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Trump Indictment Omnibus Questions Thread (Patreon)

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2023-04-05 17:00:33
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As you might imagine, we've gotten hundreds of questions in light of the Trump Indictment -- it's impossible to keep track of them all!

So post your questions here (even if you've previously sent them to us via other means) & upvote with the heart the ones you'd like to see answered and we will do our best!

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striderfighter

Now that we've seen the indictment and the charges that Alvin Bragg is going to bring to Donald Trump can you speculate as to why Bragg is bringing charges now versus a year and a half ago when the prosecutors resigned because he wouldn't bring charges... New evidence? political pressure? legal pressure? just let Conspiracy Liz speculate out loud

Rick & Sara

Bragg cited in his press conference a federal election violation as a possible reason for the modification of the misdemeanor to felony. We know since it's a federal crime, the Manhattan DA can't charge that anyways. But does the status of the federal DOJ decision on that cited/related crime matter? Presumably, the DOJ under Sessions or Barr sat down and wrote an internal memo deciding that they were exercising prosecutorial discretion in not bringing charges against Trump himself. Likely they'd cite "because he's a sitting president" as their reason. But I'm guessing we haven't seen that decision memo, so maybe there's other reasons they cited? Would Bragg's citing of federal election laws run afoul of a federal internal decision to not charge that crime in the same case? Can Bragg say the misdemeanors are now felonies because of this federal crime, only for the DOJ to say that it wasn't a crime they would prosecute? And then have to argue the merits on the non-sitting President parts of that memo?

Hotspear

What are the chances Trump gets indicted for his threats and calls for violence?

--Jonathan--

If the judge asks Trump's lawyers to control his out of court statements (as I believe he did), and the lawyers fail to do so (which appears to be the case) can the lawyers be fined and held in contempt (personally), in addition to holding Trump in contempt? This could be effective if Trump would know that he won't get any new lawyers to sign on unless he behaves Disclaimer: I am not an American

fran reichenbach

Not 6 hours after the judge instructed Trump to refrain from saying things that could create disruption and threaten the rule of law, he gave a long speech saying bad things about the DA, judges etc and their families. Shouldn’t he have his ass in the chair in front of the judge again?

Dana Schwartz

If Trump dies before his trial(s), will the prosecution evidence be released? Same for other current and future-indicted persons?

--Jonathan--

(and now for something completely different.... Cue Monty python foot stomp video) when a mobster says to his fixer "maybe he gets hit by a truck", in reference to a co-conspirator, what does that imply? https://youtu.be/-G8XO7jONt8 start at 2:25 or so Disclaimer: I am not an American

--Jonathan--

Not a legal question but a political one Is it worth the Democrats agreeing with Republicans that Trump's legal woes ARE politically motivated, by taking the position that the current Republican party under Trump (aka MAGA) has become a criminal organisation which needs to be reigned in? Disclaimer: I am not an American

All the good Patreon names are taken, including this one!

Before all this, one could reasonably explain Bragg's behavior under the "chickenshit prosecutor" theory - too afraid to go after Weisselberg even though the evidence is super clear. But I don't think you can say that about him anymore. Do you have a big-picture take on Bragg and why he seems to have shifted from overly cautious to VERY ambitious?

jason hatley

Is there a possible broadening of charges against trump for tax fraud, if the people are able to prove that trump deliberately falsified business records for tax purposes.

I am not an abo-gato

Keep in mind that in this case, by directing Cohen to lie about the purpose of the payments Cohen ended up paying taxes that would not otherwise be owed. Now, I do not know what tax implications (if any) there are for the Trump Organization (or Trump personally), but it seems silly to charge someone with tax fraud that resulted in deliberate over-payment.

Sparkle Donkey

The underlying charge of “falsifying, business records“… How common is that for wealthy individuals and businesses? I’ve had conservative friends say that “everyone does it“. Is this a charge that is typically leveled against other individuals and businesses? or is it kind of like saying that your donated furniture was worth more than it probably was in your itemized tax deduction?

jason hatley

If trump paid cohen and then deducted that payment as a business expense would that not constitute tax fraud?

Sally

And not just his lawyers, but his children as it was either Dump Jr or Eric that first posted the picture of the judge's daughter.

jason hatley

He paid out of two different accounts, the first was from his trust, the second was from his personal account. Please correct me if im wrong, im just a carpenter, but if he claimed that on his taxes as a legit business expense, then hes going down like al capone! I tried to make that last sentence rhyme.

Sally

I'm going to guess no, as that would establish precedent for politically targeting officeholders for actions prior to them being in office. That would be bad. And the New York DA, in his speech after the hearing, made it very clear that this was about *business*, specifically keeping accurate business records (which is what this all boils down to), and that in New York which is the business capital of the world (his words), intentionally deceptive business record keeping is not ok. Remember that this all happened before he was in office, so he was a private citizen. He's got a long, long history of shady organized-crime types of business dealings. They have plenty of reasons to go after him. Would any of this be happening if he'd kept his fat blabbermouth shut and/or not run for office and just kept doing financial crimes like every other businessperson? Likely.

Tom

Is the tax charge surprising? My very limited understanding is the tax related crimes are extremely difficult to prove because the intent requirement is ludicrously high. Or is that just federal taxes and not NY?

Rich Gilliland

As an American, man do I wish things worked that way. Trump is a leader of the Republican Party only in a really vague, amorphous sense. The party didn’t appoint him leader, he just is the “leader” because he’s the most popular current Republican candidate for the highest position in the land. It would be impossible to prove in a U.S. court that the Republican Party—or even the MAGA part of it—was a criminal organization, just because Trump, an indicted individual, is the spiritual leader of it. Too much free speech, free association, and lack of true agency in the way. In short, I get you, but there’s just no way the Republican Party is a criminal organization (yet), and even if it was, Trump is not actually it’s leader in an agency sense.

Pierre

OMG did you get the story about all the friendly traveling for The ohh great judge Thomas. But not conflict of interests