TRUMP INDICTED
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Fogdog
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It's a big deal in the news right now. Huffpo is making hay with this histrionic headline on the same matter:Georgia judge allows Trump to appeal Fani Willis disqualification ruling
A Georgia judge enabled former President Trump to immediately appeal the recent ruling declining to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) over her romantic relationship with a top prosecutor overseeing the election interference case there.
In a brief order issued on Wednesday, Judge Scott McAfee granted the certificate of immediate review requested by Trump and eight of his co-defendants in the sprawling racketeering case.
They are now expected to ask the Georgia Court of Appeals to take up the disqualification battle before the case goes to trial.
As the effort proceeds, however, McAfee made clear he won’t pause proceedings in his court.
“The Court intends to continue addressing the many other unrelated pending pretrial motions, regardless of whether the petition is granted within 45 days of filing, and even if any subsequent appeal is expedited by the appellate court,” McAfee wrote in his ruling.
Trump and his allies are accused of racketeering and other criminal charges by entering a months-long criminal conspiracy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in Georgia. Trump pleaded not guilty to the charges as well as those levied in his three other criminal cases.
The former president and many of his co-defendants are attempting to boot Willis and her entire office from the case over the district attorney’s once-romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor who led the Georgia criminal investigation into the former president.
The romance revelation created a months long detour in the case that included multiple hearings full of salacious testimony. Last week, the judge capped the battle by ruling that Willis could remain on the case if Wade left. Hours later, Wade resigned.
Trump and his co-defendants are now attempting to bring the matter to a higher court in the state, hoping to reverse the ruling to stall the case or even get the charges tossed entirely. They contend the romance created an actual conflict of interest, a notion that the district attorney’s office has rejected.
“The March 15 Order is of exceptionally great importance to this case, substantially impacting Defendants’ rights to due process,” lawyers for many of the defendants wrote in their joint motion seeking permission to appeal.
“Additionally, given the lack of guidance from the appellate courts on key issues, and the fact that any errors in the March 15 Order could be structural errors that would necessitate retrial(s), the grant of a certificate of immediate review is both prudent and warranted.”
Georgia judge allows Trump to appeal Fani Willis disqualification ruling
A Georgia judge enabled former President Trump to immediately appeal the recent ruling declining to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) for her romantic relationship with a t…thehill.com
Judge Clears Way For Trump To Appeal Ruling Keeping Fani Willis On Georgia Election Case
Judge Clears Way For Trump To Appeal Ruling Keeping Fani Willis On Georgia Election Case
It’s now up to the appeals court to decide whether the court will hear it.
Trump's appeal is not going to succeed. There is no merit to their argument that Willis committed a corrupt act by having an affair with somebody who worked in her office. There is no evidence to justify their claim that she lied under oath when she said the affair began after he started working in her office and not before. There is no merit in their claim that this issue has any bearing on her ability to act in a fair and impartial manner as the chief prosecutor of his case and the cases of tens of others involved in the conspiracy that he allegedly led.
So, let him spend more of his campaign funds on a meritless appeal. As Judge Engoron said, he has plenty of other (meritless) pretrial motions by the various defense teams and will let Trump's appeal work its way through the process.
And Huffpo, a clearly liberal biased media site makes its own hay by posting an article that casts Trump's defense of it all in a negative light.
So much winning.
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Budley Doright
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I’ll let him know that when you say “only” 17% of the budget, but really have no ideal if that is enough, use the word “only” to make some sort of point. And yes I am impacted by the illegal importation of handguns from the US.
Fogdog
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Friday is when Trump gets his Billions, depending on how the vote goes.
apnews.com
WHAT HAPPENS FRIDAY?
Shareholders of Digital World are scheduled to vote on whether to approve a merger with TMTG, where Trump is the chairman. Digital World is what’s called a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, or “blank-check company.”
SPACs raise cash and then hunt for companies to merge with. Such deals give the target companies a potentially quicker and easier way to get their stocks onto the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq. The arrangement lets them avoid some of the paperwork associated with traditional initial public offerings of stock, or IPOs.
For investors, SPACs offer a way to get into hyped, potentially faster-growing companies such as TMTG, the DraftKings betting service or SoFi banking.
Wall Street debut of Trump's Truth Social network could net him stock worth billions on paper
The Wall Street debut of Donald Trump’s Truth Social network could give him stock worth billions of dollars on paper.
apnews.com
WHAT HAPPENS FRIDAY?
Shareholders of Digital World are scheduled to vote on whether to approve a merger with TMTG, where Trump is the chairman. Digital World is what’s called a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, or “blank-check company.”
SPACs raise cash and then hunt for companies to merge with. Such deals give the target companies a potentially quicker and easier way to get their stocks onto the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq. The arrangement lets them avoid some of the paperwork associated with traditional initial public offerings of stock, or IPOs.
