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Let me guess, first you heard of this story and you haven't seen the video. I bet you even think she did nothing wrong.
yep that's usually how it goes. A Dem does something wrong and its all good no problem. A Republican does something wrong and they want that person sentenced to life in prison.
Did i get that right Karen i mean Nutsack?
Keep being the idiot that you are! Always twisting democrats to fit the actions of your shitty party.
Not a MAGA hating person on this board approves of ANY democrats breaking the law, while you actually encourage and embrace your fucking team getting away with as much shit as you can. "Owning the libs" isn't working too well, is it?
Your party is falling apart before your eyes, but you just keep posting your laughing emoji and lies. It's glorious!!!
She broke the law, was charged and found guilty. Just like Trump. Trump just got convicted 33 more times.
She broke the law, was charged and found guilty. No issue with that here.
Your turn. Trump was convicted on 34 felony charges. Let's hear the excuses flow, hypocrite!
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman: Trump’s guilty verdict was the result of a political agenda and a kangaroo court
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May 30, 2024, 7:34 PM ET
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Bill Ackman, CEO OF Pershing Square Capital Management, in 2017.Christopher Goodney—Bloomberg/Getty Images
Hedge fund investor and billionaire Bill Ackman is in agreement with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on former President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict on Thursday: This was a leftist gotcha.
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In a post on X, the CEO of $11 billion hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management wrote: “I think any objective person would have to agree with Gov. Ron DeSantis here.” Trump was found guilty of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records in the first degree. In a statement after the verdict, Trump alleged the trial was rigged, in addition to alleging that New York State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the case, was biased against him. After the verdict, Trump declared himself “a very innocent man.”
According to DeSantis, the historic outcome is the result of “leftist prosecutor” Alvin Bragg, “a partisan judge,” and “a jury reflective of one of the most liberal enclaves in America.” DeSantis is referring to New York City, where Trump’s six-week trial was held and where Ackman’s hedge fund is headquartered. DeSantis previously ran against Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primary before he dropped out and backed him. DeSantis is also a Harvard Law School graduate who served as a military lawyer and federal prosecutor.
After the verdict, DeSantis wrote that the case was a decade old and the fact that it was even brought to trial “is a testament to the political debasement of the justice system in places like New York City.” He said that Bragg “routinely” shrugs off criminal behavior in a way that endangers New Yorkers, as evidence of his effort to “get” Trump with the falsified business records case.
“It is often said that no one is above the law, but it is also true that no one is below the law,” DeSantis wrote on X. “If the defendant were not Donald Trump, this case would never have been brought, the judge would have never issued similar rulings, and the jury would have never returned a guilty verdict.”
He closed by writing that the rule of law in this country should be applied in a level way and “not become captive to the political agenda of some kangaroo court.”
Donald Trump's legal team argued Judge Juan Merchan had conflicts of interest due to his daughter, Loren Merchan, working as a political consultant for Democrats (including Biden/Harris campaigns) through her firm Authentic Campaigns, which they claimed financially benefited from the trial's publicity. They also cited Merchan previously encouraging cooperation from Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg and his small political donations. However, Judge Merchan rejected these arguments, citing judicial ethics advice that found no actual conflict, stating his daughter's work and his rulings didn't create a bias that would undermine impartiality, leading to his continued presiding over the case.
Key Arguments by Trump's Team
Judge Merchan's Response
Outcome
Key Arguments by Trump's Team
- Daughter's Political Work: Loren Merchan's firm, Authentic Campaigns, worked with Democratic candidates, including Vice President Harris; Trump's team argued this created an "ongoing financial interest" and potential profit from the trial's attention,.
- Weisselberg Comments: They claimed Merchan showed bias by encouraging Weisselberg to cooperate against Trump in a prior case.
- Donations: Trump's lawyers pointed to small, pro-Democratic donations Merchan made in 2020 as evidence of bias.
