https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/15/trump-hush-money-trial-key-arguments On Monday, 15 April 2024, Donald Trump went to Manhattan court for his trial in Manhattan, making him the first US president, former or present, to face a criminal jury. More than 500 prospective jurors have been summoned to Manhattan supreme court in preparation for a selection process that could span days.
Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, in spring 2023 charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records over an alleged hush-money scheme involving the adult film star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy playmate Karen McDougal. The charge is a class E felony.
Bragg’s office contends that Trump facilitated payoffs to the women through his then attorney, Michael Cohen, to cover up alleged extramarital liaisons that could have damaged his candidacy in the 2016 election. They say that the illicit “catch and kill” payoff scheme spanned from August 2015 to December 2017. Cohen in 2018 pleaded guilty to federal charges in Manhattan related to his involvement in that particular scheme, among other crimes.
Trump has maintained his innocence. As with the other criminal and civil cases against him, Trump has largely claimed these proceedings are a politically motivated witch-hunt, intended to impede his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.
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Here are the key points in Manhattan prosecutors’ case against Trump.
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The Karen McDougal accusation
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AMI, per Manhattan prosecutors, “falsely characterized this payment in AMI’s books and records, including in its general ledger”. The publisher brokered this deal without investigating it, and later learned the account was untrue.
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The Access Hollywood tape
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>Merchan read courtroom conduct instructions to Trump and asked him to affirm that he understood them, which Trump did. >“If you disrupt the proceedings in any way, the law permits the court to exclude you from court, commit you to jail, and continue the trial in your absence,” the judge said. Failing to show up will similarly result in an arrest warrant to be issued.
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>>1287261 >If i just keep saying the lies they will believe!! Anonymous
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>>1287263 AKA the Trump strategy
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>>1287263 What lies? What part of it are you refusing to acknowledge is true?
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LMAO they are reporting old Donald fell asleep in the courtroom
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Looks like it's past his nap time.
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>>1287267 How long before Republicans lie and say he was only pretending because this is a 'political prosecution'?
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>>1287267 His lawyers knew if he was on the usual cocktail of stimulants he takes for public appearances he'd get himself a contempt of court charge, so they made him skip his morning dose.
The result: Sleepy Don
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>>1287271 Or Don jr swiped all of Trump's cocaine again.
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>>1287273 >>1287271 You people's delusional fantasies are so wild and out of touch.
It's no wonder you act the way you do
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>>1287274 Denial is the first stage
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>>1287274 Still defending Trump's syphilis ulcers?
I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?
>>1287256 I don't care that Bill Clinton "did not have sex with that woman" and lied about it.
And I don't care that tRump was blackmailed for 125G(except the whore should be charged with blackmail)
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>>1287280 You don't care that Trump engaged in election interference?
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>>1287281 It doesn't care about anything Trump does, because it isn't capable of thought more developed than "Trump good".
If Trump fucked a baby on camera, the only thing it would feel is jealousy for all parties involved.
jews rape kids
>>1287285 Racist DemoKKKrats somehow bring any conversation back to kid fucking.
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>>1287286 Said jews rape kids
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>>1287285 >>1287286 The lazy conservative
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>>1287286 Only a jew would go to bat for Trump.
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the accusations, even if true, are not enough to get me to not vote for trump. I hate the democrats so fucking much and don't want them to be in power.
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>>1287315 The mildest criticism of Israel sets you off that much, huh Shmuley?
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>>1287325 I don't give a shit about the israel. let them all die for all I care. Biden is a piece of shit because he and the dems want to ban guns, raise taxes, cause inflation and import millions of illegals
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>>1287332 and you're not american dumb shill
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>>1287334 I am American. Most Americans hate biden. his approval rating is like 30%
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>>1287337 yet they prefer him to a criminal
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>>1287339 lol, nope. 2020 was rigged and blue states like california let illegals vote. Dems in the house literally voted against a bill that would have banned illegals voting in elections
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>>1287341 did your pillow tell you that, faggot
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>>1287341 And faggots like you sat at your computers jerking off while they did, then Trump handed over the country to Biden while doing nothing but whining on Twitter and begging for donations.
And now you're rooting for the man who abandoned America in it's time of need again.
You deserve to have elections stolen from you.
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>>1287345 not an argument, I accept your concession
>>1287346 assuming this is true, that would still mean most Americans hate him
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>>1287347 so you are admitting jan 6 never happened? cool
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>>1287351 you're really a dumb asshole. you know that?
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>>1287353 still no argument, because you know I am correct and that you are a tranny. I accept your concession
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>>1287356 prove biden stole the election (it's a lie, you can't)
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>>1287359 the 2,000 mules film
prove russia hacked the 2016 election and changed the votes like dems claim
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>>1287352 We all watched the army of women and elderly who went to fight the steal while cowards like you and Trump sat at your computers.
All the more reason why you deserve to have elections stolen from you.
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>>1287366 non sequitur
>>1287365 cool, so you do admit we did something about the stolen election and that you were lying and are a jew
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>>1287369 It's the film admitting they lied in court
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>>1287374 he's not a very talented trump shill
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>>1287369 >we You sat at home and let women and elderly fight your battles.
