Let's review today's state of play on legal issues involving the Malignant Loser and his band of seditious traitors:
Republican SCOTUS on Trump immunity
A genuinely historic event takes place at the Supreme Court on Thursday. The justices hear arguments on Donald Trump's claim that he is immune
from prosecution after leaving office for any of his official acts
while he was president. Specifically, Trump claims that the steps he
took to block the certification of Joe Biden's election were part of his
official duties and that he thus cannot be criminally prosecuted.
The
question of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution after
leaving office has never been decided by the Supreme Court. [snip]
Trump is making a far broader argument for immunity. He contends that he
cannot be prosecuted — ever — for his "official acts" as president
unless he is first impeached, convicted by the Senate and removed from
office. He was impeached twice, but the Senate failed to muster the
two-thirds vote needed to convict. So, were the Supreme Court to embrace
Trump's argument, it would mean, given modern political realities, that
he and future presidents would likely be immune from prosecution after
leaving office...
But, to further tilt the table away from accountability for the Malignant Loser before the election, the corrupt Republican SCOTUS issued a stay on Special Counsel Jack Smith's January 6 coup trial, meaning the trial which had been delayed already (it was to have begun in early March) is in limbo until a decision. Even if the Malignant Loser is found not to have absolute immunity, by the time a decision is rendered and the stay lifted, it would be highly unlikely for a trial to be concluded before November.
New York hush money/ election interference/ fraud trial
The former tabloid publisher David Pecker will
continue testimony at Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial on
Thursday, following his testimony earlier in the week.
Pecker,
the former chief executive of American Media, which publishes the
National Enquirer, testified that he used his position to help Trump
kill negative stories that threatened his campaign.
After
Trump announced his run for presidency, he invited Pecker and Michael
Cohen, Trump’s former fixer, to a meeting at Trump Tower, Pecker said.
Trump said he was looking for a media insider who could help suppress
negative stories – a tactic prosecutors call “catch-and-kill”.
“They
asked me what can I do – and what magazines could do – to help the
campaign,” Pecker said, adding that he said he would be the “eyes and
ears” for the campaign.
Prosecutors
allege Pecker ultimately connected Trump to the adult film star Stormy
Daniels in 2016, before the election. Trump has been charged with 34
felony counts of falsifying business records, allegedly covering up a
$130,000 payment in 2016 to Daniels over a 2006 affair...
More salacious facts coming out (including tapes), while Don Snoreleone tries to stay awake.
Meanwhile, Judge Merchan has a decision to make:
... Judge
Juan Merchan must decide after a Tuesday hearing whether to punish
Trump for purported violations of a gag order meant to protect
witnesses, court staff and the jury from public attacks by the former
president.
Prosecutors
want Merchan to fine Trump $1,000 for each of 10 alleged violations of
the gag order and to warn that imprisonment could be an option if he
continues to flout restrictions.
Arizona fake electors conspiracy
An Arizona grand jury on Wednesday indicted seven attorneys or aides
affiliated with Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign as well as 11
Arizona Republicans on felony charges related to their alleged efforts
to subvert Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the state, according to an
announcement by the state attorney general.
Those indicted include former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, John Eastman and Christina Bobb, top campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn and former campaign aide Mike Roman. They are accused of allegedly aiding
an unsuccessful strategy to award the state’s electoral votes to Trump
instead of Biden after the 2020 election. Also charged are the
Republicans who signed paperwork on Dec. 14, 2020, that falsely
purported Trump was the rightful winner, including former state party
chair Kelli Ward, two state senators and Tyler Bowyer, a GOP national
committeeman and chief operating officer of Turning Point Action, the
campaign arm of the pro-Trump conservative group Turning Point USA.
Trump was not charged, but he is described in the indictment as an unindicted co-conspirator.
The
indictments cap a year-long investigation by Arizona Attorney General
Kris Mayes (D) into how the elector strategy played out in Arizona,
which Biden won by 10,457 votes. Arizona is the fourth state after Michigan, Georgia and Nevada to seek charges against those who formed an alternate slate of presidential electors...
Perhaps, following Fani Willis' lead in Georgia, prosecutors in Arizona, Nevada and Michigan will append their indictments to include the "unindicted co-conspirator," a.k.a., the Malignant Loser/ Don Snoreleone/ Rip van Stinkle.
(Photo: Don Snoreleone/ The Nodfather)
