dukkbill
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re: Media outlets changing the goal posts for what DA Bragg's burden was in the trial
Posted by dukkbill on 6/1/24 at 4:43 pm
[quote]Also, I personally don’t see how a state court can have jurisdiction in a federal campaign violation[/quote]
They don’t. They do have jurisdiction over 17-152 which is a NY state campaign law; however no one was charged on any of these items. There theory is it could be any law as the pre...
re: Media outlets changing the goal posts for what DA Bragg's burden was in the trial
Posted by dukkbill on 6/1/24 at 4:22 pm
[link=(https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-2474-elements-aiding-and-abetting)]Elements aiding and sbetting[/link]
Here is MPC overview also [link=(https://opencasebook.org/casebooks/3553-balloberman-crim-law-casebook/resources/8.1-model-penal-code-section-206/)]LINK[/link...
re: Media outlets changing the goal posts for what DA Bragg's burden was in the trial
Posted by dukkbill on 6/1/24 at 4:16 pm
[quote]To rationalize the Trump fiasco, they're arguing that the airline pilots, stewardesses, mechanics - hell, add the air traffic controllers - that helped fly J6 insurrectionists back home are felonious co-conspirators[/quote]
Not quite that far, but in one aspect potentially worse. No one ha...
re: Media outlets changing the goal posts for what DA Bragg's burden was in the trial
Posted by dukkbill on 6/1/24 at 4:03 pm
[quote]That would be retarded and as bent as the justice system has become, I don't think it's that retarded[/quote]
You are correct. In NY, aiding and abetting is a specific intent crime. [link=(https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-20-00/#:~:text=When%20one%20person%20engages%20in,to%...
re: Media outlets changing the goal posts for what DA Bragg's burden was in the trial
Posted by dukkbill on 6/1/24 at 3:46 pm
[quote]So I'm clear - I can be found guilty of aiding in a bank robbery, a felony, by getting a speeding ticket while driving an unbeknownst to me bank robber[/quote]
Aiding would require intent; however, your knowledge that event itself is a crime is not necessary nor may you stick your head in ...
re: Media outlets changing the goal posts for what DA Bragg's burden was in the trial
Posted by dukkbill on 6/1/24 at 3:14 pm
[quote]If this is how anyone is reporting it then that is a defamation suit by Trump. The trial had nothing to do with a sexual affair much less proving that one occured[/quote]
You are correct that there was no requirement to prove an affair. Indeed, some of the criticism of the legal team was ...
re: Media outlets changing the goal posts for what DA Bragg's burden was in the trial
Posted by dukkbill on 6/1/24 at 3:08 pm
[quote]Completely incorrect. Even if you were forced to pay a judgement in court, it would make sense to label that as "legal services" in your records.[/quote]
The IRS treats an advance of expenses by the lawyer as loans and the repayment of those loans as a non- revenue event. If the client adv...
re: Braggs office to recommend 1 year in jail at Riker’s Island for Trump
Posted by dukkbill on 6/1/24 at 9:13 am
[quote]Help me with the logistics of this. He goes to jail with SS protection. Agents carry guns, are they going to strip the guns from the agents? Is he going have isolation from everybody?[/quote]
I’d be hopeful that incarceration at a state facility would not occur. From what I read, these ...
re: The Lone Warrior
Posted by dukkbill on 6/1/24 at 9:01 am
[quote]I’ll need a little more numerology before I really believe. Can you get me anywhere close to a 17?[/quote]
Riker’s Island Jail
The key is you have to add an apostrophe and count it. That lets Codemonkey know that you have to look to the apostles; thus wait for the lights to go out at t...
re: DOJ sues to break up Live Nation in anti-trust case. Not Google...etc.. Live Nation.
Posted by dukkbill on 5/23/24 at 3:31 pm
[quote]Anything in there about the DOJ seeking to break up Google?[/quote]
The one I linked earlier was for the Ad fees monopolization. The action started by President Trump's DOJ relating to their tying search services to computing platforms (involving Apple and others) was just wrapped up. [l...
re: DOJ sues to break up Live Nation in anti-trust case. Not Google...etc.. Live Nation.
