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https://edition.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/new-york/president

While I cannot find a link to it , I remember a news interview with an LA County Sherriff's rep who was asked after the verdict: Now that OJ has been found not guilty, are you going to try to find the REAL killer? Answer: No. We got our man. BTW OJ had prostate cancer. Not caught early enough. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/oj-simpson-dies-after-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-psa/story?id=109149892

Updated Nov. 27, 2022, 12:58 a.m. ET according to data made public by the DA’s office ( https://data.manhattanda.org/ ) When serious felony charges are brought, Bragg’s office wins a conviction just 51% of the time — down from 68% in 2019, the last year before the pandemic disrupted the court system. https://nypost.com/2022/11/26/convictions-plummet-downgraded-charges-surge-under-manhattan-da-bragg/

This will be the first Presidential election since 1972 in which I have not voted. And I have voted in Florida since 1996. I don't care who wins and I have lived in Florida counties where Trump gets 80+% of the vote. So I am done with your prognostications.

The header this forum says: Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source. I guess you are an approved credible source. Besides if you know there's an abortion initiative on the NOV ballot, why do you assume all those Florida residents contacted by the polls do not?

As a Florida resident I know polls schmolls but as of today not looking good for Joe: https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-election-polls/florida

Maybe he read the extended topic on here on how to do a proper wai?

Thanks for the colo(u)r commentary. From The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/08/falsifying-business-records-charges-trump-hush-money-case/ Prosecutors have suggested that the overall scheme was a potential violation of federal and state election laws, as well as state tax laws. But Trump has not been charged with any other crimes in the case, making the felony counts for falsifying business records more unusual. (Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor on financial fraud cases) said it still could be difficult to get jurors to agree that Trump should be convicted. “Although there is evidence of another crime, and that’s something that’s going to have to be proven out, ultimately that’s not what Trump is charged with.”

From your link: An individual “is guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree when he commits the crime of falsifying business records in the second degree, and when his intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof.” N.Y. Penal Code § 175.10. For Trump to be prosecuted for felony violation of falsifying business records, the statute requires the DA to prove not only that Trump is guilty of falsifying business records (a misdemeanor), but that he did so with the intent to commit “another crime,” or aiding or concealing the commission of “another crime.” Or as Judge Merchan put it in a ruling: The People's primary contention with Defendant's argument is that the statute does not require that the "other crime" actually be committed. Rather, all that is required is that defendant have the intent. That is, he acted with a conscious aim and objective to commit another crime. KInda like the Shadow radio intro as spoken by Orson Wells: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Don't be confused. It's simple: The Prosecution's closing argument might be to the jury: We are asking you to find Donald Trump guilty of something he didn't do. '

Trump is charged with 34 counts of violating § 175.10 Falsifying business records in the first degree. A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree when he commits the crime of falsifying business records in the second degree, and when his intent to defraud includes an intent to commit another crime or to aid or conceal the commission thereof. Falsifying business records in the first degree is a class E felony. https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/175.10 So it is a 2-part charge.

A story that was part of John McCain losing the 2008 US Presidential election: McCain unsure how many houses he owns Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. “I think — I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. “It’s condominiums where — I’ll have them get to you.” https://www.politico.com/story/2008/08/mccain-unsure-how-many-houses-he-owns-012685 NB John McCain's 2nd wife had a beer distribution fortune.

Judge Blocks Trump’s Lawyers From Naming Witnesses in Documents Case The special counsel had asked that the names of about two dozen government witnesses be redacted from a public version of a court filing to protect against potential threats or harassment. April 9, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/politics/trump-documents-witnesses.html Photo caption: Jack Smith, the special counsel, flying back from a court hearing last month. As has become common, Judge Aileen M. Cannon took a shot at him in her ruling even as she agreed with him

Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months in jail for lying Updated 11:06 PM GMT+7, April 10, 2024 When Weisselberg pleaded guilty last month to two counts of perjury, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg made a legally binding promise not to prosecute him for any other crimes he might have committed in connection with his longtime employment by the Trump Organization. Weisselberg’s plea agreement also does not require him to testify at Trump’s hush money criminal trial, which is scheduled to start with jury selection Monday. (Michael) Cohen has said Weisselberg had a role in orchestrating the payments. Weisselberg, who lives in Boynton Beach, Florida, has not been charged in that case, and neither prosecutors nor Trump’s lawyers have indicated they will call him as a witness. https://apnews.com/article/weisselberg-trump-perjury-new-york-b76cde56c6cb983ab8789f95d5a0c6c0

Some Jan. 6 rioters win early release, even before key Supreme Court ruling The Supreme Court’s pending review of a key federal charge levied against Jan. 6 defendants — and Donald Trump — is already triggering early releases of some high-profile defendants Updated April 9, 2024 at 9:38 p.m. EDT| Federal judges have begun ordering the early release pending appeal of Jan. 6 defendants who challenged their sentences even though the Supreme Court is a week away from hearing arguments on whether a key charge brought against them is legally sound. Julie Rose O’Sullivan, a Georgetown law professor and expert on white-collar criminal law, said it was a potentially bad sign for prosecutors that the Supreme Court took the case when there is such strong support for the law at lower levels, including two split opinions upholding the government’s use of the statute in Jan. 6 cases by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/10/jan-6-rioters-released-supreme-court/

Maybe there'll be a different company. Any bond option Trump has right now will be very expensive but the alternative is that 'Tish' James has a $500 million shopping spree at Trump's expense.

10 days. Some reason you can't wait?

If it's a fraud bond, it will be rejected. They have now 10 more days to put something together that isn't.

The hearing on the bond will be held in Judge Engoron's court 22 April and one can reasonably presume that AG James and the Judge will be looking for any reason to deny it. So they'd better have their ducks in order by then.

"Justice Merchan's opinion apparently ignored several important points of law. For example, it seems to contradict the U.S. Supreme Court's body of cases * which limit criminal fraud cases to depriving traditional property interests such as money, not something ephemeral. That's assuming there actually was an intent to defraud, because the only person whom the incorrect labeling affected was Trump himself." https://www.newsweek.com/alvin-braggs-case-against-trump-should-have-been-dismissed-opinion-1870620 * CIMINELLI v. UNITED STATES (US Supreme Court) 13 F. 4th 158, reversed and remanded. We have held, however, that the federal fraud statutes criminalize only schemes to deprive people of traditional property interests. Cleveland v. United States, 531 U. S. 12, 24 (2000). Because “potentially valuable economic information” “necessary to make discretionary economic decisions” is not a traditional property interest, we now hold that the right-to-control theory is not a valid basis for liability under §1343. Accordingly, we reverse the Second Circuit’s judgment. https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/21-1170 (my bolds)

Without making predictions, I look on Ms. Harris a bit like Harry Truman. Nobody in 1944 Democratic hierarchy liked the current VP and, just looking at FDR, everyone knew he was on his last legs. Truman turned out to be the guy everyone disliked the least. And Truman just ranked #7 on the Siena list of greatest Presidents.

Likewise. The Trump appeal folks have 2 weeks until the 22 APR Engoron hearing to work things out. NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) - A New York judge will hold a hearing on April 22 over the $175 million bond Donald Trump posted as he appeals a $454 million fraud judgment against him, the state attorney general's office said on Thursday, after asking for more details about the bond. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hearing-over-trumps-175-million-bond-ny-civil-fraud-case-set-april-22-2024-04-04/

To me,all these cases civil or criminal are a side-show compared to prospect of Trump again being President in JAN 2025.

Double agent behind the enemy lines.

I don't know. That's why I said 'maybe'.

And maybe then appealed.