February 22, 2024

Technically speaking, Donald Trump is guilty of something — he’s guilty of the crime of being Donald Trump. He hasn’t broken any laws, but laws have been modified to break him.

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As former NKVD (now the KGB) head Lavrentiy Beria once famously said, “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” The Democrats have been shown one term of Donald Trump in power and they didn’t like what they saw.

Energy independence, historically low unemployment, almost zero inflation, a strong economy… I mean, who wants that?

Not the Democrats, that’s for sure. They prefer to keep a horribly corrupt, senile old man in the White House by any means necessary, and that means a never-ending onslaught of lawfare designed to bankrupt even a billionaire.

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Let’s begin with the judgments already issued against Donald Trump and then evaluate the ongoing court cases. We will break down each case according to judge name instead of a state because New York has multiple cases against him.

Judge Lewis Kaplan – total damages $88.3 million dollars to be paid to E. Jean Carroll

Kaplan wouldn’t allow Trump to present any evidence in his own defense. The “trial” was a complete joke – Carroll couldn’t even remember the year the alleged sexual assault took place and by some miracle of a coincidence, all the details of her account matched perfectly with the plot of an episode of Law and Order: SVU. Her entire case was a bad joke that has gone on for far too long. The alleged assault took place “in 1995 or 1996” but Carroll never even accused Trump of raping her until 2019.

There is no doubt that Trump should win on appeal… but can he afford to appeal? The laws of New York are quite unfriendly to the appellant in this regard, and much of Trump’s wealth will be tied by in the “other” New York judgment against him.

Judge Arthur Engoron — total damages $453.5 million to be paid to the state of New York

Of all the litigation involving Trump, this case is the most egregious of them all. Trump was convicted of a victimless crime, allegedly overvaluing his real estate holdings, in order to receive favorable loan terms from banks from whom Trump wanted to borrow money — money that was borrowed and repaid in full. The banks that lent Trump money want to lend him money again, but Engoron’s draconian ruling temporarily prohibits them from doing new business with one of their best customers.