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  • Trump Formally Convicted

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 10 13:13:00 2025
    President-elect Donald Trump became the first-ever former or sitting
    president to be formally convicted of a felony Friday as he was
    sentenced in his hush money criminal case--but the president-elect was
    not given any penalties for his crimes.

    Judge Juan Merchan gave Trump an "unconditional discharge"--meaning
    his conviction stands, but he won't face any penalties--after Trump
    was found guilty in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business
    records, letting the president-elect walk free without any
    punishments.

    The sentence falls far short of the maximum penalties that Trump could
    have faced, as each of his 34 counts was punishable by up to four
    years in prison and/or a maximum $5,000 fine--meaning the harshest
    sentence could have seen Trump imprisoned for the rest of his life,
    though that was always unlikely to happen.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/01/10/trump-not-sentenced-to-any-punishments-in-hush-money-criminal-case/

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Sun Jan 12 22:16:45 2025
    On 1/10/2025 2:13 PM, JAB wrote:
    President-elect Donald Trump became the first-ever former or sitting president to be formally convicted of a felony Friday as he was
    sentenced in his hush money criminal case--but the president-elect was

    not given any penalties for his crimes.

    ...So what was the point, exactly?

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jan 13 07:19:24 2025
    On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 22:16:45 -0500, Michael Trew
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    ...So what was the point, exactly?

    From which reference frame, specifically?


    AI Overview

    A felony conviction can result in the loss of certain rights, such as:

    The right to vote
    The right to purchase firearms
    The ability to collect welfare
    The ability to live in government housing
    The right to hold a professional license
    The right to sit on a jury

    A felony conviction will remain on your criminal record forever.

    https://nyccriminallawyer.com/new-york-felony/

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Michael Trew on Mon Jan 13 16:27:55 2025
    On Sun, 12 Jan 2025, Michael Trew wrote:

    On 1/10/2025 2:13 PM, JAB wrote:
    President-elect Donald Trump became the first-ever former or sitting
    president to be formally convicted of a felony Friday as he was
    sentenced in his hush money criminal case--but the president-elect was

    not given any penalties for his crimes.

    ...So what was the point, exactly?


    No point. It was just an attempt at lawfare to take down a political
    opponent. Nothing more. Now they can look forward to Trumps retaliation.
    This is just normal politics and has been so since the greeks.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Auric Hellman on Mon Jan 13 20:43:08 2025
    On Mon, 13 Jan 2025, Auric Hellman wrote:

    On 1/13/2025 10:27 AM, D wrote:


    On Sun, 12 Jan 2025, Michael Trew wrote:

    On 1/10/2025 2:13 PM, JAB wrote:
    President-elect Donald Trump became the first-ever former or sitting
    president to be formally convicted of a felony Friday as he was
    sentenced in his hush money criminal case--but the president-elect was

    not given any penalties for his crimes.

    ...So what was the point, exactly?


    No point. It was just an attempt at lawfare to take down a political
    opponent. Nothing more. Now they can look forward to Trumps retaliation.
    This is just normal politics and has been so since the greeks.


    As a wise man once said, "Payback is a bitch".

    This is the truth.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jan 13 15:01:24 2025
    On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:43:08 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    As a wise man once said, "Payback is a bitch".

    This is the truth.

    Confucius - What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Jan 14 19:00:20 2025
    On Mon, 13 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:43:08 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    As a wise man once said, "Payback is a bitch".

    This is the truth.

    Confucius - What you do not wish for yourself, do not do to others


    Jesus - Crushing it!

    Hmm... or was it...

    Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the
    essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:12.

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