Lawfare: Democrats Target 400 GOP Lawyers and Politicos – Any Election Attorneys left?

Criminal Charges and disbarment. LAWFARE: Will there be any Republican Lawyers Left to Ensure Election Integrity in November? While many who got too close to Hillary seemed to have their lives shortened, those close to Trump at the minimum have the loss of their law licenses on the hook, worse criminal charges and jail. How many attorneys are still out there and willing to assist in challenging the upcoming election process and result? At what price to them?

Republican candidates are being forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in defending themselves against the lawfare waged against them. And that is assuming that these Republican candidates can find lawyers to represent them. Fewer and fewer lawyers are willing to do so.

Thus, hundreds of millions of dollars that would have otherwise been raised for Republican candidates is being diverted to their defense funds. Of course, taxpayers pay for this because government lawyers are paid from your tax dollars. Dedicating so many lawyers to prosecute Republicans gives Democrat District Attorneys an alibi as to why they can’t pursue real criminals.

The Soros backed 65 project is behind much of this, who claims to be bi-partisan but no Democrat is on the list.

Influence Watch describes the group thus:

The 65 Project is a campaign targeting lawyers who aided attempts by then-President Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn the 2020 election results using advertisements, threats of disbarment, and changing rules within the American Bar Association, ostensibly to deter future similar efforts.

The 65 Project was “devised” by Democratic consultant and former Clinton administration official Melissa Moss. It is a project of Law Works, a group with no website or public financial disclosures. ¹ LawWorks has previously received grants from public policy-oriented foundation Democracy Fund and is a fiscal project of the Franklin Education Forum, a nonprofit organization that provides training and support to, “advance and broaden the appeal of the progressive cause.” ^2 3

With that said, this is a “first” for me. I picked up the story from “X” from a moniker Amuse – with 320K followers and runs a subscription. I had heard bits and pieces about this story, and this fellow appears to have put the thing together. I checked out a number of names here and there and so far seems on target.

Here goes… go to the link below for the whole thing.

Democrats have aggressively targeted over 400 Republican lawyers and politicians with criminal charges, civil lawsuits, and disbarment proceedings ahead of the upcoming presidential election. They have successfully jailed Peter Navarro, with Steve Bannon expected to join him shortly. In multiple states, Democrats have pursued criminal charges against dozens of Republican lawyers and politicians, including:

• Georgia: 19 Republicans arrested and charged
• Arizona: 18 Republicans arrested and charged
• Michigan: 16 Republicans arrested and charged
• Nevada: 6 Republicans arrested and charged
• Pennsylvania & Wisconsin: Are still conducting criminal investigations into as many as 30 Republicans who have yet to be charged

In addition to these criminal trials, Democrats are pursuing numerous efforts to have Republican lawyers disbarred. The Soros-backed 65 Project has filed disbarment proceedings against more than 100 Republican lawyers, which prevent many of these lawyers from working until the proceedings are concluded.

 

In almost every case, the charges lack merit, but they have three primary impacts: a chilling effect that discourages other Republican lawyers and politicians from helping Trump, a financial drain on the resources of Republicans who might otherwise use their funds to help elect Trump, and a time drain that physically keeps them busy during the campaign.

 

This weekend, Arizona Democrats even crashed Rudy Giuliani’s 80th birthday party to serve him with a criminal indictment. One day earlier, the same Democrats arrested John Eastman, President Trump’s former attorney. His indictment and arrest are shocking because he was never involved with any litigation or hearings in Arizona and never talked to anyone there during or after the election. Additionally, he’s facing disbarment in California after a judge recommended his removal as a lawyer. (He was just disbarred.)

 

Make no mistake, the Democrats are conducting a well-funded, well-organized effort to remove as many Republicans as possible from the November election process. Their goal is to prevent Republicans from ensuring the integrity of the election and protecting the sanctity of your vote. This is a war on the 6th Amendment—everyone, including President Trump and Republican candidates, deserves the right to legal representation. Democrats are working overtime to ensure that doesn’t happen in November.

