-split/story?id=111059073 ---------- Trump should be counsel by his lawyers to request a quick (short) prison sentence so that he's out of prison before the November election. wrbtrader
Good luck with overturning a state verdict. Trump Demands Johnson ‘Overturn’ His Conviction in Curse-Laden Call: Report https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump...urn-his-conviction-in-curse-laden-call-report Donald Trump implored House Speaker Mike Johnson to help him “overturn” his guilty verdict after the Manhattan hush-money case made the former president a convicted felon, according to a new report. In a phone call featuring “frequent F-bombs” after the May 31 verdict, Trump told Johnson, “We have to overturn this,” according to sources cited by Politico. Johnson, who “volunteered” to make an appearance at Trump’s trial in a show of support, is said to have been sympathetic to Trump’s demands and has reportedly spoken to him several times about what the House can do as Trump seeks to exact his revenge. The former president was scheduled to meet Thursday with House Republicans on Capitol Hill for a meeting ostensibly meant to focus on the upcoming election season and 2025 legislative agenda, though it seems likely his own legal woes will also come up. Read it at Politico
'Get ready for a big mess': Supreme Court's Trump immunity decision expected next week The Supreme Court has waited months to rule on Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity, helping him avoid more criminal trials during his campaign. Former Supreme Court clerk Leah Litman and Slate Senior Writer Mark Joseph Stern share what's ahead when the Justices finally respond to Trump's "outlandish" arguments. Trump's lawyers think that murdering a political rival...hypothetical, but we can see that could well be an official act. What the fuck is Trump and his lawyers smoking ? Seriously, Trump needs to hope that the Supreme Court does not give him immunity because if they say yes...its a yes to what Trump's lawyers have implied what he could do against a political rival that Trump considers to be corrupt. That would open the door for President Biden to order a hit on Trump (a corrupt political rival) before the November 2024 election and it would be OK in the eyes of the Supreme Court. Thus, immunity for President Biden if he does the unthinkable against a corrupt political rival. This is something that no American and no U.S. Judicial System wants to see happen...right ??? My point, the Supreme Court has to say "no immunity" for Trump to protect Americans, protect political rivals, and protect Trump from his own bullshit & twisted sense of reality even though we know that "no immunity" will not speed up the remaining criminal trials against Trump but it will set the stage for a possible sitting President to become a convicted felon and go to prison on top of his already 34x felony convictions... It will be another first for loser Trump. Trump is fucked wrbtrader
Supreme Court Ruled: Trump has "partial immunity if it's an official act". The court cases now get kicked back down to the lower court to determine which of the criminal charges are official acts and which are not official acts. It's a meaningless decision because things like "fake electors" are not an official act to do his duty as President of the United States. Also, filing false documents is not an official act that the lower courts will eventually decide upon. Simply, Trump being involved in his private (personal) effort to overturn a fair election is not an official act but it does play into Trump's effort to further delay the criminal case that now gets kicked back to the lower district courts. Most of Trump's indictments involved "unofficial acts" but until the lower courts decide...Trump will claim victory as usual as he did in his civil court cases until the day he was found guilty. #delaydelaydelay wrbtrader
Interesting the federal immunity ruling is impacting the state level case. Manhattan Prosecutors Agree to Delay Trump’s Sentencing Donald J. Trump’s lawyers want to argue that a Supreme Court decision giving presidents immunity for official acts should void his felony conviction for covering up hush money paid to a porn star. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/nyregion/trump-sentencing-hush-money-trial.html Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday agreed with Donald J. Trump’s request to postpone his criminal sentencing so that the judge overseeing the case could weigh whether a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling might imperil his conviction, new court filings show. It is up to the judge to determine whether to postpone the sentencing, though with both sides in agreement, it seems likely he would do so. Mr. Trump, who was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to his cover-up of a sex scandal during his 2016 presidential campaign, was scheduled to be sentenced on July 11. He faces up to four years in prison, though he could receive as little as a few weeks in jail, or probation. On Monday, the Supreme Court granted Mr. Trump broad immunity from prosecution for official actions taken as president, dealing a major setback to his federal criminal case in Washington, where he is accused of plotting to overturn his 2020 election loss. Although the Manhattan case does not center on Mr. Trump’s presidency or official acts — but rather personal activity during his campaign — his lawyers argued on Monday that prosecutors had built their case partly on evidence from his time in the White House. And under the Supreme Court’s new ruling, prosecutors not only cannot charge a president for any official acts, but also cannot cite evidence involving official acts to bolster other accusations. In a letter to the judge who presided over the trial, Juan M. Merchan, Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued that the conviction should be set aside. They also asked Justice Merchan to postpone the sentencing while he considered their request. In response to the letter from Mr. Trump’s lawyers, the district attorney’s office wrote that prosecutors did not oppose Mr. Trump’s request to delay the sentencing. “Although we believe defendant’s arguments to be without merit, we do not oppose his request for leave to file and his putative request to adjourn sentencing pending determination of his motion,” wrote Joshua Steinglass, one of the assistant district attorneys who tried the case against the former president. Mr. Trump’s lawyers proposed filing their court papers on July 10, and the district attorney’s office said it would respond two weeks later. This is a developing story and will be updated.