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Judge Juan Merchan, who was a frequent target of Trump during the trial, said the unconditional discharge was the "only lawful sentence" to protect "the office of the president ... not the occupant of the office."
I refer you to the previous answers by myself and others. You could also find the wikipedia article on this case. I'm not here to repeat stuff for people who don't listen (or read).
Manipulated? They were Americans, all Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. Trump's attorneys questioned each one and approved of them to sit on the jury. A unanimous guilty decision was returned on each charge.
Not entirely true. The underlying crimes to make the misdemeanors felonies were not specifically defined. The jurors did not even have to be unanimous on this point. This is how they were manipulated. The jurors were given instructions that will in the end be one basis for appeal. I am not blaming jurors the problem is with a corrupt, biased judge.
I do not know about how @FreeinChrist would decide, but if Donald Trump wins on appeal, then he’s no longer a felon and I’ll go about my life little changed.
This is the problem here. The premise that this was a fair trial is false. Many legal experts without a political ax to grind say there are numerous reversible errors. The judge was biased. This was a contrived case in the way the past statute of limitations misdemeanors were attached to a non specific secondary crime. Even Bragg was against bringing this case initially. There are many other inconsistencies with case which are ignored by many liberals salivating over the opportunity to call Trumps “convicted felons “.
Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsification of business records in the first degree, which is a felony in New York. He pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned last year.
No they were past statute of limitations misdemeanors that only became felonies because they were attached to another unspecified crime on which the jurors did not have to agree on. Let’s get the facts in this case correct.
You will have to wait for the appeals process to finish before asserting that with such (unwarranted) authority.
This is a valid opinion to hold to. (This does not make it correct, however)
Oddly none of their arguments held sway with Merchan.
Mr Cohen had already pled guilty to this crime, the indictment of which specified an Individual 1, we now know that this was none other than Donald John Trump.
No, that was his predecessor Cyrus Vance Jr
So what?
Many legal minds that agree with you. What of the many legal minds who don't? The proposition is literally arguable, and it will be argued in court.
www.vox.com
Incorrect, though the 5 year limit had passed, but the Pandemic era extension signed in 2020, extended the Statute by about a year and a half, making this a valid charge.