Judge Merchan's Response
- Daughter's Work: Merchan cited guidance from the NY State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics, which found his daughter's employment didn't create a conflict, as the case outcome wouldn't affect her or her business.
- Previous Rulings: He rejected claims of preconceived bias, asserting his impartiality, and expanded gag orders to prevent attacks on his family.
- Donations: He declined to publicly explain his small political contributions, stating they didn't warrant recusal.
Outcome
- Judge Merchan denied all requests for recusal, allowing him to oversee the hush-money trial and subsequent sentencing.
Lawfare needs to backfire on LIBERAL SCUM.
E. Jean Carroll departs the Manhattan Federal Court in New York City on May 9, 2023 after a jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
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A new law in New York is behind the civil lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump, and survivors hope the spotlight put on it by this week’s verdict against the former president means more people might use it.
The law opened a one-time window for adult sexual assault survivors in New York to file a civil case against an abuser or institution that protected the abuser — no matter when the assault took place, even if it’s outside the statute of limitations. But that window expires in six months.
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“We want people who think they might want to utilize this very precious window that we opened for them, to know that they need to act soon,” said Marissa Hoechstetter, who is among a group of survivors of sexual assault who volunteered their time for years to help get the Adult Survivors Act passed.
The law, which has a one-year window through late November, follows a 2019 law that expanded opportunities for survivors of child sexual assault to file civil lawsuits.
Advocacy groups are hopeful that the Carroll case may encourage more people to step forward. Tamika Payne, acting executive director of the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault, noted that it takes a long time for survivors to get to a place where they can endure going through the legal system and the scrutiny that may come with that.
A day after the verdict was read, Alison Turkos, another survivor of sexual assault, was on social media, encouraging strangers to reach out to her if they needed help finding a lawyer. It’s an extension of work she and others have done for months to get the word out about the law.
Turkos, who has spoken publicly about being raped in 2017 and later sued law enforcement for their response to her case, said it can be daunting to figure out how to find a trauma-informed attorney or determine the appropriate amount to pay them.
“All of these questions that come up, that can be really hard when you make the decision to file a lawsuit,” she said. “As someone who has been inside the system for years, I’m not saying I’m an expert, but I just have institutional knowledge that I’m not going to gate-keep.”
Alison Turkos (right) speaks during a news conference to discuss a lawsuit against the New York Police Department for “failing sexual assault victims,” in January 2019 in New York City. (Bebeto Matthews/AP)
It’s unclear how many people have filed a civil claim under the law, though nearly 70 plaintiffs were estimated to have filed lawsuits by earlier this year. Women who are currently in prison or formerly incarcerated in New York also indicated last year that they may file claims over alleged sexual abuse involving prison officials.
Hoechstetter, who has also spoken publicly about being sexually assaulted by an OB-GYN who is accused of assaulting dozens of women, said the law has opened opportunities for survivors to seek justice not through formal claims but also through mediation. She said that is important context.
“We’ve given people leverage and power, and that is what I think for me is the takeaway about the law,” she said. “It’s not so much about how many cases get filed or maybe a verdict, although obviously we want to see these verdicts go a certain way. It’s about giving people back their power.”
Within hours of the law going into effect in late November, Carroll filed a battery and defamation civil suit against Trump. (She filed a separate defamation suit in 2019 that has been postponed.)
Carroll said Trump raped her in a dressing room during a chance encounter at a Bergdorf Goodman store in New York City in the 1990s. After she went public with her experience, she said Trump defamed her on social media when he denied the allegation. Trump denied the allegations.
Trump does not face jail time in connection to the case, but it comes as he seeks another presidential run and faces unrelated criminal charges tied to numerous investigations related to his time in office.
“I filed this lawsuit against Donald Trump to clear my name and to get my life back,” Carroll said in a statement released Tuesday. She added: “This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed.”
On Wednesday, Carroll also tweeted: ”WE WON”.
Deborah Tuerkheimer, a professor of law at Northwestern University and the author of “Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers,” watched the Carroll case unfold and looked for “credibility discounting” — instances when survivors of sexual assault face unfair barriers to being believed in various forms.
