Trump’s Manhattan Trial Stacked Deck Against Former President By the Judge!

Judge Juan Merchan has allowed prosecutors from Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s office to prove a federal campaign-finance crime against former president Donald Trump by relying on blatantly inadmissible evidence — the guilty pleas of Michael Cohen and a non-prosecution agreement David Pecker struck with the Justice Department. ANDREW C. MCCARTHY

Judge's Decision: Judge Juan Merchan allowed prosecutors to use inadmissible evidence against Donald Trump, including Michael Cohen's guilty pleas and David Pecker's non-prosecution agreement.

Inadmissible Evidence:

Michael Cohen: Trump's former lawyer, pleaded guilty to two Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) felonies related to non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) during the 2016 presidential campaign.

David Pecker: Former American Media Inc. CEO, entered a non-prosecution agreement for fear of indictment under FECA.

NDAs Context: The NDAs, involving payments to Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels, were arranged by Cohen, with Pecker involved in McDougal's payment and Cohen paying Daniels himself.

Legal Argument: NDAs are not campaign expenditures under FECA. They could have been relevant in many non-political contexts (e.g., to protect Trump's reputation).

Cohen's Guilty Pleas: Cohen's guilty pleas were driven by his need to avoid prison for unrelated crimes (bank fraud and tax evasion), and these pleas are legally insufficient as evidence against Trump.

Judge's Ruling on Evidence: Judge Merchan did not allow a former FEC commissioner to testify, which would have clarified the legal basis for campaign expenditures, yet allowed Cohen and Pecker, who lack expertise in election law, to testify.

Prosecutorial Strategy: The prosecution used Cohen's guilty pleas to imply Trump's guilt, despite these pleas being inadmissible against Trump. The judge allowed this strategy, which the author criticizes as unfair and prejudicial.

Conclusion: Cohen's guilty pleas are worthless as evidence and the judge's decision undermines the fairness of the trial.

Source:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/05/undercover-prosecutor-merchan-helps-bragg-lawlessly-stress-cohens-guilty-plea/

France and Belgium Sacrificed Jewish People "Before"

France and Belgium support the bid for arrest warrants of Israel and Hamas leaders.

 

Now today after they betrayed the Jewish people in their respective countries during WW2, they are repeating their antisemitism behaviours once again, in my view and millions of others worldwide.

 

France and Belgium during ww2 actively cooperated with Germany’s nazi Regime in rounding up and deporting 76,000 Jewish people from France alone and while Belgium's leaders and population also actively collaborated with Germany’s nazi Regime in rounding up and deporting 66,000 Jewish people from Belgium to death camps.

 

The free world and all its so-called elected leaders should be outraged at the ICC prosecutor's attempted application against the country of Israel and its leaders.

 

There is no equivalence between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas. Hamas is an internationally designated Palestinian terrorist organization that has controlled Gaza since 2007 and whose explicitly stated mission is the murder of Jews and “obliteration” of Israel.

 

In 2007 it seized control of Gaza in a violent coup and launched over 18,000 mortars and rockets into Israeli communities and forced Israel to mount three major military operations to protect its citizens:

 

1. Cast Lead (Dec. 2008-to Jan. 2009)

2. Pillar of Defense (Nov. 2012)

3. Protective Edge (July 8 to August 6, 2014)

 

Hamas systematically committed war crimes in these actions, as evidenced by its tactics during Protective Edge. Hamas rockets indiscriminately targeted Israel’s population and civilian centers, a war crime according to the Geneva Conventions and the International Criminal Court.

France and Belgium for the second time in a mere 82 years seem to have totally forgotten their past collaboration against the Jewish peoples:

 

From 1942 to 1944 a stream of Jewish people were rounded up by Vichy authorities, and by the end of the war, some 76,000 had been deported to Nazi concentration camps.

 

Although under the overall control of the SS, the main transit camp of Drancy, from which 63,000 people were sent to their deaths, was run by Paris's police force.

 

François Mitterand, president from 1981 until 1995, insisted France "was never involved" in the ill-treatment of its Jewish population, and it was not until Jacques Chirac in 1995 that a head of state admitted France's "inescapable guilt". It does so without forgetting the 74,150 Jewish men, women and children who were deported from France – most of whom perished.

 

France and Belgium are now showing that their leaders and country have forgotten their past collaboration actions against the Jewish people which was the same case from 1942 to 1944.

 

Also, we must remember that today and back then "The Belgian state once again has supported and adopted a docile and cooperative attitude in some very diverse, but crucial domains providing collaboration unworthy of a democracy, with a policy that once again shall be disastrous for Belgian and the Jewish peoples, in my view.

 

Unlike today back then after the end of the war, Belgian military judicial authorities decided that investigating the deportation of the Jewish people was too "delicate" to be allowed to continue.