 

Why Everyone Should Be Outraged By the Left’s ‘Project 65’

Why the Left’s Project 65, an attempt to destroy the careers and lives of lawyers who worked for Trump on his election challenges, is a profound assault on the rule of law.

This is from two years ago.

 

 

 

Disbarment:  Go to the link below and it includes an update that:

Lists 74 additional attorney disbarment letters as well as the names of all of the attorneys charged.

https://t.co/DDV3SmzTNk

— @amuse (@amuse) May 19, 2024

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Biden Agrees to Debate – So What is in the ‘Magic Elixir’ that Brings Him Back to Live?

There’s no evidence to suggest Biden is actually on any drugs, legal or otherwise. But purely hypothetically: Would Adderall really do what Giuliani (and by implication, Trump) claims? What kind of miracle drugs does Trump think Biden would need here? 

This was a story Slate put out last time around in 2020. At the time Trump had suggested that Biden should be required to take a drug test. Here tis:

Hypothetically, Would Adderall Turn Joe Biden Into a Debate Whiz?

A pharmacist on President Trump’s bizarre theory.

Heather Schwedel: How would a drug like Adderall affect someone’s debate performances?

Michael T. Swanoski: Adderall is a stimulant that’s often prescribed for attention deficit disorder. So Adderall potentially could increase your attentiveness if you’re feeling drowsy or if you’re fatigued. But it doesn’t increase cognition per se. It doesn’t improve thinking, but it provides a boost similar to what you’d get from a cup of coffee—a little more pronounced, but not increasing cognition in any way. It wouldn’t have an effect on your acetylcholine, which is the chemical that’s connected with clear thoughts, thinking through a difficult task, and high-level thinking.

What other kind of drugs would take a person from sleepy to wide awake, so to speak?

There’s been a push in marketing nutritional supplements that are touted for improving brain health or memory. They make vague claims of brain enhancer or memory enhancer without really getting too specific, because they’re not allowed to make claims that they can’t back up. But there’ve certainly been cases of students using stimulants to help, maybe if they’ve got a big exam, to make them more alert potentially. People are purchasing these products with the hope that they’ll help them with giving them a competitive edge, perhaps in their job or whatever they need to think about.

The there is that white powder that mysteriously shows up at the White House from time to time.

Back to the story at hand. The debates”

“Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020,” Biden said before the first cut. “And since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate.”

“Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again,” he said before the third cut. “Well make my day, pal … I’ll even debate you twice. So let’s pick the dates, Donald. I hear you’re free on Wednesdays.”

 

Speculation begins. 

So in the end, Biden concedes to Trump and will do a couple debates. The only question is why? And why June. Is it a last ditch stand to see if he can get through one and if not dump him at the convention?

One thing is for sure, CNN will have given him the questions long before the night of the debate.

Here is Biden taking a victory lap as the big man on campus.

 

 

Michael Tyler, the campaign communications director, said the president did “not mince words.”

Biden-Harris Campaign Communications Director Michael Tyler joins Morning Joe to discuss the president laying out terms for presidential debates.

 

“I mean listen, the president himself did not mince words, right? He said that he beat Donald Trump twice in 2020. Donald Trump hasn’t debated since, the president is happy to debate. He’s happy to do it twice,”

Tyler told “Morning Joe” Wednesday. “He thinks we should do it sooner rather than later so the American people can see the stark choice that’s in front of them in this election. We should do it in June after Donald Trump’s criminal trial is likely to conclude and the president returns from the G-7 Summit and we should have a second debate in September way ahead of when early voting begins again so the Americans people can hear from both candidates before they go cast their ballots.”

 

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Alex Soros Meets with Cindy McCain to Discuss Defeating Trump

The McCain family is now working with the Soros family to make sure Trump doesn’t win Arizona. Alex Soros continues his swing state tour. He just posted this picture of himself with Cindy McCain on his Instagram.

