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Donald Trump, the former U.S. president and front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records after an investigation into hush money paid to a porn star.
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I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Indeed, unless the billboards fall
I'll never see a tree at all.
-- Ogden Nash
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday April 04, @07:26PM (24 children)
I'm not seeing the full list of charges anywhere yet if anybody spots that please post it!
Thus far it sounds like they are mostly about falsifying business records. Which may answer the question of "why this case" with "because it's damn easy to prove, we have the literal receipts."
(Score: 3, Funny) by Tork on Tuesday April 04, @08:05PM (18 children)
Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04, @08:20PM (3 children)
I hope they run his prints. You never know what that might turn up. Same for his DNA in CODIS if he is convicted and his DNA is taken.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday April 04, @08:40PM (2 children)
It would be more fun to run the prints of George Santos. In his web of lies, we can't even be sure what is real name actually is.
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday April 04, @09:37PM
At this point I wouldn't be too shocked to find out that Donald Trump and George Santos are actually the same person!
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday April 05, @01:20AM
If they do, they should re-fingerprint him. At this point, I'd be surprised if the two sets of prints matched.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04, @09:24PM (9 children)
Almost certainly just a false rumor - he's under a gag order.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Tork on Tuesday April 04, @09:27PM (8 children)
Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04, @09:36PM (7 children)
That account and linked store don't appear to actually be connected to Trump in any way. You fell for a scammer, dude.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Tuesday April 04, @09:45PM (3 children)
Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04, @10:07PM (1 child)
All I did was follow the links you posted? Do you not read your own shit?
(Score: 2) by Tork on Tuesday April 04, @10:18PM
Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 05, @03:36AM
I think this tweet [twitter.com] says it well.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 05, @01:36PM (2 children)
Dude, I hate to say this, but even if you totally got scammed by Trump himself it wouldn't be any much worser than getting scammed by some totally random shady dude. Like totally, dude. Whether it was Trump or some bogus dude, he probably played you like a fiddle and made you think that he was all legit and stuff, but in reality, he was just after your cash, man. It's a total bummer, but you gotta like, learn from this experience and not let yourself get duped again. You feel me, bro? Sometimes after they get your cash and give you some of their stash, you find out that it's not the reel good stuff, man. Whether you inhale it like Trump or not inhale like Clinton.
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @02:54PM (1 child)
> Dude, I hate to say this,...(snipped).
Let me guess, the ChatGPT question that generated this post was:
Write a paragraph about getting scammed by Trump and others, in the style of a stoner.
Amirite?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @05:01PM
Wow, another chatbot insult, puttimg your AI subscription to work huh?
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday April 05, @01:48AM
IIUC, he was photographed. However, New York doesn't release mugshots [nydailynews.com].
As such, if you see such a mugshot, it's either a fake, or was released by Team Trump.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @01:20PM (2 children)
I'll wait for the ones put out by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by DannyB on Wednesday April 05, @01:39PM (1 child)
Yeah, dude. Those barely edible NutriLoaf "meals" they "serve" are much better than what taco trucks serve on the outside, man. Like, totally bro.
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06, @03:39PM
Sounds like personal experience.
(Score: 5, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday April 04, @08:33PM
Found the full indictment:
Read: The 34-count indictment against Trump [axios.com]
(Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Tuesday April 04, @08:38PM
Is this very helpful: https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf [manhattanda.org]
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06, @04:34AM (2 children)
THERE’S MORE – Alvin Bragg’s Case Against Trump Shows Complete Ignorance and Manipulation of Basic Accounting [thegatewaypundit.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06, @04:51AM (1 child)
Alvin Bragg’s Trump Indictment Is Even More Pathetic And Partisan Than We Could Have Imagined [thefederalist.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06, @08:06AM
GatewayPundit, eh? Comment on the indictment by someone who should know, a convicted criminal blogger.
(Score: 4, Funny) by turgid on Tuesday April 04, @07:50PM (23 children)
My heart bleeds!
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Tuesday April 04, @08:27PM (15 children)
Mine too! I even have a mournful dirge [youtu.be] for this dark time (substitute "dead" with "charged").
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DannyB on Tuesday April 04, @08:47PM (14 children)
Don't celebrate too hard until we get a trial and conviction.
Nobody is above the law.
Hopefully a felony conviction.
Today's indictment is but the first of many other legal troubles [reuters.com] for Trump that are coming.
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04, @09:56PM (12 children)
Your piece deserves to be written in Russian, to demonstrate your full appreciation of the endpoint you are so very eager to arrive at.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Tork on Tuesday April 04, @11:25PM (1 child)
Yeah!! What's Russian for "Lock him up!!"...?
Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04, @11:28PM
This: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Navalny#Criminal_cases [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 05, @09:28AM (2 children)
My take on this is that the particular charges are difficult, but not impossible to legitimately show, especially the felony variant that the DA clearly wants. We need to start somewhere if we want to hold politicians accountable. Trump is as good a place as any.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @10:29AM (1 child)
Obviously, Dems do prefer criminals running things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva#Prison [wikipedia.org]
https://thehill.com/policy/international/3711772-biden-congratulates-lula-on-victory-over-trump-backed-bolsonaro-in-brazil/ [thehill.com]
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-meet-brazils-lula-talks-climate-democracy-2023-02-10/ [reuters.com]
For THAT, you need to start with the RULING party's bigwigs, NOT with those who dare oppose them.
You start with inventing criminal charges to harass your opposition, you end up under another Putin. Do consider that Putin's supporters too had never expected to end up in the bottomless shit their Peerless Leader plunged them, and Russia, into.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/4/marco-rubio-donald-trump-indictment-we-are-going-r/ [washingtontimes.com]
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 05, @10:53AM
Indeed. But how would we justify prosecuting Dems, if we don't prosecute others? It has to start somewhere.
Got that covered. Trump is a RULING party bigwig. The box is checked.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 05, @01:44PM (6 children)
Like, bro, it is like Trump who is all buddy, buddy with the Russians dude. Like, totally. Trump is even a major fan of that Kim Jong something dude, man. And Xi from some small south pacific country man. They might even inhale together while discussing their magical visions of a future world.
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @03:04PM (5 children)
Still, somehow all those nice personages you listed, had been sitting very quiet through the entire Trump presidency, and all started running amok very soon after Biden's accession.
It is as if all his purported calls for peace are understood in the total opposite sense by China and its satellites. Wonder why that could be... https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/16/politics/house-gop-memo-biden-family/index.html [cnn.com]
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @08:44PM
You are using fascist government leaders of foreign nations as your barometer for peace?
Got dam u fucks have no shame!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @10:36PM (3 children)
That is hardly surprising. Three-year-olds and those acting like three-year-olds only throw temper tantrums when they don't get what they want.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06, @05:31PM (2 children)
So, you believe Putin wanted his goons killed in Syria? Weird...
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/middleeast/american-commandos-russian-mercenaries-syria.html [nytimes.com]
Meanwhile, right now, isn't Biden digging his heels in at every turn, about not giving Ukrainian this, or that, or another, "to not provoke Putin", the definition of giving Putin what he wants? If Ukrainians had gotten an year ago the weapons they are getting now, Putin's bandits would already have been kicked out, back to their Russian kennels. It they had gotten the weapons two years ago, there would not have been a war at all.
Instead, the song and dance of "appeasing" Putin. As if that ever worked.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday April 07, @01:30PM (1 child)
Biden didn't dig in his heels on a lot of military gear that Ukraine now has. What "not provoke" means is not giving Putin a pretext to cast this fight as one of survival for Russia. That's a key issue that Russian apologists frequently miss. The war can end by Russia leaving Ukraine tomorrow with Russia's survival no more threatened that it is now (by Putin and his cohort remaining in power). For example, it is thought that about 1% of Russian citizens have left Russia in the past year. That wouldn't have happened if they thought this was a just war for Russia's survival rather than some pointless empire building.
Let's give some more examples of how this plays out: 1) no NATO forces fighting Russia in the Ukraine, 2) no serious warfare on Russian soil (I don't count Crimea as part of Russia), and 3) taking great care to avoid escalating this fight.
Propaganda or not, I think this will be effective in the long run.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 07, @10:02PM
Joe only digs in his heels, right before he falls on his face.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04, @11:03PM
> Nobody is above the law
Are you sure? What I'm getting from this is that it's a felony in NY to conspire to influence the outcome of an election unless your name is Alvin Bragg!
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @03:07AM (6 children)
Why is all the right-wang Trumparians posting off-topic on the front page, instead of showing up here to face the music of the fall of their god-emperor? Are they too embarrassed to be so easily swindled, or too stupid to realize that they have been? Not a good dilemma to be in.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 05, @03:45AM (5 children)
I find it remarkable how few off-topic posts on this very subject there are on said front page - I've only found one such eruption [soylentnews.org] so far. Yet again, narrative doesn't match reality. You'd think after a lifetime of getting burned, some sense would creep in.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @08:41AM (4 children)
Interesting how you'll argue number of comments vs trump's guilt, almost like you have no argument womp womp
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @08:54AM
Describes khallow to a T, just loose the "almost like" and go with "no argument".
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 05, @09:22AM (2 children)
Because that was the thread. Want to complain about something different then post in a different thread.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @05:54PM (1 child)
Just a mild ad-hom bro, no need to get triggered and meltdown ya silly frozen water mist. Right bro?
Ok bro, I understand why you wanted to focus on the first part. It gets better bro. Go touch some grass, give up yer vidya game rank obsession, get good sleep and start working out. You'll meet someone right for you and settle down if you can chill on your hyper capitalism conservative politics. Good luck bro!
