Nikki Haley just the other day decided to say "I'm voting for Donald Trump" She shows that she put the good of the nation over her own ego and her angerPosted By Rod Kaufman |
Er, ah, that presidential pardon of Nixon by Ford didn't work out too well for Ford now did it? In fact, it was widely believed to be the reason Ford lost the election.Originally Posted by James Brown
Yes, because I agree with Mitt. I think a pardon of the federal crimes would have significantly enhanced Biden's chances of winning in November. Also, if President Biden had invited Bragg and Willis to the White House and politely asked them to stand down, do you think they would have said "no"? I don't. I understand the prosecutions, but I also understand prosecutorial discretion. I think these prosecutions are likely to put Trump in office again, and cold blooded political calculus says the wise move would have been be to drop the prosecutions. If I were Bragg/Hochul, I'd pardon Trump now. The point of Trump's malfeasance has been made, and a pardon would avoid the high risk (in my opinion) of losing on appeal. Not sure if Trump has to accept a pardon. He probably would not. Also not sure if acceptance matters.
Also, I am well aware of the differences between state and federal cases, and the extent of presidential pardoning power. Duh.
I have no opinion on the likelihood of Biden's people coordinating with Bragg. If Matthew Colangelo accepts his invitation to testify before Congress (about as likely as Trump dropping out of the race,) we might see if there was any coordination between the White House and Bragg. It is odd that a top DOJ lawyer would, in December of 2022, seemingly take a big career step down to a local DA office, and then immediately get involved with the hush money case. Heck, he delivered the opening statement in a trial of the ex-President! But maybe the career change is not that weird since the locality is big-time, Manhattan NY, NY.
Right now, I say that there is no direct evidence of coordination that I have seen. But still, give me a break! Your source is an ex-Trump lawyer talking to Al Sharpton? A liar interviewing a liar. Get better sources. After a simple google search I can cite 10 sources more valid than this that claim absolute coordination between the White House and Bragg, but I won't because I don't want to shred any credibility this post might have. Jim
And, oh please, stop with the conspiracy theories about Bragg and Biden and other AGs. It's not uncommon for various AGs to visit the WH under any administration.
And, really, do you think Trump would have let up with the "I'm the victim" schtick that he constantly pulls and and that's why I was prosecuted nonsense?
Just as an aside, I happened to have my ophthalmology appointment today and I'm fortunately stable at 20/20 without glasses with normal advanced imaging scans of the retina and optic nerves and peripheral fields. So, thankfully, it looks like I'll have another unimpaired year of visual observing. That's the good news. Now for the bad: while sitting in the waiting room, I had to listen to some old Trumptoid rail about Trump the victim being persecuted like Jesus on the cross and his conviction should be immediately referred to SCOTUS where it will be declared unconstitutional. He's likely getting that from Faux news.
That said, ya know what else Faux and right wing media is pushing?I forgot the exact number of appellate judges in New York but there's a lot of them. Five of 'em happen to be black women so Faux get's their group picture and presents this as the appellate court that will hear Trump's appeal even though the chances of that are unlikely given the number of judges. And, of course, it wouldn't be a problem if the aforementioned judges heard Trump's appeal.
That said, all of the appeals arguments have already been heard by the lower courts and soundly rejected.
That said, I expect the Roberts court to hear the appeal and overturn the conviction...
