NY: Convicted Felon Donald Trump!

[emailking]

Trump probation interview set for Monday after hush money conviction
The former president was convicted last month on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case against him.

Former President Trump is scheduled to sit for a virtual interview on Monday with a New York City probation officer from his home at Mar-a-Lago with his attorney Todd Blanche at his side after he was found guilty on all counts in the hush money trial against him last month, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was convicted last month on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the historic case. The probation interview is required by the court as part of the former president’s pre-sentencing report.

Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the hush money case, permitted Blanche to be present for the probation interview after prosecutors did not object. The Trump defense team is scheduled to submit their sentencing recommendation on June 13.

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Some legal experts noted that holding a probation interview over a video conference call is unusual but having the former president in a New York probation would also be unprecedented.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-probation-interview-monday-hush-money-conviction-rcna156219

[brucejoel99]

Trump probation interview set for Monday after hush money conviction
The former president was convicted last month on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case against him.

Former President Trump is scheduled to sit for a virtual interview on Monday with a New York City probation officer from his home at Mar-a-Lago with his attorney Todd Blanche at his side after he was found guilty on all counts in the hush money trial against him last month, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was convicted last month on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the historic case. The probation interview is required by the court as part of the former president’s pre-sentencing report.

Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the hush money case, permitted Blanche to be present for the probation interview after prosecutors did not object. The Trump defense team is scheduled to submit their sentencing recommendation on June 13.

...

Some legal experts noted that holding a probation interview over a video conference call is unusual but having the former president in a New York probation would also be unprecedented.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-probation-interview-monday-hush-money-conviction-rcna156219

So the city's former probation commissioner was right on that one:

So for a typical defendant, they would essentially get in line and then meet with a probation officer?

They would have an appointment. There are probation officers who specialize in writing these reports. And the convicted defendant might have to wait in the waiting room for a while — if that were a typical defendant.

I think we have to be realistic. Trump shows up, I don't know what kind of accommodation they're going to make. But he's usually trailed by a pack of press. That can be very disruptive to the probation office and to the other probationers or the other individuals who are waiting.

Some special accommodation has to be made. Not because they're doing a favor for Trump, but just out of a recognition of the reality of the situation. He shows up with Secret Service agents, the whole thing. Just prudence suggests it probably should be done a different way.

[President Johnson]

Trump probation interview set for Monday after hush money conviction
The former president was convicted last month on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the hush money case against him.

Former President Trump is scheduled to sit for a virtual interview on Monday with a New York City probation officer from his home at Mar-a-Lago with his attorney Todd Blanche at his side after he was found guilty on all counts in the hush money trial against him last month, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was convicted last month on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the historic case. The probation interview is required by the court as part of the former president’s pre-sentencing report.

Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over the hush money case, permitted Blanche to be present for the probation interview after prosecutors did not object. The Trump defense team is scheduled to submit their sentencing recommendation on June 13.

...

Some legal experts noted that holding a probation interview over a video conference call is unusual but having the former president in a New York probation would also be unprecedented.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-probation-interview-monday-hush-money-conviction-rcna156219

Trump himself needs to talk to the office? I have a feeling that won't go pretty well.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Did the hearing about the troll jury comment even happen today? Talk about a story that died in the span of a few hours lol

[emailking]

Trump said there should be a mistrial because of that but nothing will happen. Anyway, the meeting with the probation department has concluded, it lasted about 30 minutes, per NBC.

[emailking]

Trump completed pre-sentencing interview with New York probation office, source tells CNN

Former President Donald Trump completed his pre-sentencing interview with the New York City Department of Probation on Monday after his hush money trial conviction last month, a source familiar with the proceedings told CNN.

“Earlier today, President Trump completed a routine interview with [the] New York Probation Office. The interview was uneventful and lasted less than thirty minutes,” the source said, adding, “The President and his team will continue to fight the lawless Manhattan DA Witch Hunt.”

The interview took place around 3:30 p.m. Monday, a second source told CNN.

Trump answered all questions in the virtual interview and was described as polite, respectful and accommodating to the probation officers, according to a New York City official familiar with the interview.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/10/politics/trump-probation-office-interview-hush-money/index.html

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

He should be sentenced to home confinement for up to 10 yrs

That way he can only have virtual rallies but still he the R nominee and let the people decide if he should be Prez but I am not judge I am just a law student

[HisGrace]

He should be sentenced to home confinement for up to 10 yrs

That way he can only have virtual rallies but still he the R nominee and let the people decide if he should be Prez but I am not judge I am just a law student

olawakandi believes in law and order

[emailking]

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agrees to testify before Congress following Trump verdict

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed on Friday to testify before Congress as Republicans attempt to discredit former President Donald Trump’s conviction, but indicated that could happen only after Trump is sentenced next month.

