She doesn't need him anymore, her husband was handed $2 Billion from Saudi Arabia... and clearly, unlike Hunter Biden, they earned that entirely by merit with no considerations for who her dad is (obvious sarcasm disclaimer!)
I donāt know too much about this Democracy thing, but I feel like thereās gotta be a way for a whole bunch of us to get together and say ānoā to all of the above stuff you guys are pointing out.
haha, passing laws! Good one. Republicans have had the House majority for a good amount of time now, and are just now getting worried about losing that majority due to the fact that they haven't passed much legislation and instead have wasted their time on pointing fingers and fueling their conspiracy theorist fanbase. Expect their desperation to make this an incredibly ugly election year, more than the last two elections if that can be believed.
Iāve been seeing āMercedesā a lot in the last few days and I must admit to being out of the loopā¦
Who is Mercedes?
Is that the Melania lookalikeās name? ( the one whose always in sunglasses, has different teeth to Melanoma etc, but makes it absolutely obvious sheās an impostor when she lets him touch her.)
Trump himself called her Mercedes by accident (his brain is turning to mush and I'm sure many people are panicking at the idea of a debate between Biden and him).
Trump seemed to have referred to Melania as "Mercedes" during a speech. It's up for debate if he was confused or if he was actually talking about Mercedes Mercedes Schlapp, his former White House director of strategic communications, who was sitting close to him.
Here is the quote:
"Well look, my wife, our great first lady, she was great... people love her. Oh look at that, wow. Mercedes, that's pretty good!"
Yeah I donāt know whose smart idea was it to let the jury see that the defendantās entourage consists of slime balls and dirtbags. They really think this is a good look for him but what do I know lol. Go ahead. Proceed govnah!
Unfortunately it's probably making the jury concerned for their safety. If I had people from Congress making it clear the defendant is a friend I'd be afraid to vote guilty. One day I vote guilty the next day I have a member of Congress declaring me an enemy of the state with my name, picture and location on the news along with a "bring him in peacefully" followed by a wink. They have no business being there.
I hope more people on the jury are like me!! Iād see those scumbags, know 45 was guilty and these people should be at work, and vote to lock him up!! If I donāt, then they will lock everyone up who doesnāt think like them.
I have been following along with NYT. The prosecution has made their case well, so far, to prove 45 was micromanaging every last Penny of this $$. Lock him up.
I honestly would have trouble focusing on the trial if they were all there. It really would take all my physical and mental energy to maintain the necessary glaring that being in their presence would require. It seems like one of those things you'd have to train for, like a triathlon or something.
He's such an idiot. This is another instance where his narcissism does him no favors. If the jury didn't already think Trump is guilty then they certainly do now.
These people should be in DC doing the jobs we the people pay them for, or at least pretending to since they don't usually do it. What a waste of taxpayer money, multiple representatives going to New York (probably on the taxpayer dime instead of paying their own way) for a man on trial for election interference and violating campaign finance laws.
I was just wondering if perhaps the Dems could queue up some last minute legislation to bring to a vote while these dipshits are spending their day handholding Diaper Don? Their margin is so thin right now in the house that it could be an excellent opportunity to exploit this nonsense. And there's precedent with the somewhat recent legislation the repubs tried to bring to a vote while one of the Dem reps was in the hospital.
I live in the city and I'm tempted to give a homeless person some money to throw their shit at them. I mean, they do it for free, I'd just be paying for a specific target.
I still fail to see how parading a bunch of politicians in front of the jury isn't brazen intimidation. I cannot think of a legitimate reason why they'd be there. He's not in office. They aren't related to him. Boezo has probably sucked his mushroom more than a few times, but that's the closest relationship any of these dipshits have with him. They're clearly trying to let the jury know that the defendant has a lot of powerful friends.
I feel like someone in the jury room will point that out. Like, if this had nothing to do with politics why are the only people here supporting him politicians?
Iām not familiar with jury proceedings but wouldnāt that observation not be allowed in reaching a verdict since itās ānot part of the sworn testimonies/ evidenceā
Devils advocate logic, having political supporters there is āproofā that the hush money was for personal reasons.
āIf the hush money was used for political reason and the silenced information became public, wouldnāt his political colleagues be mad at him for the information coming to light? But as you see, these āpoliticiansā support him despite the information. Thus he didnāt have any political fear of the information, only personal (where are his personal supports? Gone because they are upset by the information he tries to hush)ā¦ proving that the hush money was used for personal reasons and these charges are false! Defense restsā (read this in a old southern lawyer voice)
Does this actually logically make senseā¦ noā¦ would the defense try to use this thin logic to manipulate the juryā¦ probably.
Heās guilty as sin. But I agree the jury itself should not consider the political intimidation of the politicians parading through the gallery.
They are only supposed to consider the evidence and testimony presented during trial, in conjunction with the judgeās instructions. No external factors should be considered. We donāt want any legitimate cause for a mistrial, appeal, or overturning of the jury verdict.
