jerrymahoney

The words "fundamental principle" in the OP do not appear in the linked SOURCE. From the linked SOURCE in the OP but not in the OP: Our justice system is dedicated to the principle that no one is above the law, not even the president of the United States, much less a former president. Everyone should have his day in court, particularly the prosecutor in a criminal case. But there is no law that says that a criminal defendant must be tried at any particular time.

Maybe well said but it didn't come from the SOURCE as linked.

Unless you plan on leaving the Kingdom, you can just carry the new and old passport until your next extension.

Trump requests a new trial in E. Jean Carroll defamation case Trump's attorneys argued that the jury’s compensatory and punitive awards are out of proportion and should be cancelled. March 6, 2024, 4:18 AM +07 Donald Trump’s attorneys on Tuesday filed a motion for a new trial in writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation case and asked a judge overseeing the case to cancel the judgment of $83 million dollars against the former president Trump attorneys Alina Habba and John Sauer argue that “a district court may grant a motion for a new trial if the verdict is against the weight of the evidence.” Habba also contended that the jury’s compensatory and punitive awards are out of proportion and motivated by sympathy rather than evidence and should be canceled. Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan declined to comment. This is a developing story. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-requests-new-trial-e-jean-carroll-defamation-case-rcna141935 Trump again seeks to delay $83M judgment in E. Jean Carroll case -- March 5, 2024, 1:49 AM Last month, (Judge) Kaplan declined Trump's initial request for a reduced bond or a delay, but asked for a reply from Carroll's lawyers. In a filing last week, her attorneys argued that the reasoning in Trump's request relief "boils down to nothing more than 'trust me.'" Trump's lawyers responded by arguing that Carroll's concern about Trump's limited finances is contradictory, highlighting that at trial her lawyers emphasized Trump's wealth to convince the jury to reach a higher damages award. "Plaintiff's current position -- that President Trump's ability to satisfy a judgment of $83.3 million is in doubt -- is 'clearly inconsistent' with her position barely one month ago that President Trump has $14 billion in assets and can thus easily satisfy an enormous punitive award," defense lawyers wrote. https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-seeks-delay-83m-judgment-jean-carroll-case/story?id=107782842

From the 'public anger' topic: She also admitted mentioning her connection with a high-ranking police officer, clarifying that her son is a police officer but his rank is only a police sergeant. https://aseannow.com/topic/1321447-public-anger-boils-over-in-protests-in-phuket-against-swiss-man-mr-uli-and-private-beaches/?do=findComment&comment=18738313

Hey -- but his topic has given others the opportunity to let the AN hoi polloi know just how successful they were in their various legal quandaries because they they were able to deploy their hi-level hi-so contacts.

He thought they were Chinese. From the other topic: ...the Swiss expat and his wife claimed they mistook the victims for Chinese tourists who had allegedly trespassed earlier.

Exactly. Maybe BM2 just doesn't want to spend the next year or so dealing with police, lawyers, insurance people, and maybe the courts for possibly no further effect than current.

From the link above: As part of the plea talks, Weisselberg was not expected to turn on Trump and will not testify against him at the New York criminal hush money case scheduled to start later this month, the people said.

Fani Willis is the Prosecutor, not the Defendant. And as Judge McAfee noted, there is prior case law involving Prosecutorial conduct

The topic title is Thai university lecturer not WEALTHY Thai university lecturer.

Just to note that in Thailand there is no contingency payment allowed. 'Getting a lawyer' in any complicated incident as is this could mean a considerable fee up-front to even determine a course of action.

Attorneys for Trump, Fani Willis spar at final hearing over removing district attorney from Trump Georgia case Updated on: March 1, 2024 / 5:04 PM EST / CBS News No evidence was produced during the earlier evidentiary hearings that showed the defendants' constitutional rights were affected by Wade and Willis' relationship, Abbate said. He reiterated that their romantic relationship began in March 2022, and said Willis repaid Wade for her share of their travel and trips. McAfee, though, said it is no longer "speculation and conjecture" that there was a personal relationship between the prosecutors, and that money changed hands. "Where the ledger stands" may still be an open question, the judge said. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fani-willis-trump-georgia-case-hearing-fulton-county-today/#:~:text=No evidence was,the judge said.

I was active on Twitter when a tweet was limited to 140 characters. Or as I put it elsewhere, the trick is to be concise to the point that someone has already read what you posted before they realize that they wish that they hadn't read it.

