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Trump and the threat to democracy
Last year, Donald Trump became the first former president of the United States to be criminally indicted. Over the span of five months, he was indicted in four separate criminal cases and charged on a total of 91 felony counts.
so what are the multiple trials the Donald is facing.
1. The New York State “Hush-Money” Case
DATE INDICTED March 30, 2023
SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE March 25, 2024
COURT New York State Supreme Court
CHARGES 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree
WHAT IS THE CASE ABOUT? A grand jury voted to indict Trump, making him the first former U.S. president to be criminally charged and marking the beginning of a series of indictments against the former president; accuses Trump of falsifying business records in connection to a payment made during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign to adult film star Stormy Daniels, who had threatened to reveal what she said was a 2006 sexual encounter with Trump. In addition to the “hush-money” payments made to Daniels, Trump is also charged in connection with payments made to Playboy model Karen McDougal and a doorman to prevent scandals from circulating during the 2016 campaign period.
In New York, falsifying business records counts as a felony, rather than a misdemeanor, only if the defendant had an intent of committing or concealing a separate underlying crime. Using campaign money to pay for the concealment is another crime. The Manhattan district office charged the former president with a low-level felony, which carries a maximum of four years in prison for each count.
Prediction - GUILTY
2. The Federal Classified Documents Case
DATE INDICTED June 8, 2023, and July 27, 2023, when special counsel Jack Smith’s team charged Trump with three more counts
SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE May 20, 2024
COURT U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
CHARGES 32 counts of willful retention of national defense information, 1 count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, 3 counts of withholding or concealing a document, 2 counts of false statements, and 2 counts of altering, destroying, mutilating or concealing an object or record
WHAT IS THE CASE ABOUT? Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury, making him the first former president to face federal charges. The indictment accuses Trump of taking highly sensitive national security documents when he left the White House in January 2021 and resisting the government’s repeated attempts to retrieve them. No documents have been provided to substantiate the claim of declassification, and a phone call has surfaced that Trump is heard bragging and showing to people who were not approved to see the documents as being sensitive.
The indictment alleges that the disclosure of these documents could have put the country’s safety and national security at risk. Each count of making false statements can lead to five years in prison, while each count of willful retention of national defense information is punishable by up to 10 years. Each count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding documents, and altering, destroying, mutilating or concealing records could result in 20 years imprisonment.
Prediction- NOT GUILTY- by proxy of office
3. The Federal Election Interference Case
DATE INDICTED August 1, 2023
SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE March 4, 2024 - delayed
COURT U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
CHARGES 2 counts related to obstructing an official proceeding and conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, 1 count of conspiracy to defraud the United States government, and 1 count of conspiracy to violate rights
WHAT IS THE CASE ABOUT? More than two-and-a-half years after violence erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, special counsel Jack Smith indicted Trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and disrupt the certification of the electoral vote so he could remain in power. Prosecutors argued that Trump’s actions were an attack on American democracy’s centuries-old tradition of the peaceful transfer of power.
Among the charges Trump faces, the count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government refers to the alleged undermining of the government’s counting of the votes, the count of obstructing an “official proceeding” refers to the disruption of the Jan. 6 election certification at the Capitol, and the count of conspiracy to violate rights refers to the allegation that Trump denied voters the right to have their votes counted.
Prediction- GUILTY
4. The Georgia Election Interference Case
DATE INDICTED August 14, 2023
SCHEDULED TRIAL DATE August 5, 2024
COURT Fulton County Superior Court
CHARGES 1 count related to violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 6 counts related to false statements and documents, 2 counts of conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, 4 counts related to soliciting or impersonating public officers
WHAT IS THE CASE ABOUT? The indictment lists 41 charges — 13 of which are against Trump — and 18 other defendants, alleging that they attempted to unlawfully overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia and subvert the voters’ will. The indictment charges Trump and his associates with a violation of the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a law that allows prosecutors to link different crimes by various people if those crimes were carried out for one corrupt enterprise. The Georgia indictment also accuses Trump of being at the top of the alleged racketeering activity.
The indictment alleges that Trump and his associates spread false claims about voter fraud, plotted to create fake pro-Trump electors, and urged Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden’s win. One of the key incidents referenced in the indictment is a recorded phone call with Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, in which Trump can be heard asking the official to “find 11,780 votes,” the number he needed to defeat Biden in the state of Georgia.
Four of the 18 other defendants have already pleaded guilty. If Trump were found guilty in this case, he would not be able to pardon himself if re-elected as president since he would have violated a Georgia state law, not a federal law.
Prediction- GUILTY
The person who is running for office is absolutely the worst example of someone capable of following any rules, or any laws. He's like an impetuous teenager who has been given the keys to the car and has no license, or knowledge of how to drive, yet thinks cause he's played GTA- he's a genius mode driver savant. He's just joy-riding the country into one mess after another, and claiming he didn't know any better, screming- "You'll be tired of winning".
Anyone else tired of the the winning and the criming?
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