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Hannity is a reliable source of information. Far left internet troll Bolshevik Bob is NOT.

Commented: Saturday, May 18th, 2024 @ 3:39 pm By: John Steed

Most recently, it was mentioned by Sean Hannity on his radio show today, but I recall it being mentioned also at the time it was announced he would be the judge, and a later time when it was contrasted that the Georgia judge was a random judge unlike Marchan. Of course that Georgia judge turned out to be a political contributor, alond with his wife of Fani Willis' campaign for DA, which gave him a massive conflict of interest in hearing the motion to remove her.

Commented: Friday, May 17th, 2024 @ 6:36 pm By: Rino Hunter

What was really corrupt in New York procedure in this case was allowing the prosecutor to choose the judge, instead of having one assigned randomly. The prosecutor, Bragg, is a political hack, his office being purchased for him by far left globalist totalitarian George Soros, so he got a fellow political hack, Merchan, assigned as judge. This was a rigged game from the beginning.

Michael Cohen lobbied hard for appointment as either US Attorney General or White House Counsel, but Trump had the good sense not to bring him into government. He must have seen enough during the time he was Coben's sometime private client, even though Cohen had not yet been caught in his web of lies yet.

Commented: Friday, May 17th, 2024 @ 2:02 pm By: Rino Hunter

Here is George Washington University Law School Professor Jonathan Turley's take on the implosion of serial liar Michael Cohen and where it leaves the trial:
jonathanturley.org

Commented: Friday, May 17th, 2024 @ 12:17 pm By: John Steed

If your daddy says so.

Commented: Thursday, May 16th, 2024 @ 11:12 am By: Big Bob

Wrong, Bob. You clearly have no training or experience in the law. Jonathan Turley is a respected law professor who is often quoted in the media for his opinions on cases.

Conflict of interest is something that is judged on a case by case basis. Sometimes it is put directly in front of a judge by a motion to recuse. More often, in my experience in practicing law, a judge will recognize it on his own and inform the parties that he has a conflict, cannot hear the case, and must assign it to another judge. I have seen the latter scenario go down here in eastern North Carolina quite a few times.

I am flabbergasted that, given his multiple conflicts of interest, Judge Marchan would insist on presiding over the Trump case. Maybe he is determined to strike a political blow for his cause or maybe he just craves the media spotlight. He is very different from the judges I have dealt with here in eastern North Carolina.

Another flagrant conflict of interest was the judge in the Fani Willis case hearing the motion to remove her as counsel in that case. Since both the judge and his wife were political contributors to Fani Willis' campaign, and she was at that juncture currently involved in a primary challenge for her office, he had a massive conflict of interest in hearing that motion (and arguable the entire case).

Commented: Thursday, May 16th, 2024 @ 10:00 am By: Steven P. Rader

That Turley column says it all. I share the concern about getting a fair ruling out of Judge Merchan given his background. When I had a case in eastern North Carolina where the prosecution's case was as weak as this one, I would often use a strategy of offering no evidence in the case. That did two things. One, it gave the defense instead of the prosecution, the last argument to the jury which is very beneficial. The second is that the pattern jury instructions that the judge must read to the jury in such cases set out that a defendant does not have to offer evidence but can rely on the weakness of the state's case. Jurors can often take those instructions as a sign that the judge himself thinks that particular case is weak. While I would use such a strategy with a Beaufort County jury or a Hyde County jury or a Washington County jury, it might not come accross as well with a jury in Trump-hating Manhattan. Failure to get a change of venue to a more neutral jurisdiction (like more mainstram Statten Island) or a special venire (jurors brought in from a more neutral venue) has also signalled to me that the deck was stacked against Trump in this courtroom.

I would also note that I have seen judges recuse themselves on their own motion, without being asked, for conflicts much less than the conflicts of interest that the judge in the Trump case has. That speaks volumes about what to expect from this judge.

Commented: Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 @ 7:36 pm By: Steven P. Rader

MJ is a funny little guy. Weirdly evangelical but, at least what I can tell, is willing to do his job, which is to govern. Stood up to MAGA and survived.

And I will give him credit: he is the only republican to shut crazy Marge up. That woman is a freak show.

Commented: Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 @ 2:37 pm By: Big Bob

Given his sleazy deals on legislation where he prostitutes himself to Democrats, I would rather suspect Johnson's "buddy" for such purposes would probably be Biden or Schumer. And we all know what "a johnson" is slang for, and Speaker Johnson has sure turned out to be one of those. He is just trying to cozy up to Trump to try to pull the wool over our eyes for his betraying us on major legislation.

Commented: Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 @ 11:40 am By: Rino Hunter

This from a guy whose masturbation accountability buddy is his own son. That’s not creepy.

At least he keeps the government open and aid flowing to Israel and Ukraine

Commented: Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 @ 7:58 pm By: Big Bob

One of the most significant things Speaker Johnson said is that Congress is going to investigate Alvin Bragg and his cast of characters for election interference. While Congress cannot prosecute, they can make criminal referals to US Attorneys who will then likely be Trump appointees. That will be fun to warch, especially with at least one state Attoney General also going against them for election interference. They need to nail the corrupt judges, too. Lock them up. We need to drive a stake through the heart of these crooked Stalinist political show trials once and for all.

Commented: Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 @ 9:15 pm By: John Steed