Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by James Lacey

It's not outrageous to think that they wanted this outcome to use it for political advantage. If so, we will not know the verdict on that calculus will not be known till November.

This is "Trump as campaign mastermind", and I am personally much more in the Trump as narcissistic idiot camp.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"Half say Trump verdict correct, should end campaign: Poll"
The sane half...

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4699329-half-say-trump-verdict-correct-should-end-campaign-poll/

I would love to see Trump "end his campaign."  Not gonna happen.  "Ending his campaign" might be the only chance the Ds have of keeping him from winning the presidency though.  I am more convinced than I was a week ago that the prosecutions will backfire and land Trump in the oval office.  Did you read Mitt Romney's comments last week?  He hates Trump more than I do.  He said that Bragg's prosecution was political malpractice.  He said that Biden should have pardoned Trump of the federal charges as soon as they were brought.  Mitt is right, Biden would be leading this race if he had taken the moral high ground.  Instead he caved to the base which demands a pound of flesh.

This is one of half dozen or so male broadtail hummingbirds who chase each other around our place in Colorado.   This particular one loves to perch on the tip of a pinion pine tree to survey "his" domain.  He has quite a bit of personality - bad boy, goof ball, and just annoyed.   Taken with an Astro-Physics Traveler, Astro-Physics field flattener and a Canon SL2 SLR camera at about 50'.  Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

This is one of half dozen or so male broadtail hummingbirds who chase each other around our place in Colorado.   This particular one loves to perch on the tip of a pinion pine tree to survey "his" domain.  He has quite a bit of personality - bad boy, goof ball, and just annoyed.   Taken with an Astro-Physics Traveler, Astro-Physics field flattener and a Canon SL2 SLR camera at about 50'.  Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

This is one of half dozen or so male broadtail hummingbirds who chase each other around our place in Colorado.   This particular one loves to perch on the tip of a pinion pine tree to survey "his" domain.  He has quite a bit of personality - bad boy, goof ball, and just annoyed.   Taken with an Astro-Physics Traveler, Astro-Physics field flattener and a Canon SL2 SLR camera at about 50'.  Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

This is one of half dozen or so male broadtail hummingbirds who chase each other around our place in Colorado.   This particular one loves to perch on the tip of a pinion pine tree to survey "his" domain.  He has quite a bit of personality - bad boy, goof ball, and just annoyed.   Taken with an Astro-Physics Traveler, Astro-Physics field flattener and a Canon SL2 SLR camera at about 50'.  Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

This is one of half dozen or so male broadtail hummingbirds who chase each other around our place in Colorado.   This particular one loves to perch on the tip of a pinion pine tree to survey "his" domain.  He has quite a bit of personality - bad boy, goof ball, and just annoyed.   Taken with an Astro-Physics Traveler, Astro-Physics field flattener and a Canon SL2 SLR camera at about 50'.  Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

This is one of half dozen or so male broadtail hummingbirds who chase each other around our place in Colorado.   This particular one loves to perch on the tip of a pinion pine tree to survey "his" domain.  He has quite a bit of personality - bad boy, goof ball, and just annoyed.   Taken with an Astro-Physics Traveler, Astro-Physics field flattener and a Canon SL2 SLR camera at about 50'.  Jim

Originally Posted by James Brown

This is one of half dozen or so male broadtail hummingbirds who chase each other around our place in Colorado.   This particular one loves to perch on the tip of a pinion pine tree to survey "his" domain.  He has quite a bit of personality - bad boy, goof ball, and just annoyed.   Taken with an Astro-Physics Traveler, Astro-Physics field flattener and a Canon SL2 SLR camera at about 50'.  Jim

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

OMG, you think Biden SHOULD have interceded and pardoned Trump?! Trump's main argument is it's all Biden's doing and the entire system is rigged so if Biden did intercede in this state-mediated case, that would be further proof Biden is behind it all and he'd only be pardoning Trump for "political" purposes which is what he and the rest of the GOP always say. 

At least the independent voters aren't having any of it:

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4699168-majority-of-independents-say-trump-received-fair-trial-poll/

Finally:

"Former President Trump’s ex-attorney Joe Tacopina":
“This is a state case. This is different than the Jack Smith cases, OK? This is not a federal prosecution. Joe Biden or anyone from his Justice Department have absolutely zero to do with the Manhattan district attorney’s office. They have no jurisdiction over him. They have no contacts with him. They have no control over him,” Tacopina said in an interview on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation” with the Rev. Al Sharpton."

https://thehill.com/homenews/4699918-ex-trump-lawyer-claim-biden-was-behind-hush-money-case-ridiculous/

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