DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:32 pm
When your argument boils down to "grand juries iz alwayz rite," you have waved your own white flag.
As for federal vs. NY law, you're trying to make the case that NY law better addresses campaign finance violations that BOTH the DoJ and the Federal ELECTION Commission declined to pursue?
Oooookay.
I have made no statement on this either way, but if you want something more definitive, I think the jury has spoken and as per the law it should be allowed to play out and see what comes of it.
I would quote trump himself making this statement the day before the indictment about the grand jury and the process.
I HAVE GAINED SUCH RESPECT FOR THIS GRAND JURY, & PERHAPS EVEN THE GRAND JURY SYSTEM AS A WHOLE... THE GRAND JURY IS SAYING, HOLD ON, WE ARE NOT A RUBBER STAMP, WHICH MOST GRAND JURIES ARE BRANDED AS BEING, WE ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST A PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE
Your know it is a real trump quote because it is all caps. He was obviously expecting different results but his statement is clear.
You and Randall et al have stated that the grand jury is wrong and I assume you must have something to back that up. What do you base that on?
State laws and Federal laws are not the same. I'm not saying one is better or worse than the other. But there are differences. In Missouri I can walk into a dispensary and buy an 1/8 ounce of weed and it is legal. But both ends of the transaction are a violation of federal law and would be prosecuted in Kansas.
My question was why is the fact that the feds declined to prosecute, but the State and a grand jury has decided that NY State laws have been violated proof that this system is rigged against your boy trump?
The Feds tried to prosecute Edwards years ago for similar. The Feds learned the lesson that it is not a violation of Federal law, so kudos to them for not wasting time trying to prosecute trump. But so far a grand jury has found that trump's actions may violate NY State law. Once again if you and Randall disagree with their findings, on what grounds do you base your legal disagreement?