 

The McCain family is a family of globalist traitors who want Marxists in control instead of Donald Trump. They must be defeated. Soros is touring swing states all week. Getting ready to steal 2024.

 

 

From Alex Soros Tweets

Came away from my meeting with Cindy McCain, impressed by her deep commitment to feeding the world’s hungry. WFP is facing bigger challenges than in its entire history. We discussed the urgent need to get humanitarian aid to all conflict zones — including those not in the headlines.

McCain Institute forum in Sedona this weekend and was glad to get time to catch up with Senator @SenMarkKelly in his home state. Inspiring as ever and attentive to the threat posed in November if Trump wins. #SedonaForum2024

Knowing what we know now….. a step back three years ago…. Carrying on her husband’s legacy.

Cindy McCain on Endorsing Joe Biden | The View

Will they ever be held accountable for their statements?  Meanwhile the race for the White House is in full swing. Consumed by the Trump trials and tribulations, the Marxist march to defeat him goes on.

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Rachel Maddow Gets Inside Trump Trial; ‘Trump Miserable and Annoyed’

After being a fly on the courtroom wall for the first day of Donald Trump’s hush money trial, Rachel Maddow remarked how the former president looks “thinner than I’ve seen him in the past” but “considerably older” and “like a man who is miserable to be here.”

And so with that we get the inside scoop of how things are going for the Orange man.

We would be foolish if we thought the media would give the trial of the Donald a fair shake in their interpretation of what is going down.

Better yet, she is proud that she got strings pulled to get in. It tells us all we need to know.

“Maddow pulled some strings to be in the Manhattan courtroom where the state of New York is presenting its election interference case, which revolves around hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels.”

“Thanks to everybody at NBC who made it possible for me to get into the courtroom,” Maddow said Monday on MSNBC. “I realize it’s a hot ticket and it’s a privilege to cover something this historic.”

From where she was sitting, Maddow described Trump’s affect as “inert” and “slump-shouldered,” in addition to “old, tired and mad.” She didn’t see him as “particularly animated,” but more “annoyed, resigned, or angry even.”

“(Defense attorney Todd) Blanche, in fact, advanced a whole counterfactual: ‘You know, those invoices from Michael Cohen were really about legal retainer for his for his legal services, and there was no sexual encounter between Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels,’” Maddow continued.

“All of these other sort of counter-narratives that might explain the evidence that again, were not just connecting the dots — that were kind of a baroque, detailed, elaborate story with a lot of emotion attached to it, that the jury was expected, I think, to buy into as much with their heart as with their minds. So a much more cerebral, simple case from the prosecution.

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All this from “The Wrap”

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A Sword of Damocles Hangs Over Trump as Dems Connive to Outfox the GOP Again

The Supreme court left the door wide open for Democrat mischief on their March 4th Ruling. Everyone heralded the 5-4 ruling that Colorado must include Trump on the ballot with the decision a State cannot exclude Trump from the ballot. Yet a dangerous poison pill was left.

The Democrats always have an insurance policy. And we will learn that the Dems are already deep into this latest gamesmanship. What was left was a Sword of Damocles. The Sword? It is the Congress that is to determine the 14th Amendment. The 14th?

..a disqualification for insurrection can occur only when Congress enacts a particular kind of legislation pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Not a State. Thus Colorado must permit Trump on the ballot.

The American Thinker picks it up from here:

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Perhaps Colorado justices believed that Trump’s words on January 6, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard” was a call to overthrow the government that at the time, Trump was in charge of.

Some insurrection.

A few hundred unarmed protesters, wandering through the Capitol, one dressed as a shaman, were about to take control of the three branches of the federal government including the military.

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As expected, this case arrived at the U.S. Supreme Court where a March 4 decision stated:

The Constitution empowers Congress to prescribe how those determinations should be made. The relevant provision is Section 5, which enables Congress, subject of course to judicial review, to pass “appropriate legislation” to “enforce” the Fourteenth Amendment.

