There are actual courts of law, and for some reason a more influential court of public opinion. Former US President Trump is in court for many actual crimes.
This is not political – sorry!
If you are a fan of Trump, you might assert that he is being prosecuted and having his days in court as a political hit. Well, it is not – the former US President at the time I am typing this article is going on trial for crimes that he committed well before he was even running for the presidency. Justice, although very lethargic – is catching up to him.
Right now, Trump is sitting for his criminal trial in New York for the falsification of business records. And these were problematic because these stem from a pathetically short and apparently unpleasant sex encounter with porn star Stormy Daniels in 2006. Trump was allegedly trying to sexually score with Daniels while his third wife who was has recently given birth to their son Baron was at home.
In other words, Trump cheated on the lady who would later become former first lady Melania Trump. But of course, Trump previously cheated on the first two wives also, so this is normal for Trump – but it was of course inconvenient for the subsequent 2016 presidential campaign. Even though it took several years for this situation to come to light. Stormy was on her late 20’s at the time of this dejected sex encounter, and Trump was already more than twice her age.
Trump is a trial because they paid off Stormy $130.000 for her silence, but the process they took to accomplish that transaction was very much mishandled – much like a lot of Trump’s legacy of business acumen, such as bankrupting more than one casino. Let that sink in for a second – who bankrupts a freaking casino?!
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Trump touts himself the “law and order” president, and candidate. Except when there is scrutiny over the shady stuff that he has been doing for decades, which very much warrants a closer look – because it is illegal. Then he calls it a “witch hunt” or whatever epithet akin to that.
Trump is facing 90+ criminal charges spanning four additional high-profile cases on top of the 30+ criminal charges for his current case that also happens to include the “hush money” to Stormy. But remember the current case is really about falsifying business records, but the sex part is what makes people click on the headlines.
Again, let’s understand that the problem is not that Trump paid a porn star, is Trump’s falsification of the business records and how this was meant to prevent the American people from deciding with all the relevant data points that would speak to Trump’s character. Trump knew at the time this would hurt his chances. Fast forward to today, and his MAGA group is actually cool with all of it (the cheating-on-wife-sex and the actual business-falsification-crimes) – because no matter how bizarre Trump has gotten over the years, it has been just normalized on the MAGA crowd eyes.
This stuff that MAGA has normalized is not normal; it is very much flooded with red flags! The star witness for this week is his ex “fixer” and lawyer Michael Cohen – who went to prison for the very same crimes Trump is facing right now. Yes, because Trump directed him to do the stuff that got him in trouble, and like or dislike Cohen, he is bringing the receipts, and his testimony already were corroborated in the previous civil case in NY where Trump was found liable of fraud and still owes close to half a billion dollars.
Trump has not paid one red cent for that aforementioned fraud case or the other case where he was ordered to pay E. J. Carrol 83+Million dollars for defaming her after Trump was found liable for rape. The reason for these court cases also happened a long time before Trump was in the campaign trial. But Trump knows that if he gets a camera in front of him and repeats that it is a political prosecution, his acolytes and his fans will take that narrative at face value and parrot the same lie.
I don’t know what the end of this case will be, but it seems that Trump is getting more concerned about the very real possibility of going to prison. It is not looking good for him, and yes those are the consequences of his actions in the last several decades. I mentioned in previous articles on my Today in America Series that the GOP had a lot more choices in the primary than Trump – and that this legal baggage was going to come to bite them in the butt. That is happening of course. The GOP had a lot more choices in the primary, yet they chose the one with 90+ criminal charges as their front runner.
I’ve written other articles detailing all other crimes Trump is facing. This article is more to capture the timeframe. Trump is on his third week of trial; he has a gag order to prevent him from attacking the judge and jury – which Trump violated multiple times and has been fined for it. And in case Trump does not understand, it is because like it or not Trump is very influential with some people who are willing to carry acts of violence against whomever dares to “be mean to Trump.”
There have been death threats, thwarted acts of violence, and some actual violent acts that came to pass because Trump made an incendiary statement, and some of their fans took it upon themselves to “seek vigilante justice.” Hence the gag orders. But this is limited to the scope of the current NY trial. Trump can still say whatever he wants, even if it is inflammatory – so long it is not putting the live of the judge and jury in danger. And the fact is that we know Trump is screaming his grievances through the rooftops on any platform he gets – because it is recorded AND broadcasted!
Let me end today’s article by inviting you to look at the actual facts. The court documentation is available for public release. Biden has nothing to do with this case. Sure, that there are other criminal cases that the government is involved because it violates federal law – but this falsification of business records is derived from Trump’s unpleasant sex moment with Stormy. All this is his own doing – and he is learning how different the rules are for a criminal defendant in a court of law in America, versus a demagoguery in the court of public opinion. HLC