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Started Feb-24 by WALTER784; 13372 views.
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From: WALTER784
Mar-18
President Trump Says He Will Be Arrested Tuesday, Calls for Protests
By Kristinn Taylor
Mar. 18, 2023 7:45 am
President Trump posted on Truth Social early Saturday morning that he will be arrested on Tuesday. Trump called for protests. Numerous leaks have reported Trump will be charged next week in New York City in the Stormy Daniels case where he has been accused of paying Daniels as part of a confidential settlement before the 2016 election to buy her silence over her unfounded accusation of an affair.
President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio, November 7, 2022, photo by Kristinn Taylor
Trump posted a two-part Truth:
OUR NATION IS NOW THIRD WORLD & DYING. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DEAD! THE RADICAL LEFT ANARCHISTS HAVE STOLLEN OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND WITH IT, THE HEART OF OUR OUR COUNTRY. AMERICAN PATRIOTS ARE BEING ARRESTED & HELD IN CAPTIVITY LIKE ANIMALS, WHILE CRIMINALS & LEFTIST THUGS ARE ALLOWED TO ROAM THE STREETS, KILLING & BURNING WITH NO RETRIBUTION. MILLIONS ARE FLOODING THROUGH OUR OPEN BOARDERS, MANY FROM PRISONS & MENTAL INSTITUTIONS. CRIME & INFLATION ARE DESTROYING OUR VERY WAY OF LIFE…
Page 2: 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!
CNBC reported a Florida wrinkle that could come into play next week:
Trump, who has 24-hour protection by the U.S. Secret Service, currently resides at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, which he rarely leaves.
Under Florida law, the state’s governor is responsible for making sure a person in the state is arrested and delivered to another state if that person is indicted on a felony charge.
However, Florida law also gives the governor the power to call for a further investigation before a defendant is extradited if that defendant refuses to comply with extradition.
Fox News reported Friday that talks are in progress to handle Trump’s arrest, whether to handcuff him and fingerprinting.
Jim Hanson called on conservatives to stay calm and not take J6 bait: “This is a dangerous moment Be smart Watch for provocateurs Look for false flags Don’t give them any help”
President Trump Says He Will Be Arrested Tuesday, Calls for Protests | The Gateway Pundit
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From: WALTER784
Mar-18
Bill Clinton Paid Paula Jones $850,000 in Hush Money — Was Never Charged
By Cassandra MacDonald
Mar. 18, 2023 3:30 pm
Former President Bill Clinton paid Paula Jones a whopping $850,000 to keep her quiet over sexual harassment claims — but was never arrested for it.
The case stands in stark contrast to reports that former President Donald Trump will be arrested on Tuesday for an alleged $130,000 hush money payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016 over an alleged sexual encounter that the two had in 2006.
Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to charges over the payment in 2018 and was sentenced to three years in prison.
In 1998, the Washington Post reported, “President Clinton reached an out-of-court settlement with Paula Jones yesterday, agreeing to pay her $850,000 to drop the sexual harassment lawsuit that led to the worst political crisis of his career and only the third presidential impeachment inquiry in American history.”
“Just hours before the settlement was inked yesterday, Starr sent new evidence to the House Judiciary Committee stemming from a witness in the Jones case, Kathleen E. Willey, who also accused Clinton of an unwelcome sexual advance,” the report continued. “The extraordinary case came to an extraordinary finale, with the defendant agreeing to pay $850,000 even though the plaintiff originally only asked for $700,000 when she filed suit — and even though the case was dismissed without a trial.”
The report continued, “the case opened a Pandora’s box of allegations about his past sex life and made him the first president ever interrogated under oath as a defendant in a civil lawsuit or before a grand jury as a possible criminal target. Jones v. Clinton also yielded a historic decision by the Supreme Court, which ruled 9 to 0 last year that even the chief executive can be sued. And it was the resulting search for evidence that led Jones’s lawyers to Monica S. Lewinsky and the chain of events that prompted Starr’s report to Congress alleging that Clinton committed 11 impeachable offenses.”
The New York Times reported in 1999:
Clinton Administration officials said a check for $850,000, the amount agreed to in November to settle the case, was being sent by overnight mail to Ms. Jones and her lawyers. The officials, who asked that their names not be used, said that a little more than half of the money, $475,000, came from an insurance policy against civil liability the President held with Chubb Group Insurance.
Most, if not all, of the remainder, was withdrawn from a blind trust in the name of Mrs. Clinton, which officials said last year had assets of slightly more than $1 million.
Clinton never faced criminal charges for his behavior.
If Trump is charged, he will be the first former president in US history to ever be arrested after leaving office. He is also the current leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy has called for a congressional investigation into a “politically motivated prosecution.”
“Here we go again — an outrageous abuse of power by a radical DA who lets violent criminals walk as he pursues political vengeance against President Trump,” McCarthy tweeted.
