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Following a string of courthouse losses that have cost Donald Trump hundreds of millions in fines, the former president will finally enter a courtroom on Monday to face 34 felony counts that could lead to prison time and that reality is weighing heavily upon him, reports the New York Times.
On the day before the former president will attend the beginning of his so-called "hush money" trial related to paying off adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their alleged affair before the 2016 presidential election, the Times reports that this court case has "struck a nerve" with Trump. Adding to that is his knowledge that what will come out during testimony will likely be embarrassing for a man who is already deeply unpopular in Manhattan where he used to make his home.
According to the report, "... the Manhattan prosecution presents distinctive threats: For now, it is the only case on track to conclude before Election Day, as Mr. Trump has managed to bog down the others in delays and appeals. And even if Mr. Trump wins back the White House, he could not pardon himself for the Manhattan charges, as he could in the two federal cases hes facing."
Add to that, the trial testimony could tend to the lurid, the Times is reporting. "The Manhattan case is also replete with mortifying personal details for Mr. Trump and his family: Theres the porn star who said she had sex with him, the former Trump fixer who paid her off and the tabloid publisher who helped him bury all manner of scurrilous stories," the Times is reporting.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2667769095/
underpants
(182,868 posts)Last edited Sun Apr 14, 2024, 12:08 PM - Edit history (1)
Hes about to find out if there IS such a thing as bad publicity.
Ponietz
(3,004 posts)SeattleVet
(5,478 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)Even the tip has shriveled up in the process.
skamaria
(329 posts)erronis
(15,328 posts)I'm sure it has shrunk even more.
Kid Berwyn
(14,951 posts)hay rick
(7,636 posts)PCIntern
(25,576 posts)COL Mustard
(5,918 posts)Apropos of him, hes like a broken doorbell
no dong. At least if Stormy is to be believed.
God that was funny.
agingdem
(7,853 posts)When caught in the act of unscrupulous behavior, most psychopaths and sociopaths will not show signs of shame or remorse unless it is strategically advantageous to do so. On the contrary, they will double down on their aggressive tendencies, increase hostility, deny responsibility, accuse and blame others, and maintain a facade of arrogance and conceit while claiming they were se-up..a victim.
getagrip_already
(14,825 posts)Now that would be epic.....
Even better if they introduce a sketch artists rendition as evidence.
Given her career, she, more than most doctors, could give expert testimony.
no_hypocrisy
(46,160 posts)Give him an inch and hell take a mile.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)And as for taking a mile, its 30 of them to where hes going.
NBachers
(17,135 posts)Hekate
(90,779 posts)DemMedic
(157 posts)BComplex
(8,060 posts)such a pig, sorry for insulting pigs. But he is one. He has a sewer mouth too.
marble falls
(57,172 posts)Hugin
(33,189 posts)Melly got pregnant through IVF got started.
That would be terrible!
ShazzieB
(16,497 posts)'Mortifying personal details' pertaining to what, exactly? Is he afraid Stormy might say something 'mortifying' pertaining to his, err, anatomy?
CrispyQ
(36,502 posts)So apparently a sitting president is not only immune from being charged while in office, he can also pardon himself? They write this like this has all been settled. If that's the case, why is there any investigation into Joe Biden? Yeah, yeah, I know. IOKIYR.
I half think that's what SCOTUS is trying to do, craft a way to give Trump absolute immunity without giving it to Biden.
maptap22
(70 posts)It has not been decided but say it enough times and people think it is true and wont complain if he tries to pardon himself. WTF??🤬
wnylib
(21,582 posts)If Trump got into office, I'd expect him to just dump all cases against him and overturn any convictions, whether state or federal. Who or what law is going to stop a dictator?
bonniebgood
(943 posts)Not like its hasn't been done before. Remember the SCOTUS ruling in Bush v Gore? a ruling that can't be used again thing?
getagrip_already
(14,825 posts)The same reason they held all the Bengazi hearings, and the email hearings.
There was no legal basis. It was a political hit job.
