ChiGoose

Yeah, that makes sense. Famously, St. Patrick’s Day comes and goes with no fanfare. No marketing, no advertising, no promotion whatsoever. If you blink, you miss it. Also, I’ve seen Homer vs. The 18th Amendment and it literally starts with Bart Simpson, a CHILD, having Irish culture shoved down his throat. So, checkmate.

How dare the Irish shove their disgusting culture in our faces? I’ve seen The Quiet Man. The way John Wayne treats that woman is abhorrent! March is Irish Heritage Month.

I wonder if people consider romance movies, pictures of a guy and a girl kissing, and other heterosexual images as “shoving heterosexuality in our faces”

Didn’t agree to surrender his law license to end the investigation? I feel like I read that somewhere. Trump absolutely could have plead this down to a misdemeanor and taken the win. But he is suffering from NPD so I don’t think he’s fundamentally capable of admitting to fault like that. Which seemed evident in some of the questionable defense strategy.

Some more lawyers and problems added to the original post: Alina Habba Michael Cohen Rudy Giuliani defamation case

We're talking about $35, right? A donation that was investigated by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct which dismissed the complaint with a warning to Merchan? (Reuters) It was certainly inadvisable to do it, but remember that the New York's Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics also looked into this to determine if Merchan should recuse and they found that "Merchan's impartiality "cannot reasonably be questioned" based on his daughter's activities, or on the "modest" political contributions he made more than two years ago." (Reuters) So it looks like you have a judge who made a dumb decision to make a small political contribution several years ago. He was cautioned against doing so again an the committee that advises on ethics and recusal found there was no need for him to recuse from Trump's case. If they were all wrong, then maybe the case gets overturned and remanded to be tried by a different judge. But I certainly wouldn't bet on it.

More doxxing by Trump supporters

Is there another quote missing somewhere? The quoted message just says he loves and supports his son. I don’t see anything about him not doing anything wrong or being innocent.

Russian news saying they could drop 30+ nukes on Poland to eliminate the Polish people and language. Claim they do not believe the US would defend the Poland or the Baltic States so they can just take them.

Worst. Superhero. Ever.

Do you think that this is the first time 175.10 has ever been charged? Or that this is the first time that charging 175.10, a statute that requires an intent to commit a separate crime, was charged that the defendant intended to commit a separate crime?

Demented Joe needs meds to give a speech but also controls the Michigan bar.

Trump's lawyers and lawyer's pushing Trump's claims get themselves in trouble so often, it's hard to keep track. Thought it might be easier to just put the misfeasance in one place. I imagine I've missed a few but this is a good start. Lin Wood agreed to retire from law and surrender his Georgia law license to avoid disciplinary cases (NYT) Lin Wood was also sanctioned in Michigan (AP) Sidney Powell, Howard Kleinhandler, Julia Zsuzsa Haller, Scott Hagerstrom, Brandon Johnson, and Gregory Rohl were sanctioned and fined in Michigan (Reuters) Rudy Giuliani had his New York law license suspended (AP) DC ethics board recommended Rudy Giuliani to be disbarred (NBC) DC Bar officials recommend disbarment for Jeffrey Clark (Bloomberg Law) California bar court recommended disbarment for John Eastman (State Bar of California) Jenna Ellis was barred from practicing law in Colorado for three years (AP) Clifford Robert, Michael Farina, Christopher Kise, Michael Madaio, and Armen Morian were sanctioned in New York (NY Courts) Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, Jenna Ellis, and Ray Smith were indicted in Georgia (PBS) Stefanie Junttila and Matt DePerno were indicted in Michigan (Michigan Advance) Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty in Georgia (NYT) and Georgia (Politico) Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty in Georgia (NPR) Sidney Powell pleaded guilty in Georgia (NYT) Rudy Giuliani was indicted in Arizona (NBC) Christina Bobb, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and Jenna Ellis were indicted in Arizona (Source NM) Alina Habba was sanctioned $1 million in Florida for filing frivolous lawsuits. (ABC - thanks @Scraps) Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and other charges in New York (AP) Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay $148 million in Georgia defamation case (Reuters) Wisconsin AG charged Kenneth Chesebro and Jim Troupis for the fake electors scheme. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Maybe they should have taken Eric Herschmann's advice... Trump Lawyer Stats Lawyers in Trouble: Christina Bobb Kenneth Chesebro Jeffrey Clark Matt DePerno John Eastman Jenna Ellis Boris Epshteyn Michael Farina Rudy Giuliani Scott Hagerstrom Brandon Johnson Stefanie Junttila Christopher Kise Howard Kleinhandler Michael Madaio Armen Morian Sidney Powell Clifford Robert Gregory Rohl Ray Smith Jim Troupis Lin Wood Julia Zsuzsa Haller Jurisdictions / State Bars: 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals California State Bar Colorado State Bar Court of Appeals of Michigan DC Bar Georgia State Bar Georgia Supreme Court New York Attorney Grievance Committee US District Court Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division Superior Court of Fulton County (Georgia) Superior Court of the State of Arizona Supreme Court of the State of Colorado Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division Wisconsin Circuit Court

Sums it up pretty well:

Remember that the crime Trump was actually charged and convicted of was falsifying the business records of the Trump Organization. He appears to have done so to hide a campaign contribution. Hillary also tried to cover up a campaign contribution and the FEC fined her for it. For some reason, the FEC did not fine Trump for doing the same thing.

0% chance it’s overturned for the judge not recusing. There isn’t really a strong argument for that. A ruling that the law was applied improperly would likely invalidate dozens of other convictions since, as far as I can tell, the law was applied here the same way it’s usually applied. What was improper about the jury instructions?

Last time I checked, this judge you’re upset about was not the judge in Trump’s Manhattan case.

I do have a kid and I’m totally fine living in a world where the laws are enforced.

In all sincerity, thank you for this. Lots of people claiming 100% chance of overturn without any reason why. If, as you claim, it was improper for the judge to bar testimony as to the law, it will be overturned on appeal. Bragg will have to decide if he wants to refile with the expectation that such testimony will be allowed. My prediction: won’t happen. Juries determine the facts. Judges determine the law. Allowing a witness to testify to the law means the jury determining the law, which isn’t how it works. That being said, if Merchan’s interpretation of the law was wrong, that could successfully be appealed as well. (I don’t think it was but your mileage may vary).

I read people I disagree with. It’s how you understand the whole of an issue.

When I see something I don’t understand, I try to look it up and understand it better. It seems that some people prefer to just jump to a conclusion that confirms whatever prior belief they have.

Did she pay out of the Clinton Foundation and then falsify the Foundation’s business records to cover it up? As I’ve said all along, if Trump had just paid out of the campaign funds, he would have been fine.

Not sure which is the most ironic thread in PPP, this one or the one about projection.

Ok, so can you not actually read? I’m beginning to wonder if I’m talking to someone with severe disabilities and I feel bad for making them demonstrate to the world how dumb they are…

Gonna guess that the Houthis aren’t exactly reliable narrators. There’s a pretty good difference between launching an attack and succeeding in an attack. I could throw a rock at an airplane flying overhead and tell the press I launched an attack on United Airlines but I don’t think a lot of people would take it seriously. Yemen's Houthis say they launched attack on US aircraft carrier Eisenhower in Red Sea