Fogbow

If the case had been better tried, the jury may not have nullified (if that’s what it was). Too also: The case was tried in the downtown courthouse, not the courthouse closest to the murder scene. While the downtown courthouse has superior security, a different courthouse may have resulted in a dif...

Trump's defense is pretty simple, and may be hidden in the forest of evidence. Cohen: "We'll have to pay something." Trump: "[unintelligible] pay with cash." Cohen: "No, no, no, no, no. I got it." So if Blanche argues in closing that had Trump paid in cash, as he wante...

When the charges were filed I observed that there was no conspiracy charged. In the opening statement the prosecutor tells the jury that there was a conspiracy among Pecker, Trump and Cohen. That's nice. Why wasn't it charged? I suspect the D.A. could figure out how to charge that the goals of the c...

He did it. And he confessed, in 2006: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/did ... 00672.html

Bragg has ignored (by failing to charge) the conspiracy among Trump, Pecker, Cohen and Weisselberg. He hasn't charged Trump's attempt to consummate that conspiracy by paying the Enquirer's owners for the Karen McDougal "story." He has ignored the fact that Trump used the Trump Organizatio...

I can think of one published decision. There may be others.

I am not grading this on a curve.

We're seeing how the Dobbs case seems to be strongly affecting the 2024 Presidential election (as well as other elections throughout the country since the decision). Obviously, the authors of the decision did not intend for this to happen, but here we are. I can think of another fairly recent SCOTUS...

The day after my 100th birthday there will be a total eclipse viewable in the city in which I was born. I plan to watch.

Disgusting. Melber still has love for Avenatti. Luckily the other guests are ripping into this criminal whose opinions are uttered to make himself feel important.

If Trump's lawyers don't mind being sanctioned, they have one move left - removal to Federal court. (Theory - Trump was a Federal officer and was immune from prosecution.) They can keep the ball in the air for several more months.

Absolutely correct. It would be like Robert Jackson setting up the Nuremberg Trials and prosecuting the privates and corporals in the concentration camps, while all the SS murderous leadership were allowed to move about Germany and continue to stir up the populace with nazi propaganda. Part of the p...

Willis did not help herself with her outrageous performance in the witness box. I was reminded of Queen Gertrude's comment when Willis took the stand and failed to answer the fecking questions: "The Lady doth protest too much, methinks." Judge McAfee thought so, too (at p. 9): Without suff...

For those who may be interested, Michael Avenatti has still not been disbarred despite at least two Federal felony convictions now final.

https://apps.calbar.ca.gov/attorney/Lic ... ail/206929

Bragg is agreeing to a 30-day delay due to the Southern District just getting around to dumping 73k pages on everyone. Bastids. The DoJ didn't turn over documents until now? Sounds like more incompetence by the guy who leads the Department of Justice. The cowardly, dithering, slothlike Merrick Garl...

Another Merrick Garland f*ckup.

Garland is incompetent. He should resign. Maybe Alina Habba's firm will hire him.

Saw Dune Pt. II yesterday. Zendaya has way more fun being Spider-Man's gf than being Paul Mu'ad Dib's gf. And who decided that the mean guy would look meaner if'n he shaved his eyebrows? I didn't think he looked very mean. :bored: All I can say, Pappy, is your shaved eyebrows comment is a lot bette...

My first prediction, above, was correct. Expedited treatment of the cert. petition of Jack Smith denied. The other half of my prediction is that this court will reverse the Colorado Supreme Court on either "Federal standing" grounds, or on the ground that 14/3 requires an enabling statute...

In my view we are where we are as a result of the cowardice, incompetence and sloth of one man. Merrick Garland. He prosecuted the privates and let the officers get away. He finally moved after the January 6 Committee did most of his work for him. And then he appointed a Special Counsel. Why didn't...

In my view we are where we are as a result of the cowardice, incompetence and sloth of one man. Merrick Garland. He prosecuted the privates and let the officers get away. He finally moved after the January 6 Committee did most of his work for him. And then he appointed a Special Counsel. Why didn't ...

Jonathan Turley's best and favorite student was . . . . . Michael Avenatti.

I am proud to say that my daughter was an associate at the firm that force fed Twitter to Musk. (She's now clerking for one of the U.S. Courts of Appeal.)

Two excellent witnesses for the State. Roy Barnes, a former Governor who was asked to be special prosecutor and Fani Willis' Father. Both were very impressive. (Fani Willis wasn't called for direct. Apparently the strategy was to run out the clock yesterday evening. That explains the long windedness...

Dr. Ken wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:30 pm I didn't watch the whole thing but did Merchant and crew come anywhere close to proving any of their allegations against Fani of criminal wrongdoing or corruption?

Not really.

SuzieC - I understand the frustration and anger. But the Federalist Society white, conservative Republican judge decided to hold a hearing. The way to convict Trump is not to blow the entire case up, or your chance to prosecute him. Willis could have been dignified and gotten the job done without th...