Tuerkheimer said it was important to see jurors in the Carroll case reject such attempts in a high-profile trial, though she noted it doesn’t eliminate the immediate challenges for survivors in other cases.
“But this is how the credibility discount gets dissolved,” she said. “It’s moments like this that accumulate over the course of years and decades that give me hope that we’re seeing progress,” she said.
Payne said while the Carroll case is significant and highlights the benefits of the new law, there’s much more work that needs to be done to ensure access to justice is inclusive.
“We need to see the law work for everyone,” she said.
Marissa Hoechstetter speaks at a rally in support of the Adult Survivors Act in February 2020 in New York City. (Scott Heins/Getty Images)
Payne said it’s also important for public officials to address years of reduced funding for state and federal services that help victims of crimes, including survivors of sexual assault. Her organization and other advocacy groups are urging the New York legislature and Hochul to add about $26 million to the Office of Victim Services in the state budget.
“You do not have to face this alone,” Payne said for any survivors who may file a claim or seek other services. “There are organizations, and we are one, who are here to help you navigate your options.”
Turkos hopes state lawmakers consider extending the November 2023 deadline or removing it altogether. And she hopes more states consider similar laws. (California has a more limited law in the books.) Turkos said she was ready to hop on a plane to visit other legislatures to testify about the benefits of such policies, if it helps other survivors of sexual assault seek justice.
“We are better when we work together,” she said. “If you want to know what got us there, I will tell you everything. It’s not true survivor justice for us as advocates and activists and survivors to hold on to this information.”
Hoechstetter said that advocates had also reached out to her about passing similar laws elsewhere. She’s feeling hopeful about the work that’s been done in New York and could happen elsewhere.
“It is a feeling of pride, because it is a journey,” she said. “I’m not like, ‘Oh, what’s next?’ I feel like we’re still in it. I think just making sure people know about it and know there’s a community of people — whether they want to be connected or remain anonymous — who did this for them, are rooting for them, and support them.”
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How a new law allowed E. Jean Carroll to seek justice against Trump years later
Survivors of sexual assault and advocates helped pass the Adult Survivors Act in New York that was instrumental to Carroll’s civil case. They hope more people will file claims under the law, an option that expires in six months.
E. Jean Carroll departs the Manhattan Federal Court in New York City on May 9, 2023 after a jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
Barbara Rodriguez
Interim Health and Caregiving Reporter
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May 11, 2023, 9:34 a.m. CT
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A new law in New York is behind the civil lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump, and survivors hope the spotlight put on it by this week’s verdict against the former president means more people might use it.
The law opened a one-time window for adult sexual assault survivors in New York to file a civil case against an abuser or institution that protected the abuser — no matter when the assault took place, even if it’s outside the statute of limitations. But that window expires in six months.
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“We want people who think they might want to utilize this very precious window that we opened for them, to know that they need to act soon,” said Marissa Hoechstetter, who is among a group of survivors of sexual assault who volunteered their time for years to help get the Adult Survivors Act passed.
The law, which has a one-year window through late November, follows a 2019 law that expanded opportunities for survivors of child sexual assault to file civil lawsuits.
Advocacy groups are hopeful that the Carroll case may encourage more people to step forward. Tamika Payne, acting executive director of the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault, noted that it takes a long time for survivors to get to a place where they can endure going through the legal system and the scrutiny that may come with that.
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A day after the verdict was read, Alison Turkos, another survivor of sexual assault, was on social media, encouraging strangers to reach out to her if they needed help finding a lawyer. It’s an extension of work she and others have done for months to get the word out about the law.
Turkos, who has spoken publicly about being raped in 2017 and later sued law enforcement for their response to her case, said it can be daunting to figure out how to find a trauma-informed attorney or determine the appropriate amount to pay them.
