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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
10 minutes ago
Jack Montgomery
Lawfare

CNN Admits ‘It’s An Election Interference Trial’ – BUT Not For the Obvious Reason…

CNN legal analyst and globalist hatchet man Norman Eisen has argued it is “wrong” to describe George Soros-backed District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecution of Donald Trump in Manhattan as a “hush money” case.

“We should call it an ‘election interference’ trial going forward,” Eisen said, echoing a sentiment often expressed by Trump himself – though the CNN employee believes it is Trump, not his Democrat prosecutors, who may be responsible for the interference.

Eisen noted that Democrat-linked Judge Juan Merchan, describing the case to potential jurors, said the allegations “that Donald Trump falsified business records to conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.”

“Paying hush money by itself is not a crime. The crime alleged in this case is felony document falsification, as the judge detailed. That requires intent to conceal, aid or commit another crime,” Eisen explained.

“Here, the prosecution alleges that the intent was to violate federal campaign finance laws and also the state statute prohibiting the ‘unlawful influence’ of an election — i.e., election interference.”

NOVEL APPROACH. 

This approach by Bragg, which has allowed him to elevate the charges against Trump from misdemeanor to felony, is novel and, in the eyes of many legal experts, dubious, as the “other crime” the former president supposedly committed is not being prosecuted.

Eisen conceded the alleged accounting issues with so-called “hush money” payments to Stormy Daniels to settle claims of an affair, which Trump denies, date from 2017, after the 2016 election had concluded.

The CNN analyst argues the payment was itself election interference, however, claiming “no one can seriously dispute that the reason… Trump allegedly hatched the scheme was to deprive voters of information that could have changed the outcome of an extremely close election.”

“When information is withheld from voters, as Bragg alleges happened here, that undermines democracy… It is an election interference [trial] and we should say so,” he concluded.

He did not touch on whether censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020 would qualify as election interference on behalf of Biden under this definition.

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Barron Trump
28 minutes ago
Jack Montgomery
Lawfare

Trump Blasts NY Judge for Attacking His Family (While Placing a ‘Gag Order’ Over His Daughter’s Links to Democrats).

Donald Trump slammed New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan for hinting he would block him from attending the graduation of his youngest son, Barron.

Merchan, who has already threatened to have Trump arrested if he misses a single day of his so-called “hush money” trial to campaign for the presidency, has declined to rule on whether or not the former president can be excused for his son’s high school graduation: “It really depends on if we are on time and where we are in the trial,” he said.

“My son has graduated from high school, and it looks like the judge will not let me go to the graduation of my son, who has worked very very hard,” Trump told reporters.

Later, he posted a more extensive statement on Truth Social, demanding: “Who will explain for me, to my wonderful son, Barron, who is a GREAT Student at a fantastic School, that his Dad will likely not be allowed to attend his Graduation Ceremony, something that we have been talking about for years, because a seriously Conflicted and Corrupt New York State Judge wants me in Criminal Court on a bogus “Biden Case” which, according to virtually all Legal Scholars and Pundits, has no merit, and should NEVER have been brought?”

“The Judge, Juan Merchan, is preventing me from proudly attending my son’s Graduation. Seems very unfair, doesn’t it? But this whole event is unfair,” he added.

Trump’s lawyers asked Merchan to recuse himself before the trial, citing his family’s links to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Merchan’s daughter has shared manipulated images of the former president behind bars, apparently in the hope her father will imprison him.

Merchan refused to recuse himself and banned Trump from “attacking” his family.

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Mike Johnston Denver
50 minutes ago
Immigration

Denver Mayor Slashes Funding for Police, Fire Depts., Shifts $90M to Pay for Illegals.

Denver, Colorado, Mayor Mike Johnston announced he will raid city coffers and slash the police, firefighter, and 9-1-1 call center budgets to boost funding for housing and other services for illegal immigrants. Johnston, who has embraced the Biden government’s term “newcomers” to refer to the city’s burgeoning illegal alien population, said the cuts are necessary to afford the $89.9 million in new spending on illegals.

The city’s police department will see a $8.4 million cut in its budget, while the Denver fire department will have its budget slashed by $2.5 million. In addition, 9-1-1 operators would be forced to take a pay cut. Other city services will be reduced by $45.9 million as part of the funding shift, which prioritizes Denver’s illegal immigrant population of its legal residents.

“After more than a year of facing this crisis together, Denver finally has a sustainable plan for treating our newcomers with dignity while avoiding the worst cuts to city services,” Johnston claimed during the April 10 announcement of his budget plan. He continued: “So many times, we were told that we couldn’t be compassionate while still being fiscally responsible. Today is proof that our hardest challenges are still solvable and that together we are the ones who will solve them.”