That's why they are going after hunter. It's why the keep chanting biden crime family.
There is no legal threat. It's 100% political theater meant to hurt him at the ballot box.
Scotus is merely trying to help tsf at the ballot box. They aren't trying to help him legally. Sure, they are helping him delay justice, but they haven't yet help him avoid it.
LiberalFighter
(51,054 posts)Silent3
(15,259 posts)...of the cases against him.
As things are shaking out, Trump is likely getting his wish that none of the federal cases go to trial until after the election. If Trump were then elected, he'd just fill the DoJ with lackeys who would drop all the outstanding cases, and he's then free and clear.
I suppose there's an off chance that Trump could be convicted in the interval between the election and (hopefully this is never more than hypothetical!) assuming the Presidency again, but he'd appeal any convictions, obviously, and if the DoJ says it doesn't want to pursue those appeals, you get the same end result of an effective pardon.
Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)Republicans gave Bill Clinton.
Funny how that works.
Irish_Dem
(47,324 posts)Trump loves to brag about all the women he slept with.
getagrip_already
(14,825 posts)He had an orgasm in close proximity to her body. She didn't take any pleasure. It took a couple of minutes and she left.
That's not quite sleeping with someone.
Irish_Dem
(47,324 posts)He makes it up as he goes.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)nauseated me, too. bleh.
EndlessWire
(6,562 posts)Don't forget the spanking. That's why he's sometimes called, "Spanky."
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)It was a one-time encounter.
Tree Lady
(11,484 posts)he tried to get her to do it again and when she made excuses, one time she said I am on my period, he moved on to that other girl.
I found this out from Stormy herself who talks about it in her documentary.
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,788 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,324 posts)Civic duty has no meaning for them at all.
NJCher
(35,713 posts)what difference does it make?
Rafi
(166 posts)No doubt.
Mike Nelson
(9,966 posts)... "will likely be embarrassing..." it says. What could possibly be embarrassing, considering all that we already heard? He is Hitler's love child? He is Richard Simmons' secret lover?
JoseBalow
(2,429 posts)I love that guy!
Mike Nelson
(9,966 posts)... I always found him entertaining. I met him once and he was very nice. He was with an actor from General Hospital - can't remember his name. I was trying to think of a "romantic" partner that Trump supporters would find unacceptable... and he just came to mind. Imagine him trying to get Trump sweatin' to the oldies...
sop
(10,233 posts)Ligyron
(7,639 posts)He's quite sensitive concerning his image.
livetohike
(22,157 posts)that Trump asked him to escort her to her room.
ProfessorGAC
(65,159 posts)It should be R-A-P-E-L-I-S-B-E-R-G-E-R.
No wonder he was involved with this. Rapists hanging together I guess.
livetohike
(22,157 posts)tried to rehabilitate his image. As a Steelers fan since birth, he disgusts me. I hope he is called.Stormy said she was afraid of him.
Blue Owl
(50,490 posts)Let's see everyone pointing and laughing at Captain Pantload -- that'll really get his blood pressure spiking....
LudwigPastorius
(9,167 posts)I think Stormy's got Trump pegged...errr...so to speak.
Haggard Celine
(16,855 posts)reACTIONary
(5,771 posts)Marthe48
(17,015 posts)too late, NYT, too late
The trial might lead to revelations about a degenerate who got away with deplorable behavior since he was 3 or older, but it won't be scurrilous.
Deep State Witch
(10,450 posts)That he's the father of Ms. Daniels' child. Or that he has paid for abortions for at least one of them.
Skittles
(153,184 posts)that would make us think less of him than we already do?
Permanut
(5,628 posts)mortified, fearful or worried.Those things don't seem to happen in his brain. He reacts more like a rabid badger.
Hekate
(90,779 posts)He talked about her anatomical features on a shock-jock radio show decades ago. When he first set out to schtup Stormy he sought to flatter her by saying she reminded him of his daughter Ivanka.
Thats just
sick.
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AllyCat
(16,216 posts)Think its diapers, incontinence, and, well, odor?