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© Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Judge nixes Trump’s bid to move hush-money criminal case, keeping it in New York state court
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK©2023 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Bob Fosse
“Trump’s request was unprecedented because he’s the first former president ever charged with a crime.”
Crimes. When it rains it pours.
Surprised he can still hire lawyers. I expect more will quit as the various charges continue piling up.
Superlib
LOL
What a loser.
Writing checks to porn stars from The Oval Office.
Again, what a loser.
Bob Fosse
Now you like the Washington establishment?
It’s hard to keep up.
EFD
Boy, the “wins” keep stacking up for Stupid Voldemort. I bet he’s getting tired of “winning.”
In a somewhat related note, another judge slapped down his below the radar effort to reduce his damages in his sex assault suit ruling that trump was guilty of rape as normal people understand it.
An appropriate comparison here to his criminal (existing and likely) case is that just because one sucks at crime in no way reduces one’s criminal liability.
Failure to overthrow the government to overturn the results of a free and fair election that you lost dies not make you innocent of conspiracy, obstruction, insurrection (and a host of other possible charges).
It just means you are a moron.
bass4funk
More like the left are getting tired that the left can’t stop this guy, so now they’re just slinging knives and hoping one sticks, a draw of the dice, glad he said he will never stop. Brilliant! Keep up the good fight.
plasticmonkey
Trump's legal arguments are getting dumber and dumber.
EFD
As are the deflections amongst the cult.
plasticmonkey
All leftists in America are conspiring against Trump. It's a big conspiracy, I tells ya! A FACT!
plasticmonkey
No, we are talking about New York.
wallace
Must be exhausting living in a MAGA conspiracy world.
lincolnman
Trump redefining "Loser"....
How many court cases has this Moron lost if we include the 62 losing election fraud cases, and all the loses trying to delay his trials?
Loser - thy name is Trump...
lincolnman
As much as I'm looking forward to his conviction in the illegal payoff case, it's really peanuts compared to the much more serious and evidence-supported classified steal and stash and interfering in an election...
Trump's daily confessions on TV on his faux "right" to the classified and the daily conflicting stories on whether he declassified it or not, plus his lawyers certified letter than no classified remained at MAL - and the FBI finds 184 more, and most incriminating, the tapes showing his aide moving boxes of classified out in violation of a subpoena - all make this case an easy sell - and conservative heroes Jonathon Turley and Bill Barr have both said...
Then we have the election inference case, which will be prosecuted under the RICO statutes, in which Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, and Jared Kushner have all met voluntarily with the Special Prosecutor to spill their guts and toss their old boss under the bus to save their own skins...
And we'll see the indictments from the Georgia AG the first week of August...and more evidence from his insiders that copped a deal...
There's only one conclusion to all this serious legal jeopardy....
Bye-Don, Hello Leavenworth....
bass4funk
I don't think that it is, why would it be?
I would say and it is more apparent than ever, it is the Washington establishment that are the real losers.
wallace
The Republican Party is now dominated by a conspiracy-believing crowd. That's a far deeper problem than can be solved in one election cycle. LA Times.
QAnon Believers Think Trump's Indictment Will (Somehow) Lead to Mass Arrest of Democrats. MAGA conspiracy theorists hold out hope that any. Rolling Stone.
bass4funk
When you deny access, block, cancel, silence, or stop others from dissent, you will indeed build up distrust, mistrust, and conspiracy theories and will creep into the discussion, don't want that, be transparent.
Never heard of that, not even sure what this QAnon stuff is, but if it's from Rolling Stone then we can generally chuckle at it.
wallace
Really, I guess you missed Jan 6?
wallace
Trump begins openly embracing and amplifying false fringe QAnon conspiracy theory.
bass4funk
Really, I guess you missed Jan 6?
Again, no idea what or who these people are or what they think, I just know the left throw that name constantly as if that should drum up fear and shame, it doesn't, especially to the people that don't know anything about these people.
Well, not at all, the people that hate him are the permanent Washington establishment fixtures that have poisoned DC for years and years, and good on him for wanting to dismantle that cabal, so to your point that is definitely the main reason the establishment fears this guy, and all they do is make him stronger and bring sympathy to the man, like him or hate him.
That is why it's all backfiring.
EFD
Sums it up perfectly.
Bob Fosse
His supporters really have some serious distortion of reality to justify why they are in this mess. Too late to admit being duped so they just have to double down.
Sure sure, it’ll all backfire. It’s a plot to keep him down. Every judge and court are in on this nefarious plot orchestrated by sleepy Joe who is actually a devious puppet mastermind with far more reach and power than 45 ever had, because of deep state something and Dems. Really it’s all helping him and a day of reckoning is coming for all libs.
