#THERE IS A VERDICT

[destielmemenews]

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[ceeejus]

break in the case

[mysteryspotcast]

well the day has come

[forecast0ctopus]

NOT GUILTY

[verdictafterward]

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[golden-lovers]

[reasonsforhope]

Former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies by the jury in his "hush money" trial in New York on Thursday, making him the first former president in U.S. history to be convicted of a crime.

The jury, composed of 12 Manhattan residents, found that Trump illegally falsified business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. They found him guilty on all counts on their second day of deliberations.

The presumptive Republican nominee for president is now also a convicted felon, a label that could reverberate across the electorate in the months between now and Election Day in November.

The verdict was handed down in the same Manhattan courtroom where Trump has been on trial for the past six weeks. Trump stared at each juror as they confirmed their vote to convict and angrily denounced the decision in the hallway outside the courtroom, vowing to fight the conviction.

Jurors sided with prosecutors who said that Trump authorized the plan to falsify checks and related records in an effort to prevent voters from learning of an alleged sexual encounter with Daniels. Prosecutors from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office said the conspiracy spanned his 2016 campaign and continued well into his first year in the White House. Trump denied having sex with Daniels and pleaded not guilty.

Justice Juan Merchan set a sentencing date of July 11, just four days before the start of the Republican National Convention, where Trump will be formally nominated as the party's standard-bearer. He could face up to four years in prison and a $5,000 fine for each count, but Merchan has broad discretion when imposing a sentence, and could limit the punishment to a fine, probation, home confinement or other options...

The Biden campaign warned that former Trump's conviction doesn't prevent him from winning another term in the White House from a legal standpoint. 

"There is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: at the ballot box. Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president," the campaign's communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement.

-via CBS News, May 30, 2024. Live updates: 7:36 pm, 7:23 pm Eastern Time

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Note: Even if Trump gets reelected, he cannot pardon himself in this case, because this is a state-level conviction. The president can only pardon people convicted of federal crimes, not people convicted by the states. (x, x)

[flyer9550]

So in the United States a convicted felon is NOT allowed to vote, but IS allowed to run for President

EXPLAIN THE LOGIC

[poobit]

you think anyone out there could like me when theres nothing to hide?

[samijey]

sami and jey clearly arriving together and jey giving him the "play nice we talked about this" look oh they are SHAMELESSLY MARRIED

[rad-roche]

Date Night

[alwaysbewoke]

wow. "chiquita" and "death squads" are not things i expected to see in the same sentence.

[keeps-ache]

overgrowth and languor

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[artbyfuji]

coworker moment 👍

[alaritheaurora]

Ough headcanon that the reason Scott Pearl and Cleo keep teaming up is because it's predictable. Scott has always been friends with Cleo he knows what she's like, knows what to and not to do. Pearl and Cleo are used to eachothers different flavours of hurt and betrayal. Scott and Pearl are expecting things to go wrong. They teamed up because "at least if I'm getting betrayed I'll be expecting it". Impulse is part of the team because he's experienced each of them as well, he knows how Cleo reacts to betrayal. He's been by Pearl's side when she goes crazy. He's experienced Scott's undying loyalty. He's been so dedicated and serious and thought, "Well if I'm going to have fun, might as well commit" This team isn't built on friendship and trust. It's built on "we can get along, we have before, and we can now. And if it goes wrong, so be it" A fourway agreement of "I'll protect so until you stop protecting me" and deep down all of them hope "I hope it can go back to the way it was"

[verdictafterward]

speed doodled blitz and a friend