For investors, SPACs offer a way to get into hyped, potentially faster-growing companies such as TMTG, the DraftKings betting service or SoFi banking.
Fogdog
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Also, this:
Trump's Lawyer Won't Deny If He's Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money
Asked bluntly about it on Fox News, Alina Habba quickly changed the subject
Has Donald Trump asked Russia, Saudi Arabia or any other country for help paying his upcoming $464 million bond?
Judging by Alina Habba’s response to exactly that question, he hasn’t not asked for it.
Instead of offering an emphatic “no” during an appearance on Fox News Wednesday ― the obvious and only correct answer ― the Trump attorney said she couldn’t “speak about strategy” and vaguely referred to “rules and regulations.”
www.huffpost.com
Trump's Lawyer Won't Deny If He's Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money
Asked bluntly about it on Fox News, Alina Habba quickly changed the subject
Has Donald Trump asked Russia, Saudi Arabia or any other country for help paying his upcoming $464 million bond?
Judging by Alina Habba’s response to exactly that question, he hasn’t not asked for it.
Instead of offering an emphatic “no” during an appearance on Fox News Wednesday ― the obvious and only correct answer ― the Trump attorney said she couldn’t “speak about strategy” and vaguely referred to “rules and regulations.”
Trump's Lawyer Won't Deny If He's Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money
Asked bluntly about it on Fox News, Alina Habba quickly changed the subject.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I think Engoron cut them off at the pass. After today, Barbara Jones must be informed of any money movement requests by the principal(s).Friday is when Trump gets his Billions, depending on how the vote goes.
Wall Street debut of Trump's Truth Social network could net him stock worth billions on paper
The Wall Street debut of Donald Trump’s Truth Social network could give him stock worth billions of dollars on paper.
WHAT HAPPENS FRIDAY?
Shareholders of Digital World are scheduled to vote on whether to approve a merger with TMTG, where Trump is the chairman. Digital World is what’s called a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, or “blank-check company.”
SPACs raise cash and then hunt for companies to merge with. Such deals give the target companies a potentially quicker and easier way to get their stocks onto the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq. The arrangement lets them avoid some of the paperwork associated with traditional initial public offerings of stock, or IPOs.
For investors, SPACs offer a way to get into hyped, potentially faster-growing companies such as TMTG, the DraftKings betting service or SoFi banking.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Trump faces a $454 million judgment in a fraud lawsuit, among other financial burdens. But he cannot sell easily for at least six months. That’s because major TMTG shareholders will be under what’s called a “lock-up” provision, a common restriction on Wall Street that keeps big, early investors from immediately dumping their shares. Such sales could tank the stock’s price.Friday is when Trump gets his Billions, depending on how the vote goes.
Wall Street debut of Trump's Truth Social network could net him stock worth billions on paper
The Wall Street debut of Donald Trump’s Truth Social network could give him stock worth billions of dollars on paper.
WHAT HAPPENS FRIDAY?
Shareholders of Digital World are scheduled to vote on whether to approve a merger with TMTG, where Trump is the chairman. Digital World is what’s called a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, or “blank-check company.”
SPACs raise cash and then hunt for companies to merge with. Such deals give the target companies a potentially quicker and easier way to get their stocks onto the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq. The arrangement lets them avoid some of the paperwork associated with traditional initial public offerings of stock, or IPOs.
For investors, SPACs offer a way to get into hyped, potentially faster-growing companies such as TMTG, the DraftKings betting service or SoFi banking.
Investors under the lock-up deal cannot sell, lend, donate or encumber their shares for six months after the close of the deal. Legal experts say “encumber” is a powerful word that could prevent Trump from using the stock as collateral to raise cash before six months have elapsed.
ooof-da
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he is leveraged to the hilt it seems but isn’t the fine because that is what he has made illegally by cooking the books to get more favorable borrowing rates? I am not sure if that is how the aggregate is set but where is all that cash he saved? he definitely has had a number of really bad businesses through the years and has taxed our bankruptcy system bigly. I hear he has come up with some money so maybe he will satisfy the bond while he appeals it.