 

That was after then and today's decision to support the ICC is another decision from Belgium and France's leaders and population of "a docile and cooperative attitude in some very diverse, but crucial domains providing collaboration unworthy of a democracy."

 

France and Belgium Sacrificed Jewish people to the Nazis Before and now they repeat that step by supporting a rogue ICC for purely political reasons.

Hamas's Stated Mission Murder Jews, “Obliteration” of Israel

Hamas is an internationally designated Palestinian terrorist organization that controls Gaza, whose explicitly stated mission is the murder of Jews, “obliteration” of Israel, and its replacement with a Taliban-like theocracy. 

In 2007 it seized control of Gaza in a violent coup and launched over 18,000 mortars and rockets into Israeli communities and forced Israel to mount three major military operations to protect its citizens: 

1. Cast Lead (Dec. 2008-to Jan. 2009)

2. Pillar of Defense (Nov. 2012)

3. Protective Edge (July 8 to August 6, 2014)

Hamas systematically committed war crimes in these actions, as evidenced by its tactics during Protective Edge. Hamas rockets indiscriminately targeted Israel’s population and civilian centers, a war crime according to the Geneva Conventions and the International Criminal Court.

Hamas indiscriminately fired over 4,465 rockets at Israel’s heartland, including densely populated cities such as Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and their civilian structures, during Protective Edge. Over 70% of Israeli citizens were in rocket range.

• Even Palestinian officials acknowledged Hamas’ rockets were war crimes. “Each and every missile against Israel constitutes a crime against humanity whether it hits or misses because it is directed at civilian targets.”

–Palestinian Envoy to the Human Rights Council, July 9, 2014.

• Hamas “made clear in their statements that harming civilians was their aim. There is simply no legal justification for launching rockets at populated areas.”

–Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East Director, Human Rights Watch, Nov. 2012.

• The EU “strongly condemns the indiscriminate firing of rockets into Israel by Hamas and militant groups in the Gaza Strip, directly harming civilians. These are criminal and unjustifiable acts.”9 Hamas kidnapped Israelis to use them as hostages, a war crime according to the Geneva Conventions and the International Criminal Court.

• On June 12, 2014, Hamas operatives kidnapped three Israeli teens as they were returning home from school. Their bodies were found 18 days later.

• In 2006, Hamas operatives kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit and held him hostage for over five years until he was released in a prisoner exchange in 2011.

• Hamas built 32 cross-border underground tunnels to infiltrate Israel and kidnap Israelis. Rooms, handcuffs and tranquillizers were prepared for the Israeli victims.13 Hamas used Palestinian civilian centers for military purposes, a war crime according to the Geneva Conventions.

• Hamas placed its military arsenal and tunnel entrances in Gaza’s schools, homes, residential neighbourhoods, hospitals, and mosques, as occurred with UNRWA schools, 16 Al-Shifah17 and Al-Wafa hospitals, and the Islamic University of Gaza.

• Hamas booby-trapped thousands of homes and fired 597 rockets from civilian centers, including 260 from schools, 160 from religious sites, 127 from cemeteries, and over 50 from hospitals. Hamas used Palestinians as human shields, a war crime according to Article 51(7) of the 1977 Protocols to the Geneva Convention. 

• Hamas urged Gaza residents to act as human shields. 

• Hamas urged residents to ignore Israel’s warnings to move to safer areas because of imminent attacks. In some cases, Hamas operatives violently attacked residents who sought safer areas. 

• "The Israeli army sends warnings to people [Gazans] to evacuate buildings before an attack. Hamas's strict policy, though, was not to allow us to evacuate. Hamas's official Al-Quds TV regularly issued warnings to Gazans not to evacuate their homes. Hamas militants would block the exits to the places residents were asked to evacuate." –Gaza Medical Aid Worker, September 19, 2014. Hamas conducted extrajudicial executions of alleged Palestinian collaborators with Israel.

• Hamas murdered at least 48 suspected collaborators during the 2014 war, accusing them of being spies and executing them publicly, without trial. Hamas has dragged the executed bodies of past suspected collaborators through the streets of Gaza as a warning to others. Hamas enlisted children to participate in hostilities, a war crime according to the Geneva Conventions and the International Criminal Court.

• Hamas admitted to using child labour to construct cross-border tunnels. According to Hamas officials, at least 160 children were killed while building the terror tunnels.

ICC Chief Prosecutor Seeking Arrest Warrants for Hamas leaders and Netanyahu

The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has announced his intention to pursue arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Karim Khan, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has announced plans to seek arrest warrants for several leaders, including Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar plus other Hamas leaders Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Khan accuses these leaders of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The ICC statement accuses the Hamas leaders, Sinwar, and Deif, of murder charges as a crime against humanity, sexual violence, and taking hostages as war crimes while accusing and charging Netanyahu and Gallant of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare and intentionally attacking civilian populations.

