Devout Christian Mike Johnson shows up to hush money trial to defend a guy accused of cheating on his wife with a porn star
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Devout Christian Mike Johnson shows up to hush money trial to defend a guy accused of cheating on his wife with a porn star - Lemmy.World
House Speaker Mike Johnson describes himself as a Christian before anything else
[https://www.baptistmessage.com/mike-johnson-faith-family-freedom-motivate-run-seat-u-s-congress/].
He has said
[https://newrepublic.com/post/176439/republicans-elect-mike-johnson-speaker-christian-election-denier] his
“faith informs everything I do.” He has told
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/27/mike-johnson-christian-bible-lgbtq-abortion-rights] people
curious about his views to “pick up a Bible.” His wife reportedly
[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-wife-homosexuality-bestiality-incest_n_653abfb6e4b00110fef0462e] runs
a counseling service whose operating agreement, which he himself
notarized, states
[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-wife-homosexuality-bestiality-incest_n_653abfb6e4b00110fef0462e],
“We believe and the Bible teaches that any form of sexual immorality, such as
adultery…is sinful and offensive to God.” He has said
[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/11/mike-johnson-covenant-eyes] he and his
son use a software program called Covenant Eyes to ensure neither is looking at
porn. Given all this, you may think that Johnson would not be comfortable
showing up to a criminal trial to defend a guy who allegedly had an affair with
an adult film star (according to the adult film star anyway, though Trump denies
it), paid her to stay quiet about the alleged affair, and then was accused of
covering up said payment. But you would think wrong! On Tuesday, Johnson
attended Donald Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan, where—prior to the
proceedings getting underway—the congressional leader nodded approvingly at
Trump from behind a metal barrier, like a groupie at his favorite band’s
concert.
Not accused. I thought the sex was already a forgone conclusion, which is why this is about the illegal payoff for her to keep it quiet
It’s about falsifying business records although they still haven’t said what the actual crime was and Trump has always denied the sex allegations. Stormy even lost a defamation case against Trump and owes him 500k. The MSM tries to get you to think they slept together though
Falsifying business records is an actual crime.
So what? Even if he did falsify them (which they failed to prove) statute of limitations already ran up. They’re trying to claim he falsified them to influence the outcome of the election but that’s even possible considering that they weren’t labeled as a legal expense until after the election was over. Facts matter
Again, do you think they can just ignore things like statute of limitations and proceed anyway just because they don’t like Trump and are out to get him? The case would not be in progress if that claim of yours was accurate. The charges were indeed filled before the statute of limitations expired. This is a real court with real rules that apply and matter. It isn’t a clown sham court like Trump wants you to think it is. Facts do indeed matter. Stop fabricating them (or believing someone else’s fabrications) to fit a narrative that you want to be true.
You obviously don’t understand how it works. If you have a corrupt jusge and prosecutor, you can absolutely bring cases to court that doesn’t belong in court. They have the power to do so. The judge doesn’t have some boss standing over his shoulder telling him what he’s allowed to do or not do. They’ve got the power to just about anything they want. The judge can decide what evidence to allow and what evidence not to allow and right now, the judge doesn’t want the defense to allow an expert witness to testify and he has that power. The jury could decide in the end that Trumps not guilty and the judge even has the power to override the jury verdict and impose a sentence anyway. Sure, it’s not ethical, but he can certainly do it. The powers above him don’t come into play until the case is over and there is appeal made by the defense, and everything the judge did could be overturned. Our Justice system isn’t perfect at all and a judge having that much power is a big problem in my opinion and it largely goes unnoticed most of the time because like you, a lot people think that if it’s the court system it must be legit, but there’s more people waking up to it now that they’re using against political opponents so we’ll see if something changes down the road but as it stands a corrupt judge and prosecutor can destroy a completely innocent person with no problem
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