Trump Derangement Syndrome

Trump’s hush money conviction could be in doubt after a Facebook post claimed jurors were discussing plans to find the ex-president guilty before delivering their verdict.

Judge Juan Merchan sparked speculation of potential mistrial when he sent a letter to the prosecution and defense attorneys about the message that read: ‘My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted [heart emoji] Thank you folks for all your had work!!!!’

The user, named Michael Anderson, wrote the post that sparked confusion on a New York Unified Court System’s Facebook page.

By treating Donald Trump as a unique threat to the way things run, Democrats are burnishing his populist bona fides.

Democrats learned quickly that the legal pursuit against Donald Trump had a political effect. In the beginning of 2021, Florida governor Ron DeSantis was tied or ahead of Donald Trump. When the first criminal charges came down, Trump consolidated the support of the Republican base, while it seemed to hurt him with suburban moderates and in the betting markets.

The kangaroos in Manhattan had their turn. The rest of the country gets its chance to serve justice. First, we must elect President Trump and let him pardon himself. Of course the president has the power, for the Constitution says the President “shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”

The whole premise of New York’s case was a federal election, which makes the case an offense against the United States, which gives him jurisdiction as president.

h/t DS

Andrew McCabe claims certain FBI agents are worried about Trump throwing them in jail, and many are thinking of fleeing the country.pic.twitter.com/r4EiPmTeXQ

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 6, 2024

H/T Mauser

By now, we should be accustomed to seeing favorite performers betray us, risking years of good will and fond memories to express petulant political bias and empty promises. (“I’ll leave America if . . . ”) But the utter disgrace that actor Robert De Niro has made of himself — through profane and irrational outbursts against President Trump and American civility — hurts deeper than most.

I was mesmerized by the Blehar blast at the Trump trial. (It’s really time for Jeff to come out of his shell, don’t you think?) And he’s right: It would be a travesty for anyone, let alone a former American president and de facto major-party nominee to return to the presidency, to be consigned to Rikers Island, Attica, or some similarly squalid New York hoosegow over a “crime” — I guess I should say 34 “crimes” — that the Democratic district attorney manufactured before the Democratic judge guided the jury to its guilty verdict.

The Georgia Court of Appeals’ scheduling of a tentative October 4 date to hear President Trump’s motion to disqualify District Attorney Fani Willis is a victory for the 45th president regardless of the court’s ultimate ruling. Odds that the case will be tried before November’s election now appear dwindled.

In response to Americans’ outcry over the political prosecutions of Donald Trump and a Manhattan jury convicting the former president on 34 felony counts, President Joe Biden declared, “It’s irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged, just because they don’t like the verdict.” Coming from the Commander-in-Rigging, this proclamation means nothing.

The conviction of former President Trump in the so-called hush-money trial has inevitably led to a lot of speculation concerning whether he will be sentenced to prison. A number of legal experts have suggested that it is unlikely. Normally this would be a reasonable prediction. Trump is, after all, a first-time offender charged with a non-violent crime. Unfortunately, there was nothing normal about this trial. The “felonies” for which Trump was convicted were concocted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg based on a legal theory that had never been used in any court. As to presiding judge Juan Merchan, he is a political partisan bristling with conflicts of interest.

Megyn Kelly exhibits how to debate mainstream media talking points regarding Trump's verdict:
Dan Abrams: "There's wrongdoing here."
MK: "What was it?"
DA: "Paying 130k to a porn star to keep her quiet."
MK: "That's not illegal."
DA: "When you're doing it to protect the campaign,… pic.twitter.com/aIbiB9i4MV

— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) June 2, 2024

Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz hasn’t been shy about Donald Trump’s chances for an appeal of his conviction. he believes Trump’s legal team made a series of mistakes and that Trump should fire the attorneys.

Kathy Griffin estimates her infamous photo shoot where she was seen holding a fake bloody head resembling former President Donald Trump cost her a third of her fan base.

Griffin, whose career imploded in 2017 after she posed for the shot, detailed the repercussions she dealt with during her recent appearance on Dan Le Batard’s podcast “South Beach Sessions.”

Why wouldn’t Judge Juan Merchan finish the job and add to the left’s glee in calling Donald Trump a “convicted felon” by sentencing him to jail? That fact that Trump’s sentencing is on July 11, mere days before the Republican National Convention, would not impede a judge who, according to Trump attorney Alina Habba, covered his mouth to laugh during his sentencing. It would be no impediment to the hand-picked jurist who allowed prosecutors to hide the underlying “crime” for the entire trial, hide witnesses, and overrule the majority of the defense objections in this goat rodeo.

The country we love has become unlovely.

It pains me to say that. But I can’t help but feel the same anguish written on the faces of friends who, like me, grew up in the justice system. Friends who couldn’t care less about Donald Trump, who won’t vote for him, who look at the cynical circus that just closed down in lower Manhattan as still more confirmation of his appalling judgment and character . . . but who remember what American law enforcement was at its imperfect best. Friends who verge on weeping openly over what’s happened to it.

Leftist District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s show trial delivered the Democrat Party’s dream: A felony conviction against their most hated political enemy.

The prosecution and the trial also were also littered with legal landmines and “reversible error” that should make former President Donald Trump’s looming appeal a slam dunk, legal experts say.