JustLeftistStuffApr 4, 2023
Laffy

#BREAKING:

YOU WANT AN INDICTMENT?
HERE'S AN INDICTMENT:

#TrumpIndictment

https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf

Apr 4, 2023 at 7:39pmWeb
Show threadLaffyApr 4, 2023
@Teri_Kanefield ☝️
Show threadLaffyApr 4, 2023

2/ 1. Where the hell is the conspiracy charge?

2. Via Phang:

Per @msnbc: indictment includes $30,000 payment to silence a doorman at one of Trump's buildings who allegedly had information about a child that Trump fathered.

Show threadLaffyApr 4, 2023

3/ MacFarlane:

Next court hearing in Trump case. December

Trial tentative for January

(To put it mildly: this is “subject to change”)

Show threadLaffyApr 4, 2023

4/ Here's the press release:

https://www.manhattanda.org/district-attorney-bragg-announces-34-count-felony-indictment-of-former-president-donald-j-trump/

District Attorney Bragg Announces 34-Count Felony Indictment of Former President Donald J. Trump

“The People of the State of New York allege that Donald J. Trump repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal crimes that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Manhattan is home to the coun

Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Show threadLaffyApr 4, 2023

5/ Dammit. Via Elie Mystal:

Friends:

Falsifying Business records is NYPL: Section 175.10 you see that all over the indictment.

CONSPIRACY is NYPY: Section 105. You see that NO WHERE in the indictment.

The statement of facts is... nice. But the THINGS THEY ARE CHARGING HIM FOR... are not conspiracy.

Show threadLaffyApr 4, 2023

6/ More from Elie:

There is NOT a conspiracy charge here.

I imagine the courtroom reporters got confused because the statement of facts uses a lot of conspiracy-esque language here. But there is NOT a conspiracy CHARGE

Show threadLaffyApr 4, 2023

7/ More from Elie, in part:

They're gonna say the Statute of Limitations paused while Trump was preventing the investigation from going forward.

Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Apr 4, 2023
@GottaLaff Conspiracy isn't charged, but I believe it's still one of the "other crimes" forming the basis for elevating the misdemeanor business records charges to felonies.
Show threadLaffyApr 4, 2023
@msbellows Yeah, I've been madly posting updates.
Show threadSallie BeckerApr 4, 2023
@GottaLaff But they ARE using election related things to bump it from misdemeanor
Show threadLaffyApr 4, 2023
@salliebecker Yes
Show threadTom ShaferApr 4, 2023
@GottaLaff Definitely sounds like the Karen McDougal catch-and-kill story was included.
Show threadLaffyApr 4, 2023
@TomShafShafer Yes indeedy
Show threadLaffyApr 4, 2023
@TomShafShafer "In a second instance, AMI paid $150,000 to a woman who alleged she had a sexual relationship with TRUMP." From Bragg's release.
Show thread&yApr 4, 2023
@GottaLaff THANK YOU
Show threadpodkaynelivesApr 4, 2023
@GottaLaff @Teri_Kanefield Here you go Teri! 🤓
Show threadjoe•iuculano Apr 4, 2023
@GottaLaff Thank you, Laffy!