Regardless of the outcome, this is what the Brits call in football an "own goal".

The kicking and verbal abuse may amount to nothing but this may prove the more actionable: Adding intrigue, investigations revealed the villa’s steps, supposedly the epicentre of the altercation, encroached upon public beach land. Pa Klok Subdistrict Municipality launched a formal complaint against Phuket Peninsula Estate Co Ltd, the overseeing entity of the villa project, uncovering further encroachments, reported Bangkok Post.

From the OP Source: McAfee pushed back on the state’s contention that an actual conflict must be proven, indicating the judge may be looking at a broader method to examine the evidence for disqualifying Willis and her office. “There are a number of these cases that seem to exclusively rely on the appearance of impropriety,” the judge said. “I would submit to the court that is not the standard,” Abbate replied, after some back and forth.

Supreme Court Poised to Rule on Monday on Trump’s Eligibility to Hold Office An unusual announcement from the court provided a strong hint that the justices will act the day before the primaries on Super Tuesday. March 3, 2024, 1:18 p.m. ET via NY Times The Supreme Court announced on Sunday that it would issue at least one decision on Monday, a strong signal that it would rule then on former President Donald J. Trump’s eligibility for Colorado’s primary ballot. The timing of the session is unusual given that the court had not been scheduled to return to the bench until March 15. In urging the justices to intervene, the Colorado Republican Party had asked them to act before the looming primaries on Super Tuesday, which include Colorado. The ruling is likely to resolve not only whether Mr. Trump may appear on the Colorado primary ballot but also whether he is eligible to run in the general election. Indeed, the decision will almost certainly apply to any other state where Mr. Trump’s eligibility to run has been challenged. https://archive.is/8NZhM#selection-629.0-631.12

Here’s Who Could Loan Trump $540 Million Feb 28, 2024, 06:30am EST via FORBES.com Being Donald Trump is getting even more expensive. The former president is a billionaire, but now he owes roughly $454 million (and counting, with more than $110,000 in interest accruing per day) to New York State after a judge found his companies guilty of repeated fraud. Trump also owes some $88 million to the writer E. Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and defamation verdicts against him. On Wednesday, after Forbes initially published this story, an appellate judge granted Trump some interim relief, allowing him to seek loans from banks chartered or registered in New York. The judge, however, did not let Trump off the hook for the $454 million in fines and interest. https://archive.ph/z2YzR#selection-377.0-459.11

Well, as long as this topic seems to have met an abrupt end, I will offer this: The return of a wai from a non-Thai to a Thai is optional.

Follow-up: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/nyregion/trump-bond-civil-fraud.html Trump Rebuffed After Asking a Judge to Delay His $454 Million Penalty The former president, who is appealing the penalty in his civil fraud case, offered a bond of only $100 million to pause the judgment.

When I first mentioned my involvement with a Thai NGO your comment was: Under the Patronage of HM the King - over egging your importance somewhat, eh ???.... But you have yet to mention even briefly what is your setting in Thailand that your wai and other matters of decorum have any great import.

Every year or so when I went back to US, I bought a new laptop. I now have 5 working laptops 2 with SSD running Window 10 that all work well the newest from my last US trip 5 years ago just before COVID set in. Each time now I go to the security update page I get the notice that this computer will be incompatible with Window 11 and Window 10 support will end October 2025. * So I decided to buy a Chromebook for all my financial data post Windows 10 official support and use the otherwise obsolete 5 laptops for everything OTHER than financial data which will stay on the Chromebook. And much lighter for traveling * NB Microsoft now says they may extend non-corporate Windows 10 support for a limited time post-OCT 2025 for an as yet to be determined price.

In 2003-4 I was very uninformed about visas and all. In those days every 30 days I could take the train up up to NongKhai, cross into PDR Lao with a PDR Lao visa, and return 20 minutes later for a no-cost 30-day visa exempt entry into Thailand. As many as desired. I made the mistake of asking them for a formal volunteer visa which resulted in this 'Dear Jerry ... However" letter that they were not in the least interested in going through that formal visa process and possible audit. But I still worked for years with some of their most capable students assisting them in University admissions and domestic / ex-Thailand scholarship applications.

I don't remember. Probably they did. It was New Years Eve day and I showed up with a case of Hong Thong and 2 cases of beer for their party And I don't drink the stuff at all.