REEEEE: PussyGate, a Collection of Trump Investigations

[suchmoon]

Arrested on a boat... like a bad Hollywood cliche. Wasn't Bannon a film producer at some point or am I mixing him up with some other sketchy trumpster?

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[Spendulus]

Arrested on a boat... like a bad Hollywood cliche. Wasn't Bannon a film producer at some point or am I mixing him up with some other sketchy trumpster?

What's wrong with pulling a Lenny Bruce? Or maybe they've changed the laws and tightened the loopholes.

Charities can be scammy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Bruce

Bruce's desire to help his wife cease working as a stripper led him to pursue schemes that were designed to make as much money as possible. The most notable was the Brother Mathias Foundation scam, which resulted in Bruce's arrest in Miami, Florida, in 1951 for impersonating a priest. He had been soliciting donations for a leper colony in British Guiana (now Guyana) under the auspices of the "Brother Mathias Foundation", which he had legally chartered—the name was his own invention, but possibly referred to the actual Brother Matthias who had befriended Babe Ruth at the Baltimore orphanage to which Ruth had been confined as a child.[38]
Bruce had stolen several priests' clergy shirts and a clerical collar while posing as a laundry man. He was found not guilty because of the legality of the New York state-chartered foundation, the actual existence of the Guiana leper colony, and the inability of the local clergy to expose him as an impostor. Later, in his semifictional autobiography How to Talk Dirty and Influence People, Bruce said that he had made about $8,000 in three weeks, sending $2,500 to the leper colony and keeping the rest.

[TwitchySeal]

Arrested on a boat... like a bad Hollywood cliche. Wasn't Bannon a film producer at some point or am I mixing him up with some other sketchy trumpster?

A boat owned by a Chinese billionaire.

Imagine if Obamas former chief strategist or someone connected to the Clintons or Bidens campaign was arrested for fraud involving a charity where people donated their money to support Obama care while aboard a yacht owned by a Chinese billionaire...what a great day that would be for TECSHARE.

[Spendulus]

Arrested on a boat... like a bad Hollywood cliche. Wasn't Bannon a film producer at some point or am I mixing him up with some other sketchy trumpster?

A boat owned by a Chinese billionaire.

Imagine if Obamas former chief strategist or someone connected to the Clintons or Bidens campaign was arrested for fraud involving a charity where people donated their money to support Obama care while aboard a yacht owned by a Chinese billionaire...what a great day that would be for TECSHARE.

Four years of continual vigilance pays off! you've found a BADDIE!

[TwitchySeal]

Haven't gotten through much of the most recent Senate Intelligence report personally so not sure how accurate this article is, but it doesn't look good.

"Trump’s Business Partners Allegedly Involved In Human Trafficking, Mafia Matters, Probable Money Laundering"

A new report from the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence offers a damning portrait of the people Donald Trump chose as his partners for potential projects in Russia. They include individuals with alleged connections to the mob, to Vladimir Putin and to human trafficking.

The group would comprise an extraordinary list of associates for any international businessman, let alone for the sitting president of the United States.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2020/08/20/trumps-business-partners-allegedly-involved-in-human-trafficking-mafia-matters-probable-money-laundering

[Spendulus]

Haven't gotten through much of the most recent Senate Intelligence report personally so not sure how accurate this article is, but it doesn't look good.

"Trump’s Business Partners Allegedly Involved In Human Trafficking, Mafia Matters, Probable Money Laundering"

A new report from the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence offers a damning portrait of the people Donald Trump chose as his partners for potential projects in Russia. They include individuals with alleged connections to the mob, to Vladimir Putin and to human trafficking.

