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Donald Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury

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Lawyers keep records, plus conversations were recorded.
Have you ever heard of attorney-client privilege? They can get around it if they prove they were conspiring to commit a crime but it remains to be seen. In New York you can rob, steal, assault and resist arrest but you better keep accurate records.
 
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Have you ever heard of attorney-client privilege? They can get around it if they prove they were conspiring to commit a crime but it remains to be seen. In New York you can rob, steal, assault and resist arrest but you better keep accurate records.
??? His lawyer went to jail given the same crimes. Sounds like proof of "conspiring to commit a crime" to me.
 
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??? His lawyer went to jail given the same crimes. Sounds like proof of "conspiring to commit a crime" to me.
It makes Cohen a terrible witness. This trial is going nowhere
 
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The statute of limitations for federal crimes is generally five years. I’m not sure what they are for the charges brought against Trump since they are misdemeanors Bragg has manipulated into felonies using the election law you quoted. The statute of limitations for a misdemeanor in my state is one year.

1. Federal crimes are irrelevant in NY state court.
2. Criminal law in your state are also irrelevant in NY (probably, unless you're a New Yorker)
 
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You know, rather than be mired in skepticism and cynicism, the information is out there. And yes, I agree. This is the minor case come Trump. This is just the frying pan, the Special Counsel will be the fire. Cohen sought a pardon from Trump. He was rebuffed, so he plead guilty and flipped. Not the dragged out Trump mode of operation.
Oh please, he's been in the frying pan forever. He's played 7623565891 games of golf while in the frying pan. He's been in the frying pan since you were a teenager.
 
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They weren't president at the time. Prosecutors couldn't start the ball rolling against Trump until after he left office.
Oh please, the 25th amendment would have been evoked if there was something solid enough to convict him on. This indictment will be like the two flimsy impeachments that went nowhere. The whole thing all of these years has smacked loudly of grasping at straws.
 
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So you think the NYCo DA filed charges with expired applicability expecting them to be tossed?
After all these years of failed attempts, that seems likely enough. Probably a case where they can pin indicted on him, but then claim he couldn't actually be prosecuted because he managed to delay the wheels of justice long enough for the statute of limitations to run out, he only escaped prosecution due to a technicality, next time he won't be so lucky blah blah blah.
 
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Can you show me a case that has ever been made for paying someone hush money?
No one is being charged for paying hush money.

The charges have to with false financial record keeping with the intent of contributing to another crime.

Some of the records are those involving the hush money which hiding was with the intent of affecting an election. There are other false records with the same intent. Perhaps some of the 24 involved intent of affecting other crimes.

Do you believe that allowing the porn star to go public with stories would have no effect on the election? Are there other events that were being hidden that might have affected the election.

This was a very close election!
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And to think that Nixon was kicked out for getting information on the McGovern campaign. McGovern was beaten by one of the largest defeats in recent history, and the information was irrelevant.
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HOWEVER, and it is a big however, Trump is much more worried about the GA case, and the two sets of cases being investigated by the Special Counsel in DC. Trump made that very clear in his evening speech.

He may be convicted in one of the other cases, long before the NY cases are decided in 2024 or 2025. Record-keeping cases taking a long time in NY. Of course, his company has already been recently convicted on all counts before this judge.
 
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