What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Syt]

 

[grumbler]

$1,000 dollars of damage? Oh no! Did he steal some paperclips as well?

Anyway no way he gets convicted.
(snip)

I'd be surprised to see the grand jury (who, you will recall, refused to indict Sandwich Man despite the evidence)return a true bill. Plus, Pirro foolishly addressing evidence in public likely killed the case before it began. DAs cannot do that.

[The Minsky Moment]

I'd be surprised to see the grand jury (who, you will recall, refused to indict Sandwich Man despite the evidence)return a true bill. Plus, Pirro foolishly addressing evidence in public likely killed the case before it began. DAs cannot do that.

The grand jury returned one count according to the story.  Who knows what they were told or instructed, as we already have one verifiable incident in this DOJ of misconduct respecting grand juries.

As for the statements by Pirro, she first said: "Our evidence further shows that the National Park Service employees observed Hearn actually forcefully and violently pulling up and removing the bottom liner with both hands."

But then when a reporter asked about Hearn's defense that he simply touched an already damaged liner, she responded, "You know, I'm not going to get into the evidence, but what I told you is what our witnesses saw and experienced. There was an effort, a violent effort, to rip up the sealant from the bottom of the pool. And irrespective of whether or not, you know, we think that there is some situation that preceded it, we can state and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he caused damage, and that damage is over a thousand dollars."

So she's not going to talk about the evidence, except to talk about the evidence.

As to the $1000 damage threshold, apparently, they intend to call an expert witness to prove that up. 

The $1000 threshhold matters, because in addition to having to prove beyond a reasonable doubt malicious intent to cause harm, which they clearly have no ability to do, to get the felony charge, they also have to prove that the act caused $1000 damages.  Which means establishing that the value of an already torn and ruined fragment of crappy pool liner is worth more than $1000.

Basically, it's another day, another total shit show embarrassment from the DC US Atty office.

[grumbler]

Thanks, MM.  I was unaware that they were using a DC grand jury rather than the federal one they used against Sandwich Guy.

[The Minsky Moment]

Thanks, MM.  I was unaware that they were using a DC grand jury rather than the federal one they used against Sandwich Guy.

Yes, he was indicted under a single count of violating the DC municipal code.    Just ridiculous.

[viper37]

Barred from Vance's Bangor event, CatsOnACouch creator sues, arguing First Amendment violation

McGonigle, a Massachusetts resident, created the @CatsOnACouch account in 2024, after Vance called prominent Democrats "childless cat ladies." 

McGonigle said the goal of the account is to have more followers than Vance and "troll him mercilessly every single day." At 1.9 million followers, she's about a million short of that goal. 

In May, Vance visited Maine and spoke to a crowd at the Bangor airport, railing against Maine Democrats. 

McGonigle and the ACLU argue that excluding her from the event is retaliation for her political beliefs and online criticism, and it violates her First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

[...]

The ACLU of Maine filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Maine Tuesday, on behalf of Amanda McGonigle, according to a press release. The lawsuit argues that McGonigle's First Amendment rights were violated, and she was blocked from the public event because she criticized Vance online. 

Laura Moraff, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union said "Ms. McGonigle's satirical social media content is purr-tected speech."

According to court documents, McGonigle registered to attend the event and stood in the line outside Bangor Airport, but armed Secret Service officers singled her out by name, excluded her from the event and told her "We know where you stand.

[Valmy]

That sounds like a political movement CdM would be a part of.

[DGuller]

What are everyone thoughts as to Mitch McConnel's status?  Alive, dead, somewhere in the middle?

[HVC]

Living dead.

[Tonitrus]

What are everyone thoughts as to Mitch McConnel's status?  Alive, dead, somewhere in the middle?

Being kept under wraps just long enough to dodge a special election for his seat...which should be a massive scandal, but we know how things are in this timeline.

[Valmy]

What are everyone thoughts as to Mitch McConnel's status?  Alive, dead, somewhere in the middle?

Being kept alive artificially in order to subvert the spirit of the law.

It is, after all, what Mitch would have wanted.

[Sophie Scholl]

Being kept alive artificially in order to subvert the spirit of the law.

It is, after all, what Mitch would have wanted.

Yuuup. Rigor Tortoise.