The Donald J. Trump — Live Tweeting/Truths & Discussion Thread (Part 1)

[realDonaldTrump]

They only brought this Fake, Corrupt, and Disgraceful Charge against me because I stand with the American People, and they know that I cannot get a fair trial in New York!

( truth (lol) )

[commonWealth]

LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP!

YOU CAN’T CHARGE A POLITICAL OPPONENT, THIS IS AMERICA!

[TheDudeAbides]

lol he didnt cede the office of president of the united states and even when it became obvious he couldnt do that he STILL wouldnt, hes not surrendering hahaha

[Danspartan]

Kind of want DeSantis to play this out. Constitution is pretty clear. Sam and Clarence with figure out how to vote no. But still 7-2.

[goofy]

MJS thinks this will be a tough conviction:

https://twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/1641576194482089985

The Big Problem With the Trump Indictment

The district attorney’s theory of the case, as reported prior to the indictment, is coherent but somewhat complicated. Under New York law, it is a felony offense to falsify business records when this “intent to defraud” includes “an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.” But the payment seemed to violate either state or federal election laws on transparency and campaign limits. Put all that together, and you have a crime under New York law: falsifying business records (by lying about the payments to Cohen) in the furtherance of another crime (the illegal contribution to Trump’s campaign).

Thursday’s indictment shows that Bragg has already convinced a grand jury that probable cause exists to believe Trump committed an offense related to this scheme. Winning at trial will be much harder, requiring the district attorney to prove each element of the crime to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. That would likely include proving Trump’s intent to contravene campaign finance law. Succeeding here will require Bragg to put Cohen on the stand and persuade a jury that he is more credible than the former president.

That’s a tall order, and not just because Cohen is a disgraced felon. Despite existing evidence of Trump’s extensive involvement in the Daniels scheme, we have not yet seen a smoking gun that proves his fraudulent intent (1) to falsify records in furtherance of (2) helping his campaign. It is notable, though, that the former parent company of the National Enquirer, American Media Inc., signed a non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice in 2018 in which it admitted that its role in the payoff scheme was “to ensure that a woman did not publicize damaging allegations about that candidate before the 2016 presidential election and thereby influence that election.” The former CEO of AMI, Pecker, testified before the grand jury and will likely prove a critical witness in any jury trial.

Still, Bragg will likely need to prove both the falsifying records to help his campaign elements to secure a conviction, putting immense pressure on Cohen’s credibility. He’ll also need to refute Trump’s defense (already previewed on Truth Social) that Cohen (1) told him the payoff was legal and (2) he relied on this advice in good faith. Again, the resolution of this dispute may well hang on the jury’s determination of credibility between the two men.

[hammypotter]

They’d issue an opinion that literally says “fuck you, no” before they’d ever rule on the extradition issue. We’re going to have lots of women and trans people who need to be extradited in the next few years. Probably some teachers too.

[TheDudeAbides]

there’s no way we’re getting a trial, hahaha. I dont know why I know but I know.

[commonWealth]

There is a court date scheduled for Tuesday. - CNN

[TheDudeAbides]

I’m months clean from cable news… god damnit

[Jman220]

I think Trump voluntarily surrenders, but it would be funny as shit if he has to avoid all states with blue governors because they will respect Hochul’s Governor’s Warrant. Gonna be tough to campaign in PA if he tries that strategy.

[riverman]

“It’s a really tough case” twitter is a single circle venn diagram with “most insufferable Lawbros on earth.”

[goofy]

Nah, MJS is one of the good ones. He’s been a guest on 5-4.

[Jman220]

White collar, not surprising, one count for each record, the number of counts doesn’t mean much.

[realDonaldTrump]

These Corrupt Democrat Prosecutors, all from poorly run and very dangerous Democrat run cities, are not going to choose the Republican Nominee, or the next President of the United States!

( truth (lol) )

[TheDudeAbides]

in some timelines this happened on april fool’s day

[TheDudeAbides]

pence is now on cnn hahaha wtf?

[TheDudeAbides]

GET EM WOLF

[TheDudeAbides]

lol is pence gonna announce he’s gonna run?

[TheDudeAbides]

lol pence is talking so carefully about jan 6th and is getting uncomfortable. wolf’s not half bad at this. i got a legit chuckle at watching pence actually squirm in his seat.

[TheDudeAbides]

Pence thinks biden’s too soft on russia! “24 hours to release that reporter or there’s gonna be consequences”

that’s in stark contrast to the usual GOP messaging on ukraine/russia. this is so weird.

wolf asked him what he meant by consequences and he said “let’s put some people on a plane”

lol where’s this guy’s spine been?