Trump’s businesses that no longer exist:
1. Trump Steaks
2. Trump Vodka
3. Trump Airlines
4. Trump Magazine
5. Trump University
6. Trump Mortgage
7. Trump Ice
8. The New Jersey Generals
9. Tour de Trump
10. Trump Network
Trump companies which seeked bankruptcy protection:
1. Trump Plaza Casinos
2. Taj Mahal
3. Trump Plaza Hotel
4. Trump Entertainment Resorts
5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
6. Trump Entertainment Resorts
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-claims-500-million-cash-undercutting-lawyers-claims-bond-money-rcna144614
Trump’s businesses that no longer exist:
1. Trump Steaks
2. Trump Vodka
3. Trump Airlines
4. Trump Magazine
5. Trump University
6. Trump Mortgage
7. Trump Ice
8. The New Jersey Generals
9. Tour de Trump
10. Trump Network
Trump companies which seeked bankruptcy protection:
1. Trump Plaza Casinos
2. Taj Mahal
3. Trump Plaza Hotel
4. Trump Entertainment Resorts
5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts
6. Trump Entertainment Resorts
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-claims-500-million-cash-undercutting-lawyers-claims-bond-money-rcna144614
Fogdog
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I'll look for references later. I had read (or think I read
) -- up for vote today are exceptions for Trump that remove the 6 month waiting period. Also, Trump is asking for a massive dilution of existing shares and a massive increase in the number of shares he owns. We'll see what they actually voted on later.
Fogdog
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Oh yeah, Truth Social will be dead but Trump is trying to get his while stiffing everybody else. If my guess is correct, that company's value is inflated by dirty money from Russian oligarchs. If Trump gets re-elected, they win. Even if they only get pennies on the dollar in return, they still win. It will still represent millions of clean, laundered cash. It was stolen, and whatever they get to keep is free money to them. This is so fucking corrupt.
ooof-da
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one thing I know for sure is that rich people , who I assume are involved in this truth social, when they smell blood in the water is when they get really driven to screw you. I remember back in the late 80’s we had a construction company doing a nice consistent 18% margin on a $10M revenue capture. then we got in trouble and leveraged some capital equipment like excavators and stuff. one customer got wind of it in a ~$4M job and strung us out and that was enough to sink the company. 30 people bam…out of a job over less then 1/2 million bucks. They are ruthless when it comes to money.
Fogdog
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I don't think the money that is inflating the value of that SPAC is coming from people inside the US, nor do I think the money was obtained through legitimate business activities. Even that shitty deal you described is legitimate compared to where I think the bulk of that SPAC's money came from. I think it's blood money, obtained through theft, graft, grift, violence, menacing, incarceration of innocent people and murder, all sanctioned by a foreign government. Whether it's Chinese, Russian, North Korean, Saudi or from one of their satellite countries, I can't say. I just don't think it comes from honest sources and probably is tainted with blood. Which is why they don't care if they lose 90% of their investment. Whatever they manage to scrape from this deal will be clean and fungible. Some honest people will be hurt too, but their investment is small compared to the dirty money.
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compassionateExotic
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BudmanTX
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Keep in mind he also got 2 lawsuits with Truth as well.......
also the orange menace said he has the money but the lawyers say he doesn't.......wtf kinda crap is that, either u do or don't......
meanwhile Judge Cannon is really on thin ice right now, people are think she won't let this suit go through till after the election, basically playing into the orange menaces hands.........to me that's a big no no, but what do i know....
AG in NY is ready to put leens on his properties, while also looking at some bank records, most of the properties the orangeman owns is basically owned by the banks, so i see the banks forclosing soon on those properties....the guy is basically loaned to the hilt as it were.......
other than that, last night Capt Caps o lock went bonkers last night on truth, guessing he's got a good supply of adderall or Jr gave him a couple sniff of his Bolivian Blow.......
also the orange menace said he has the money but the lawyers say he doesn't.......wtf kinda crap is that, either u do or don't......
meanwhile Judge Cannon is really on thin ice right now, people are think she won't let this suit go through till after the election, basically playing into the orange menaces hands.........to me that's a big no no, but what do i know....
AG in NY is ready to put leens on his properties, while also looking at some bank records, most of the properties the orangeman owns is basically owned by the banks, so i see the banks forclosing soon on those properties....the guy is basically loaned to the hilt as it were.......
other than that, last night Capt Caps o lock went bonkers last night on truth, guessing he's got a good supply of adderall or Jr gave him a couple sniff of his Bolivian Blow.......
Fogdog
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Everything you say is true and are promising developments. They indicate Trump is losing his fight to enrich himself while defending himself from prosecutions that would either bankrupt him or deprive him of freedom or both.
OTOH, massively wealthy and politically powerful people would benefit from four or more years of Trump and perhaps Trump's take-down of US democracy. I believe they are trying to get a lifeline out to him in the form of more than a billion dollars that would forever make Trump their puppet. I don't know how much a president is worth but it's much more than four or five $B. The value Trump has already delivered to Putin in the form of obstruction of US support to Ukraine has more than paid off Putin's investment in the 2016 election. They play at a different level than you, I or the even the Kochs or Musk do. People's lives, their careers, businesses and countries can be destroyed at a word from them.
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BudmanTX
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true, you know i am starting to believe about that 2 tier justice system right now. That kid that showed those secret docs online, well he's in jail right now, while the orange baboon is still walking round blaming everyone else or claim immunity ....wt hell....guess it's between the haves and the have nots.....