Walker88

The process is the process. No fear nor favor. White collar fraudster or mass murderer...all get the same treatment. I get the impression @jerrymahoney was a practicing attorney in NY, so he might have info on what a convicted felon in NY State can expect in a pre-sentencing hearing. Besides, even a successful, wealthy white collar criminal could have serious mental issues that might lead him or her to self-harm if incarcerated, and it would be irresponsible for authorities NOT to do a psychological evaluation before any possible confinement. Remember Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted felon's friend?

I'm not sure this is truly his probation officer. Maybe, but I do not know. Because a convicted felon must do a pre-sentencing hearing where the felon must urinate into a cup in front of his Probation Officer, I might assume the courts would appoint a gender match (no anti-woke comments, please about gender), Perhaps the apparent legal expert @jerrymahoney will comment. I have a sneaking suspicion the felon would have a lot of 'scared bladder' issues if forced to urinate in front of a woman. While I am sure any Probation Officer would be thoroughly professional, I kind of sense another NDA, or maybe another Pecker "Catch and Kill" on the horizon, just to be sure nobody sells an eyewitness tale.

As part of his pre-sentencing, the now convicted felon will have to undergo all the same processes as any other convicted individual in the United States. He will have a pre-probation hearing where he will be asked numerous questions, will have to provided a full and complete financial disclosure, and must urinate in a cup in front of his Probation Officer (and because he has an SS detail, in front of at least one SS agent). He must file a form requesting approval to travel anywhere, such as to any campaign stop, or even between his different residences. He must surrender any firearms he owns plus any permit he might have to carry. Apparently, he has already surrendered his Passport, as that is required of all convicted felons before sentencing. The convicted felon, I suspect, will not take kindly to being treated like every other private citizen who is a convicted felon. He demanded a drug test for Biden before any debate, well, he gets his own drug test because of his status as a convicted felon facing possible incarceration. I believe there is a word common in this part of the world for such a situation...k-something.

Here's a couple of very simple questions that even those who favor the convicted felon should be able to answer: Do the American people have a right to know---BEFORE they vote---whether one candidate tried to subvert the will of the people and stop the certification of a free and fair election? Do the American people have a right to know---BEFORE they vote---why one candidate took highly classified documents to his country club, without authorization, that could jeopardize US national security and the identities of foreign clandestine intelligence assets and operations? I ask "why" because clearly he did take the documents. That is not in any dispute, not even by him. Also, why did he subsequently LIE about returning all of the documents? Do the American people have a right to know what he intended to do with these thousands of highly classified documents that have absolutely nothing to do with running a country club? Do the American people have a right to know---BEFORE they vote---why he pressured the Georgia SecState to "just find me...11,780 votes" and---per the indictment---violate RICO statutes? Do the American people have a right to know---BEFORE they vote---why he called supporters to DC for 6 January 2021, Tweeting "It'll be WILD!", and then why did he tell them to "march to the Capitol" and "fight like hell", when all that was happening at the Capitol that day was the pro forma certification of the election 50 States and territories had already certified as his loss? Do the American people have a right to know---BEFORE they vote---why he sat idle in the Oval Office for 187 minutes, while the violence that destroyed Capitol property and injured 140 police officers was happening live on TV around the world as he himself watched, but he refused to call out the DC National Guard, despite the President having sole authority to do so (the Speaker lacks that authority)? He claims "I'm the most innocent man in the world...totally innocent" and "Nobody is more innocent than me". Since he has been indicted for acts that suggest otherwise, should he not only WANT, but be required---as any other American citizen would be required---to prove his innocence through the legal system, and BEFORE the people vote? Or do his supporters believe the Founding Fathers of the United States of America were wrong and that some people are above the law and totally immune? Do his supporters believe the United States should have its own lese majeste laws where not only is its leader infallible, but no criticism, much less a criminal indictment, should be allowed? Pretty easy questions. I await answers from his supporters.

Did HRC get involved in a fake elector scheme? Did Gore send his supports to the Capitol, or the Supreme Court, to violently attack it with the aim of killing elected officials, when the court ruled on FLorida's hanging chads? ONLY the now convicted felon tried to subvert democracy.

