Trump Just Committed These 'New Crimes' in New York

[Stavros]

45 days minimum as the process allows his lawyers to attempt to get it chucked out.

However it's not unusual in prosecutions in this country to have to wait such a period whilst legal teams do their background casework and for court dates to become available.

Thanks, was not aware of the 45 day process. And Trump is famous for using as many methods as can be to delay proceedings.

But here, in the UK, isn't it the backlog of cases that causes delays of more than a year, or even two years in some instances? I guess a lot must depend on the complexity of the case so I am not sure if the trial would happen sooner here.

[natina]

Trump Jr. shares article with photo of judge’s daughter — who allegedly worked on Biden campaign

https://nypost.com/2023/04/05/donald...ughter-online/


Trump targets NY judge’s wife and daughter, hours after warning not to threaten safety

https://www.syracuse.com/state/2023/...en-safety.html

The Judge may not have imposed a formal 'gag order' on Trump, and nobody is surprised that back in Florida Trump insulted and abused the Judge and the DA, after all, he has been insulting and abusing Americans since 2015 -but isn't this contempt of court?

And if the politics is going to be the issue, then stop electing DA's and AG's who run as Republicans, Democrats, Independents or for some other party, because it is inevitable when someone feels aggrieved they have been charged, that they will accuse their accusers of political bias.

The case may not look convincing to some, but the devil is either in the detail, or can be exorcised by clever lawyers. But why wait until December for this proceeding to begin? I don't understand the delay.

[Ben]

A Few Other Modern US Presidents Who Deserve Indictment:
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion...-us-presidents

[filghy2]

There's also parallels with another leader who has been charged with a crime in another very divided country.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazi...ybook-00090445

[Stavros]

There's also parallels with another leader who has been charged with a crime in another very divided country.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazi...ybook-00090445

The comparison works with the personalities of the two men, both of whom believe they own the system, and both of whom use existential threats to justify their anti-democratic agendas.

The obvious differences, are that Israel has a multi-party system which elects members of the Knesset through PR and which gives parties with tiny vote percentages seats in the Parliament, but also through the deals that follow hung elections, the opportunity to enter Govt. Compare that form of PR with Germany where a party must obtain at least 5% of the vote before being allowed Parliamentary representation. Israel's PR gives power to the most outrageous extremists, and if they succeed in corrupting the Govt, then Israel is doomed as a country that democratically elects its Govt.

But the other obvious difference is that the US does not occupy parts of either Canada or Mexico, and deny 4 million people a right to participate in the elections. It cannot, because legally neither the West Bank nor the Gaza District are part of Israel, yet Knesset parties from the West Bank are allowed, where 4 Million Arabs are not. Israel might be a representative democracy in the Israel of 1948, for the rest it is a military dictatorship -of the kind one assumes Trump wishes he had in the US, where he has called for the de-funding of the FBI, and will probably call for the de-funding and abolition of any indeed all US Institutions that do not worship him.

But I agree that Democracy is under threat in both countries, though it remains to be seen if the people want to swap it for a Monarchy in which one person has all the power.