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a bit of schadenfreude can be uplifting...
Trump Handed Big Loss As Judge Shoots Down His Defense in Foundation Fraud Case
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/10/25/ny-judge-shoots-down-trumps-persecution-defense-in-foundation-charity-case.html
On Thursday, Trump tried to use his persecution complex as a defense in the case claiming political bias was the motive for the charges, but a New York judge wasnt having it.
I dont want to get involved with that, New York Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla said at a hearing Thursday.
Trumps lawyers asked the judge to dismiss the case on the grounds the lawsuit was politically motivated and argued that Trump and his children did not break any laws.
The allegations are what they are. Until you deny them I accept them, the judge said.
The New York state attorney general sued Trump and his kids for engaging in systemic illegal activity and unlawful political coordination by using their charity as a family slush fund. With his defense shot down, Trump is not going to be able to beat the rap in what could be the first in a series of state-level lawsuits and criminal charges to come down on the president and his family.
magicarpet
(14,155 posts)I'm a good boy and so are all my family members,.. we would never think of doing anything dishonest.
We did not do anything illegal, we are so rich we would never thing of committing a crime.
The only reason this matter was brought to the court is that certain people are very envious that I am the US President and they constantly bring these frivolous actions against me and my family only because they are jealous of our success and the fact we are billionaires 10X over and so loaded.
hlthe2b
(102,291 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Thanks for that tweet from Lawrence Tribe.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)groundloop
(11,519 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,390 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Your screen name makes me curious.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)These families don't always implode. The Bush crime family built on oil and war profiteering since the time of the Nazi's are painting in their bathtubs and dying off naturally in their beds. The Cheney Halliburton crime "family" continues unmolested. They are war criminals who should be in the Hague dock.
Kaleva
(36,309 posts)That's the difference between them and the Trump family.
NBachers
(17,119 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)for the jury pool?
But if Ill have to move to NYC, I will need a major Go Fund Me campaign on DU.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)And it costs them hundreds of millions...and the Trumps ..go broke
We all think Mueller will get him and the gang...(so do I)..but if a NY judge gets them...
..well.................................and that judge forces them to pay HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS...
and they ain't got that kind of money...anywhere, any place, and can't get any...oh well?''
AND THEY ALL GO BROKE!!!!!!!!!!
............... .. .............
wouldn't that be something???????
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)Older news reports about that "foundation":
How Donald Trump retooled his charity to spend other peoples money
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-donald-trump-retooled-his-charity-to-spend-other-peoples-money/2016/09/10/da8cce64-75df-11e6-8149-b8d05321db62_story.html?utm_term=.1ddf49e1aec1
Three of the mysteries in the files of the Donald J. Trump Foundation have been solved. Heres what we know.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/12/there-were-five-phantom-donations-in-the-files-of-donald-trumps-foundation-heres-what-we-know/?utm_term=.f63b06867055
Donald Trumps shady foundation that just got him sued by the New York attorney general, explained
https://www.vox.com/2016/9/13/12888492/trump-foundation-sued-new-york-attorney-general
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)Last edited Fri Oct 26, 2018, 12:25 AM - Edit history (5)
........say it ain't so, Shoeless Joe...Trump doing something like conning people out of money???
........or lying, or stealing, or grabbing a woman??
. ......He would never do anything like that...
..............WOULD HE ? Of course he would....
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)Last edited Fri Oct 26, 2018, 12:28 AM - Edit history (7)
...I just had to celebrate this. It does look like the judge will rule against the Trumps and it will cost them millions of dollars...please excuse the excess. If Trump goes broke again, he will get what he has coming..............but, he will just go to Russia to get more money....he sold himself to the Russians long ago.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Response to Roland99 (Reply #14)
Stuart G This message was self-deleted by its author.
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)Trump's lawyer, Alan Futerfas, did not challenged the financial transfers at the heart of the case and that she was required to assume the claims made by the attorney general were true at this stage prior to evidence being shared.
I can actually believe the orange anus screwed the pooch and hobbled Futerfas....by specifically ordering him NOT to broach the questionable financial transfers subject in court.
3Hotdogs
(12,390 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)but smart lawyers would never work for him so this idiot is probably SOL.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)Glad to hear a little justice might finally be coming his way.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)Last edited Fri Oct 26, 2018, 12:20 AM - Edit history (1)
Now it will be appealed, and be in court for years, and that will cost Trump a whole lot of money too...
I also believe this will hurt their name far worse..because this says.." You stole money from the Foundation for "YOURSELVES.." and you couldn't prove that you did not steal from the foundation..
Ohioboy
(3,243 posts)I just meant it's about time he got some consequences for his actions. I'm just so sick of watching him get away with everything from groping women to inciting violence.
iluvtennis
(19,862 posts)Until you deny them, I accept them"
Merlot
(9,696 posts)How about "his adult children" instead?
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)red dog 1
(27,817 posts)Demonseed?
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)onetexan
(13,042 posts)we have a mob boss running a criminal enterprise in broad daylight
SWBTATTReg
(22,133 posts)crook who is getting caught more and more playing his stupid games of fraud and cheating. Only now, the game isn't w/ contractors and others he's stiffed. It is us...all of us. And frankly, I don't play games (none of us do).
SunSeeker
(51,571 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)NY State judges are so unfair to Donald Trump.
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)red dog 1
(27,817 posts)This is good news!