Posted by dukkbill on 5/23/24 at 10:44 am
The DOJ has an active trial against Google Google just paid damages for antitrust violations to avoid the trial to be a jury trial with the argument on that item scheduled for june[link=(https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/google-cuts-mystery-check-us-bid-sidestep-jury-trial-2024-05-20/)]Reuter...
re: Biden Administration Orders Ban on Election Betting Markets
Posted by dukkbill on 5/23/24 at 10:37 am
[quote]Can that be done via executive order? What authority does he have to just remove their ability to operate?[/quote]
It’s not an executive order. It’s a proposed rule from the CTFC. The proposed rule was placed online for comment on May 10
As to the authority of the CTFC, it was establi...
re: I was inside the court when the judge closed the Trump trial, and what I saw shocked me
Posted by dukkbill on 5/21/24 at 4:48 pm
[quote]What is the underlying crime in the NY case that allowed for the felony charges?[/quote]
That was a big part of the discussion prior to bringing in the jury yesterday, and the defense wanted Smith’s testimony to discuss FECA violations
In total, the state charged 34 counts of 175.10, an...
re: I was inside the court when the judge closed the Trump trial, and what I saw shocked me
Posted by dukkbill on 5/21/24 at 4:36 pm
The Ny Courts are a little slow on posting transcripts, but yesterdays transcript is uploaded on [link=(https://www.scribd.com/document/734664393/52024-MEDIA)]Scribd[/link]
I’d think [link=(https://ww2.nycourts.gov/people-v-donald-j-trump-criminal-37026)]NY Courts[/link] will have it up in the ne...
re: Trump Trial: Judge Merchan won't allow certain Defense testimony
Posted by dukkbill on 5/20/24 at 1:24 pm
[quote]So you are saying the judge did not say he was not allowing the expert because he didn’t want the jury confused? Is that the assertion?[/quote]
No, sorry for the confusion. What I understand from the blurbs
- the expert is allowed to testify, but the scope of his testimony was previou...
re: Trump Trial: Judge Merchan won't allow certain Defense testimony
Posted by dukkbill on 5/20/24 at 12:41 pm
From what I read, the expert is being allowed to testify to what the Federal Election Commission is, its purpose, background, what laws if any it is responsible for enforcing and general definitions and terms. The defense wanted to expand the testimony, but I don’t know what they expected him to co...
re: Trump Trial: Judge Merchan won't allow certain Defense testimony
Posted by dukkbill on 5/20/24 at 12:38 pm
[quote]literally says in the evidence rules in all 50 states and in the federal rules that an out of court statement used to impeach is not hearsay[/quote]
I haven’t seen the transcript yet, but the blurb I got on the email states it’s an email from an associate of Robert Costello to Cohen. The ...
re: Free Speech is a right. How come we do not register our speech, thought, or writings?
Posted by dukkbill on 5/14/24 at 5:12 pm
[quote]You see? This is a foolish attempt to establish parallelism among the various treatments of our constitutional rights. There is no parallelism, nor should there be.[/quote]
You are correct there is not equal treatment amongst individual rights and liberties, but why shouldn’t there be. I h...
re: Free Speech is a right. How come we do not register our speech, thought, or writings?
Posted by dukkbill on 5/14/24 at 4:54 pm
Interesting question. Until recently you did have to deposit published works but that was overturned [link=(https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/09/05/appeals-court-rules-that-library-of-congress-can-no-longer-require-deposit-of-published-works/)]LINK[/link]...
re: Six of the main charges against Trump, ie the key elements, in Georgia, dropped.
Posted by dukkbill on 5/14/24 at 4:46 pm
[quote] But often he's just the guy willing to tell someone the obvious (like, this breaking news is 3 months old)[/quote]
Lots of ways to say that without being a jerk. More important, does the timing of a couple months impact the discussion on the implications of charges being dropped?...
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