A concurring judgment by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson clarified:

The majority announces that a disqualification for insurrection can occur only when Congress enacts a particular kind of legislation pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In other words, Congress, by a simple majority, can pass a bill claiming that Trump is disqualified from election due to being an “insurrectionist.” An insurrection can be whatever Congress says it is, just like a man wearing a dress can be a woman. When Joe awakens from his nap, he will sign the bill, making it law.

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GOP Reps. Kevin McCarthy, Ken Buck, and Mike Gallagher all abruptly resigned from Congress, leaving Republicans with only a one-vote majority in the House.

Buck hinted that more of his colleagues may resign, potentially leaving Hakeem Jeffries and Democrats controlling U.S. House.

Republicans foolishly expelled Rep. George Santos, a reliable conservative vote, rather than letting him finish his term. He already stated that he wouldn’t run for reelection. Another R vote gone.

Note that Santos was indicted but not convicted. So was Democrat Sen. Robert Menendez and he is still serving in the Democrat-controlled Senate. Republican “principles” lost them a much-needed vote.

If you don’t believe the Democrats would try to disqualify Trump in this manner, such a bill is already in the works, introduced by Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin.

Per Axios:

Raskin pointed to legislation he introduced with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) in 2022 creating a pathway for the Justice Department to sue to keep candidates off the ballot under the 14th Amendment.

“We are going to revise it in light of the Supreme Court’s decision,” Raskin said.

Raskin suggested the bill would be paired with a resolution declaring Jan. 6 an “insurrection” and that those involved “engaged in insurrection.”

If the House flips to the Democrats, this is a done deal. Even if it doesn’t, don’t be surprised if 1-2 House Republicans, on their way out via resignation or not running for reelection, vote with the Democrats. GOP Senators. Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski? (leaves little doubt?)

Since the SCOTUS decision mentioned, “Subject of course to judicial review,” that would stop such a scheme, right?

Review by whom?

Why would SCOTUS block such an act of Congress, especially if they green-lighted it in their recent decision. But Democrats have an insurance policy.

They could just add four more far left justices to SCOTUS. Why not? Congress has that power and has exercised it in the past.

Sen. Ed Markey and House of Representatives members Jerrold Nadler, Hank Johnson and Mondaire Jones have scheduled a news conference for Thursday to announce the introduction of the legislation in both chambers. The measure would expand the number of justices from the current nine to 13, according to a copy of the Senate bill reviewed by Reuters.

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Who needs unconstitutional election law changes? Forget ballot-harvesting, voter I.D., signature verification, social media election censorship and interference, or any other non-legal means of rigging the election. The above plan is Constitutional and will be applauded across corporate media as “democracy in action.”

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The Democrats have the perfect solution for kneecapping Trump and keeping Washington, D.C. in a business-as-usual mode for the foreseeable future.

If it’s a possibility to me, Trump is aware of what’s ahead and hopefully has a plan and solution. Otherwise, the GOP will once again shoot itself in the foot over their so-called “principles”  on which they can comfortably sit while warming the back benches as a permanent irrelevant minority party, watching the Democrats destroy America as we know it.

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So while MTG and Massie, members of the House GOP, are playing tabletop thought games of ridding themselves of Johnson, the Republic hangs in the balance with the possibility of the Dems taking complete control of all branches and resolving the 14th amendment language to rid themselves once and for all of Trump

Yesterday’s video- Hey gang, sit back and chill until after the November election.

Momentum builds to oust House Speaker Johnson

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Schiff Says Intel Community will Sabotage Trump By Withholding Intelligence

Is there anyone more obnoxious than Adam Schiff? Add that they will be ‘dumbing down’ the Intel for Trump? Schiff rails against Trump and his classified docs that he had that apparently were a threat to humanity, yet Biden had enough classified docs dispersed around that were no cause for concern. Then we have Hunter and his problem.

Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (CA) on Sunday echoed John Brennan and said the Intel Community will sabotage Trump by withholding intelligence and ‘dumbing down’ his daily briefings this summer.

President Trump will get intel briefings after he secures the GOP nomination this summer.

