Jump to content

Trump trial in Fulton County will be televised, judge says


Social Media

Recommended Posts

3 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Excellent. It will be fun to watch Trump squirm and to see his antics. My guess is the judge will have little patience for his juvenile behavior. Can we see it here? It would be great entertainment.

Yes -- if it is not moved to Federal Court where there is no TV allowed.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Yes -- if it is not moved to Federal Court where there is no TV allowed.

It won't be moved.

 

Mark Meadows made a series of errors in his testimony, given in an attempt to move his case from Georgia court to a federal court, possibly harming Meadows himself and the former president, according to a legal expert.

NYU law professor Ryan Goodman said in a social media post that Meadows "testified he got involved in false electors scheme" because he didn't want to get yelled at by the former president.

"This will bolster prosecutors' cases," Goodman added, noting that the testimony lays the blame at Trump's feet.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/meadows-admission-huge/

 

  • Like 1
  • Thumbs Up 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Yes -- if it is not moved to Federal Court where there is no TV allowed.

I think having this in state court is what this is all about. A far higher chance of a conviction, with a more limited jury pool. I am hoping they do not allow the trail to be moved.

 

“They would want a jury picked from a wider area than just Fulton County alone,” Atlanta defense attorney Jack Martin said of Trump’s attorneys. “Fulton County is overwhelmingly Democratic, although there are pockets of Republican voters. But getting the wider area would give them fewer Democratic-leaning counties — and jurors —to worry about.”

 

https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/will-georgia-case-against-trump-end-up-in-federal-court/ADQWGZTHJVAXJHXPGQILZ5VOYA/

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

Maybe it's time you give up the shibboleth of 'weaponization'?

 

You still cannot explain:

 

---Why trump stole TS/SCI, SAP, Codeword, HCS and RD docs, then lied about returning them.

---Why trump pressured Raffensperger to 'just find me 11.780 votes' AFTER Raffensperger told trump 3 recounts and investigations showed zero fraud. The ONLY explanation is trump meant "cheat for me"

---Why trump told Cohen to pay off Stormy, and then book it as a business expense

---Why trump told his goobers to come to DC on 6 Jan, as "it will be wild !", when 6 January was merely a pro forma certification of an election and such an activity had been done dozens of times in US history without ever being "wild"

---Why trump was intimately involved and approving of the fake elector scheme to subvert US democracy (according to (R) witness testimony under oath before a grand jury

 

Sane people call what DoJ has done as 'following the rule of law'

 

Cultists call it 'weaponization'.

Trump uses PR firms to come up with the terms he then pushes onto his devotees, who embrace them wholeheartedly. The rest of the world, those with higher levels of discrimination and the ability to filter out nonsense, see this pretty clearly. Weaponization, build the wall, the witch hunt, etc. It all becomes very boring, due to the stunning lack of imagination Trump possesses.

  • Thumbs Up 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

12 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

It won't be moved.

 

Mark Meadows made a series of errors in his testimony, given in an attempt to move his case from Georgia court to a federal court, possibly harming Meadows himself and the former president, according to a legal expert.

NYU law professor Ryan Goodman said in a social media post that Meadows "testified he got involved in false electors scheme" because he didn't want to get yelled at by the former president.

"This will bolster prosecutors' cases," Goodman added, noting that the testimony lays the blame at Trump's feet.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/meadows-admission-huge/

 

Per reading Meadows Motion, no matter how many charges there are, it only takes one decision that Meadows was performing in his official capacity to qualify for removal.

 

And Raffsenperger is quoted as saying: 

Secretary Raffensperger confirmed Mr. Meadows’s
limited role in the call (consistent with audio recording introduced into
evidence), noting that Mr. Meadows “was acting on behalf of the
President,” Tr. 219:14; making clear that he (Raffsenperger) did not believe Mr. Meadows’s participation or statements on the call were
“inappropriate,” Tr. 220:16; and acknowledging that Mr. Meadows did
not make any requests to change vote totals,

 

So we'll see.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 hours ago, JonnyF said:

I can't help but feel the weaponization of the justice system against Trump could backfire badly if it is televised.

 

He's going to be in his element and whatever you think of him it's hard to deny the man has charisma. The whole nation will be glued to it, Trump will be hilarious and there is no such thing as bad publicity, 

 

 

"The weaponization of the justice system" - Another oximoron coming from the fertile (as in fertilizer) communal gray matter of the GOP. Listen,

 

DOJ job is to persecute and punish wrong-doers. You don't do this by wearing flowers in your hair or chanting psalms. DOJ by its nature (raison d'etre - pd my french) is to serve as a weapon, at the disposition of the American people. You don't go to the DOJ to get marriage licenses or birth certificates. Most (sadly, most but not all) adult Americans know this.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

12 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I think having this in state court is what this is all about. A far higher chance of a conviction, with a more limited jury pool. I am hoping they do not allow the trail to be moved.

That may be true. But at some of those charged were government employees at the time of the charges so the question becomes were they performing an official function or was this gross political activity.

 

And, at least according to the Meadows legal argument, it only takes one such acting in official capacity to move that individual's trial to Federal court.

 

This is just a motion for venue. It is not the criminal trial.

Edited by jerrymahoney
Link to comment
Share on other sites

9 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Trump uses PR firms to come up with the terms he then pushes onto his devotees, who embrace them wholeheartedly. The rest of the world, those with higher levels of discrimination and the ability to filter out nonsense, see this pretty clearly. Weaponization, build the wall, the witch hunt, etc. It all becomes very boring, due to the stunning lack of imagination Trump possesses.

No, he's got no money left for PR firms, his PAC has run out of money for his legal fees so he's resorted to selling mugs and t shirts, all he does now is throw buzzwords against the wall and see what sticks, his devotees lap it up.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Raffensperger claiming that Meadows was acting on behalf of the president means nothing. He is not the arbiter of whether that's true or not. Meadows is prevented by law from electioneering under the Hatch Act. He was clearly outside of his remit.

This is a just a motion for venue. not the trial .

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

7 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

You make it sound like you concur with Raffensberger's interpretation. I'm just pointing out the fly in that ointment.

I read the docket. That is their position for removal . It is up to the judge to decide on the motion.

 

Edited by jerrymahoney
Link to comment
Share on other sites

8 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

Per reading Meadows Motion, no matter how many charges there are, it only takes one decision that Meadows was performing in his official capacity to qualify for removal.

Lucky for us mere mortals, Mark Meadows does not make laws. Per common sense, the reserve should be the law:  it only takes one decision that Meadows was NOT performing in his official capacity to DIS-qualify for removal.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

21 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

You make it sound like you concur with Raffensberger's interpretation. I'm just pointing out the fly in that ointment.

That the way he - to be clear, I'm referring to the one you were responding to - often "sounds." There is this trick in the English language. Someone simply pointed out to you: "That guy parted his hair to the left side." You have to wonder why he had to say that...

Edited by watthong
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.








×
×
  • Create New...