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Judge extends deadline for Georgia district attorney to respond to Trump (01MAY2023) ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been granted a two-week extension to respond to a motion from former President Donald Trump’s attorney to drop her investigation into alleged election interference. Willis was expected to respond to Trump’s motion by May 1, however, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney extended the deadline to May 15. Latham is one of nearly a dozen of Georgia’s “fake electors” who allegedly signed off on certificates purporting to be from Trump electors that falsely claimed that Trump was the victor over Biden in Georgia. https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/judge-extends-deadline-for-georgia-district-attorney-to-respond-to-trump/article_45a4cce8-e85b-11ed-a494-4faf1f7b5c9d.html (Snarky reply self-deleted)

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/politics/georgia-trump-fake-electors-immunity/index.html The newly secured cooperators could offer insights into a key prong of Willis’s sprawling investigation into election interference: the attempts to put forward alternate slates of electors to block the certification of the 2020 presidential vote and the role Trump’s allies played in organizing the effort. Other Republicans who served as pro-Trump electors could still face legal exposure in her investigation, according to people familiar with the matter.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/05/fulton-county-georgia-trump-investigation-electors-immunity/ The news that some — but likely not all — of the electors will not be charged raises new questions about the scope of Willis’s examination of the meeting of electors, all of whom she previously identified as criminal targets in her investigation. The electors who accepted immunity did so without any promise that they would offer incriminating evidence in return, and they all have stated that they remain unified in their innocence and are not aware of any criminal activity among any of the electors, (Attorney) Debrow said. “In telling the truth they continue to say they have done nothing wrong and they are not aware of anyone else doing anything wrong, much less criminal,” said an individual familiar with the investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the case.

No. Maybe Grammarly.

2nd Amendment to the US Constitution: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution Written at time when Arms were muzzle-loaded flint locks. Now there are legal claims that 'Arms' also includes AR-15's

OK.

I think that means the ages were between the age of five and age 61 -- not 61 victims brought to the hospital.

Yes the burden of proof in a criminal trial is evidence 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. The burden of proof in a civil trial is 'the preponderance of the evidence To which Tapicano in his summation might say: What evidence? Just a bunch of girl talk without one tangible piece of evidence. How does my client prove a negative? Ms. Carroll's attorney in their own original complaint form said this all allegedly happened (quote) "One evening between the fall of 1995 and the spring of 1996 ..." What is that -- a joke?

The answer from WrLife as posted was: They emailed me saying as I didn't have the optical package cataract surgery isn't covered. Meaning MAYBE not outpatient eye surgery is covered without the optional package.

I have no idea. There is an optional DENTAL/OPTICAL package on the form at least as on the website today.

I guess that's up to jury decide whether Trump's defamatory statements were a reaction to something that -- at least as presented and as stated repeatedly by Trump and attorney Tacopina -- did not ever happen.

This is a screenshot current WrLife application form https://www.wrlife.net/documents/WRLIFE APPLICATION FORM ENGLISH.pdf

As long as they did it in English, no problem.

Well I am no Trump apologist but i still think that one or more jurors may say that there is no tangible evidence that this thing ever occurred. That neither Ms. Carroll, nor even 2 of her witnesses, can give an exact date that this occurred only a 6-8 month window, based on what clothes she remembers wearing, is not sufficient to hold Trump liable for such a loosely defined circumstance.

Well not before OCT 1 by which time indictments may have already been issued. The new commission will convene by July 1 and put forth rules and regulations no later than October 1. Under the law, the commission will not be able to receive complaints before October 1 and will not be able to receive complaints about misconduct that happened before that date unless it is related to “a continuous pattern of conduct that continues beyond that date. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/politics/georgia-elections-oversight-commission-kemp-willis/index.html

Addendum to the above from Tacopina's opening statement: Carroll “did not produce any objective evidence to back up her claim because it didn’t happen,” the attorney said. Carroll, a columnist known to keep a diary, did not document the account in her personal diary, Tacopina added. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/25/politics/carroll-trump-trial-day-one/index.html

With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning: How can we deny thy claim? Let us count the ways.

And on the notion of 'forgetting': In her original complaint it states (at 9.) Ms. Carroll is a journalist. Witness Lisa Birnbach was a journalist Witness Carol Martin was a TV journalist. And yet, at the time of the alleged offense, not one of the 3 journalists made contemporaneous written notes of the exact date of the alleged incident or when Ms. Carroll told the 2 witnesses about the incident. All 3 can remember minutia of the incident or the phone calls or other conversations -- just not the the dates involved. The complaint itself as per the exact time of the event only states: 18. One evening between the fall of 1995 and the spring of 1996 ... Reminds of "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ..."

Yes and you can read on page 12 of Judge Kaplan's order that Trump's attorneys refused and would adamantly oppose any motion to compel.

Also from the above NYTimes report: And even if Mr. Trump provided DNA, Judge Kaplan said in his ruling, it might not matter for the trial. “It is possible that the results of further DNA analysis using Mr. Trump’s DNA sample would be entirely inconclusive,” he wrote.

So Trump did not voluntarily give a DNA sample. The Judge said Ms. Carroll's attorneys could have compelled him to do so but did not.

This is the Judges ruling on page 4. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.56.0.pdf Also note that DNA sample, as referenced in the ruling, on dress in question is not a sperm sample.

What I said specifically is that Trump was being denied the right to offer an alibi defense as no specific date for the alleged event has ever been offered. The original complaint as filed with the Court only states that: One evening between the fall of 1995 and the spring of 1996 ...

Trump to cut Ireland trip short and return to New York to ‘confront’ E Jean Carroll (one hour ago) Donald Trump has claimed he is cutting short his trip to Ireland to “confront” E Jean Carroll after his defence team suffered a series of setbacks at his civil rape and defamation trial in New York. Speaking to reporters while golfing at his Doonbeg resort on Thursday, Mr Trump said he would “probably attend” the trial, which is hearing its final day of evidence before closing arguments next week. “I was falsely accused by this woman, I have no idea who she is – it’s ridiculous,” he said. “I’ll be going back early because a woman made a claim that is totally false, it’s fake.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-ireland-carroll-rape-trial-b2332491.html

All the above may be true but now a civil complaint has been filed in Federal Court involving one specific incident wherein the original complaint states: FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS I. TRUMP RAPES CARROLL AT BERGDORF GOODMAN 18. One evening between the fall of 1995 and the spring of 1996, Carroll left work and went to Bergdorf Goodman, the luxury department store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. And the Carroll legal team obviously feels that, regarding the actual time of the alleged one specific incident, they need to be no more specific than the above..