The group would comprise an extraordinary list of associates for any international businessman, let alone for the sitting president of the United States.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2020/08/20/trumps-business-partners-allegedly-involved-in-human-trafficking-mafia-matters-probable-money-laundering

https://americanactionnews.com/politics/2020/08/21/torturing-murderer-rewarded-with-dnc-speaking-slot/

Arguably the most overlooked story from this week’s Democratic National Convention was the recognition and praise given Donna Hylton, a 62-year-old woman who prosecutors convicted in the 1986 abduction, rape, torture, and murder of New York real estate broker Thomas Vigliarolo.

Here are a few of the details:

Hylton and three accomplices kidnapped Vigliarolo at the behest of Louis Miranda, who believed Vigliarolo had defrauded him.

Over the next 15-20 days, the group slowly tortured Vigliarolo until he died from asphyxiation.

Hylton received 25 years to life. She was paroled in 2012, after 27 years behind bars.

[dupeddonk]

crazy 4 years ago so many guys that were helping with campaign and getting ready for rnc are now convicted criminals now with steve bannon added to the list.  i wonder if he will spilil the beans on trump.  bet his beans are veryyyy interesting.

[TwitchySeal]

Justice Dept. Intervenes to Help Trump in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Lawsuit

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/nyregion/donald-trump-jean-carroll-lawsuit-rape.html

“The question is,” said Steve Vladeck, a University of Texas law professor, “is it really within the scope of the law for government lawyers to defend someone accused of lying about a rape when he wasn’t even president yet?”

[TwitchySeal]

It appears we are reaching a pussygate climax with Trump likely being arrested sometime in the next week or so for hiding a payment to a porn star he had an affair from the FEC a couple months before the 2016 election.

Seems very possible he has some much more serious indictments following this one over the next couple months.

As usual, Trump seems to be be handling the whole situation very well:

[Die_empty]

It appears we are reaching a pussygate climax with Trump likely being arrested sometime in the next week or so for hiding a payment to a porn star he had an affair from the FEC a couple months before the 2016 election.

Seems very possible he has some much more serious indictments following this one over the next couple months.

As usual, Trump seems to be handling the whole situation very well:

Most of Trump's supporters will see this trial or future indictment as a political witch hunt to reduce his chances of getting the Republican nomination or even winning the Presidential election. Trump as usual is devising a defensive mechanism by discussing the problems of the Biden administration instead of facing his misbehavior and crime. If the evidence given by Michael Cohen, Kellyanne Conway, and Hope Hicks shows the former president really committed the offense, he has to face persecution because nobody is above the law. There is no need to protest because one man refused to control his sexual emotions and instead of facing his shame, he paid to cover up his misdeeds. Now his past is hunting his future.

[PrimeNumber7]

It appears we are reaching a pussygate climax with Trump likely being arrested sometime in the next week or so for hiding a payment to a porn star he had an affair from the FEC a couple months before the 2016 election.

In order for the NY AG to indict Trump on a felony charge, he is going to have to employ a novel legal theory that may very well end up not working.

edit: Then again, he would be tried in NYC, and the jury may simply decide "Orange man bad" and may be willing to convict him, even without a prosecution.

[BADecker]

Trump is going to be more popular than ever. He might even be the first President elected in prison.  


Elon Musk Predicts Trump Arrest Means He Will Be 'Re-elected In a Landslide Victory'


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-predicts-trump-arrest-means-he-will-be-re-elected-in-a-landslide-victory/ar-AA18MSRS?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=e9de5575f631447895b5d9809cc3595f&ei=30
In an early Saturday morning Truth Social post, Trump ranted that he may be arrested on Tuesday and encouraged his supporters to protest.

Also posting about a potential Trump arrest on Saturday was Musk. The Twitter head reacted to a report that Trump could be arrested as the result of a possible indictment stemming from his mountain of legal troubles.

"If this happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide victory," Musk tweeted in reaction to the Fox News report.

[F]ox News and other outlets reported that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is currently meeting with law enforcement officials ahead of an expected Trump indictment over alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels to keep an alleged affair secret.

In his all-caps message to Truth Social, Trump encouraged his supporters to "protest" to "take our nation back."

