A source told Fox News that Donald Trump’s arraignment will be on Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. in Judge Merchan’s courtroom on the 15th floor at 100 Centre Street in New York City. He will surrender without handcuffs.
If convicted of these misdemeanor charges that Soros DA Alvin Bragg decided are felonies, Donald Trump could face four years in prison. NBC News states that the Judge could put a gag order in place. The judge for the arraignment is Judge Merchan, who presided over other ‘get Trump’ cases, such as the one against Mr. Weisselberg.
THE POTENTIAL 34 PAPERWORK CHARGES
Mike Pomerantz, the former Manhattan prosecutor who resigned wrote a book tearing Donald Trump apart. He found ’45’ “disgusting.” NBC News quoted him in their report:
But here’s what we do know: Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 just days before the 2016 election. In Cohen’s version of events, this was done at the direction of his boss because Daniels was on the cusp of going public about an affair she alleges she had with Trump in 2006.
Trump, while he was in the White House, reimbursed Cohen, but has consistently denied the affair. But the payment of the hush money, by itself, wouldn’t be the crime.
A paperwork crime:
In this case, the possible crime is how the payments were documented on the books of the Trump Organization.
According to Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor who worked closely on the case and recently published a book about his experience, Cohen submitted phony invoices throughout 2017 referencing a “retainer agreement” and requesting payment. Then Cohen received a series of checks, hand-signed by Trump while he was in the White House. The legal problem is there was no retainer agreement — according to Pomerantz, it was all done to cover up the hush money scheme. The fake documentation of “legal expenses” on the Trump Organization’s books could trigger a charge under New York state law, which makes falsifying business records a crime.
Normally, the false business records charge would be a misdemeanor. In order to elevate it to a felony, the defendant needs to have created the fake records with an intent to commit or conceal “another crime.” We don’t yet know what the Manhattan district attorney’s office may argue is the second crime.
Just using Pomerantz and Cohen for an article is biased.
When Cyrus Vance tried to make the hush money into a crime, he failed. The Southern District of New York couldn’t find a crime. Stormy Daniels lost her civil lawsuit and owes Donald Trump over $300,000. Alvin Bragg himself dismissed the case last year because he said there wasn’t enough evidence.
The case is beyond the statute of limitations. So far, Donald Trump has been denied due process, attorney-client privilege, and executive privilege. Will he now be denied the right to have the case rejected because it is beyond the statute of limitations?
Law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Secret Service, New York Police Department, FBI, New York State court officers, and the DA’s office, will meet Friday afternoon to finalize details about the logistics and security of Trump’s arrest, reports Fox News.
“Just like we do with our spending bills, we should convict Donald Trump of these charges right away so that we can see what’s in them,” said Nancy Pelosi. “Trump has many pages of charges that are probably horrible and we just don’t have time to read them all. Doing it this way is much more efficient!” Pelosi’s statement was… Read more »
It’s rather pathetic that so many are not self-aware enough to realize their only satisfaction in life is to be ecstatic that a former President has been indicted. It’s even worse this time because they weren’t satiated enough in the previous occurrences.
If the judge is crooked, Trump gets convicted.
That’s what I keep saying. They are not doing this for nothing.
Our federal government is in dire need of replacement by any means necessary.
I’d be willing to take up arms to remove this treasonous, cancerous, fake, rotten government from from our country. Its time to start taking them out.
Its time to hang the traitors. Start at the top and work our way down.
Is the correct response: Ho-hum? That would not not indicate that the kangaroo court could not do great mischief but that after all the impeachment kerfuffle, document nonsense, and the repeated violations of Tumps rights and privacy, the average person with who I speak is getting sick of the craziness, especially in the light of the people attacking Trump seemingly… Read more »
Yes, they have, but for a main reason that most don’t suspect. It’s not that the broad expanse of American society has deteriorated that much, it’s that the insanely freakish parts of American society have begun to dominate the 24/7 media of our country. Media, by its very own quintessence, is sensationalistic and, therefore, prefers the out-of-ordinary, the weird, the… Read more »
Wonder if the idiots realize that the judiciary is being manipulated…Since ‘they’ are in charge guess they will reverse the laws to exonerate themselves when the ‘tables turn’……
My Daughter is a bit upset about President Trump’s Indictment. It will be her first Presidential Election. She asked how we can stop another Election Steal. I told her by helping with what I have talked to some friends about. Verifying the Voter Roles. Our County isn’t really that large. If we organize a Army of people to go door… Read more »
And this is an area, poll watching, that constitutional citizens need to investigate and become active in for 2024. Find out what is necessary to do so where you vote and become active.
You make excellent points here. I’d like to refer you to a grass roots group of volunteers, headed by Marly Hornick. Marly has exposed the illegitimate voter registrations with the help of an extremely knowledgeable team. Check it out for yourself at New York Citizens Audit.
You make excellent points. There’s actually a grassroots group of volunteers headed by Marly Hornick. Marly and her team of knowledgeable people have discovered illegitimate voters throughout the State of New York. New York Citizens Audit has compiled tons of information. They’re presenting their findings to the NYS legislature in order to get them to agree to perform an audit… Read more »