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OK. thank you for your response. Our views differ. I believe there is cause to investigate Trump, and so does the Manhattan DA, and so does the grand jury he convened. This belief will likely be challenged by Trump when the expected charges are laid. At that point, we will likely learn that...

Do you believe there is no cause to investigate Trump?

That is correct. I believe the report also presented strong evidence that Trump obstructed justice. I was disappointed to see Barr quash that. I would still like to see someone revive interest in the evidence Mueller developed and prosecute Trump for obstruction of justice.

Republican Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, partly because he promised to appoint conservative judges to the bench. He and the Republican-controlled senate made good on that promise, confirming hundreds of conservative judges, including three to the U.S. Supreme Court, which gave that...

You are not wrong about Manhattan being an area of strong anti-Trump sentiment. But that does not free prosecutors from meeting the legal standards for laying charges, and it does not exempt them from the protections the law provides to those charged. A partisan point of view maintained by a...

So you're saying you are within your rights and your complaint should be considered not valid?

Hypothetical question: If you really, really, really dislike a city council member in your city, tell everyone you dislike this person, tell everyone you will do everything in your power to destroy this person; and you then see this person do something illegal, or you hear it credibly and...

How do you know this? Who, specifically, are the "political activists in proseceturial positions" you are talking about? How do you know they want to destroy Trump and his associates? In the interests of clarity, it will be helpful to state which investigations we are talking about. The one I...

Trump challenged and continues to challenge this investigation with numerous legal maneuvers, some of which came before judges appointed by Trump himself. The courts, including the Supreme Court of the U.S. did not stop the investigation or block evidence from being obtained. They specifically...

While I question your claim that failure "... to pay income taxes on fringe benefits is one of the most common 'crimes' committed by business," the rest of what you say is true in civil matters. But it appears something more serious is will be charged this week since it is not civil but criminal...

You're right about the hoped-for perp walk scene. I hope you realize by now that I am not one to read more into legal developments than what's actually there. What's there for us to know so far in a way that can be objectivly confirmed, is the expectation that criminal charges (yet to be...

I looked in on the live shot to check crowd size. It is way smaller than Trump's campaign rallies of old, but that can be expected given that we're not in a campaign season and Trump is not a candidate. That said, the crowd is a good-size crowd. Not huge like Trump's previous rallies, but any...

Confirmation is now made by a named source who is in a position to know and is speaking publicly on the matter. It's made by Trump attorney Ronald Fischetti who confirmed that criminal charges against the Trump Organization are likely to be filed next week. In other news: Michigan...

Fair point Yes I'm familiar with the quote. Prosecutors definately have an advantage in front of grand juries. Yep, and then we can finally see, in an objective court, what the facts may or may not be, and how they stand up. It could have happened sooner but Trump has fought and delayed these...

I almost never cite media reports that rely on unnamed sources. I prefer instead reports in which the sources are known and can be confirmed. Worse are the media outlets that pick up and run with the story, citing "A Washington Post report" for example, while the report itself is based on...

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That's one way to spin it. The fact is, the question of Flynn's innocence or guilt was left unanswered when he accepted Trump's pardon (notwithstanding his original guilty plea). The pardon interrupted the court proceedings then underway. One could say you must admit guilt to accept a pardon so...

Thus making it necessary. A forced choice between a lighter sentence and a heavier one.

No, the FEC has not "ruled that the payments to McDougal and Daniels were not campaign contributions." They did not rule on that question at all. They simply deadlocked and thereby did not pursue the case.

I don't have time to dig into FARA prosecution history and provide you specific examples, but I believe people other than Trump supporters have been charged with FARA crimes.