Your leader handed the nation over to an illegitimate regime without a fight.
But not before he left the women and elderly who fought your battles for you to rot while he pardoned niggers and kikes as he meekly sat in time out until his term was over.
And there you sit.
So, again. You deserve to have elections stolen from you. And you will. Over and over again.
And you won't do shit about it.
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>>1287374 no it doesn't. It just has a jewish dem saying it wasn't real
>>1287375 samefag
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>>1287376 Greasy foreign fingers typed this..
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>>1287376 so did jan 6 happen or not? because dems said jan 6 was worse than 9/11 and almost overthrew the country and killed all the dems
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>>1287389 Kvech and deflect all you want, only one question matters.
Were you there, or did you let someone else fight your battles for you, faggot?
If the answer is no, you deserve to continue to sit at your computer, impotently letting elections be stolen from you.
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>>1287399 did jan 6 happen or not? you said we didn't do anything. that means jan 6 was nothing but a peaceful protest and the dems are lying
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>>1287402 >we didn't do anything There you go hiding behind someone else again.
I said YOU didn't do anything.
Because you didn't. And never will.
And as a result you'll live in the nation you deserve.
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>>1287384 Yes it does, Christofascists like you are coping hard.
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>>1287403 not an argument, troon
>>1287407 so did jan 6 happen or did it not happen?
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>>1287410 >Christofascists pretty sure those don't exist, but keep on seething there
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>>1287416 are you a whiny pussy or are you a whiny pussy
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>>1287402 I think the first thing we should do is fire all the FBI agents who were acting as instigators in the crowd, like Rey Epps. Criminal charges for them are probably also in order. And I don't mean a negotiated plea with no jail time.
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>>1287419 not an argument, keep seething there, bitch boi
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>>1287424 i hope you get enough attention when i have to go in a bit pussy
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>>1287416 Either way, you weren't there.
Most cowards are incapable of accepting their own cowardice and disassociate/ deflect to avoid the guilt.
Your continuing to ask the same inane question rather than engage reinforces that.
Post the same question again or respond with some variation of "You didn't answer me so I win!!!1!!", it doesn't matter. You're still sitting and staring at a screen.
And it's why you deserve to have elections stolen from you.
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>>1287431 so did jan 6 happen or not, jew?
I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?
>>1287281 >>1287285 This thing knows this, but is a troll)>You don't care that Trump engaged in election interference? This is about paying off a blackmailing porn actor, shilly troll.
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>>1287433 Lmao checked. Try spamming some low iq bait images. Gottem!
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>>1287448 I really don't get how you can pretend jan 6 was an insurrection while saying we did nothing, cuck
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>>1287450 Jan 6th was an insurrection. Cope.
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>>1287451 so we did do something. got it
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>>1287455 Yes. An insurrection. Well, poorly attempted, anyways.
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>>1287457 cool, so you can't say we didn't do anything or won't do anything
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>>1287463 i guess you might taze yourself
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>>1287418 Why are you claiming you don't exist?
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>>1287435 It was to bribe a porn star into silence to keep her from releasing information to the public for the election.
AKA election interference.
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>>1287470 I'm an atheist and fascism isn't real
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>>1287477 2 lies in 7 words, impressive.
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>>1287416 >le troooon >le jooo You're all the same.
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>>1287463 >we WHEN WE GO ONE, WE GO ALL!!! PATRIOTS UNITE!!!
This is how gay you sound.
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>>1287418 Did you somehow miss the Ustase?
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>>1287315 >are not enough to get me to not vote for trump But they are enough to keep him from serving as president. The melon felon isn't getting sworn in from prison. Your vote matters even less than usual.
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>>1287530 >>1287531 >>1287532 weird how it is always all 3 of you discord troons within minutes of each other
>>1287536 trump did no crimes, and you guys were fine with clinton bring president after he raped that child
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>>1287256 >catch and kill That's an objection all day as inflammatory and misleading. This implies two serious felonies which are not being charged.
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>>1287536 >accusations are enough to stop Trump from running Lmao, no
Reminder: the only evidence in this trial is hearsay testimony from Cohen. There are no financial records supporting any of these accusations otherwise, and there are so documents what so ever outlining any sort of catch and kill strategy Cohen alleges he had with Trump.
What there is however: charges against Cohen for lying under oath. Now that same man who, previously lied under oath, is going to be giving more testimony under oath, that libshits think is going to be what finally gets Trump.
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why do Republicans think facing criminal trial is going to help his dropping poll numbers?
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>>1287537 >>1287543 >>1287561 Holy crap the denialism is real. I thought it was just a meme.
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>>1287570 You are talking about crazy people who live in an alternative reality in their own heads. They think crazy things like Sidney Powell was right about the 2020 election and Trump did nothing wrong. There is no rhyme or reason behind their flawed logic.
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>>1287570 >dropping poll numbers Trump is still leading swing states btw
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>>1287602 t. 2020 Trump voter
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>>1287572 look in a mirror biden sniffer cult, god you're such an unhinged hypocrite
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>>1287608 >he thinks Biden is a fake populist like Trump Ahahhahaha good one Anon
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First 3 jurors are selected.