Granted that this is not his most serious crime, but what he did was illegal, and the American system of trial by a jury of one's peers found him guilty. What is an absolute joke is that a guy can steal thousands of highly classified documents, jeopardizing national security and the identities of foreign clandestine assets, and get away without any trial, much less punishment. What is an absolute joke is that a sitting President who loses re-election can try to overthrow the very system he ostensibly represents, and pay no price for his treason, not even having his alleged crime go to trial before an election. So-called "outraged" Americans apparently think the US is some sort of monarchy and the office of President is royalty, so that anyone who served or serves is completely above the law, almost divine, kind of like a lese majeste system. THAT^ is not the US the Founders intended. As the old Revolutionary slogan went, "We bow to no Earthly king". Let the courts first rule on his classified document theft and subsequent lying. Let the courts hear the evidence and see if he is guilty of subverting the will of the people and destroying democracy. Let the courts decide if a fake elector scheme is a crime against the people. Do that BEFORE citizens take to the polls so that voters have ALL the pertinent information before casting their vote. He seems afraid, as if he knows full well he is guilty as sin. If he is innocent as he claims, the court and juries of his peers will say so. If he is guilty, the people have a RIGHT to know.

I was under the impression, obviously mistakenly, that the silly acronym "TDS" was not allowed on this site. Since it apparently is, I will offer a synonym: TDS=American Patriot It's odd that people can see things in such polar opposite ways. The convicted felon says "He's doing it for us". In my opinion, nothing could be farther from the truth. His entire life has been 100% about him, getting what he can, continuously blowing his own horn, acting entitled and as if he is above the law. He got caught. He entered the US legal system, the bedrock of all that the nation is, and was found guilty of felonies...34 in all. If he hadn't stopped and delayed the other 3 trials, he would have many more, and much more serious, convictions added to his resume. Do his supporters think he stole all those classified documents, jeopardizing national security and the identities of clandestine foreign assets, for them? Do they think he tried to subvert the will of the people for their own good, or his own good? Did he engage in fraudulent business activity for them? Did he pay to coverup his (alleged) affairs with Stormy and Karen McDougal for them? Did he send his MAGA crowd to attack the US Capitol because he thought they might enjoy three squares and a stiff bunk, all at the US Taxpayers expense in a Federal prison? According to his former Chief of Staff Gen Kelly, he called men and women who give their lives for the US 'suckers and losers'. Doesn't sound like he cares nor respects them. Every single thing he does and has ever done---in my opinion---is solely for his won personal gain. I have never seen anyone so self-serving and entitled. Nor such the absolute polar opposite of an Alpha Male. He's a whining crybaby. He found out on Thursday that he is just a common citizen, with no additional privileges than any other American has, and since he broke the law, he was convicted by a jury of his peers. Gang members who engage in drive-by shootings do not get fellow Crypts and other gangbangers on their jury. The jurors are selected at random from a pool of local citizens, and BOTH the prosecution and defense are allowed to question them before selection, and each have a set amount of refusals. If anyone thinks there was bias, blame the convict's legal representation, because they could have refused some jurors who made the list. It is of no meaning whatsoever that when he ran for office he did not pull well in the city that knows him better than anyone. Having built his business largely in NYC, the place of his own birth, he absolutely got a true jury of his peers. They heard the witnesses, saw the evidence, and decided beyond a reasonable doubt, in all 34 felony counts, he was guilty.

Yea, he's a martyr just like Osama bin Laden is a martyr to radical jihadis. Anyway, he prefers to compare himself to Mother Teresa. He's actually kryptonite to Repubs. All he ever won was the Electoral College in 2016. He lost the popular vote twice. He lost (R)s the House in 2018, and both the House and Senate in 2020. He lost the Senate in Georgia really badly...even the runoff. As he whines his way into the election, he will lose more and more fringe and swing voters with his bizarre rants and threats of 'retribution'. His conviction will only help with those who already worship him; it won't gain new voters. His presser yesterday was absolute madness. Totally unhinged stream of (un)consciousness. Jails in the Congo? WTF? As Jimmy Kimmel said, the guy has so many screws loose even Boeing is going to recall him.

