A very Trump thing to do, but a poor choice. He might try to just sue the devil to avoid paying but the devil has lots of lawyers and he always gets you eventually.
Trump Indicted!
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A very Trump thing to do, but a poor choice. He might try to just sue the devil to avoid paying but the devil has lots of lawyers and he always gets you eventually.
Trump Seeks Recusal Of Trial Judge
Donald Trump is seeking the recusal of the judge presiding over his criminal case in Manhattan, arguing he has conflicts of interest and can’t fairly oversee the trial. State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan should recuse himself because his daughter, who works for Authentic, a digital agency with Democratic clients, could financially benefit from a conviction of Trump or decisions the judge makes in the case, lawyers for Trump argued in a filing made public Friday. Trump’s lawyers also argued that Merchan induced Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s former finance chief, to plead guilty to tax-fraud offenses and testify against the former president’s business interests at trial. A jury convicted the company last year.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in April unveiled an indictment charging Trump with falsifying business records for his role in a hush-money payment to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election. Trump has pleaded not guilty and said he did nothing wrong. He has accused Bragg of being motivated by politics in bringing the case. Merchan, who previously declined a request to recuse himself from presiding over the earlier Trump Organization tax-fraud trial, will make his own decision on the former president’s recusal request. If he denies it, the Trump lawyers could ask an intermediate appeals court for permission to appeal.
A spokesman for the state court system declined to comment on behalf of Merchan. A spokeswoman for Bragg said the office would respond in court papers. Authentic and a lawyer for Weisselberg didn’t respond to requests to comment.
—Corinne Ramey FDA
Donald Trump is seeking the recusal of the judge presiding over his criminal case in Manhattan, arguing he has conflicts of interest and can’t fairly oversee the trial. State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan should recuse himself because his daughter, who works for Authentic, a digital agency with Democratic clients, could financially benefit from a conviction of Trump or decisions the judge makes in the case, lawyers for Trump argued in a filing made public Friday. Trump’s lawyers also argued that Merchan induced Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s former finance chief, to plead guilty to tax-fraud offenses and testify against the former president’s business interests at trial. A jury convicted the company last year.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in April unveiled an indictment charging Trump with falsifying business records for his role in a hush-money payment to a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election. Trump has pleaded not guilty and said he did nothing wrong. He has accused Bragg of being motivated by politics in bringing the case. Merchan, who previously declined a request to recuse himself from presiding over the earlier Trump Organization tax-fraud trial, will make his own decision on the former president’s recusal request. If he denies it, the Trump lawyers could ask an intermediate appeals court for permission to appeal.
A spokesman for the state court system declined to comment on behalf of Merchan. A spokeswoman for Bragg said the office would respond in court papers. Authentic and a lawyer for Weisselberg didn’t respond to requests to comment.
—Corinne Ramey FDA
Delay delay delay
Remorseless1
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Trump's betting long odds here -- trying to delay going to court until he gets re-elected and then can use his power to dispose of these cases. In other words, Trump has gone full-in on fascism in order to avoid being held accountable for his many, many crimes.
A Jack Smith indictment this month would be grand.
Gori the Grey
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How does somebody who works for a company with Democratic clients benefit financially if Trump is convicted? So what? Trump goes to jail. That maybe "benefits" the Democrats electorally (I'd say it doesn't; I'd say Trump is the easiest candidate to beat). But how does it benefit anybody financially?
I know the answer is what you went on to say, Bird: that it's just a delaying tactic. But I can't even figure out the pretext on which this is being argued.
Lies. Its that simple... nothing to figure out.
EgonSpengler
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I think something that Trump and other Republicans have figured out is "muddying the waters." That is, you pump sewage into the system and one of two things can happen: (1) People go ahead and believe what you want them to believe; or (2) they just get so confounded that they stop believing everything. Either one suits their purposes. I was griping to someone the other week about Trump's so-called 'townhall meeting' on CNN. She replied that you can't believe anything the media says, you have to decide for yourself what the truth is. We can't, of course, 'decide for ourselves' because we can't all be well-versed enough in everything. We need reliable journalists to inform us. This woman is Left-leaning, btw, she hates Trump and everything she stands for. But for Trump and his ilk, it's a job well done, because she's mistrustful of all media outlets now, not just Fox News.
A lawyer I used to know called the tactic "papering." You file motion after motion, even things you know in advance the judge will immediately rule against you on, just because it clogs the system and causes delays. He referred to the NFL's strategy for fighting lawsuits by players suffering from brain damage - "Delay, deny, and hope they die."
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100% This.
A friend of mine works in bankruptcy law, and it is common for people who don't want to give up their property to file every single counter claim or requests for relief imaginable. They all get rejected, but having to go through the obligation paperwork and time to demonstrate that yes, the bank already gave the owner five hardship extensions means they get to hold onto the property for another month. And the moment the bank or court makes a mistake in the reams of documents the bankrupt party can try and repeat the whole process again claiming the mistake voided any prior paperwork.
Trump is doing what he learned as a mob-adjacent New York slumlord: run out the clock.
No, not just city government. The state-run pension funds here are run (down) the same way, and then take it to the next level by flat-out refusing to comply with a sentence (even after appeals) and thus force you to start a new procedure for noncompliance with the ruling.
All that's left to do now is America invading America to bring it democracy. And look at how much oil it has!
You even have a US ambassador (to the UN) to conduct negotiations.
Been there done that... party like its 1861...
