It's a deal

He has no jurisdiction.

One of many problems with this case. It will never stand up to appeal.

The religious certainty you guys have attached to this makes me almost feel sorry for you, and then I remember how the zealots were aimed at the rest of us the last time he lost.

An accounting violation! It's was an accounting violation! CtrlFreq, Did you study anything about the case? Common sense is all you need to know this case is a sham. It will never stand up to scrutiny. NY courts release murderers who dismember bodies but show no mercy for an accounting error.

34 separate accounting crimes that were committed specifically to cover-up a conspiracy to influence the outcome of an election, hence the felony convictions.

He was indicted by a jury of his peers and subsequently convicted by another, and everyone involved (except him, of course) bent over backwards to ensure he was given a fair hearing and ruling.

You're going to be extremely disappointed by the appellate and state supreme courts, although he may have corrupted SCOTUS enough for them to bend the knee.

President Trump was convicted of an accounting violation. Payment to Stormy Daniels through Cohen was labeled as a legal expense instead of a campaign expense with intent to conceal. Falsifying business records was elevated to a felony because of NY 17-152. Intent was determined by Cohen’s testimony. Cohen admitted lying to Congress and stealing 50K dollars from Trump.

NY 17-152 means Trump was convicted of 34 counts of election interference -by- committing accounting violations.

Intent was determined by testimony from David Pecker, who Trump personally called initially in an attempt to bury Stormy's story, employees in the Trump Organization and Trump White House who help facilitated the payments and fraud, and even a recorded call of Trump himself discussing the conspiracy.

Cohen was only there to provide an insider's view of the four weeks of evidence and testimony provided, which is why the Trump defense of crying Cohen is a liar wasn't convincing outside the GOP bubble.

17-152. Conspiracy to promote or prevent election. Any two or more
persons who conspire to promote or prevent the election of any person to
a public office by unlawful means and which conspiracy is acted upon by
one or more of the parties thereto, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Please tell me how mislabeling an expense on a balance sheet can bring all this into play. You can't. It makes no sense. Anyway, it is a state law. Does it apply to a national election? It is so nuanced, and trivial! This is how the Democrats thought they were going to bring down President Donald Trump? TDS really is a bitch!

Also there are no national elections in the USA - perhaps you've heard of this thing called the Electoral College...

Yeah, Trump's deranged supporters really are.

The Electoral College is part of the "national" election process to elect POTU. CtrlFreq, you should listen to what you are saying before you say it.

The falsified entries were to cover up the conspiracy Trump and Cohen engaged in to pay off a porn star to keep the story out of the 2016 election cycle.

I'm not sure what you find so confusing about that - they committed a crime to influence an election, which makes the original crimes felony election interference.

Same as if you and a buddy burglarized a house and he shot the owner, you both get capital murder charges.

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Cohen was the only witness in determining "intent." "Intent" was how mislabeling an expense on a balance sheet was elevated to a felony. How does a private balance sheet influence an election? That makes no sense. Also labeling an expense is an accounting decision. Why would Trump even know about it?"

⚫ Why did you ask me a question whose answer was not only already explained to you 11 hours prior, but from which you literally derived your question from, retrofitting its language to reply to me to a comment that was to somebody else? Obviously it's not like you somehow missed that reply or had forgotten it when it in fact it had framed your later reply to me:

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NY 17-152 means Trump was convicted of 34 counts of election interference -by- committing accounting violations.

Intent was determined by testimony from David Pecker, who Trump personally called initially in an attempt to bury Stormy's story, employees in the Trump Organization and Trump White House who help facilitated the payments and fraud, and even a recorded call of Trump himself discussing the conspiracy.

Cohen was only there to provide an insider's view of the four weeks of evidence and testimony provided, which is why the Trump defense of crying Cohen is a liar wasn't convincing outside the GOP bubble."

Yeah, the Demz were just totally banking on this totally impacting the election.
As for all the other stuff - stolen documents, attempting to steal an election, inciting insurrection - they were just a minor incidents, superfluous at most in terms of somebody's bid for the presidency

"stolen documents, attempting to steal an election, inciting insurrection?" Why wasn't Trump put on trial for these crimes? Mislabeling an expense on a balance sheet was their strongest case I guess.

He -is- being put on trial for those crimes, but he stacked the federal judiciary with corrupt judges like Cannon, Barrett, and Kavanaugh who are running interference for him.

They're abusing their power to delay trial until after the election, but if he loses, the house of cards they've built will collapse and he'll be convicted of those charges as well.

Because, yes Virginia, there is a Deep State, and they stalled those other trials in order to not impede the election.

"they stalled those other trials in order to not impede the election." But, they went ahead with the accounting violation. That makes no sense. Modda, you live in a fantasy. TDS has taken your sanity.

The case in NY was by far the weakest against him, and they convicted him on all 34 counts.

The others are being obstructed by Trump appointees to the judiciary in the hope they'll be able to kick the can down the road another 4 years if he wins.

Awesome. Kindly inform me when those trials are scheduled to begin.

Trump was never incarcerated, nor will he ever be, despite taunting the judge repeatedly daring him to do so.

Speaking of murder, that is one thing Trump actually was asked about. Ever. He really could kill somebody on 5th Ave and get away with it.

Modda, you are being exploited. Look at the Palestine protests. The Establishment is protecting Israel. They are not socialist. Cognitive dissonance/doublethink will drive you crazy. It will destroy your mind. You are thinking and saying things you know are not true.

You should try reading that to yourself in a mirror because you're projecting.

I quit the Democratic Party this year. I will never join the Republican Party. They are both hopelessly corrupt. Exploiting the party divide doesn't work on me.

What are you on about they were defined as falsifying business records to interfere in the election.

Just because conservatives don’t understand why their god king was indicted doesn’t change the fact he committed a crim…excuse me 34 crimes.

It isn't even that they don't understand it - they're just parroting his lies like the credulous rubes they are.