I doubt he will win on appeal. A jury of his peers found the evidence so overwhelming that they convicted him on all 34 felonies. It's so clearly a felony that one individual---Michael Cohen---was jailed for it, and did not receive a pardon from his former boss in 2018. Now the boss has been convicted of the same crime. Unless the appeal is taken to someone like Judge Aileen Cannon, it will be upheld. Michael Cohen did not try to appeal, assuming he would lose, so saved himself the time and money, The mastermind of the crime that resulted in Cohen's incarceration is even more guilty. He will appeal to try to delay, and also because he knows he isn't going to pay his lawyers anyway, so no personal expense is involved. At worst, he can grift off his goobers, as he began doing yesterday. His only hope is to win, and also that the Repubs retake the Senate and keep the House. Then his lackeys in the House---who have already written the Bill---will produce something that says Presidents are immune for life from any possible crime, and that is grandfathered back to at least 2016. They might couch it in less obvious terms, such as say any State crime (where Presidents have no pardon power) must be moved on to the Federal level if it involves a President. Once on the Fed level, a President can pardon himself.

Russia DID help the convicted felon in 2016, and his campaign willfully cooperated with them. That isn't just my opinion, but also the opinion of Republicans who led the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and who issued their own 1000 page report on it after Mueller was done. Did that make him win? Cannot say. The fact Putin also funded the campaign of far left tree hugger Jill Stein helped, too, though not enough for HRC to lose the Electoral College. Putin had learned from Perot '92 and Nader '00 that a 3rd Party candidate tends to take votes away from only one of the major Party candidates (just as RFK, Jr will do to the Repub this year). Hillary's margin of loss in WI and MI was less than the number of votes Stein got in those States, and it is a virtual certainty Stein only took votes from Hillary. The Manafort Spain trip during his first week as Campaign Manager, where he gave GRU asset Konstantin Kilimnik detailed internal polling data from the campaign is direct cooperation. Kilimnik passed the data to the GRU's Internet Research Agency arm, and they microtargeted voters in key swing States with fake stories about Hillary, such as "Uranium One" and about her health. Was it enough for the convicted felon to win? That can never be known, but it was direct cooperation between Russia and the campaign, just as even the Republican Senate said. Here's a Moscow dinner before the 2016 election with Stein, Mike Flynn & Putin:

Jimmy Kimmel really did kill it last night, as other posters have mentioned. His splicing of the convicted felon's campaign speeches in 2020, "predicting" what would happen if Biden won, is hilarious. The felon was 100% dead wrong, on jobs, the economy, stock market, oil production in the US, and every single holiday the felon claimed would disappear. Absolute belly laughs!

I'll try to answer. 1. Unlikely, given the endless appeal process, he would be jailed before the election. Possible, but unlikely. 2. Theoretically he could run things from prison, though his Presidency was primarily golfing ($175,000,000 cost to the US Taxpayer), doing rallies, calling into Fox, grifting off his properties by hosting foreigners who wanted something, & Tweeting. He just ran things....into the ground, as evidenced by his Recession and rising unemployment, plus massive increases in debt. 3. Repubs are cowards and have zero interest in American ideals or democracy. Note how the EXACT same ones still claiming 2020 was 'rigged' were perfectly happy to accept their own House or Senate victories on the same ballot. They just want to keep their jobs and hope they get chosen for some position. Some are just Performance Artists trying to create a brand; they have done zero legislation since retaking the House. They even blocked a Bordewr Security Bill a Repub Senator wrote, because the convicted felon wanted the border as an issue for the election. Right now they are all sucking up to be the VP on the ticket. They are also so embedded in the cult that they can't see that he actually is a loser. He only won in 2016 because of the anachronism called the Electoral College. He helped Repubs lose the House in 2018, barely hold the Senate, then lose the White House, House and Senate in 2020. Repubs seem not to have noticed he is actually the kiss of death. The Repubs could put up a replacement who could probably beat Biden, but won't. Own goal.

Let me try to play the Home Version of Whataboutism.... ANYBODY else---ANYBODY---who stole even 1% of the level and number of classified documents the convicted felon stole would be in jail awaiting trial, no matter how long the judge tried to delay the trial. I say that as one who long held a TS/SCI and Q clearance and had classification authority. The most sensitive secrets about US weapons, military capabilities, capabilities of both allies and hostile nations, and identities of clandestine foreign intelligence sources sitting in boxes in a country club/wedding facility that anyone willing to pay $200K can join, even MSS case officers. Madness! Sadly, owing to partiality and incompetence of the presiding judge, the trial will not even happen before the election, nor will the DC nor GA trials. Some Americans will go to the polls in November not knowing if one of the candidates is a thief, a liar to the FBI, violated RICO statutes, engaged in a fake elector scheme, tried to subvert democracy, and is an insurrectionist. Of course, rational people and actual patriots will know and not vote for the convicted felon.

