Tomorrow’s The Day — Will Justice Or Chaos Reign?

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Well, tomorrow is the big day … the day when “the Donald” will have to appear in court to answer charges that he falsified and misused campaign funds to pay off a woman, Stephanie Clifford (aka ‘Stormy Daniels’) in order to keep her from telling the truth about an affair she had with Trump in 2006, shortly after Trump’s wife, Melania, had given birth to his son, Barron.  This is the first of his many charges to actually come to trial, despite his lawyers’ multiple attempts just last week to delay or derail it.

It will be interesting to see how long it takes Judge Merchan to lose patience with Trump, for there is no doubt in my mind that Trump will do whatever he can to wreak havoc inside the courtroom, despite the gag order that is supposed to keep him from doing so.  Personally, I wouldn’t mind seeing him escorted out in handcuffs after his 2nd outburst tomorrow!

It is a misnomer and injustice to refer to this case, as many in the media have, as the “hush money” case, for it is much more than that … it is actually a case of election interference and should be treated with the seriousness that tampering with an election deserves.  Robert Reich explains the difference and why it matters …

Don’t call it the “hush money” case

Trump wants you to think that all he did was try to cover up a sexual affair

By Robert Reich

Trump’s first criminal trial — the first criminal trial of a former president, ever — is scheduled to begin Monday. The 34-count business falsification case may be the only case against Trump to reach a verdict before the November election.

Many people I speak with are worried that this is the weakest of Trump’s four pending criminal trials because it has to do with an illicit affair.

Wrong. Although this case is commonly called the “hush money” case and referred to as Trump’s “coverup of a sex scandal,” this way of describing it minimizes its importance.

This case is really an election interference case — just as are the criminal cases charging him with seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Together, they establish an ongoing pattern: Trump will do anything to gain and keep power, even if his actions violate the nation’s laws.

This case alleges that in 2016 Trump arranged to pay off an adult entertainer in order to hide his affair with her from the public. The important thing to keep in mind is that the money was given to protect Trump’s campaign for the presidency — not to protect his marriage or protect him from personal embarrassment.

The entire purpose of the payoff was to help Trump become president.

Had its sole purpose been to hide a personal sexual affair, it would not have been criminal.

It was criminal because Trump interfered in an election. He violated campaign finance laws. He deprived voters of information that might have affected their votes. Trump then sought to cover it up with false entries in business records.

The mainstream media keeps referring to Trump’s upcoming trial as based on “charges that he covered up a sex scandal.” That’s exactly how Trump wants it characterized. So it looks like the district attorney is tarring Trump with having had an extramarital affair with a porn star — a form of character assassination, not a crime.

But that’s not what the trial is about, and it’s not what’s at stake. Trump tried to keep relevant information from voters on the eve of the 2016 election. This trial is about the integrity of our elections system.

As Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg explained, Trump was out to:

“bury negative information about him and boost his electoral prospects. Trump then went to great lengths to hide this conduct, causing dozens of false entries in business records to conceal criminal activity.”

In calling this the “hush money” or “sex scandal” case and implying that Trump was merely trying to hide his tryst with a porn star, the mainstream media is minimizing its significance and misleading the public.

The way Trump’s actions are characterized — the words used to describe what Trump has done to America — are critically important. Please make sure you describe what’s at stake in the upcoming trial accurately, correct others when they misdescribe it, and write or email any media that misstate what it’s about.

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33 thoughts on “Tomorrow’s The Day — Will Justice Or Chaos Reign?”

  2. Trump is like a GIANT SPOILED rotten BRAT, when things don’t go his way, he will throw that famous terrible two temper tantrum, and, with the court justices in the Republican Party’s pockets, chances are he will still not be, found guilty, because he is a god DAMN (pardon!) COCKROACH, and considering how long THAT species been around (longer than all humans???), he will, still, walk away, with, bad reputation that preceeded him, leading the Republican Party farther down that HOLE into the HELL of morality…because, the voters are BLIND to the fact, that the officials they elect should be held to a higher set of moral standards, and they still, vote for the party they voted for as they all, would…

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    • You are exactly right when you say he is a “GIANT SPOILED rotten BRAT”!!! I couldn’t have said it better! I really don’t think I’ve ever known of a ‘man’ as nasty as he is, as immature, as inhumane. And yet, a lot of people still say they will vote for him. I’m continually scratching my head over that one. Is it something in the polluted air that is infecting people’s ability to actually THINK???

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    • I doubt he can delay much more on this one, for Judge Merchan seems pretty tired of the delay games, but I have no doubt that Trump will do his level best to try to turn the proceedings into a three-ring circus. I hope the judge orders him removed, if he does. Removed IN HANDCUFFS!!!