Johnston has joined other state and local Democratic politicians across the U.S. in asking for the Biden government to provide financial assistance for cities as well as increase the number of work permits for illegal immigrants. “We think if the federal government can take action on the supplemental budget that President Biden has proposed, that would be $14 billion that could help meet this need,” the Denver mayor said earlier this year. Johnston’s budget will head to the Denver City Council for debate and a final vote on April 16.

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Denver, Colorado, Mayor Mike Johnston announced he will raid city coffers and slash the police, firefighter, and 9-1-1 call center budgets to boost funding for housing and other services for illegal immigrants. Johnston, who has embraced the Biden government's term "newcomers" to refer to the city's burgeoning illegal alien population, said the cuts are necessary to afford the $89.9 million in new spending on illegals. show more
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China CCP US Agriculture
1 hour ago
NatSec
Politics

House Lawmakers Look to Block Chinese Control Of U.S. Agriculture.

Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) are pushing new legislation that would direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to formulate strategies to counter potential threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to American agricultural supply chains. In addition, the bill would eliminate regulatory barriers that the lawmakers say are detrimental to promoting domestic agricultural production.

“China has captured significant market share for agricultural inputs that are vital to our domestic food supply, ceding our top adversary leverage and control,” Hinson said in an interview after announcing the legislation. She continued: “Iowa farmers have told me firsthand that if China decides to shut off U.S. access to these inputs, food production could slow to a halt.”

The CCP has made significant investments in global agriculture production in recent years, buying up large swaths of farmland worldwide and purchasing large stakes in agricultural-sector companies. These moves have raised concerns with federal and state lawmakers in the U.S., with several state governments moving to block further Chinese land acquisitions last year. Recent attempts by the Chinese company Fufeng Group to procure land in North Dakota for a corn mill project were blocked by local officials after the U.S. Air Force raised concerns about the project’s proximity to a nearby military base.

Supported by the top lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, the bill would require annual evaluations of the federal government to assess the health and safety of domestic agricultural supply chains and China’s potential influence over them. The new legislation comes amidst increasing concerns in Congress regarding China’s infiltration of the U.S. technology sector — as well as the pervasive influence of the TikTok social media app, owned by China-based technology conglomerate ByteDance.

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Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) are pushing new legislation that would direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to formulate strategies to counter potential threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to American agricultural supply chains. In addition, the bill would eliminate regulatory barriers that the lawmakers say are detrimental to promoting domestic agricultural production. show more
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Mateusz Morawiecki
2 hours ago
Jack Montgomery
World

Poland’s Ex-PM Regrets Pushing Too Far on Abortion as New Globalist Govt Set to Liberalize Laws.

Mateusz Morawiecki, the former national populist Prime Minister of Poland, has expressed his regret at conservatives pushing abortion restrictions further than the public would tolerate while in office. His Law and Justice (PiS) party has now been displaced by a globalist coalition, which wants not just to reverse the changes but also liberalize abortion far beyond the status quo ante.

Abortion was already restricted relatively strongly when PiS entered office, with exceptions for rape, danger to the life of the mother, and cases where the unborn baby was found to have defects — an arrangement known as the “abortion compromise.” Conservative appointees to the country’s Constitutional Tribunal eliminated the last of these exceptions, intended to allow women to end unviable pregnancies, in 2020, ruling it was being used to target babies with conditions such as Down’s Syndrome in a discriminatory manner.

Abortion was weaponized by the left in Poland’s 2023 elections. While PiS remained the largest party, a coalition of smaller globalist and left-wing parties combined to take over the government. Two of the three major factions in the new government now wish to not only restore the defects exception but also legalize abortion up to 12 weeks.

“If I could turn back time, yes, I would do it. I think the compromise was a bad thing, but much better than what may await us in the future,” lamented Morawiecki.

Donald Trump has often cautioned pro-life campaigners against pushing for abortion restrictions that do not enjoy broad public support. He argued that while people should “follow their heart” on the issue, conservatives “have to win elections” to stop leftist politicians from gaining power and advancing extreme policies such as legalizing abortion up to birth.

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Mateusz Morawiecki, the former national populist Prime Minister of Poland, has expressed his regret at conservatives pushing abortion restrictions further than the public would tolerate while in office. His Law and Justice (PiS) party has now been displaced by a globalist coalition, which wants not just to reverse the changes but also liberalize abortion far beyond the status quo ante. show more
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