Khan asserts there is sufficient evidence to hold these individuals accountable for war crimes since the start of Hamas’s war against Israel on October 7, 2023, and Israel’s responsive military actions in Gaza. He emphasized the severe and well-documented impact of starvation and collective punishment on Gaza’s civilian population and stressed the need for accountability for Hamas’s actions on October 7.

The ICC, based in The Hague, has been investigating Israel’s activities in Gaza for the past three years yet apparently not the activities of Hamas in Gaza since 2007?

The ICC/! CJ in their decision was Ultra Vires under law. The Montevideo Convention of 1933 outlines the criteria for statehood, which include a permanent population, defined territory, government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. Palestine meets some of these criteria, but its full status remains contentious due to ongoing territorial disputes and the lack of a universally recognized government.

While Palestine is recognized as a state by some countries and has a certain level of recognition at the UN, it does not have universal recognition or full legal status as a sovereign state in the eyes of all international law or actors.

The pane overstepped its legal authority when it stated and based its ruling by agreeing with Khan’s assessment that the ICC has jurisdiction over the case since Palestine is a state party as per the ICC statute.

Palestine is NOT a State or a country therefore the ruling was Ultra Vires. (beyond the legal power or authority of the person performing an action)

Source:

WorldNews

Copy: 

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

https://legal.un.org/icc/statute/romefra.htm

Joe Biden’s Self-Serving, Race-Bating Political Speech “A Morehouse Man”

The guy who ran for office with a Unity Agenda, for solving big challenges that unite all Americans— yet his Presidency and actions of the past 3 and a half years have openly continued his political attempts to divide Americans for no other reason than to retain power for his far left-leaning Democratic Party, in my view and tens of millions of others.

(Race Bating) "It’s natural to wonder if democracy you hear about actually works for you.

What is democracy if Black men are being killed in the street?

What is democracy if a trail of broken promises still leave Black — Black communities behind?"

 What is democracy if you have to be 10 times better than anyone else to get a fair shot?

And most of all, what does it mean, as we’ve heard before, to be a Black man who loves his country even if it doesn’t love him back in equal measure?”

Summary of Joe Biden's Commencement Speeches for the Graduating Class of 2024:

1. Joe Biden at Morehouse College:

• Biden addressed students at Morehouse College, emphasizing that they are victims of racism and white supremacy.
• He stated that American democracy has failed them, highlighting issues like police violence and systemic inequality.
• Biden criticized efforts by parents to remove explicit pornography from school libraries as a book “ban” to “erase history” and implied it was racist. “They don’t see you in the future of America.”

• His speech was described as negative and lacking constructive advice for the graduates. "It was a rancid, depressing speech that gave nobody in the audience wisdom or nourishment to help make their way in the world."

• Copy of Joe Biden’s self-serving and race-baiting political speech “A Morehouse man”  @ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/19/remarks-by-president-biden-at-the-morehouse-college-class-of-2024-commencement-address-atlanta-ga/

   

2. Dr. Anthony Fauci at Columbia University:

• His speech to students about the tiny subset of the media that calls him out for his lies and complicity in the pandemic disaster. Fauci went on to tell Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons “During the past four years we have witnessed an alarming increase in the mischaracterization, distortion and even vilification of solid evidence-based scientific findings and of scientists themselves,”

• Fauci is the guy who lied to the world when he said masks will stop you from getting COVID-19, and two masks are better than one.

• Fauci lied to Americans and the world when he told us the COVID-19 shot would stop us from getting the virus or passing it on and swore that the virus didn’t come out of the Wuhan lab.

• Fauci lied under oath to Congress and said the NIH did not fund Frankenstein's gain-of-function research. He and his underlings at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases covered up their funding of EcoHealth Alliance, which subcontracted the dangerous research to sloppy scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology where it most likely escaped and killed millions of people.

• The day Fauci was at Columbia last week, EcoHealth finally saw its federal funding suspended for failing to adequately oversee the Chinese research. No kidding.

• The day after Fauci’s speech, his ex-colleague, former NIH Acting Director Lawrence Tabak, contradicted him when he testified before the House Oversight Committee. Tabak said that Fauci’s outfit, NIAID, DID INDEED FUND gain-of-function research in Wuhan through EcoHealth Alliance.

• “Sadly,” said Fauci, “elements of our society are driven by a cacophony of falsehoods, lies and conspiracy theories that get repeated often enough, that after a while, they stand largely unchallenged ominously leading to an insidious acceptance of what I call the ‘Normalization of Untruths.’ ”

• That is what is defined clinically as “projection” practiced by sufferers of narcissistic personality disorder.

Source: 

https://nypost.com/2024/05/19/opinion/biden-fauci-and-butker-each-deliver-starkly-different-speeches-and-the-best-message-gets-vilified/