He wrote in part:

NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE THAT, WITH NO CRIME BEING ABLE TO BE PROVEN, & BASED ON AN OLD & FULLY DEBUNKED (BY NUMEROUS OTHER PROSECUTORS!) FAIRYTALE, THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!
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Steve Bannon Predicts What Will Happen If Trump's Indicted


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/steve-bannon-predicts-what-will-happen-if-trump-s-indicted/ar-AA18NB6q?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=e9de5575f631447895b5d9809cc3595f&ei=19
Posting to his social media platform Truth Social, Trump—who is currently campaigning for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination—said on Saturday that he would be indicted on Tuesday. The post came following media reports that the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office was coordinating with law enforcement regarding the arrest of the former president.

Bragg has been investigating Trump's alleged campaign finance violation related to a 2016 "hush money" payment of $130,000 to adult performer Stephanie Clifford, better known by her stage name Stormy Daniels. The New York probe appeared to be heating up in recent weeks as close Trump associates reportedly testified, and the former president himself was invited to appear before the grand jury reviewing evidence.
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[o48o]

It appears we are reaching a pussygate climax with Trump likely being arrested sometime in the next week or so for hiding a payment to a porn star he had an affair from the FEC a couple months before the 2016 election.

Seems very possible he has some much more serious indictments following this one over the next couple months.

As usual, Trump seems to be be handling the whole situation very well:
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Well it wouldn't be first time him blatantly lying and inventing stuff.
But man i haven't seen trump's tweets for a long time and boy he was crazier then i remembered. Nothing says that one is stable like lengthy all high caps rant.

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"If this happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide victory," Musk tweeted in reaction to the Fox News report.
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Is shouldn't come as surprise that Elon is wrong again.

[BADecker]

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"If this happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide victory," Musk tweeted in reaction to the Fox News report.
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Is shouldn't come as surprise that Elon is wrong again.

Right or wrong, it makes sense. Trump's popularity has only been growing. Biden's actions are actually helping Trump in a big way. People are starting to realize the political criminality of the Dems.


Time to rip up the president's blank check for war


https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/03/16/why-we-need-to-repeal-both-the-iraq-and-afghanistan-war-authorizations/
In a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting recently, we debated repealing the 2002 Authorization for the Iraq War. The Iraq War ended long ago. You'd think it would be unanimously agreed to end a war that's already over.   

But, if we stop with just repealing the Iraq War authorization, I fear nothing will change.

We need to take the additional step of also repealing the Authorization for the war in Afghanistan. The 2001 authorization to bring the 9/11 terrorists to justice was warranted, but like the Iraq War, the Afghan War has long ago ended — yet its authorization remains on the books.

Deciding when and where to go to war is Congress's job. The president has authority to execute the war, but not to initiate it. James Madison wrote that the executive branch was the most prone to go to war and, therefore, the Constitution vested that power in the legislature.

There is wisdom in Madison's words. Presidents of both parties abused the 9/11 authorization to take us to war in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, and Niger, among others.
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[TwitchySeal]

It appears we are reaching a pussygate climax with Trump likely being arrested sometime in the next week or so for hiding a payment to a porn star he had an affair from the FEC a couple months before the 2016 election.

In order for the NY AG to indict Trump on a felony charge, he is going to have to employ a novel legal theory that may very well end up not working.

edit: Then again, he would be tried in NYC, and the jury may simply decide "Orange man bad" and may be willing to convict him, even without a prosecution.

Not a lawyer, but the way I understand it, and I might be wrong:

A jury would really just decide whether or not the prosecution was able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump did each of the things he is alleged of doing in the charging document.  The judge presiding over the trial decides in pre trial (and if convicted then likely in appellate courts) that the alleged actions would constitute a violation of which codes.  

In this case, we expect the prosecutor to allege that Trump falsified business records to cover up campaign finance violations.

