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Criminalizing Trivialities

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Posted By: Hazymac, 4/19/2024 10:21:09 AM

Crimes like falsifying business records, forgery, filing false statements, impersonation, certain forms of obstruction of justice or of an official proceeding (such as by concealment, falsification, or false records), and conspiracies or rackets to do any of the foregoing are all instances of “fraud type” crimes. At their essence, they all require that there be a false statement or a misrepresentation—a lie. Some crimes are frauds per se. These crimes are committed to deceive for some purpose, usually to obtain money or property. At the federal level, wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, and health care fraud are quintessential examples of per se frauds. Prosecutors charge

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Subtitle: Alvin Bragg’s indictment of Donald Trump abuses any definition of fraud.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: VietVet68 4/19/2024 10:34:39 AM (No. 1702259)
Not one of the Trump trials has anything to do with criminality and anyone who thinks Trump is a criminal isn't paying attention. The trials are all about preventing him from getting back into the White House and, failing that, tying him up in court so he can't campaign. I think most Trump voters can see beyond these transparent leftist schemes and realize what's really going on. So far they've only succeeded in making Trump stronger.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: JackBurton 4/19/2024 10:53:07 AM (No. 1702278)
Paging Lavrentiy Beria.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: kono 4/19/2024 11:12:39 AM (No. 1702301)
Goes hand-in-hand with the way the Soros-funded Attorneys General and District Attorneys have turned violent felonies into trivialities -- for those on whom THEIR favor rests. End Times.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Bogasso 4/19/2024 1:33:44 PM (No. 1702360)
Next up: Trump is being investigated for lying to his mother about his age.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: bighambone 4/19/2024 1:45:55 PM (No. 1702369)
After reading this story that lays bare the bogus Trump “hush money” Democrat “law fare” created criminal persecution that is underway in New York City, would you would hire Attorney Avanetti who is now in prison, or Attorney Cohen who should be in prison, as your lawyer or lawyers? How can the leftist Democrat Judge legitimately put a gag order against Trump threatening to jail Trump when the persecutions star witness, the convicted perjurer Cohen, is out there appearing on the Democrat propaganda TV networks slamming Trump and his efforts to defend himself in the “hush money” case.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: MickTurn 4/19/2024 4:27:33 PM (No. 1702459)
Hmmm, Mail Fraud, Oh, you mean Fraudulent mail in Ballots?
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