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2022-03-29 Government Corruption

Trump likely committed crimes to stop transfer of power, judge says

[DW] A federal judge has found it "more likely than not" that Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
illegally tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The judge ordered John Eastman, a Trump lawyer, to turn over emails to Sherlocks.

A US federal judge on Monday found it "more likely than not" that former President Donald Trump illegally sought to obstruct congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election in an attempt to overthrow the elected government of Democrat Joe The Big Guy Biden

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...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier. Of course Corn Pop is a real person....
"Based on the evidence, the court finds it more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021," said US District Court Judge David Carter of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,.

Carter's ruling struck down attempts by former Trump lawyer John Eastman to shield communications between himself and the former president from the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.

Eastman argued attorney-client privilege in justifying his refusal to cooperate. The Select Committee, for its part, argued legal exception allowing the disclosure of communications regarding ongoing or future crimes.

On January 6, thousands of supporters of former President Donald Trump flocked to the US Capitol, waving flags and claiming the election had been stolen from their political idol. Later, some 800 protesters stormed the iconic building, hunting down politicians, beating up coppers and leaving a trail of destruction. Five people died in connection with the riot and dozens were maimed.

Monday's ruling on the committee's March 3 request represents a major legal victory on its most formal attempt to directly tie Trump to a federal crime.

The committee argued to the court that Trump and those associated with him engaged in a "criminal conspiracy" to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden the election winner, committing several felony crimes along the way.

The committee claims Trump and associates had spread lies claiming that he had won the election when in fact he had lost, then set in action numerous plans to keep politicians from certifying Electoral College votes on January 6 as laid out in the Constitution.

Among the avenues pursued, beyond a mass misinformation campaign, were the badgering of state and local authorities to contest or change results as well as Eastman's plan to have Trump pressure his loyal Vice President Mike Pence to simply declare Trump the winner of the election.

Communications to that end are among those the Select Committee is seeking from Eastman. Citing the fact that the "illegality of the plan was obvious," Judge Carter wrote that the former president's plan to overturn the November 2020 election amounted to a "coup."

JUDGE: 'A COUP IN SEARCH OF A LEGAL THEORY'
In Monday's ruling Carter ordered Eastman to hand over more than 100 emails sent between he and Trump as the former president feverishly worked to entrench himself in office after his defeat.

"Dr. Eastman and President Trump launched a campaign to overturn a democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history," Carter wrote, adding, "Their campaign was not confined to the ivory tower — it was a coup in search of a legal theory."

The Select Committee does not have the power to bring charges against Trump — past Congressional attempts to impeach him also failed to garner enough Republican votes to punish the businessman politician — instead it must make a referral to the Department of Justice asking it to bring charges.

After interviewing more than 650 individuals, it is expected that the nine-member panel investigating what was the worst attack on the Capitol since the War of 1812 will formally request that Attorney General Merrick Garland

...Attorney General of the U.S., who classifies indignant parents as domestic terrorists. The is the respected legal scholar Obama nominated for the Supreme Court...
seek federal charges against Trump.

More than 750 people have so far been charged for crimes related to the storming of the Capitol on January 6, many arguing they were there simply to help Trump "stop the steal."

MSN adds:

Before this week, Judge David Carter was known as an unconventional, action-oriented federal judge and an advocate for Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,'s homeless population -- or for helming the Anna Nicole Smith lawsuit.

Carter made headlines Monday when he said that former President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
and attorney John Eastman may have been planning a crime as they sought to disrupt the congressional certification of the presidential election on January 6.

Carter does not have the ability to prosecute Trump, but his reasoning is an acknowledgment by a federal court that Trump's interest in overturning the election could be considered criminal.

The Southern California federal judge is a Marine and attended UCLA for his undergraduate and law school studies. He was nominated to the federal bench by former President Bill Clinton
...former Democratic president of the U.S. Bill was the second U.S. president to be impeached, the first to deny that oral sex was sex, the first to have difficulty with the definition of the word is...
in 1998, according to Ballotpedia. Carter also previously ran as a Democrat to represent California's 38th Congressional District, but his efforts were unsuccessful, according to the Los Angeles Times.

UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS
The judge's unorthodox methods were on high display when he drew ire from the American Civil Liberties Union in 1990 for duct-taping the mouths of defendants in his courtroom. According to an LA Times article from the time, he "began ordering his bailiff to wrap duct tape around the mouths of defendants who used profanity or spit at court personnel."

Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-29 00:37|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1
"This court finds you guilty of wishing real hard that you win against this court's master." [bangs gavel]

Posted by Dron66046 2022-03-29 02:31|| 2022-03-29 02:31|| Front Page Top

#2 "more likely than not"

A cogent and telling legal argument from Judge ~~Crater~~ Carter...

Posted by Mercutio 2022-03-29 07:11|| 2022-03-29 07:11|| Front Page Top

#3 "more likely than not"

That's called solid facts in a kangaroo court!

Posted by DarthVader 2022-03-29 08:01|| 2022-03-29 08:01|| Front Page Top

#4

When any Political Party owns the courts ...
Need I finish the comment?

But given the Judges BIAS statement shouldn't he be removed from any further actions related to this trial?

Posted by NN2N1 2022-03-29 08:30|| 2022-03-29 08:30|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ in 1998, according to Ballotpedia. Carter also previously ran as a Democrat to represent California's 38th Congressional District, but his efforts were unsuccessful, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Posted by Frank G 2022-03-29 08:36|| 2022-03-29 08:36|| Front Page Top

#6 "more likely than not"

That should hold up on appeal....and I'm a Nigerian prince.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-03-29 08:44|| 2022-03-29 08:44|| Front Page Top

#7 So since when can the Star Chamber Select Committee perform Criminal Investigations?
They have no authority.

Posted by CrazyFool 2022-03-29 13:52|| 2022-03-29 13:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Correction:
So since when can the ~~Star Chamber~~ Select Committee perform Criminal Investigations?
They have no authority.

Posted by CrazyFool 2022-03-29 13:53|| 2022-03-29 13:53|| Front Page Top

#9 and NO real Republicans

Posted by Frank G 2022-03-29 14:32|| 2022-03-29 14:32|| Front Page Top