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Elephants and Jackasses...

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by Nettdata, Oct 14, 2016.

  1. Revengeofthenerds

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    It says the plan will include language urging prosecuters to seek the death penalty. Key part right there.

    1) It's still a plan. Not yet finalized.

    2) It'll urge the prosecuters, not mandate them. Of course they can be urged all they want, but death penalty cases are more expensive than even life in prison, almost prohibitively so for the prosecuters. Never mind that the prosecuters can allow their own morals to enter the equation, and they happen to decide not to seek the death penalty, because, duh. Not every trial lawyer voted for trump and it's logical that some might seek this opportunity as a chance to make a political statement.

    3) Even if the prosecuters seek the death penalty, doesn't mean a judge or jury will grant it.

    This is just political grandstanding by trump. A lot of noise for nothing.
     
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    Don’t forget the bartenders: the busiest drug dealers of them all.

    People love to do mental gymnastics when defining what “drugs” are, especially when a financial agenda is thrown into the mix.
     
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    Trump wants to encourage prosecutors to seek the death penalty in cases that are constitutionally prohibited from being considered for the death penalty. Truly a plan to solve the problem.
     
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    It’s odd pandering since the Jeff Sessions demographic is next non existent these days.
     
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    Spousal immunity doesn’t apply if you’re divorced.... just saying.
     
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    You can't arrest a husband and a wife for the same crime
     
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    There are some speculations that she's doing it to get the money out before Meuller comes in with any money laundering or other charges.
     
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    But can’t they now compel her to testify?
     
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    Whoosh

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    I'm almost positive the Government would have no problem clawing back ill-gotten gains if they were in fact laundered funds.
     
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    Unless it’s just a big fine. They can’t dip into her funds to pay his fine, unless they can prove the divorce was done to intentionally hide cash.
     
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    I thought it was uncontested and there was a prenup?
     
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    FAKE NEWS
     
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    He made it up. Just like trump made up everything he said when he met with Trudeau.
     
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    Well hells bells....
     
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    So... Vanessa Trump just hired a very good criminal defence attorney.

    Given that Meuller has a track record of charging wives to put pressure on the husbands (think Enron) it really makes you wonder what's going on.

    The Enron task force conducted its investigations effectively, flipping lower-level employees to build cases against the top bad actors. The Enron team made aggressive and risky moves. For example, it shocked Houston high society by charging the wife of Andrew Fastow, the chief financial officer, with tax evasion to put pressure on him. It worked. Mr. Fastow began to cooperate with the government. (His wife pleaded guilty.) Every prosecutor knows this strategy works, but for various reasons today, few put in the painstaking work needed to penetrate the sophisticated legal defenses of highly paid executives.