Bill Clinton Paid Paula Jones $850,000 in Hush Money — Was Never Charged | The Gateway Pundit
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From: WALTER784
Mar-18
Expert Attorney Says Bragg’s Case in New York Against President Trump Is a Flawed Case
By Joe Hoft
Mar. 18, 2023 6:50 pm
Attorney Jonathan Turley calls the case against President Trump a flawed case. Of course it is but it’s all they got.
Earlier today it was reported that President Trump is going to be indicted by the corrupt Soros-backed DA in New York for a bogus literally made-up crime.
The crimes are so ridiculous it looks like former Mueller attorney Andrew Weissmann made them up. Weissmann is famous for making up crimes. He made a career out of it.
The New York Times even admits this case is a loser:
In New York, falsifying business records can amount to a crime, albeit a misdemeanor. To elevate the crime to a felony charge, Bragg’s prosecutors must show that Trump’s “intent to defraud” included an intent to commit or conceal a second crime.
In this case, that second crime could be a violation of New York state election law. While hush money is not inherently illegal, the prosecutors could argue that the $130,000 payout effectively became an improper donation to Trump’s campaign, under the theory that it benefited his candidacy because it silenced Daniels.
Jonathan Turley says the overall case is flawed. It’s not just bad – it’s flawed.
The case against Donald Trump over hush payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels in the build up to the 2016 presidential election is ‘flawed’, a legal scholar has said.
Jonathan Turley, a criminal defense attorney and Shapiro Chair of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, said the case by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is unlikely to succeed.
Turley was responding to Trump’s claim on Saturday that he’ll be arrested on Tuesday next week following a long-running probe by Bragg’s office into the $130,000 paid to Daniels.
But Turley also said Trump must ‘tap down any inflammatory rhetoric’ after the former president issued a call for protests amid the imminent charges. Trump had announced he’d be arrested within days and added ‘PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!’
Trump could be charged with falsifying business records in relation to payments to his former attorney, Michael Cohen, who served jail time after pleading guilty to using campaign finances in relation to Daniels. The former president could also faces charges linked to violations of election law.
Turley said: ‘This is a flawed case if it is based on a state charge effectively prosecuting the federal election violation. That federal case was rejected by the Justice Department. There are also statute of limitation questions that could come into play.
‘Bragg may be able to expect highly motivated judges and jurors in New York. However, the novelty and questions in this case would present difficult appellate issues for the prosecution.’
Turley added to DailyMail.com: ‘I am not confident that Bragg can bring this case under the statute of limitations.
‘However, if he can shoehorn the federal charge into a state case, he still faces considerable challenges for a conviction. This is a notoriously difficult theory to prosecute, though this is the best jury pool that a prosecutor could hope for.’
The case is flawed for many reasons. First of all the courts would have to prove that President Trump was aware of the records in question, let alone whether he had anything to do with them. As a billionaire businessman President Trump likely didn’t see all transactions below a certain amount which likely applies to this case.
It appears the whole purpose of the case was to embarrass President Trump with the Stormy Daniels case again. BTW – doesn’t she still owe President Trump some money?
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From: Showtalk
Mar-19
It’s a novel theory based on opinion. The weird thing is, even if he’s charged, it won’t affect his run for president.
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From: WALTER784
Mar-19
No, but if he's imprisoned... can his secret service protect him in jail?
But if they can jail, and then Arkancide him, he cannot run in 2024!
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From: Showtalk
Mar-19
Again, they may feel they can indict but they don’t have enough evidence of a crime, because there wasn’t one. Giving someone money and asking for an NDA is not a crime. They are twisting the law to make it one,,which is why it’s called a novel prosecution. They are desperate. He would not have known about the impending arrest unless someone leaked it to him, which means they aren’t all in agreement either. If he’s found guilty it will go to appeals.
From: The_Rock (JABRONI256)
Mar-19
Showtalk said:The weird thing is, even if he’s charged, it won’t affect his run for president.
I agree, and it's not weird at all; the way the judicial system works, even if they somehow move at the speed of light it would not reach a conclusion in my estimation before the next election, and if he wins, which I think is at least an even chance if not greater, the case cannot be prosecuted against a sitting President.
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From: WALTER784
Mar-19
I find this arrest strange...
Call it conspiracy theory or otherwise, but the Mar a Lago raid turned up nothing that they were looking for.
And then, all of a sudden material that proves Biden was in cahoots with China appears and wala... they want to arrest Trump shortly there after!!!
I don't think this is a coincidence!
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From: Showtalk
Mar-19
They are only doing it to try to erode support for him before the election.
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From: Showtalk
Mar-19
Either they’ve calculated it can help him lose and keep Biden in office or they are hiding something else. What else is in the news?
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