POL Law enforcement agencies are prepping for a possible Trump indictment as early as THIS week

Sammy55

Sammy55

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All this "Trump! Trump! Trump!" stuff isn't keeping the people's attention, much less winding them up. So they've got to find some other "squirrel" to use. That's part of the "quiet" this week, I would bet. Trying to find the newest squirrel to sick the people on to capture their attention while the walls of the world close in, and the cities burn, and the money becomes worth less and less, and the war drums are sounding louder and louder.

Maybe they'll be smart and take their break and never re-convene. But nobody can say they are smart.
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
Sammy55 said:
All this "Trump! Trump! Trump!" stuff isn't keeping the people's attention, much less winding them up. So they've got to find some other "squirrel" to use. That's part of the "quiet" this week, I would bet. Trying to find the newest squirrel to sick the people on to capture their attention while the walls of the world close in, and the cities burn, and the money becomes worth less and less, and the war drums are sounding louder and louder.

Maybe they'll be smart and take their break and never re-convene. But nobody can say they are smart.
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look for an alien invasion from space to happen.
 
vector7

vector7

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Southside said:
JUST IN - Manhattan Trump grand jury set to break for a month due to a "previously scheduled hiatus" — Politico

LOL!
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The Hammer

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Sammy55 said:
All this "Trump! Trump! Trump!" stuff isn't keeping the people's attention, much less winding them up. So they've got to find some other "squirrel" to use. That's part of the "quiet" this week, I would bet. Trying to find the newest squirrel to sick the people on to capture their attention while the walls of the world close in, and the cities burn, and the money becomes worth less and less, and the war drums are sounding louder and louder.

Maybe they'll be smart and take their break and never re-convene. But nobody can say they are smart.
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Yeah, the radio news this morning kicked off the top of the hour with this non-story being the top story. The media wants SO BAD for there to be something there, but most of us are yawning so far...
 
somewherepress

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NY grand jury indicts Trump in hush money payment case​

PUBLISHED THU, MAR 30 20235:37 PM EDT

Dan Mangan@_DANMANGAN
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KEY POINTS
  • A New York grand jury indicted Donald Trump in connection with a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels made by his former lawyer Michael Cohen.
  • Trump is the first former U.S. president to be charged with a crime.
  • The indictment stems from Trump’s company describing the reimbursement to Cohen as a legal expense.
  • Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 before the 2016 presidential election to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks outside a polling station during midterm election in Palm Beach, Florida, November 8, 2022.

Ricardo Arduengo | Reuters

A New York grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump in connection with a $130,000 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.

Trump would be the first former president to be charged with a crime.

The historic indictment stems from the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation into how the Trump Organization recorded a reimbursement to Trump’s then-lawyer Michael Cohen after Cohen paid Daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged sexual encounter she says she had with Trump in 2006.

Trump was filming his TV show, “Celebrity Apprentice,” at the time of that purported tryst, and was married to his current wife, Melania Trump, who had given birth to their son, Barron, a few months earlier.

The Trump Organization in business records described the reimbursement to Cohen as a legal expense.

Falsifying business records is normally a misdemeanor under New York law, but can be elevated to a felony if the misstatement was done to cover up another crime.

Trump denies having sex with Daniels or committing wrongdoing of any kind.

The indictment, which will be prosecuted by the DA’s Alvin Bragg’s office, is the first in what could end up being several criminal cases against Trump, the leading contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Trump is also under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice in two separate criminal cases.

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One is related to his efforts to overturn the Electoral College victory of President Joe Biden in the 2020 election as he made false claims of widespread ballot fraud in the popular vote that year.

The other probe is focused on Trump’s removal of government records from the White House, and whether he obstructed justice by keeping them at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, for more than a year as government officials sought their return.

A state prosecutor in Atlanta is also separately investigating Trump and a number of his allies over their attempt to get Georgia officials to reverse his loss to Biden in the state in 2020.