Yeah, that seems legit.
EFD
This is the legal-political equivalent of a classic Ponzi scheme. There is no exit strategy so the only option is to escalate in the vain hope that the law/electorate will give up.
Jack Smith is not intimidated and neither am I. I can only hope that the rational majority also decides “You know what? No. I don’t want to be governed by a narcissistic sociopath who is also dumb as a rock and is a convicted rapist (wannabe rapist. He can’t even do that right). I think I’ll choose the guy with empathy.”
sunfunbun
Haha. LOL!
Poor Trump can't use the I was president ploy. Sorry dude, no federal soup for you!
lincolnman
Actually it must be fairly easy - you just suspend reality and live in a far-right fantasy world - that is until reality intrudes - like on Nov 3rd 2020... And when that reality hits, MAGA-violence results...
Sure all of them are under four criminal investigations and have been indicted twice on over 70 charges...and with the target letter and the Georgia AG saying that hers will come in early Aug, that will be four indictments with potentially over 100 charges....and it only takes one to slam the cell door shut...
You know, establishment swine like that "RINO Globalist" that said Trump "failed to drain just filled the swamp", "failed to build his wall", failed to eliminate the national debt adding $8 trillion more, and failed to lead "turning COVID over to Fauci".... That's a lot of failure, according to this "rockstar"...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/desantis-says-trump-not-only-191457753.html
ROFL...
wallace
Jacob Chansley, the so-called “QAnon Shaman,” was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in the US Capitol riot.
After four months of trial, a jury has convicted Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and other members of the far-right club of seditious.
one in four Republicans are QAnon believers.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, promoter of QAnon.
bass4funk
Hmmm, you think so?
Interestingly, this obsession with one man and the arrows continues to miss
And all the reasons why most of those establishment Republicans that were against his agenda have been replaced, so that won't happen next time whether he or RDS takes the WH.
EFD
Yes, actually. We do finally cluing in that you backed an idiot?
Express sister
You called Qanon believers “very sensible people”.
bass4funk
Speaking of Biden, why would vote for him?
I call liberals "sensible when they listen."
I think most of Hollywood needs to get their heads examined.
Let me tell you, I think the left is just out of their minds on most issues, so if these QAnon people believe in this stuff as nutty as it may sound it just fails in comparison to what the left comes up with, and do on a daily. basis and that's not including the TDS that they suffer consistently from.
lincolnman
Know so...
That's why all the arrows are sticking out of his broad backside...
Read the link again - it's your hero RDS or "RINO Ron" as Trump refers to him that said Trump failed at all these things...so is your rockstar lying to you? Is Trump a "failure" as DeSantis says?
EFD
You mean besides the fact that he’s not a narcissistic sociopath?
That he’s capable of governing? That he has empathy?
That he is not a rapist?
Two reasons:
I agree with his policies which are successful and popular.
He’s not trump, or as my 102 year old WWII combat infantry lieutenant grandfather with 220+ missions 2 purple hearts a bronze and a silver star and not a single bone spur called him “America’s Hitler.”
Joe isn’t a fascist.
EFD
And some day, all Trump’s supporters are going to have to answer for supporting a fascist narcissist sociopath.
bass4funk
Doubt it.
Hardly, once they can actually get a case together that will stick perhaps, but after 8 years, I believe that as much as I believe Hillary will be the next President of the US. Lol
Yes, he's running for office, do what you need to do to win, I mean, Biden decided to cancel billions in student loans, he can't do that, but regardless it looks good to his parasitic game-playing base.
He's running a campaign, so he will say whatever he wants to get them votes as well.
Ron can think of Trump any way he likes, his choice.
lincolnman
How do you know what I doubt? Psychic?
Ask Rudy, Jared, and Mark if it "sticks".... His own former AG Bill Barr said he's "toast...
So is DeSantis lying? Is Trump a failure as he says?
An admission! DeSantis will say whatever he wants to con the flock for votes!
Sure sounds like a lying establishment RINO rat....right?
What do you think? Is your "rockstar" a liar? Is he a "groomer" or is Trump lying?
plasticmonkey
The ones who have been replaced were booted not because of their policy positions but because they were against Trump’s vision of the presidency as his personal fiefdom and his dirty dealings.
Think Liz Cheney, who voted for almost everything Trump backed, but is now considered a RINO. It’s not ideology, it’s not policy. It’s loyalty, and it’s a cult.
As for Q Anon, rule #1 for these people is to deny they know what Q is when confronted by nonbelievers.