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Trump victory is far from inevitable. There were no consequences for rigging the election last time and the system is designed to be unauditable. Zero percent of write in votes rejected? Does that include votes by illegals?

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Dear Paul: THank you for your work at NCLU. Your legal analysis is very strong.

But as I read the indictment, it claims that Michael Cohen was reimbursed from Donald Trump's PERSONAL FUNDS and from his PERSONAL trust.

Since there are no qualifications asserted, I assume that Donald Trump's trust was funded by his own money and has him as trustee and beneficiary during his life. Thus, I read that as meaning that Trump's personal trust is no different from a personal bank account in terms of the source of funds and his freedom to use them for whatever he wants.

So how can business records be falsified or altered concerning Trump's personal funds?

How are these business records?

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I understand they were filed as legal since they were to retain Cohen, and also that an accounting firm was contracted for this work. Any changes are past SOL- NYC or Federal.

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Yes but an individual can hire an attorney.

Typically attorneys work on particular cases, not as full-time employees.

So if Michael Cohen handled many cases or projects for the Trump Organization

and then Trump wanted Michael Cohen to do something for him personally.

That would not make Cohen's personal legal work for Trump part of the business.

If the President of Dell computers asked the company attorney to help him adopt a baby, the personal legal work would be separate from the attorney's work for the company.

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A retainer is an agreement between the parties. The contract stipulates what the attorney will do to remain on retainer. It can be very vague. Cohen was looking forward to continuing with Trump once he was elected, so he was otherwise motivated.

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This law affords Trump ample opportunity for defenses. The question is will they be presented by his attorney to prove innocence beyond a reasonable doubt, he in no case met the elements of the law to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt? Will the Judge make the statute clear to the jury, and the facts ( since the jury may not understand the relevance of the many facts they are charged with finding)? Does this misdemeanor state case have a federal case to follow it, although the Federal Court (FEC) would not hear it 8 years ago?

Both of these allegations are beyond the SOL.

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"Does this misdemeanor state case have a federal case to follow it, although the Federal Court (FEC) would not hear it 8 years ago?"

Apparently from what we hear, the prosecutor has never identified what they think the other crime is.

Everyone is just assuming it is campaign finance, which is a total loser.

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No Trump's attorneys will make a hot flaming mess of the case as they usually do.

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The prosecution has done that already.

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—- Y E S S S S S S …!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Almost never watch TV, now that Tucker is on X.

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The right wing has shown no indication that they are bringing guns to this gun fight. By my reckoning there is about a 40% chance Trump wins. A 40% chance Biden’s team wins, and a twenty percent chance RFK or someone else wins. Just my opinion. Food for thought

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- QUIT WATCHING FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT T.V. WHICH I S FICTION ….. !!!!!

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