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Colangelo, who delivered the opening statement in Trump’s New York trial last week, was a senior Justice Department official in the Biden administration before joining the Manhattan district attorney’s office in December 2022 https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4633609-judiciary-republicans-trump-hush-money-prosecutor/

Anyone who writes on a WrLife topic page -- I reckon insurers as soon as someone makes a claim they run around the office trying to find an undiagnosed pre-existing condition, it's an easy get out and high 5s all round the office -- is not a credible messenger.

I did my due diligence prior to joining WrLife but it is unique to my circumstances and none of your <expletive self-deleted> business.

Really? It was the general opinion that all the trials would be underway? I don't ever recall seeing that. How Many of Trump’s Trials Will Happen Before the Election? (Aug. 18, 2023) Three different prosecutors want to put Donald J. Trump on trial in four different cities next year, all before Memorial Day and in the midst of his presidential campaign. It will be nearly impossible to pull off. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/nyregion/trump-indictments-trial-2024-election.html

That “this is not looking good” was in reference to Danderman123’s comment about the Trump team not putting on a defense for Trump as I was already familiar with the prior rulings of Judge Merchan that Ms. Rebecca Roiphe was referencing in her April 30 2024 NYT article.

And just as with the Mukasey comment, you posted about who they were rather than anything they had to say.

I was really interested in the Elie Honig comment but next time I'll be more careful.

I put up his quote verbatim -- if you want to attack it that's up to you. But I don't have to justify it to your liking. And the Mukasey quote was AUG 18, 2023: Michael B. Mukasey, a former U.S. attorney general and longtime Manhattan federal judge, said because of the complex issues raised in all four of Mr. Trump’s cases, “I think the odds are slim to none that any of them gets to trial before the election.”

, you don't have tgi=o agrfee. Sure but at the time it was the thought that all of them would underway before election. Barr was the former attorney general. but you don't have to agree with him.

I voted against Trump twice. And would be happy to see him lose again. I will admit that I would prefer to see him lose based upon the usual criteria and not this felony conviction which might be reversed after he loses the election thus giving him the 'we was robbed' scenario.

He's dead.

Obviously not you.

Just an update to Carroll v Trump sexual assault verdict appeal, the appeals court has denied a motion by Carroll for expedited decision: Plaintiff (Carroll) has not established good cause to expedite oral argument in this appeal. This appeal does not fall within a category of cases subject to automatic placement on the expedited appeals calendar. Any future attempt to postpone the argument once scheduled would require a showing of “extraordinary circumstances.” Accordingly, Plaintiff’s (Carroll) motion is DENIED, and argument in this appeal shall be scheduled in the ordinary course. 24 MAY 2024

Just to note the "what were your thinking" was in reference to this not Ms. Willis' personal pecadilloes: Judge disqualifies Fulton County district attorney from targeting Georgia lieutenant governor nominee in election probe The judge said it was “harmful” to the integrity of the investigation that Fani Willis had taken part in a fundraiser for the GOP candidate’s eventual Democratic opponent, one of 16 fake electors she has been targeting. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney on Monday barred Willis from building a case against Burt Jones, a state senator running for lieutenant governor, after she hosted a fundraiser backing Democratic candidate Charlie Bailey in his runoff against another Democratic challenger who ultimately lost, Kwanza Hall. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/judge-disqualifies-fulton-county-district-attorney-targeting-georgia-l-rcna39870

OK certainly others have also said that. But when I read the here linked article originally in NY Times that mentions indirectly some of the Judge's rulings pre-trial against the defense, I thought this is not looking good: I was an attorney at the D.A.’s office. This is what the Trump case is really about. Boring as it may sound, it is a case about business integrity. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2024/04/30/opinion-i-was-an-attorney-das/

No. There are 2 William Barrs. BTW I remember your saying the same for Judge Mukasey who said he did not expect any of Trump's 4 criminal trials would take p;lace before the election. Whatever his opinion, my concern with all this is that declaring Trump as a felon -- deservedly or not -- will help him win the election come NOV 2024. And I would prefer him not be for the next 4 years.

Elie Honig, a former colleague of Bragg’s, called the case an “ill-conceived, unjustified mess,” lamenting the “unprecedented” and “obscure” nature of the “inventive” and “inflated” charges in a Friday piece for New York Magazine. He criticized the judge’s $35 donation to a pro-Biden operation as a “plain violation” of a New York rule for judges. “The charges against Trump are obscure, and nearly entirely unprecedented. In fact, no state prosecutor — in New York, or Wyoming, or anywhere — has ever charged federal election laws as a direct or predicate state crime, against anyone, for anything. None. Ever. Even putting aside the specifics of election law, the Manhattan DA itself almost never brings any case in which falsification of business records is the only charge,” Honig wrote. “This will be eventually overruled after the election. But what if there’s a close election? And Biden squeaks through, and then the case is overruled? Half the country is gonna feel this was a stolen election and again, this is a grave injustice and disservice to the country,” Barr continued. https://dailycaller.com/2024/06/05/bill-barr-alvin-bragg-verdict-2024-election-donald-trump/

Pre-trial motions and rulings based upon the charges in the indictment is one thing. All the current motions and rulings are based upon the alleged personal indiscretions of the Prosecution. Or as Georgia Judge McBurney said of Ms. Willis in another ruling this case: Fani Willis -- what were you thinking?

N.Y. appeals court reduces Trump's bond in his civil fraud case to $175 million, a victory for the former president The decision Monday also puts a stay on the part of the original judgment that barred Trump from serving as a public officer of a company, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ny-appeals-court-reduces-trumps-bond-civil-fraud-case-175-million-vict-rcna144659

Well I don't see that you are the one it needs to be fine with. Judge Merchan's argument pre-trial as to what is OK, is. And there are enough left leaning legal scholars that say there are problems there as well

This is the case at issue. And many of the appeal issues occured even before there was a trial and a jury,

Though the crime of falsifying business records is nominally a misdemeanor, the Manhattan district attorney’s office almost always charges it as a felony. Still, the Trump case stands apart. The (NY)Times could identify only two other felony cases in Manhattan over the past decade in which defendants were indicted on charges of falsifying business records but no other crime.

A jury's deliberations is only a function of the evidence allowed in Court and the pretrial rulings as to how the charges can be presented, and then instructions to the jury as presented by the judge. Or in a nutshell might be presented by the defense in an appeal: Garbage in -- Garbage out.

Trump is indeed a convicted felon. So would be someone who is convicted of murder or armed bank robbery. So would be someone in Florida and some other states convicted of felony littering well less than a pickup truck load. Felony is felony but all felonies ain't the same.

You can liken it all you want. The Feds got Capone on a tax charge because Chicago was too corrupt to ever go after Capone for murder, etc, With the Trump case NY state 175.05 false records on its own is a misdemeanor and the state 17-152. Conspiracy to promote or prevent election. on its own is a misdemeanor. Put them together with some "unlawful means" and now you have E felony.