Under the previous Administration those charges were sufficient for Barr's DoJ to incarcerate Michael Cohen, who was just an underling in the crime. In fact, it was considered sufficiently criminal that Cohen's former boss, who had the power to pardon him (as he pardoned Manafort, Bannon, etc.) chose NOT to do so. Oddly, when the same felony charges are brought against the crime's mastermind, foul is called.

Wow! I just watched the newly convicted felon's presser he gave yesterday, taking no questions. Personally, I would have asked about all those criminals just released in the Congo (which he spoke about). WT Ph! How is that related to his whining about finally being convicted? Maybe he's going to ask Judge Merchan to send him to a jail in the Congo? He told us: Dems are going to raise our taxes 4 times (totally made up, but MAGAs will buy it) and "they're going to take away your cars". (Seems odd Biden would take away our cars after putting so much effort into highway and bridge repair via the Infrastructure Bill) He also claimed nothing happened between him and Stormy (I would like to ask his 3rd wife if even she believes that), and then claimed (about the Stormy NDA and payoff), "Everybody has those (NDAs)". I feel so impoverished, not having my fair share of NDAs! Maybe I can buy some at a MAGA store? It was so unhinged and bizarre of a presser, it makes me look forward to the debate on the 27th. A good Biden opening statement line might be: "Hi. I'm Joe Biden. I'm the candidate who doesn't have 34 felony convictions nor $550 million in fines and penalties for business fraud and defamation."

In Maher's Friday show he also did a funny skit on "Clickbait" and how necessary it is in today's un-reading world to draw eyeballs. In his, "You want to see some of the clickbait you'll be seeing in the future?", he included: (Photo of the defendant in the NYC courtroom): Secrets to Falling Asleep Anywhere at Anytime and Mike Pence: Here's What My Boss Did When I Said, "No" (noting 6 Jan 21, the gallows, chant, etc.)

Not that this will happen, but SC Jack Smith has the authority to change his DC indictment at any time. That means theoretically he could add the capital charge of Sedition. What the convicted felon did up to and on 6 January certainly seems to fit the definition of Sedition. 10 U.S. Code § 894 - Art. 94. Mutiny or sedition

Let me paraphrase Bill Maher: Next time I cheat on my 3rd wife with a pornstar, pay her off to keep quiet and book the payments fraudulently, all while I'm running for President, I'll remember that. Another example: Fixer Michael Cohen does prison time for carrying out the instructions of his boss, but MAGAs think holding the boss accountable is some sort of witch hunt. The now-convicted felon is being handled with kid gloves, largely because HE weaponized justice with his appointments. (Barr fired SDNY att Berman for his intent to go after "Individual One" in the hush money crime, delaying the eventual trial from 2018 to 2024.) ANYONE who stole such a massive amount of highly classified documents would be jailed pending trial, no matter how long it took for a 'friendly' judge to delay any trial date. How about the fake elector scheme? Fomenting the terrorist attack on the US Capitol? Endless delays and now a largely hand-picked (Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett) and highly partial (Alito) Supreme Court is delaying the DC trial while they consider "immunity"? Or maybe endless suits related to an office romance that has zero to do with the criminality in trying to subvert the voters' will in Georgia? What all this shows all too clearly is that the US is not, or no longer, a nation where all are equal under the law. At least one guy, until this week, seems to be above it....and has even petitioned the Supreme Court to put that into law. But wait, there's more....Speaker Johnson, at the request of the convicted felon, is writing up a Bill that would make "former Presidents" immune from any prosecution, not matter when it occurred, for life. It's kind of trying to turn the US Constitution into the Magna Carta, where 'monarchs' are above the law.