Oh, and get a house that doesn't have wheels.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday April 06, @09:25AM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04, @10:38PM (4 children)
President Bernie is 6 years into his presidency.
Trump is a pussy-grabbing scumbag but why did the party elders chose Hillary?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @05:13AM
As a favor to Trump. After all, he is a democrat
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday April 05, @01:52PM
Duuuuude, in my vision, the gods chose Hillary to run in 2016 because, like, she totally already had eight years running the country, bro. Do you get me? And Bill never inhaled while she ran the country, at least I don't think so.
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday April 05, @02:17PM (1 child)
My preferred alternate timeline is one where tRump was not born with a silver spoon.
If he were not a member of the upper class by birth he would be a scummy used car salesman.
Answer now is don't give in; aim for a new tomorrow.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @02:47PM
Frankly, I think used car salesmen might object to you comparing them with tRump. Just sayin' it was a pretty low blow.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @06:45PM (14 children)
while Trump & America remain free
print "AND THE GRAND JURY AFORESAID, by this indictment, further accuses the defendant of the crime of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS IN THE FIRST DEGREE, in violation of Penal Law §175.10, committed as follows"
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @07:15PM (2 children)
Echo chamber? Truly the rightwing mind has been shredded by the oligarch's propaganda whipping them from one belief to another while not accounting for any logical consistency. Their neural nets are becoming corrupted, makes for an interesting psychologucal study however.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @08:58PM (1 child)
I'm just gonna leave this here: https://www.axios.com/2023/03/18/donald-trump-indictment-protests-new-york [axios.com]
Oh and here's a bonus for my buddies lurking in my EcHo ChAmBeR: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/16/donald-trump-nft-trading-card-collection/10908893002/ [usatoday.com]
I kinda miss my Tomagatchi.
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Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny."
(Score: 2) by Tork on Wednesday April 05, @09:21PM
Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩
(Score: 2) by Tork on Wednesday April 05, @08:32PM (2 children)
Oh and here's a bonus for my buddies lurking in my EcHo ChAmBeR: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/16/donald-trump-nft-trading-card-collection/10908893002/ [usatoday.com]
I kinda miss my Tomagatchi.
Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @10:52PM (1 child)
If you were trying to use my post to rebut that AC you should have read what was in those links. ;)
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Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @10:59PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 05, @08:55PM
Echo chamber? Truly the rightwing mind has been shredded by the oligarch's propaganda whipping them from one belief to another while not accounting for any logical consistency. Their neural nets are becoming corrupted, makes for an interesting psychologucal study however.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06, @02:48AM (5 children)
Golly, that makes those 34 commandments sound so biblical. And thus with his mighty PDF document, Commander McBragg [wikipedia.org] parted Trump's hair and released our crumbling environment from the burden of The Donald's maga-goopy hair spray. And thus it is good that the World Of Cmdr McBragg doth empty its prisons, to be filled anew with the floods of Republicans. And millions of New Yorkers huffed doggedly on their Fentanyl-laced doobies.
And in that purgatorial haze, it was all good enough for now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06, @03:52AM
That makes democrats the children of a lesser false prophet. It's no wonder New York smells like the old clothes in Cheech&Chong's garage.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06, @08:25AM (3 children)
My, my, whatever happened to all those "law and order" Republicans? Willie Horton out of prison? Abolishing cash bail? And suddenly indicting a criminal is a bad thing? I just wish the cops had not put their hands like that to keep Trump from hitting his head on the way in, just like he advised in the past.
(Score: 2, Funny) by khallow on Thursday April 06, @09:31AM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 06, @08:39PM (1 child)
Innocent until being hung out to dry by the usual suspects.
Even bibulous Nancy said President Donald Trump will have a chance to prove his innocence.
You're obviously not old enough, but I recall when this wasn't a Soviet-style police state, while at the same time a bankrupt banana republic.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10, @10:21PM
Yeah, US freedom was tossed out in 2000 when Republicans stole the election. Liberals took it on the chin hoping that such legalistic BS would not likely happen again. Sadly it emboldened the conservatives so they went straight for fascism with the Patriot Act, and since then too many Democrats have defended the policy and voted to renew the fascist policy.
It saddens me that conservatives can whine about government corruption while routinely voting for the worst of the bunch. What hope is there for humanity when citizens prefer their tribal loyalty over truth?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14, @05:57AM
- Trump Files Lawsuit Against Michael Cohen Seeking More Than $500 Million [breitbart.com]
There's your star witness! Not that he had billable credibility before this. Maybe Michael Cohen can get off on a technicality... somebody misspelled "defendant." And now we'll get to see how big a star McBragg is, months before Trump goes to trial:
- Federal Court Denies Manhattan DA Bragg’s Request for Temporary Restraining Order in Lawsuit Against Jim Jordan [breitbart.com]