“All of these questions that come up, that can be really hard when you make the decision to file a lawsuit,” she said. “As someone who has been inside the system for years, I’m not saying I’m an expert, but I just have institutional knowledge that I’m not going to gate-keep.”
It’s unclear how many people have filed a civil claim under the law, though nearly 70 plaintiffs were estimated to have filed lawsuits by earlier this year. Women who are currently in prison or formerly incarcerated in New York also indicated last year that they may file claims over alleged sexual abuse involving prison officials.
Hoechstetter, who has also spoken publicly about being sexually assaulted by an OB-GYN who is accused of assaulting dozens of women, said the law has opened opportunities for survivors to seek justice not through formal claims but also through mediation. She said that is important context.
“We’ve given people leverage and power, and that is what I think for me is the takeaway about the law,” she said. “It’s not so much about how many cases get filed or maybe a verdict, although obviously we want to see these verdicts go a certain way. It’s about giving people back their power.”
Within hours of the law going into effect in late November, Carroll filed a battery and defamation civil suit against Trump. (She filed a separate defamation suit in 2019 that has been postponed.)
Carroll said Trump raped her in a dressing room during a chance encounter at a Bergdorf Goodman store in New York City in the 1990s. After she went public with her experience, she said Trump defamed her on social media when he denied the allegation. Trump denied the allegations.
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Trump does not face jail time in connection to the case, but it comes as he seeks another presidential run and faces unrelated criminal charges tied to numerous investigations related to his time in office.
“I filed this lawsuit against Donald Trump to clear my name and to get my life back,” Carroll said in a statement released Tuesday. She added: “This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed.”
On Wednesday, Carroll also tweeted: ”WE WON”.
Deborah Tuerkheimer, a professor of law at Northwestern University and the author of “Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers,” watched the Carroll case unfold and looked for “credibility discounting” — instances when survivors of sexual assault face unfair barriers to being believed in various forms.
Tuerkheimer said it was important to see jurors in the Carroll case reject such attempts in a high-profile trial, though she noted it doesn’t eliminate the immediate challenges for survivors in other cases.
“But this is how the credibility discount gets dissolved,” she said. “It’s moments like this that accumulate over the course of years and decades that give me hope that we’re seeing progress,” she said.
Payne said while the Carroll case is significant and highlights the benefits of the new law, there’s much more work that needs to be done to ensure access to justice is inclusive.
“We need to see the law work for everyone,” she said.
Payne said it’s also important for public officials to address years of reduced funding for state and federal services that help victims of crimes, including survivors of sexual assault. Her organization and other advocacy groups are urging the New York legislature and Hochul to add about $26 million to the Office of Victim Services in the state budget.
“You do not have to face this alone,” Payne said for any survivors who may file a claim or seek other services. “There are organizations, and we are one, who are here to help you navigate your options.”
Turkos hopes state lawmakers consider extending the November 2023 deadline or removing it altogether. And she hopes more states consider similar laws. (California has a more limited law in the books.) Turkos said she was ready to hop on a plane to visit other legislatures to testify about the benefits of such policies, if it helps other survivors of sexual assault seek justice.
“We are better when we work together,” she said. “If you want to know what got us there, I will tell you everything. It’s not true survivor justice for us as advocates and activists and survivors to hold on to this information.”
Hoechstetter said that advocates had also reached out to her about passing similar laws elsewhere. She’s feeling hopeful about the work that’s been done in New York and could happen elsewhere.
“It is a feeling of pride, because it is a journey,” she said. “I’m not like, ‘Oh, what’s next?’ I feel like we’re still in it. I think just making sure people know about it and know there’s a community of people — whether they want to be connected or remain anonymous — who did this for them, are rooting for them, and support them.”
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Party falling apart? You dumber than a box of rocks Lil Linus. If any party is falling apart its the Dems. Tell me quitter who the fuk are the Dems going to run out there for the next Presidential race that's worth a fuk? Tell me i'm listening.
Go back on your couch with your blanket and start picking NBA losersssssssssssssss. LMAO.......... What a fuktard you are