The Manhattan prosecution of Trump comes more than four years after Cohen, who loyally served him for years before that, turned on Trump and began cooperating with federal, state and local law enforcement officials in New York.

Michael Cohen, former attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to the New York Courthouse in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2023.

Eduardo Munoz | Reuters

Cohen pleaded guilty in 2018 to federal criminal charges that included campaign finance violations for both the Daniels payment and a separate payment he facilitated to Playboy model Karen McDougal to buy her silence over an affair she said she started with Trump in 2006.

The Federal Election Commission in 2021 fined the publisher of The National Enquirer $187,500 for “knowingly and willfully” violating campaign law by paying McDougal a $150,000 “catch and kill” fee to buy her story and bury it ahead of the 2016 election.

Cohen said the payments were designed to protect Trump’s chances in that election, when he faced Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Trump escaped punishment from the FEC.

Cohen met 20 times with investigators from the DA’s office before testifying over two days last week before the grand jury in Manhattan Criminal Court. That panel began meeting in late January and heard testimony from multiple witnesses before Cohen.

Trump and a number of Republican elected officials have accused Manhattan DA Bragg, who is a Democrat, of pursuing the investigation to harm him politically.

Bragg’s focus on the payment to Daniels in recent months came as a surprise, as it was considered by many to be the weakest possible criminal case against Trump in a probe that began four years ago under Bragg’s predecessor as DA, Cyrus Vance Jr.

Adult-film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels speaks US Federal Court with her lawyer Michael Avenatti (R) on April 16, 2018, in Lower Manhattan, New York.

Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | AFP | Getty Images

In February 2022, two top prosecutors who were working on the investigation quit after Bragg indicated he was suspending the probe.

At the time, that investigation was focused on Cohen’s allegations that Trump and the Trump Organization reported different values for the same real estate properties to lower their tax burden and insurance costs and to maximize the value of loans against them, among other things.

One of the prosecutors, Mark Pomerantz, in his resignation letter said Trump was “guilty of numerous felony violations,” which related to the “preparation and use of his annual Statements of Financial Condition,” which “were false.”

Attorney General Letitia James in September filed a civil lawsuit seeking at least $250 million in penalties from Trump, his company, and three of his adult children, alleging widespread fraud in financial statements.

James’ lawsuit, which is headed to trial later this year, seeks to permanently bar Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump from serving as an officer of a company in New York and permanently prohibit the Trump companies named in the suit from doing business in New York state.

In December, a Manhattan jury convicted two subsidiaries of the Trump Organization of multiple crimes related to a scheme that since 2005 had sought to avoid paying taxes on executive compensation in the form of perks including free apartments and luxury cars to then-chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg.

Trump was not personally charged in that case, but he “knew exactly what was going on,” a prosecutor said in closing arguments in Manhattan Supreme Court.

The Trump subsidiaries convicted in the case were fined $1.6 million for the scheme in January at sentencing.

Weisselberg, who had pleaded guilty in that case in August, was sentenced in January to five months in jail. He is scheduled to be released from the notorious Rikers Island jail on April 19, which factors in time off his sentence for good behavior.

This is breaking news. Check back for updates.

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Trump indicted by New York grand jury, and he's due in court Tuesday

Trump is the first former U.S. president to be charged criminally. It comes as he seeks the 2024 GOP presidential nomination and faces other criminal probes.
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Nich1

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While many are aware that the purpose of all this is to continue trying to "take down" the greatest enemy of the deep state, DJT. At the same time, I hope that there is enough restraint by his followers to avoid violence. It seems that is what they want. Meanwhile, I have no clue as to what will follow.
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
Nich1 said:
While many are aware that the purpose of all this is to continue trying to "take down" the greatest enemy of the deep state, DJT. At the same time, I hope that there is enough restraint by his followers to avoid violence. It seems that is what they want. Meanwhile, I have no clue as to what will follow.
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well the "shaman" was just released from prison so maybe he'll make another showy appearance.
 
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