In a frantic last-minute attempt to derail a trial that threatens to destroy Donald Trump’s corporate empire, the former president’s lawyers have turned the heat on the judge overseeing this case—by suing him directly.
Edit: Unfortunately the tactic worked:
An appellate judge has taken the remarkable step of hitting pause on the New York Attorney General’s upcoming bank fraud trial against Donald Trump—granting the former president’s request in a surprise hearing on Thursday that was closed off to the public.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-turns-new-york-ag-case-against-judge-arthur-f-engoron?ref=wrap
As infuriating as it’s been to watch Mango Mussolini avoid consequences since he’s been on the national stage, I’m hopeful that’s changing. It seems really unlikely Trump’s going to avoid convictions on all of the 91 felony counts stacked against him, especially when acquittals in federal cases are extraordinarily rare. In 2022 less than 1% of federal criminal defendants were acquitted.
Much like your username the US is like an old spaghetti western … it tried to be THE GOOD, all it gave was THE BAD, now it’s just THE UGLY.
The problem with using such a broad, messy brush is you end up spattering yourself with the same paint you’re trying to apply.
None of what I say is against the American people. I’m Canadian and I know plenty of Americans and almost all the ones I know are decent sensible people … of course all the ones I know are northerner Americans near the Canadian border, although for some reason I know many Floridians.
The problem I see is the American government. It’s governed by money and not by the people which makes you wonder why we keep referring to it as a democracy. Yes we have the same problem here in Canada but to a lesser extent. And no I’m not a far right anti-Trudeau fanatic … I grudgingly support my Liberal government but I do criticize how they are all so easily influenced by big money.
All these problems stem from big money … and the more we accept that, the more likely we will see how common people have no say in their government anymore, which leads to the thought of what is happening to these so called democracies.
As a fellow Canadian… I think we’re at least as bad if not possibly worse than the Americans.
One of the reasons that we’re getting fucked so badly on prices here is that the government has allowed so much power of industry to be concentrated into so few hands, and this has only gotten worse over time.
The government - at the behest of industry -literally tried to force tech companies to pay for linking to news articles, despite the fact that those links actually bring business TO said news companies.
The Irving’s in eastern Canada are no better than DuPonte or PG&E. There’s something seriously dirty going on there.
The Ford’s in Ontario, and the current shit-show in Alberta are just as fucked up as any red state.
We’re no better than the Americans, just less visible on the world stage as we sit in their shadow.