Bragg’s office has resisted calls to testify before Congress citing the ongoing case against the former president, but in a letter Friday to GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Bragg stated his willingness to testify at a future date.

The letter from Bragg’s general counsel said the Manhattan DA’s office is willing to engage with the committee to decide a date for the testimony as well as to “better understand the scope and the purpose of the proposed hearing.”

“This Office is committed to voluntary cooperation. That cooperation includes making the District Attorney available to provide testimony on behalf of the Office at an agreed-upon date, and evaluating the propriety of allowing an Assistant District Attorney to testify publicly about an active prosecution to which he is assigned,” the letter reads.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/08/politics/alvin-bragg-agrees-testify-congress/index.html

[brucejoel99]

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agrees to testify before Congress following Trump verdict

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg agreed on Friday to testify before Congress as Republicans attempt to discredit former President Donald Trump’s conviction, but indicated that could happen only after Trump is sentenced next month.

Bragg’s office has resisted calls to testify before Congress citing the ongoing case against the former president, but in a letter Friday to GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Bragg stated his willingness to testify at a future date.

The letter from Bragg’s general counsel said the Manhattan DA’s office is willing to engage with the committee to decide a date for the testimony as well as to “better understand the scope and the purpose of the proposed hearing.”

“This Office is committed to voluntary cooperation. That cooperation includes making the District Attorney available to provide testimony on behalf of the Office at an agreed-upon date, and evaluating the propriety of allowing an Assistant District Attorney to testify publicly about an active prosecution to which he is assigned,” the letter reads.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/08/politics/alvin-bragg-agrees-testify-congress/index.html

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1800610584292930031

[emailking]

I imagine this will be a spirited discussion in Judiciary lol.

[junior chįmp]

He should be sentenced to home confinement for up to 10 yrs

That way he can only have virtual rallies but still he the R nominee and let the people decide if he should be Prez but I am not judge I am just a law student

He should be put in prison so he can wach himself lose from the rec room of Rikers Ialand

[Nyvin]

So Hunter Biden gets convicted of felonies by a jury of his peers.
Hours later, one of the Hunter Biden jurors is on CNN without fear, no mask or vocal distortions to hide his identity.
No fear of reprisals. No fear of swatting or doxxing.
No death threats to jurors or their families.
No death threats to the judge or his family.
No whining about unequal justice or nonsense about the weaponization of the Justice Department.
No pardons regardless of outcome.
No Democratic senators dressed in suits and matching blue ties at the trial to cultishly curry favor with the President.
No daily press briefings to cry about cold courtrooms and weirdly display stacks of papers from left-wing pundits repeating lies of mistreatment.
No embarrassing stream of Democratic lawmakers tearing at the fabric of our justice system, tearing at one of basic tenets of our democracy in fealty to the leader of the party.
See the difference?

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

I can see a pardon in the upcoming Biden administration once Biden gets reelected if I were Biden I would do it

[Person Man]

He should be sentenced to home confinement for up to 10 yrs

That way he can only have virtual rallies but still he the R nominee and let the people decide if he should be Prez but I am not judge I am just a law student

He should be put in prison so he can wach himself lose from the rec room of Rikers Ialand

Honestly I would be fine if he got a 13 or 15 months in Rikers or 2-3 years of Community Control.

[HisGrace]

So Hunter Biden gets convicted of felonies by a jury of his peers.
Hours later, one of the Hunter Biden jurors is on CNN without fear, no mask or vocal distortions to hide his identity.
No fear of reprisals. No fear of swatting or doxxing.
No death threats to jurors or their families.
No death threats to the judge or his family.
No whining about unequal justice or nonsense about the weaponization of the Justice Department.
No pardons regardless of outcome.
No Democratic senators dressed in suits and matching blue ties at the trial to cultishly curry favor with the President.
No daily press briefings to cry about cold courtrooms and weirdly display stacks of papers from left-wing pundits repeating lies of mistreatment.
No embarrassing stream of Democratic lawmakers tearing at the fabric of our justice system, tearing at one of basic tenets of our democracy in fealty to the leader of the party.
See the difference?

With all the false equivalency between Trump's own personal legal issues and Hunter Biden, if you're going to learn a lesson from comparing the two this is the lesson to learn.