Schiff said Trump can’t be trusted with classified information that reveals sources and methods.

“We can’t trust that he will do the right thing,” Schiff said to NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker.

H/T: Gateway Pundit

Please tell me that Schiff will not win the California Senate seat.

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The Left Goes Nuts Over the ‘Craveness’ of the Latest Supreme Court Ruling Over Trump.

The Left goes nuts after the Supremes take up Trump’s immunity case claim, leaving the Democrats bereft of a way forward in locking up Orange Man before the fall election. One actually has to look at the remarks to appreciate the distortion of reality these people are proclaiming. Do they actually believe that Trump, once in office again, will never leave? That he will round up his “enemies” and throw them in jail? Or is it their own projection.

How to even address the flaws in the rationale of their thinking.

Something for a Friday to consider. Know your enemy. We would be wise to pay attention to the nonsense going on out there.

Various clips are out there, spewing the nonsense that the sky has fallen. Here are two.

Whoopi Goldberg: "Let's look at a scenario where the Supreme Court says he is immune from everything. You know what Joe Biden could do since he is presently president? He could throw every Republican in jail." pic.twitter.com/LKleZ8vz0a

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) February 29, 2024

What is suggested is that after a President leaves office, any D.A. in the land could file charges for conceived offenses during his Presidency.

Illinois is the latest example of the courts, with a judge who usually handles traffic offenses, knocking the President off the ballot as an example of the whole thing going haywire.

I would think Biden and Obama should be as concerned over this matter as well as Trump. What a field day. Granted, this issue is much more nuanced than a simple yes or no, but with the state we are in, open season on the President doesn’t seem wise.

The march is on to end Executive Privilege so that any communication that goes on during the President’s time in office is fodder for discussion. Then potential prosecution.

Peter Navarro is an example.

The former Trump White House adviser was charged with contempt of Congress after refusing to provide testimony to the House panel investigating the Capitol attack. This week the judge refused to put his jail time on hold while his appeal was in the works. Thus, an appeal was denied. His appeal was Trump was claiming Executive Privilege.

 

But no one knows how to suspend reality over the whole Supreme court decision to hear Trump’s appeal than Rachel Maddow. Lost is the fact that a speedy trial is the right of the accused, not the prosecution.

 

“This is B.S.—you were doing this as a dilatory tactic to help your political friend,” says Rachel Maddow on the Supreme Court agreeing to hear the Trump immunity argument, delaying his coup trial. “And for you to say that this is something that the Court needs to decide because it’s something that’s unclear in the law is just flagrant, flagrant bullpucky.”

 

 

 

 

 

Sleep well swamp. The whole thing hangs by a thread.

 

 

NY AG Letitia James Files Suit Against Largest Meat Producer for ‘Misleading Public’ Over Climate Impact

AG Letitia James has discovered the Commercial Division of the New York Courts and she is just getting started. This is the same division that gave the works to Trump. No trial, but rather one crazy judge out to destroy and ordered Trump to come up with $454 Million Plus.

Reuters reported:

JBS the world’s largest beef producer, was sued on Wednesday by New York state’s attorney general, which accused it of misleading the public about its impact on the environment in order to boost sales.

Attorney General Letitia James said JBS USA Food Co, the Brazilian company’s American-based unit, has “no viable plan” to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, making its stated commitment to achieving that goal false and misleading.

James said JBS has admitted its “Net Zero by 2040” commitment did not incorporate the vast majority of greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain, including from deforestation in the Amazon.

She also said reaching the goal was “infeasible” given JBS’ plan to increase production and therefore its carbon footprint, on top of greenhouse gas emissions that had by 2021 exceeded those of the entire country of Ireland.

AG James:

“The lawsuit filed in a New York state court in Manhattan seeks a $5,000 civil fine per violation of state business laws, and to recoup ill-gotten gains from false sustainability claims.” – Reuters reported.

