Knightlady

Lots

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Trump has already announced he will appeal, as he always does. But, in New York state you have to put up a bond for 120% of the damages due before you can lodge an appeal. It remains to be seen whether anyone will do that for a serial fraudster with a history of not paying his bills.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Bird, you must'a forgotten the fact that Trump and his legal team refused a jury and instead, chose to have a judge hear their case. So, the assessment of damages was determined by the judge assigned and accepted.

But, you continue with some of the best memes on OPP.

BIRDMAN

I have heard that before. Do you have any information on that because I have not been able to find any.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

It is my understanding that campaign donations cannot be used for paying civil lawsuit damages. Instead, campaign-related expenses include disbursements to the campaign, including payments for day-to-day expenses such as staff salaries, rent, travel, advertising, telephones, office supplies and equipment, fundraising, etc.

BIRDMAN

I watched ABC news today they said Trump already used $50 million worth of donations to pay his lawyers.That’s how the Democrats get you your pocketbook.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Why there's no jury for Trump's New York civil fraud case

Former President Donald Trump has complained repeatedly that the civil trial in New York, where he’s accused of business fraud, does not have a jury – and the fate of the case is up to Judge Arthur Engoron.

Trump’s lawyers say the New York state law that state Attorney General Letitia James used to bring the complaint against him – a civil statute giving the state attorney general wide latitude to go after “persistent fraud” in business – did not allow him to request a jury trial.

But legal experts familiar with New York state law say that the question of whether Trump could have sought a jury trial is complicated. While Trump may not have been likely to succeed, experts said the question of a jury trial is something that Trump’s lawyers could have tried to litigate.

“It’s not entirely clear whether Trump would have been entitled to a jury trial under New York law – that would depend on nuanced legal determinations about the nature of the remedy sought by the attorney general,” said Elie Honig, a CNN senior legal analyst and former federal and New Jersey prosecutor. “But Trump’s legal team absolutely could have requested a jury, litigated the issue, and then appealed had they lost.”

At the start of the trial, Engoron noted that no parties in the case requested a jury trial and that the law mandated a “bench trial” decided by a judge.

“You have probably noticed or already read that this case has no jury,” Engoron said. “Neither side asked for one and, in any event, the remedies sought are all equitable in nature, mandating that the trial be a bench trial, one that a judge alone decides.”

Trump’s lawyers have pushed back on the notion that they failed to request a jury trial, as some have suggested based on paperwork filed in the case.

“Under 63 (12), which is what this case is, you don’t have a right - an absolute right to a jury,” Trump lawyer Alina Habba said on Fox News previously.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Here's much on the subject to peruse...take your pick.

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e5e3f5a07fa25b66&rlz=1C1VDKB_enUS1017US1017&q=What+can+campaign+funds+be+used+for&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiKm4vUlbGEAxVOHDQIHXVKAhMQ1QJ6BAg8EAE&biw=1280&bih=889&dpr=1

Paying legal fees appears to be admissible, but not civil damages from a trial.

Kevyn

How would it piss off the left to see ignorant peckerwood racists fleeced by a grifter before he goes to prison? Frankly it is sort of entertaining. Like a carnival freak show.

crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

This morality lecture comes to us from a man who believes that it should be legal to destroy a fetus.

Kevyn

It gives him the opportunity to commit additional felonies!

crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

It would be good to see leftists like you pissed off the toilet seat you inhabit.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

5 bucks wont do much good.

BIRDMAN

Yes but do you have any proof that they did not ask for a jury trial

BIRDMAN

You would definitely know about a freak show