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  5. Jill, I did read where more voters than not, think Trump did something wrong here. As an independent and former Republican of 25 + years, this just one more incidence of fraudulent behavior by Trump. I was tickled to see he denied having an affair with Stormy Daniels after paying her $135K to be quiet about the affair they did not have. Really.

    After three adjudicated trials where he was found liable of fraud in just the past five years, two adjudicated trials where he was found liable of defamation and one which included sexual misconduct (identified by the judge as “digital rape”) and other pending charges of seditious actions, election meddling and classified documents mishandling, he is not someone to emulate.

    His fans who say he has done nothing wrong are not reading the tea leaves. He bragged on several occasions of his impunity to commit sexual assault either by groping women or walking in on naked and partially naked pageant members, including teen girls. Over twenty women have accused him of such several BEFORE the Access Hollywood tapes came out.

    Calling some of his bragging as “locker room talk” was believed by too many gullible folks. Just ask yourself why would someone brag in public about committing a criminal act?

    Keith

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    • PS – As for the fraud, Trump has a long history of preferring to use other people’s money. While small for him, one of his fraud cases said he had to pay his Trump Foundation back the $1.6 million he took out for his own benefit. These are solicited donations. The judge ordered the Foundation to be terminated after he repaid the taken funds with monies distributed to charities with no one named Trump allowed to oversee the process.

      We should also be reminded that he steered government business to or people felt they need to do business with Trump properties. That is gaming the system for personal gain. And, sadly there is more.

      Keith

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      • PSS – Per The Guardian:

        “A majority of voters believe former President Donald Trump has committed “serious federal crimes,” according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll.

        Fifty-three percent of likely voters said they believe this, while 39 percent of those surveyed said they did not believe that Trump committed serious crimes. Nine percent said they didn’t know or didn’t answer the question.”

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        • I don’t know how there can be nearly 10% of the people who “don’t know” … head in the sand syndrome? Or does “I don’t know” translate to “I don’t care”? Either way, a very dangerous thing, as the German people learned in 1933.

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      • All true. We’ll likely never know how much money his businesses raked in as a result of his presidency, or how much money Jared & Ivanka gained from their influence.

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    • All true, Keith. And as further evidence of his guilt, at least in my mind, are the numerous attempts he has made to delay this trial. If he truly believed himself to be innocent, wouldn’t he be crying for his right to a speedy trial to prove his innocence to the nation before the election? No, he knows he’s not got a leg to stand on here, hence he tried his delaying tactics that seem to be working in his other trials but failed here. This week should be interesting. I honestly think that nobody … not even his most ardent supporters … believe he is innocent … they just don’t care. I saw an interview today with George Stephanopoulos interviewing New Hampshire Governor Sununu … and as George kept pressing Sununu about the facts, Sununu finally caved and said that yes, he believed Trump is guilty of inciting the January 6th insurrection and other crimes, but that he doesn’t care, he and Trump’s supporters just want a “cultural change” and therefore he will vote for Trump. I wonder how many others are of the same mind?

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      • Jill, does Sununu’s cultural change mean they want an untruthful, bullying and seditious acting person leading the country? And, shall we add mercurial, chaotic and incompetent acting manager as well?

        Trump is good at one thing – selling to people who don’t ask enough questions.
        Per financial reporters who covered him for years, he is not viewed as a good manager. I read that statement before 2016, but in my view he is a god-awful manager ( just look at the travel ban roll-out which was so bad it was pulled after two days).

        Keith

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        • That’s how I read his comments. He calls for a “culture change in Washington”. When I hear “culture change” I also think of racism, and I DO believe that’s part of it. Some people believe that civil rights have gone too far, if there can be such a thing, and would like to reverse certain practices such as equal opportunities in housing, employment, etc. Just look what they’ve done with women’s rights already! And they also want to roll back regulations on businesses, such as environmental rules, etc. I don’t want to live in the world they are striving for.

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    • I agree with him, too. We need to make the point that this isn’t just about him being a nasty human being, but it’s about him trying to influence the outcome of the election illegally. I do hope he finally pays a price for his crimes! xx

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      • It’ll boost his popularity among “the good old boys”, but the rest of us are getting damn tired of him and his delays and lies and also the courts deferment they seem to bestow on him..he IS treated different than any of us would be. We’d all be in jail, sentenced for all of the indictments..it’s a corrupt system. Just look at the biggest delay of all! The Supreme Court on the immunity issue. Ridiculous that they refuse to rule on a timely manner on that. I’m just so sick of it all.

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        • Yes, I am sick and tired of it, too. I was thinking the other night that Donald Trump is the single most boring person in the world. Every time he opens his mouth, the same crap comes out of it … we’ve heard it all a thousand times before and it’s beyond old. Just put his butt in prison and leave him there until he expires! Let him serve as an example for any who might have similar ideas about becoming a dictator and stepping all over democracy with dirty boots.

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