Not liking Biden is fine. I understand, though he has quite a positive record in terms of economic growth, infrastructure, unemployment, rebuilding NATO, the Chips Act, 800K new manufacturing jobs, lower prescription drug prices for grandpa, etc. We can agree to disagree. The slavish devotion to every lie the convicted felon spouts, the paraphrenalia he schlepps, etc. makes it a cult in my opinion. Visit the various MAGA-friendly sites online, and note the extreme violence being threatened by MAGA types. See Truth Social, Gateway Pundit, Patriot.com. The cult is calling for the assassination of the judge and jury, riots, even civil war. Cult.

Lots of "heck of a cult" things out there. Size does not equate to veracity. There are around 2.5 billion Christians, maybe 2 billion Moslems, 1.2 billion Hindus, 500 million Buddhists.....obviously they cannot all be right (in fact, all CAN be wrong), so size of a cult just shows how susceptible or needy some are to believe they have some sort of messiah or path to salvation.

Here's something I can't quite grasp... Under the Administration of the now-convicted felon, Michael Cohen was judged guilty by a jury of his peers and sent to prison---for the same crime that this newly minted felon was just convicted of, also by a "JURY OF HIS PEERS". It was perfectly okay under the R White House and the Repub-appointed Attorney General...so much so that the guy who handed out pardons like Halloween Candy (Manafort, Bannon, etc.) chose NOT to pardon his former 'fixer'...but when the actual leader in the crime was similarly convicted, it's somehow the worst day in human history, the "end of our Republic" (Tucker & Hannity), "Communist, like China and North Korea" (Ingraham) and "will be remembered like the day JFK was assassinated" (Jr).

American citizens are allowed to own 100% of a business per the Treaty of Amity. The Treaty was first signed in 1833, and extended again in 1966. Most law firms in Thailand know how to register a company under the Treaty. Elsewhere, the numbers as they appear in the article seem odd. 270 companies would provide 'shelter' for more than 68 Russians, so likely there is more to come. Also, any company employing a non-Thai/non-ASEAN (who has a registered/legal Work Permit) must employ 4 Thai nationals for every foreigner with a Work Permit. I'm not sure this is related, but the renewal application for my own Work Permit has blossomed in size in the last year, with numerous onerous requirements. What used to be a simple couple of forms is now a 100 page tome, listing every employee, the most recent company tax return, proof of VAT payments, proof of Social Security payments for Thai employees, a copy of the DBD registration, shareholder list, bank statements...even the transcript from the last year of my highest university degree. Oh, and a Certificate of health from a hospital stating a long list of diseases I do not have. Similarly, the Non B Business Visa renewal application has similarly blossomed in size, now topping 150 pages, including 'action photos' of the applicant pretending to issue orders, mull over key business decisions, etc. Perhaps the additional requirements relate back to this ongoing "Operation Nominee Sweep".

The Dems have no bench, while the Repubs lack both a bench and starters.

I'm not as certain as some he will not be given a prison sentence. I believe it's up to the convicted felon and how he behaves between now and the sentencing date. If he mouths off, continues to violate the gag order (in effect until the sentencing date, I believe), doxxes jurors, or other nasty things of which he is not only capable, but prone to do, I think a prison sentence is possible. On his side he has 'no previous record' of criminal, though not civil, convictions, and the victims of his crime are somewhat amorphous (the entire United States of America). Working against him is his continual violation of the gag order, a total absence of remorse, and the fact an underling served time for doing his bidding in the carrying out of the crime for which he was convicted. If Michael Cohen had to serve 13 months and 51 days in solitary for the crime, it seems only fair the ringleader should also have to pay the price. As a side note, the old geezer looks to have aged 10 years in the last year. I don't think he's been hitting the gym and the salad bar. He looks like death warmed over. It would come as no surprise if he passed between now and November. Of course that would lead to another conspiracy theory about "Biden operatives" taking him out. Then again, maybe the Supreme Court will rule before November that Presidents are totally immune from prosecution, which means Biden would be free to do the needful.

The convicted felon added $8,400,000,000,000 in new National Debt. In Biden's first year he dropped $350 billion off the convicted felon's last year of debt, and $1.3 trillion in FY 2022. Because of the convicted felon's profligacy, inflation sprang up and required the Fed to raise rates ~380 pips. On the convicted felon's debt alone, that adds nearly $1 billion per year in servicing costs, and thus the yearly deficit.