THE DETAILS OF TRUMP'S HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS ARE ABOUT TO GO PUBLIC
Source: VICE News
The documents must be posted by 11:00 am eastern on Thursday, July 18,
Judge William H. Pauley of the Southern District of New York wrote in a decision released Wednesday.
The campaign finance violations discussed in the Materials are a matter of national importance. Now that the Government's investigation into those violations has concluded, it is time that every American has an opportunity to scrutinize the Materials, Judge Pauley wrote.
Read more: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/j5w7jb/the-details-of-trump-orgs-hush-money-payments-are-about-to-go-public
These unredacted documents could change everything.
Thank you, Judge Pauley.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,681 posts)ancianita
(36,130 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,483 posts)But I don't. The man really is immune from everything.
Also, I wonder if his lawyers will be taking some kind of court action to stop the release.
ancianita
(36,130 posts)leftieNanner
(15,143 posts)ancianita
(36,130 posts)leftieNanner
(15,143 posts)But I wouldn't want to be the one to tell him that!
"We'll take it to my buddy Brett at the Supreme Court. He can fix it!"
ancianita
(36,130 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,483 posts)ancianita
(36,130 posts)Doitnow
(1,103 posts)him "like teflon." The more we say that, the more people just accept it and so it continues. It becomes a fact in more peoples minds. It is NOT an acceptable thing.
DavidDvorkin
(19,483 posts)ancianita
(36,130 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)the investigation he needs to do some explaining. Maybe another reason to impeach Barr.
ancianita
(36,130 posts)published redactions could also move Pelosi closer to allowing the start of formal impeachment inquiry.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)The Justice dept wanted the documents to
Remain sealed...........of course.
ancianita
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the more Americans are respected.
The better decisions they will make.
Doodley
(9,119 posts)ancianita
(36,130 posts)leftieNanner
(15,143 posts)Mueller testimony. That's why he planned his rally so he could deflect attention to him. He will probably do another rally next week for the same reason.
ancianita
(36,130 posts)leftieNanner
(15,143 posts)I hope so! It must be totally exhausting to be Donald trump. Always trying to stay one step ahead of the posse!
ancianita
(36,130 posts)Can you imagine how much money he'll make as a former president, running this poison called Republican politics?
He will embody the worst of global branding used to capture democracies. He'll thrive.
Disgusting. But electoral college elections have consequences.
Marcuse
(7,504 posts)leftieNanner
(15,143 posts)This is fabulous. Orange is the new Orange.
Maybe an idea for a new reality show - The trumps in prison. Call it Orange Acres maybe?
ewagner
(18,964 posts)Right on!
kimbutgar
(21,177 posts)ancianita
(36,130 posts)prosecutor drops a case, they drop all claims to what the judge does with the documents.
The documents then belong to whomever the judge determines they serve the public interest in such a national case, under the law, and not the claimant.
kimbutgar
(21,177 posts)I look forward to the release tomorrow and am glad Barr cant stop the release of these documents.
ancianita
(36,130 posts)richsonpoordad
(83 posts)Wasn't there a tape?
ancianita
(36,130 posts)when it comes to what the First Branch can now do, publicly, and how media sees the wisdom of courts, and The Law.
We'll see.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)Trump supporters will see what an asshole he is, and lose support for him.
NOT.
They consider Stormy Daniels to be a prostitute who simply asked for more money after the deed was done. Anybody who cares about the morality of this situation has already left Trump a long time ago.
ancianita
(36,130 posts)The actual naming of "Individual #1" frees Congress to move, especially after the House interviews Mueller.
Socially, you're right. But in terms of the Law and preserving democracy, it's more important than the average American cares to know. Because a nation of laws can still move the Senate to be more than followers of a nation of men.
It also adds pressure to the Senate to live up to the Law, to prove itself superior to House Republicans who showed party commitment to racist politics.
Remember that Senate Republicans, if only somewhat less than Democrats, historically exist to show superior American statesmanship over the rabble's politics that the Senate was established to ameliorate.
History allows me to dream. Because they're lawyers, it could happen.
leftieNanner
(15,143 posts)It has been very helpful and expanded my understanding.
ancianita
(36,130 posts)Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Here's hoping.
ancianita
(36,130 posts)leftieNanner
(15,143 posts)And he's probably pissed off because he has seen all of the evidence and can't believe that Barr shut it all down.
Kablooie
(18,638 posts)We may not have had the actual documents but the core information was news months ago.
And the actual docs won't be read by hardly anyone so it's a futile move that won't affect a thing.
ancianita
(36,130 posts)Absent an inexplicable failure to charge Cohen with something particularly good, your take seems bang on.