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[Parley]

[Former] FEC Commissioner Blasts Trump Conviction, Debunks Claim He Violated Election Law

Former Commissioner of the Federal Elections Commission, Brad Smith, a preeminent expert on campaign finance law has taken to social media to lash out against the Manhattan trial that led to the conviction of former President Donald Trump.

Judge Juan Merchan had prevented Trump’s defense team from seating Smith as a witness or even submitting his testimony to the jury. Smith had planned on testifying that Donald Trump’s filing of a “hush money” payment as a “legal expense” was not a crime against federal elections law.

Indeed, federal prosecutors had passed up on the case prior to Alvin Bragg, the District Attorney in Manhattan, bringing the case by claiming that Trump had “falsified business records” in the furtherance of committing a crime. One of the implicit crimes that Bragg had left open as an option was covering up Trump’s alleged affair with an adult actress “Stormy Daniels” (Stephanie Cliffords) so that it would not negatively impact the 2016 election.

Former Commissioner Smith put this notion to rest in a lengthy thread that he posted on social media. It is reposted in its entirety below (lightly edited for readability):

FEC Commissioner Blasts Trump Conviction, Debunks Claim He Violated Election Law - The Politics Brief

 

[samplenhold]

Judge Juan Merchan had prevented Trump’s defense team from seating Smith as a witness or even submitting his testimony to the jury.

That is just criminal. How can a judge not allow testimony?

"Oh, I will not allow that since it will show that there is no case against Trump"

 

[David L]

One more for the ignore list....

It's like they are all pulling their head out of the sand now that Trump got a conviction...

 

[Parley]

Donald Trump attends UFC 302, receives ‘staggering’ ovation just days after guilty verdict in hush money trial

Donald Trump attends UFC 302 just days after guilty verdict in hush money trial (nypost.com)

 

[David L]

So when Trump is President, as a Felon he won't be able to vote but can he Pardon himself?

 

[David L]

 

[Parley]

Lara Trump "In 48 hours after Donald Trump's verdict was read, our campaign and the RNC raised $70 MILLION!"

"Eric Trump on with Maria said that 70 million $$ was small donations.
That when you add in the large donations it's over 200 million $$. "

 

[sdkid]

From 2017.... this one aged with foretelling precision...

 

[samplenhold]

So when Trump is President, as a Felon he won't be able to vote but can he Pardon himself?

No he can't pardon himself and Bidumb can't pardon Trump either. It is a NY State charge, not a federal one.

 

[Parley]

Maureen Dowd’s sister is backing Trump after verdict

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd said this weekend that her sister is backing former President Trump’s reelection bid following the guilty verdict in the New York hush money criminal trial.

In a column published Saturday, Dowd said after the guilty verdict, she called her brother and her sister — both of whom, she said, are Republicans who had hoped for a Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley victory — to gauge whether Trump’s conviction had been a final straw for them.

Dowd said she was surprised to hear that her sister was swayed in the other direction.

“I wasn’t going to vote for Trump,” Maureen Dowd’s sister, Peggy, told her, according to Dowd’s column. “But now I am because I thought this whole thing was a sham.”

Maureen Dowd’s sister is backing Trump after verdict (thehill.com)

My comment: Well, she is indeed correct. The trial was a sham.

 

[wittaj]

So when Trump is President, as a Felon he won't be able to vote but can he Pardon himself?

Will Trump lose his right to vote after felony conviction? DeSantis weighs in

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he will act to ensure former President Trump does not lose his right to vote in Florida despite his felony conviction in New York.

www.yahoo.com

 

[VorlonFrog]

It's like they are all pulling their head out of the sand now that Trump got a conviction...

What they (and so many) don't truly understand is, "It's only just begun."

 

[wrapter]

No he can't pardon himself and Bidumb can't pardon Trump either. It is a NY State charge, not a federal one.

 

[samplenhold]

That is a stretch. I understand what Vivek is stating, but I don't think that the president can pardon a state conviction. Only the governor of that state can.

 

[SJGUSMC21]

That is a stretch. I understand what Vivek is stating, but I don't think that the president can pardon a state conviction. Only the governor of that state can.

Well, if Vivek is wrong, and you are correct, no way in HELL will that crazy bitch pardon him!

 

[samplenhold]

Not sure if it is right or wrong. It seems a stretch for a president to go the way Vivek states to pardon someone convicted in state court.

 

[SJGUSMC21]

I knew that Hunter Biden is a HUGE, STEAMING PILE OF SHIT, but I didn't know that he was kicked out of the Navy for testing positive for Cocaine. Wow.


And if anyone, ESPECIALLY A COMMISSIONED OFFICER, popped positive for illegal drug use, they would receive a discharge, and at the minimum a it was a general and could be a BCD (if referred to a CM) How do I know?
I was a SACO in the Marine Corps Largest Headquarters and Service Battalion and I had a 100% conviction rate of those Marines that popped on a piss test. But wait..NOT IF YOU ARE THE SON OF THEN SENATOR BIDEN!

 

[gwminor48]

I'll bet you can guess which 2 states:

Report: More than HALF of all new American jobs in the last 5 years are in just two states

Of all the jobs added in the last five years, since before the pandemic, Texas and Florida are carrying the load.

notthebee.com

 

[gwminor48]

Maybe Biden could drive one of these, but I doubt he can even drive any more:

CEO Reportedly Claimed Company's Electric Car Could 'Eliminate Habitual Diarrhea'

Skyworth's founder, Huang Hongsheng, caused a stir at the Beijing Auto Show with his outlandish claims about the EV6, the brand's new electric SUV. Skyworth's founder recently made headlines by claiming the company's EV6 SUV has incredible healing properties. This article explores the...

www.rvmnews.com

 

[VorlonFrog]

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LAWFARE: Democrats have filed more than 1,000 misconduct complaints against Federal Judge Aileen Cannon regarding President Trump - as a result the 11th Circuit Court has announced they will no longer hear them. Democrat efforts to destroy democracy will no longer be tolerated.

Mark Mendlovitz
@MendlovitzMark

The Chief Judge for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is putting an official end to the THOUSANDS OF COORDINATED COMPLAINTS against Judge Aileen Cannon. Democrats are totally hysterical when they can't control a courtroom (or a SC Justice like Alito).

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