commando Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 3 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: because she isn't really hearing the case. she is just delaying it till trump takes power again. 1 1 Link to comment
teachercd Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 6 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Seems like this should be something that gets him into MORE trouble? And hopefully soon! 1 1 Link to comment
teachercd Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said: Well, it is KIND OF a funeral. A funeral for his chances to get elected. 1 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I'm sure it was because he knew it was going to be too easy to win and he wanted to go find a bigger challenge in life. Link to comment
commando Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 38 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: I'm sure it was because he knew it was going to be too easy to win and he wanted to go find a bigger challenge in life. it's just another excuse for a delay. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 On 1/13/2024 at 9:03 AM, BigRedBuster said: Wow. A little late to the party but I feel like you’d have to have mashed potatoes where your brain should be to see this story and buy it. Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 It's always good when the defendant and his lawyer have the judge pissed off at them before the trial even starts. Link to comment
Crusader Husker Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I guess we shouldn't be surprised Trump has a Ruski working for him. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Very interesting read. Potential to upset the prosecution's case in the J6 trial of Trump. I did not know that the obstruction charge was based on a portion of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Some J6 defendants are trying to wiggle their way out of obstruction by claiming it only applies to investigation of financial crimes instead of the broad interpretation of obstruction of ANY US gov official proceeding. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/17/supreme-court-case-trump-prosecution-00135852 Quote Smith’s indictment contains four counts in total. Two of those are for obstruction of an official proceeding and for conspiracy to do so. Those crimes are part of a relatively recent criminal statute governing financial disclosures known as the Sarbanes-Oxley (or “SOX”) Act, which was enacted following the Enron corporate accounting scandal, and which makes it a crime to obstruct an official proceeding of the U.S. government. The Justice Department has so far used it to charge over 300 people involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection; more than 150 have been convicted of the offense following jury trials or pleaded guilty to it. Many of these defendants, including Fischer, have argued that the “obstruction of an official proceeding” part of the SOX Act was only meant to apply narrowly to financial crimes similar to the ones that produced the law in the first place — and not as broadly as the Justice Department has used it in the Jan. 6 cases. Link to comment
TGHusker Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I guess the judge today had to school Habba on how to conduct herself in court today. Trump hires only the best. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/judge-scorches-alina-habba-for-not-knowing-how-to-introduce-evidence-at-trial/ar-AA1n8LxC?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=c3954ce20f27413e9e99775cf13da101&ei=31 Quote Alina Habba's disastrous day in court continues to get worse. As Habba, Donald Trump's attorney, began her cross examination of E. Jean Carroll during the second day of the defamation trial, one thing quickly became clear: Habba does not even understand the most basic aspects of being a lawyer. Notably, Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan ripped into Habba repeatedly for attempting break the rules and asking E. Jean Carroll questions about things that had not been entered into evidence. At times, it not only appeared that Habba had never tried a case in her entire life, but also seemed like she forgot to attend class entirely while in law school. The judge quickly realized Habba's lack of knowledge in the courtroom early on during the cross examination during the following exchange. The transcripts below have been brilliantly reported from inside the courtroom by Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press: 1 Link to comment
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