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>>1287679 6 jurors are now selected.
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>>1287679 does this require a unanimous verdict? worried all it takes is one MAGAtard to get Trump off the hook
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What's the betting the jurors get leaked.
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>>1287719 You already have the Republican media advocating jury tampering
>>1287305 The good news is any potential saboteurs would have to be very thorough in covering their tracks since the prosecutors have to go through their social media, and 4 potential rats were already weeded out since Prospectors disqualified 4 potential jurors.
But while a hung trial means they can do a retrial, the purpose is to stop Trump from being convicted before the election, so it would still be a win for him.
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>>1287723 If they leaked, they're getting arrested.
The real question is will Trump be forced into lock up since it's clear he's going to keep disrupting the trial.
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>>1287726 >If they leaked, they're getting arrested. They're going through the social media.
So all it takes is someone connected to his legal team to like something or whatever of random accounts and they're possibly the jurors
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>>1287731 >They're going through the social media. They have their names and family names, don't need to do that roundabout way of getting information.
Even if Trump tries to launder the information through his propagandists, it will come back to him since there's only so many people who has the information right now.
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>>1287723 Trump isn't a Democrat so even if they're leaked they won't be assassinated.
The assassinations only happen when Demomafioso are on trial.
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>>1287756 >Whatabout The Russians are here
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>>1287756 >Trump isn't a Democrat He was literally up until he ran for president
>The assassinations only happen when Demomafioso are on trial. Premium schizo posting
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>>1287759 >He was literally up until he ran for president So...Democrats voted for him and he was backed by the Democratic party?
What are you trying to say here? Or are you just trying to be a contrary retard for no reason?
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>>1287761 >So...Democrats voted for him and he was backed by the Democratic party? Do you not understand basic english? Trump was a lifelong democrat, as most New York billionaires are, right up until he ran for president.
>Or are you just trying to be a contrary retard for no reason? Does pointing out that your god emperor only wears the disguise of Republican to fool rubes like you into voting for him and giving him money rustle your jimmies? Are you upset right now?
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I'm failing to figure out the implications here.
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>>1287776 Someone is making moves for the upcoming reckoning in the post-Trump era of the RNC
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>>1287782 The Republican party is going to collapse if Trump goes to prison and the Republicans fail to steal 2024.
MAGAs are just going to drop out of politics rather than follow someone who isn't Trump and Trump is too egotistical to name a replacement.
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>>1287719 >>1287724 why are dems bitching about jury tampering when confirmed blm members lied about being blm members to get on that one cop who did nothing wrong's trial?
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>>1287776 >Trump isn't actual conservative he isn't, he is center left
>when the guy is a full blown fascist, fascism hasn't existed since 1945
>aka at the far right of the political spectrum which is where conservatives want to be? fascism is far left. it advocates for an authoritarian state. that is a left wing thing
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>>1287785 >>1287784 Point proven about conservative's attempt to push the overton window further to the right and pretend their crimes don't exist.
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>>1287785 >Historically, "far-right politics" has been used to describe the experiences of fascism, Nazism, and Falangism. Contemporary definitions now include neo-fascism, neo-Nazism, the Third Position, the alt-right, racial supremacism and other ideologies or organizations that feature aspects of authoritarian, ultra-nationalist, chauvinist, xenophobic, theocratic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, or reactionary views. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics Anonymous
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>>1287788 >(((Wikipedia))) you do know there are confirmed communist jews putting actual propaganda on there, right?
go read hitler's platform, like 90% of it is social spending. fascism is far left. all authoritarianism is far left
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>>1287353 >anon #1 says majority of Americans hate Biden >anon #2 says 43% of Americans like Biden >this means that 57% of Americans don't like Biden >therefore, majority of Americans don't like Biden >anon #2 calls anon #1 a dumb asshole whew
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>>1287792 good post
dems are not sending their best
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>>1287793 They never do.
Do they even have a "best"? Or is it just a bunch of brainwashed tards lacking objective reasoning capabilities
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>>1287799 the latter for sure
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>>1287765 OK so same question: "Point?"
I was a lifelong Democrat until 2012.
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>>1287561 >accusations No. Convictions will be enough to stop him from serving though.
>There are no financial records supporting any of these accusations Lol, lmao even.
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How is this trial biased against Trump when most of the jurors sound like Trump supporters
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>>1287966 Saying the trial is "biased against Trump" is merely an election campaign slogan and might no represent the truth
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During his fraud case, Trump was complaining that he didn't have a jury.
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Trump is making a big deal about how the Judge is stopping him from attending his son's graduation, which he's been looking forward to for years.
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Down to 5 jurors.
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>>1287271 It is funny that bots will take word for word insults of joe biden and literally swap em for trump. You can tell this insult was directly sourced from here, because this is almost word for word what people on here say about biden.
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>>1288496 Kind of like all the phrases conservatives have stolen from liberals:
>"Obama Derangement Syndrome" >"Two more weeks" >"Wokeness" >"ok boomer" etc.