Falsifying business records is a misdemeanor crime on it's own.  If it's done in attempt to get away with another crime, it's a felony.

So the jury would simply decide whether or not Trump falsified records of the payment made to his personal lawyer (who has already gone to prison for making this payment, among other things) and then whether or not he was motivated to falsify the records by the fact that he was a candidate in the upcoming election.

It's also possible Trump faces other charges, maybe related to campaign finance law or maybe something else.  We really don't know until it happens.  I wouldn't be surprised if there's some related evidence that the public has no idea about.

Overall though, this case really is small stakes compared to what's looming ahead in the three other criminal investigations that all seem likely to wrap up in the next few months.

The state of Georgia will likely indict Trump next and those charges could include:
- § 21-2-603. Conspiracy to Commit Election Fraud
- § 21-2-604. Criminal Solicitation to Commit Election Fraud
or they might just go with Racketeering (conspiracy to commit a bunch of crimes)

The DOJ case involving his roll in Jan 6 insurrection he could face:
- 18 U.S. Code § 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant
- 18 U.S. Code § 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States
- 18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection

The DOJ case involving handling of government documents he could face:
- 18 U.S. Code § 793 - Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
- 18 U.S. Code § 1519 - Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy
- 18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally [of government documents]
- 18 U.S. Code § 402 - Contempt
18 U.S. Code § 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

[TwitchySeal]

Right or wrong, it makes sense. Trump's popularity has only been growing. Biden's actions are actually helping Trump in a big way. People are starting to realize the political criminality of the Dems.

Maybe in BADeckerville.  In real world Trump and Bidens popularity has barely shifted in years.  If anything, they're both trending slightly upwards recently.

[TwitchySeal]

[BADecker]

Indicting a former President (who is really still President). More popular than ever!

Of course there are always those who are against anybody. But this indictment will move Trump to the presidency in 2024.


Manhattan grand jury votes to INDICT Donald Trump


https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-03-31-manhattan-grand-jury-votes-indict-donald-trump.html
Former President Donald Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on Thursday, March 30, over allegations related to supposed hush money payments to an adult film star. This makes Trump the first former president of the United States to face a criminal charge from a local DA.

Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for Trump, and the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg both confirmed the indictment in separate statements released on Thursday.

The full contents of the indictment remain sealed, and the specific charge or charges will likely only be made public after several days or weeks. Bragg’s office noted that more guidance would be provided “when the arraignment date is selected.” (Related: Glenn Beck: America to turn into BANANA REPUBLIC if Trump is indicted.)

What is currently known is that one of the main charges levied against the former president stems from an alleged payment Trump made just days before he was elected president in 2016 to adult film performer Stephanie Clifford, who goes by the professional name Stormy Daniels.

Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, supposedly arranged a wire transfer of $130,000 to Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair, which Trump denied. Prosecutors further claimed that, when Trump was president, he reimbursed Cohen with monthly $35,000 checks from his personal account. Prosecutors said the alleged wire transfers and Trump’s handling of the reimbursement violated state laws.

Trump to surrender next week, will continue fighting charges

In a statement responding to the indictment, Trump called it a “witch-hunt” that represented the highest level of “political persecution and election interference” in the history of the United States.

He suggested that the move by the George Soros-backed district attorney of Manhattan would “backfire massively on Joe Biden,” and said that the movement and party that led him to the White House would “throw every last one of these crooked Democrats out of office so we can Make America Great Again.”

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“A former president, a current candidate and my friend, President Donald J. Trump, is a victim of a corrupt and distorted version of the American justice system and history,” said attorney Alina Habba in a statement, who predicted that her client would prevail in the end. “He will be vindicated.”
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[sirazimuth]

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Indicting a former President (who is really still President). More popular than ever!
But this indictment will move Trump to the presidency in 2024.

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Quoted.... Because everything you post is utter laughable bullshit the gospel...

(also... RIP OP. I do miss your "colorful" posts )

[TwitchySeal]

How embarrassing.