“I’m suing @JBSFoodsUSA, the world’s largest beef producer, for misleading the public about its environmental impact,” Letitia James said on X. “The beef industry is one of the largest contributors to climate change, and JBS has falsely advertised its commitment to sustainability and endangered our planet.”

We had a complete reveal of the quality of the judges with Judge Arthur Engoron who meted out the justice for Trump in the same Commercial Division that does not permit jury trials.

What does the Commercial Division do?

 

The Commercial Division manages cases which raise factually and legally complex issues. Cases involve everything from claims for repayment of loans, property disputes, building disputes to tax and superannuation matters, family trusts and claims for breach of contract. (Oct 29, 2023)

 

 

UPDATE: Now the latest news on this Judicial nightmare of the court regarding Trump

A New York appellate judge rejected an emergency request yesterday from Donald Trump to post a $100 million bond while appealing what he called an “exorbitant and punitive” $454 million fraud judgment against him.

State Attorney General Letitia James opposed Trump’s request and asked for the former president to have to post the entire judgment, to ensure the state would be paid if he loses his appeal.

Judge Anil Singh of the state court’s Appellate Division ruled Trump has to post a bond for the entire judgment and that his three-year prohibition against running a corporation in New York would remain in force. However, he did allow Trump’s two adult sons to run the Trump Organization while the appeal is considered, despite the trial imposing a similar prohibition on Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. The business prohibition also bars him from getting loans from financial institutions chartered or registered in the state.

Who is Justice Singh?

Justice Singh is foreign born, and hailing from India. Justice Singh is a 1986 graduate of Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C. The year Antioch School of Law closed up shop as it was known. The Law School was known for its radicalism.

Established in 1972, with an open-admissions policy, the Antioch School of Law offered mostly low-income Black students an opportunity to obtain a quality post-secondary education, while advocating on behalf of their communities. Source

On Tuesday, April 7, 2015, Justice Anil C. Singh of the New York Supreme Court was appointed to the New York County Commercial Division.  According to his judicial biography, Justice Singh is a 1986 graduate of Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C.

Justice Singh joined eight other Justices on the New York County Commercial Division bench. Source: JDSUPRA

Between Judge Singh and Judge Arthur Engoron and Letticia James, any business better get out of Dodge, or as Mr. Wonderful so aptly said below in the clip. This before the latest beef from AG James.

‘LOSER STATE’: O’Leary says he will never invest in NY after Trump fraud ruling

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Trump’s NY $484 Mil Appeal Could Go to a Majority Black Female Court

Trump may be in for tough sledding in his appeal with the members of the New York Appellate court. Right now they’re busy celebrating Black History month. For the first time this month oral arguments were heard from an all African-American Bench.

 At first blush, it might not be a welcoming crowd. It looks like it takes five to hear a case, so good luck Mr. Trump in your draw. The majority of the judges in all divisions were appointed by Cuomo with three by Hochul.  It is stated: ABC News

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants are appealing their $464 million civil fraud case.

In a filing Monday, the defendants signaled their plans to appeal the ruling to New York’s Appellate Division, First Department.

“This appeal is taken from each and every part of the Order insofar as Defendants are aggrieved,” defense lawyers Alina Habba and Clifford Robert wrote in the notice.

Former President Donald Trump filed an appeal Monday against the dramatic $454 million court loss he suffered in a New York real estate fraud case.

Trump’s liability includes penalties of about $355 million plus interest that started running at different times for different Trump properties. Interest will continue accumulating at 9% a year until the judgment is paid, under state law.

New York Attorney General Letitia James accused Trump in the lawsuit of wildly overstating the value of his assets in financial statements provided to banks.

In a decision Feb. 16, Justice Arthur Engoron wrote that the frauds uncovered in an investigation by the New York Attorney General’s Office “leap off the page and shock the conscience.”

