So what? They are entitled to their opinion. Doesn’t mean they’re correct. Trump committed crimes and is not above the law. That’s it. Other democracies hold corrupt politicians, including heads of government or state accountable. We’re not an autocracy yet. Enforcing laws is not a mistake. |
Cuomo and Mahr sound a little nervous about the idea of people in the public eye being held accountable… |
Nah. The recognize a purely political prosecution when they see one. |
It's only political because Trump decided to run for president. Would the prosecutors still have charged him if he had retired to play golf full time? Of course they would have. |
Trump actually did something wrong. You’re using words you don’t understand. |
The crime was because he did it to run for office but that doesn’t make it “political prosecution “. You are allowed to pay your porn star mistress hush money so your wife doesn’t find out. But when you do it to run for office, it becomes a crime. The government can’t regulate deceiving your wife, but there are rules about campaigning. |
Missouri says to New York: Not so fast. Why are you disenfranchising us?
MOTION Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1251(a) and this Court’s Rule 17, the State of Missouri respectfully seeks leave to file the accompanying Bill of Complaint against the State of New York. Missouri seeks modest relief: a stay of New York’s gag order and impending sentence against Donald J. Trump during the 2024 Presidential election season so Missourians can participate in the election free from New York’s exercise of coercive power limiting the ability of Trump to campaign. As set forth in the accompanying brief and complaint, the actions by New York have created constitutional harms that threaten to infringe the rights of Missouri’s voters and electors, namely: - New York’s gag order and impending sentence unlawfully impede the ability of electors to fulfill their federal functions. - New York’s gag order and impending sentence violate the Purcell principle. - New York’s gag order and impending sentence violate the First Amendment rights of Missouri citizens to listen to the campaign speech of a specific individual on specific topics. Missouri respectfully submits that the forgoing violations establish considerable harms to voters and electors in Missouri, who will be precluded from fully engaging with and hearing from a major-party Presidential candidate in the run up to the November election. These harms are a direct consequence of New York’s calculated, unprecedented decision to prosecute Trump for alleged bookkeeping offenses just months before the Presidential election. This Court should grant leave to file the complaint and stay any gag order or sentence against Trump until after the November Presidential election. July 3, 2024 Respectfully submitted, ANDREW BAILEY Missouri Attorney General JOSHUA M. DIVINE Solicitor General Counsel of Record OFFICE OF THE MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL Supreme Court Building 207 West High Street Jefferson City, MO 65102 Josh.Divine@ago.mo.gov (573) 751-3321 https://ago.mo.gov/wp-content/uploads/Missouri-v.-NY.pdf |
What? Missourans want to hear Trump attack the judge and his clerks and the jurors? |
If you needed any more proof that MAGAs are completely insane…. |
Exactly. “We need to hear Trump threaten the judge and the jury or we can’t make up our minds!” is nuts. |
Other states know it's not a legit case.
New York can play games and the DNC can import the number three at the DOJ, Michael Colangelo, to prosecute their top political rival. These are Soviet style show trials. SCOTUS will probably schwack the whole case altogether. |
These convictions will be overturned by the court because of issues with due process. Convicting someone of a crime without specifically identifying what the underlying misconduct was is not legal. Merchan told the jury that they did not need to make a unanimous agreement on which component of his conduct they found him guilty on. It will be overturned. I don’t like Trump and won’t vote for him, but the conviction is likely invalid also uses and untested legal theory that poses constitutional questions. |
No, it's all normal and common. These aren't unusual charges or convictions. The only unusual part is that Trump finally got caught. |