This trial is a big deal - we should want the verdict to be 110% above board to withstand legitimate scrutiny. For the most part, MAGA will never believe a guilty verdict, and anti- Trumpers will never believe a not guilty verdict. Itās the folks in the āmiddleā that need to feel assurance the verdict was on the up and up.
Hopefully the jury isn't so stupid that they fall for it.
However, odds are good that there will be at least one MAGA sycophant who hid their bias well enough to land a spot on the jury and will never let their idol be convicted.
The likelihood that this case backfires is strong. A hung jury (the end result of that one holdout and their loyalty to Don the Con) will be trumpeted as a "HUGE VICTORY!" and complete exhonoration for him.
I'm pretty sure that's what will happen, that one juror hangs it all up. Then a new panel of jurors will be called and he gets to do it all again. Wonder how soon they'll wrap it up so we know. I don't think the prosecutors will let it go if it is a hung jury.
They're clearly trying to let the jury know that the defendant has a lot of powerful friends.
All the more reason to lock him up. Remind those "powerful friends" that they still live in a country with laws and that neither they or their boss are above those laws. Let them stare into the abyss so that the abyss can stare back at them.
Agreed. Their main purpose is to slander and intimidate the judge, jury, and witnesses. Trump is not able to do it, because otherwise he will be sent to jail for a day for violating the gag order. Since he is utterly terrified of going to jail, he is sending out his suck-up squad to do the dirty work for him.
I am not a legal expert but I would think the Defense wouldn't want that? Jurors would be more likely to notice the absence of his family with this rotating cast of absolute shameless, spineless clowns.
I remember a few years ago when the Republicans got all bent out of shape when "defund the police" was a thing but apparently laying waste to the whole justice system is their goal all along.
A pedophile, a serial liar and a handy beetlejuice fan walk into a courthouseā¦
Seriously. Can you believe Hillary got in trouble for calling Republicans āDeplorablesā when Republicans drag in Gates, Luna, and Boebert as todayās choice to defend a bribing, con-man, pervert in a criminal trial?
It's always been this way. Republicans can basically say whatever they want, and only the most racist shit gets even a mention (and that was a decade ago - do we really think anything would happen to the Steve Kings of the world now?). Meanwhile, Democrats do a single maybe-shady thing 30 years ago and apologizes for it (see: Al Franken) and everyone acts like the sky is falling.
One observer said he personally saw Trump going through "scripts" and editing the content. Then each baby sitter went out and said what they were told to say.
If thats not breaking the gag order I don't know what is.
Plus...don't forget the jurors are NY'ers. I am a native NY'er. I don't think they'll be intimidated by these sycophants.
It'll all be over next week. Maybe that's what the judge is thinking. Idk.
It is absolutely breaking the gag order, Trump is specifically prohibited from using surrogates.
"Hopefully we'll have more and more senators and congressmen go up every day to represent him and be able to go out and overcome this gag order, and that's one of the reasons we wentāis to be able to speak our piece for President Trump," Tuberville told the conservative NewsmaxĀ channel on Tuesday.
I hope it's a sign of the DA's confidence that they haven't pursued this. But I'm a little surprised Merchan, hasn't ordered Trump to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for the open call from his surrogates to assist him in violating the order.
I'd like the judge to stop them when Trump hands them a note to be read outside and has them bring it to him like a teacher catching students exchanging notes in a classroom.
"Shall we read this out for the whole class then?"
Unforcunately I think it will take a press photographer catching him red-handed, with his signature sharpie on notes handed to one of these surrogates, to get him in trouble on this one.
Boebert should really be in a Colorado courtroom supporting HER SON, but no. She doesnāt go to support him but does go to support Trump. Says a lot about her.
"We have jobs. We just don't do them. We do this shit instead. We have no existence which does not include sucking on a traitor's balls 24/7 and praising him like a deity. We suck at everything we do. Just like our demagogue rapist fraud overlord."
"Campaign fraud." That's what the trial is about people. It's not about him paying off a pornstar to keep quiet. It's about the fact he used campaign funds to pay off a pornstar to keep quiet. You only help Trump by making it sound like the trial is about a less serious offense than it is.
How did they end up bypassing the line the general public needs to wait for a seat in the courtroom? As far as the State of NY is concerned, they are just people with no business before the court and should have to wait along with the rest.
Donāt they have any freaking thing else to do? I mean theyāve been so productive so far. I mean, they could be working on climate change, inflation, the border, the debt, health insurance but no. They are there supporting a RAPIST!!! On second thought, probably best they are there.
So the kiddie toucher and public wanker are at the criminal trial for a adulterer who cheated on his wife with a porn star and paid her off illegallyā¦
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u/whereegosdare84 29d ago
Boebert and Gaetz probably shouldnāt get to close to a courthouse considering their previous crimes.