Nonilex , (edited ) to random
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Tues 29 May 2024 🧵
Good morning! It’s the last day of the #TrumpTrial before jury #deliberations.
Today Justice #Merchan will give #JuryInstructions. Then they will discuss the case among themselves for the first time; they have not been allowed to even discuss it w/each other as yet.

Closing arguments took place yesterday, & the lawyers will have no further opportunity to address the jurors before they determine whether #Trump is #guilty or not guilty of 34 felonies.

#criminal #law

Nonilex OP ,
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Justice reminds the they need to “set aside” personal opinions or bias against .

He reads standard language on , one phrase: “As a juror, you are asked to make a very important decision about another member of the community.”

An unintentional reminder that this is — just “another member of the community.”

Nonilex , to random
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🧵 Thurs, May 2

charges are falsifying business records to hide payments in lead up to 2016 election to electorate

just one Trump supporter at the courthouse draped in a Trump flag.

's lawyer, , to return to stand. He negotiated the hush-money payment at the center of the case, & is expected to lay out details of the deal.

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Testimony & jurors are done but court isn’t. Prosecutors have asked whether they can question , if he testifies, about his 9 violations of his .

Todd , defense, asks Justice Merchan to bar such questioning.

🤣Blanche slips & calls Trump "Mr. Trump," before correcting himself & using Trump's preferred label: "President Trump."

Threadbane , to random
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@rbreich
Seems to me, his being an anti-vaxxer and his other RW positions trump <har har> his Kennedy-ness. I'm certainly no expert, but he seems much more likely to pull votes from #CitizenTrump than Biden. I'm puzzled as to why he has any wealthy GOP donors at all.

Threadbane , to random
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#Easter is when Jesus comes out of his cave. If he sees his shadow this year, #CitizenTrump will have 6 more weeks to pay his bond.

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Asks for Absolute on Charges

The court will hear arguments on April 25 over whether fmr presidents can be prosecuted for things they did while in office.

Trump urged the on Tues to rule that he is absolutely from charges stemming from his attempts to subvert the .


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/us/trump-supreme-court-immunity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex OP ,
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“For the purpose of this case, fmr President has become , with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant,” the panel wrote. “But any executive that may have protected him while he served as no longer protects him against this prosecution.”

When the case was argued in the appeals court, a lawyer for Trump argued that former presidents are absolutely immune from prosecution even for murders they ordered while in office.

Nonilex OP , (edited )
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added that there was no reason to fear tit-for-tat prosecutions that would chill other presidents from taking decisive action.

“That dystopian vision runs contrary to the checks & balances built into our institutions & the framework of the ,” Smith wrote.

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We cannot accept former President Trump’s claim that a President has unbounded authority to commit crimes that would neutralize the most fundamental check on executive power - the recognition and implementation of election results — US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit

GottaLaff , to random
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#CitizenTrump

#DefendantTrump

#PRESIDENTBiden

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@DebR

GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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Totally forgot!! #WOMPWOMP #WOMPAGE in all caps!

‼️#BREAKING! 🔥 1/…

Via Anna Bower:

BREAKING: DC Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Donald #Trump is NOT IMMUNE from prosecution. #legal

UNANIMOUS!!!

10:02 w T E < 8 W & - Notice of Docket Activity The following transaction was entered on 02/06/2024 at 9:58:54 AM Eastern Standard Time and filed on 02/06/2024 Case Name: USA v. Donald Trump Case Number: 23-3228 Document(s): Document(s) Docket Text: PER CURIAM JUDGMENT [2038999] filed that the order of the District Court appealed from in this cause be affirmed, for the reasons in the accompanying opinion . The Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate through February 12, 2024. If, within that period, Appellant notifies the Clerk in writing that he has filed an application with the Supreme Court for a stay of the mandate pending the filing of a petition for a writ of certiorari, the Clerk is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate pending the Supreme Court's final disposition of the application. The filing of a petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc will not result in any withholding of the mandate, although the grant of rehearing or rehearing en banc would result in a recall of the mandate if the mandate has already issued. See D.C. Cir. R. 41(a)(4). Before Judges: Henderson, Childs and Pan. [23-3228] Notice will be electronically mailed to: Mr. Richard D. Bernstein: rbernsteinlaw@gmail.com Mr. Emil Bove: emil.bove@blanchelaw.com 2 B CH
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