Presiding Justice Renwick Announces historic all AfricanAmerican Bench to hear oral arguments on February 14, 2024 The bench will be comprised of Presiding Justice Dianne T. Renwick, Justice Troy K. Webber, Justice Tanya R. Kennedy, Justice Bahaati Pitt-Burke, and Justice Marsha D. Michael. This historic event will fittingly take place during Black History Month, the annual celebration that promotes the achievements and contributions of AfricanAmericans and fosters an understanding of Black history in general.

Let’s take a look at the how the court system operates in New York which seems different from many State courts. (According to Google sources linked)- I am not an attorney. This is my read on it from what I could find.

About the Appellate Court

Created by the New York State Constitution of 1894, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department, is one of four intermediate appellate courts in the State, and holds jurisdiction over the Counties of New York and the Bronx. Appeals are taken to the Appellate Division, as a matter of right, in civil and criminal cases, from the Supreme Court, Surrogate’s Court, Family Court, and Court of Claims.

As a branch of the Supreme Court, the Appellate Division has broad powers to review questions of law and fact, and to make new findings of fact. It serves as the court of original jurisdiction in certain types of matters; other cases reach the Appellate Division after they have been reviewed by the Appellate Term, a lower appellate court.

Since, with few exceptions, appeals to the Court of Appeals, the State’s highest court, are by permission only, the Appellate Division is the court of last resort in the majority of cases. Over 3,000 appeals, 6,000 motions, and 1,000 interim applications are determined each year.

How is the NY Appellate Division different from the Court of Appeals?

Unlike the Court of Appeals, which, with limited exceptions, has only the power to review errors of law, the Appellate Division has broad power to review questions of law, findings of fact, and exercises of discretion.

What is the highest appellate court in New York?

The Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals is New York State’s highest court and court of last resort in most cases. The Court, which sits in Albany, is composed of a chief judge and six associate judges, each appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, to a 14-year term of office.

What does the New York Court of Appeals do?

The Court of Appeals, New York’s highest-level court, hears civil and criminal appeals from the state’s intermediate appellate courts, and, in some instances, directly from the trial courts.

How many judges are on the Appellate Division in NY? 24 total in all departments. Trump’s case is in the First Department.

The Appellate Division is composed of seven Justices in each of the First and Second Departments and five in each of the other departments. Additional Justices may be designated by the Governor upon certification, by the court that they are needed. Looks like additional ones have been added.

Here is a link to all of the names of the Justices here

Good luck Orange Man…the swamp is out there..

‘Fire Sale’ – Turley Talks About the Poison Pill the Judge Inserted in Trump Ruling

“It looks like you’re trying to appeal a court order to take your home, but you have to sell your home to appeal the order,” Turley told “The Story” host Martha MacCallum. “And I don’t think that Trump is going to have to liquidate assets, particularly if he goes on the bond route. But to keep up the bond, you lose part of that money, so it would cost him a great deal of money, even if he were to win.

But by making this judgment so large, the judge makes it difficult to appeal his decision and it guarantees that Trump will lose considerable money even if he wins.”

“I would actually ask both the trial court and the appellate court to allow waiver of this deposit because of the enormity of this fine or at least to reduce it,” Turley said. “I mean, this really gets into a point where it’s coercive for parties, where it becomes confiscatory. You actually have to engage in a fire sale at distress prices in order to cover the deposit just to get someone to look at the judgment of one judge.”

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So says Jonathan Turley. The poison pill that few are talking about it. Think about it. To appeal one has to “disgorge” his property as the infamous AG Leticia James proclaims in her haughty voice. We wondered why James came in at the last minute and asked the judge to up the damages. No doubt she got ahold of the amount of cash he had on hand in order to try and finish Trump. Welcome to America.

‘REALLY INSIDIOUS’: NYC Trump ruling draws strong backlash

Letitia James had her ‘mind made up’ on Trump ‘before she took office’

Sky News Australia.

It is easy to forget that while this soap opera plays out in the U.S., the world watches. So Democracy and how it works is blasted around the world for all to see.

Move the clip to the 3 minute mark to pass the background of the case. Watch the timeline of Leticia James remarks starting in 2018 in the upper left hand side of the screen.

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