All these people told us the system was "rigged" and Hunter was sure to get off because of Biden's corruption. Turns out the only corrupt ones are the Republicans trying to help Trump avoid consequences.

[emailking]

Trump’s private demand to Johnson: Help overturn my conviction
As the former president heads to Capitol Hill, he is privately seeking legislative revenge.

Donald Trump makes his first visit to Capitol Hill since leaving the presidency Thursday morning, meeting with Republican lawmakers in what is being billed as a resolutely forward-looking session focused on a potential 2025 legislative agenda.

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He has been obsessed in recent weeks with harnessing the powers of Congress to fight on his own behalf and go to war against the Democrats he accuses of “weaponizing” the justice system against him.

It’s a campaign he orchestrated in the days after his May 31 conviction on 34 felony counts in New York, starting with a phone call to the man he wanted to lead it: Speaker Mike Johnson.

Trump was still angry when he made the call, according to those who have heard accounts of it from Johnson, dropping frequent F-bombs as he spoke with the soft-spoken and pious GOP leader.

“We have to overturn this,” Trump insisted.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/13/donald-trump-conviction-mike-johnson-00163128

[Progressive Pessimist]

Trump’s private demand to Johnson: Help overturn my conviction
As the former president heads to Capitol Hill, he is privately seeking legislative revenge.

Donald Trump makes his first visit to Capitol Hill since leaving the presidency Thursday morning, meeting with Republican lawmakers in what is being billed as a resolutely forward-looking session focused on a potential 2025 legislative agenda.

...

He has been obsessed in recent weeks with harnessing the powers of Congress to fight on his own behalf and go to war against the Democrats he accuses of “weaponizing” the justice system against him.

It’s a campaign he orchestrated in the days after his May 31 conviction on 34 felony counts in New York, starting with a phone call to the man he wanted to lead it: Speaker Mike Johnson.

Trump was still angry when he made the call, according to those who have heard accounts of it from Johnson, dropping frequent F-bombs as he spoke with the soft-spoken and pious GOP leader.

“We have to overturn this,” Trump insisted.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/06/13/donald-trump-conviction-mike-johnson-00163128

What could Johnson even do? "Overturn this?" What the f*** does that mean?

[emailking]

In the Trump directory thread there's some more background. He wants Congress to pass a law to immunize former Presidents from any criminal charges including state charges.

[Progressive Pessimist]

In the Trump directory thread there's some more background. He wants Congress to pass a law to immunize former Presidents from any criminal charges including state charges.

Not with this House majority. Maybe the next one...if they even keep it, which I kind of doubt.

[Landslide Lyndon]

In the Trump directory thread there's some more background. He wants Congress to pass a law to immunize former Presidents from any criminal charges including state charges.

Is this even remotely constitutional?
Isn't it a gross violation of federalism?

[Person Man]

In the Trump directory thread there's some more background. He wants Congress to pass a law to immunize former Presidents from any criminal charges including state charges.

Is this even remotely constitutional?
Isn't it a gross violation of federalism?

And wouldn't this be a bill of attainder since it is a Federal Law regardng like 5 people?

[emailking]

Trump's version I don't think is Constitutional. But the bill that's circulating in Congress would allow a former President to have a state case moved to Federal Court, which might (?) be. I don't think it's a bill of attainder because it's not imposing a punishment. You can have laws that only involve a single named person.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

It's appears after the Hunter Biden that according to polls except the Navigation poll that Trump is ahead of Biden

But, you know me I say it's votes not polls anyways, but Hunter Biden despite Trump conviction didn't help Biden

[emailking]

New York’s top court declines to hear Trump’s appeal of the gag order in his hush money case

New York’s top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump’s gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month. The Court of Appeals found that the order does not raise “substantial” constitutional issues that would warrant an immediate intervention.

The decision is the latest legal setback for the Republican former president, who has repeatedly railed against a gag order that prevents him from commenting on witnesses, jurors and others who were involved in the case. But it could be short lived. The trial judge, Juan M. Merchan, is expected to rule soon on a defense request to lift the gag order.

A Trump campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, said Tuesday the ex-president’s legal team would “continue to fight against the unconstitutional Gag Order imposed by Justice Merchan.”

Trump’s attorneys filed a notice of appeal with the state’s high court on May 15, during the former president’s landmark criminal trial. They argued that the gag order restricted Trump’s “core political speech on matters of central importance at the height of his Presidential campaign.”

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-hush-money-gag-order-juan-merchan-c6e8056bf7b82aaf0bbf094d703b5f31