This wkend Trump was freaking out. He had gotten wind that something bad to him is about to happen. This was that bad thing. His New York tax fraud case is now a criminal case, not just Manhattan DA, but New York state AG office.
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This is a DRAMATIC change. CHANGE in the case.
Remember, New York already had Trump tax returns (Trump took it to SCOTUS twice! Twice! and lost both times). And NY has Deutsche Bank records. They know it was a crime. But they need to prove CRIMINAL INTENT
New York has already had Michael Cohen providing testimony as a friendly witness. Eric Trump was forced to testify for 8 hours. Many other Trump Org people have testified. All this was months ago. What happened NOW?
Possibly Allen Weisselberg flipped. Or this is extra pressure
New York has no interest in telling Trump. How could Trump KNOW this weekend? New York had put extra pressure on Allen Weisselberg (Trump's crooked-to-the-bone slimebag accountant from the times of Trump's dad, scumbag slumlord Fred Trump)
Likely Allen STOPPED TALKING to Trump
Like when Trump was sending messages to Michael Cohen to stay strong, when Michael flipped of course against Trump. I guess Trump was regularly calling Allen, how are you doing? And Allen said, "Fine Mr Trump, I am fine." and suddenly Allen no longer takes Trump's calls.. oopsie
We do NOT KNOW if Allen has flipped.
New York can prove tax fraud to astronomical levels from the documents and testimony they have. To prove 'criminal intent' they need evidence that the fraud was DELIBERATE, directed by Trump, for the purpose of committing a crime.
If Allen flipped this weekend, it will take WEEKS, possibly months before his confessions are taken as testimony. He has committed crimes with Trump for four DECADES. He has to confess all to get any plea deal. We might not KNOW that he has flipped until this process is done
BUT if there are serious crimes involved, New York CAN start to make arrests. Allen may turn himself in, voluntarily (like Michael Cohen did)
New York can come and arrest Eric Trump or Don Jr. Beavis and Butt-Head Trump are likely to be arrested BEFORE Trump himself.
And this process may take YEARS of a SERIES of criminal cases, where Trump is the LAST to be charged, arrested, tried, convicted & imprisoned
It MIGHT happen fast, because of some developments in New York. It is LIKELY to be YEARS before Trump part starts. Junior levels go first
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So this day will come. Trump will go to prison. It is 100% certain. We only have to wait now. Trump's taxes will take him down, like Al Capone, long before Jan 6 terrorism etc is processed. So there is one hero who got the ball rolling
Who? A surprise
Who To Thank Thread 2/4
The New York state criminal trial would not happen if it was not TAX FRAUD case brought in NY against Trump. How did that case get started? It was farmed out by.. Mueller who said he saw crimes, and gave state crimes to where they belong
But before him..
Who To Thank Thread 3/4
How did Mueller get to evidence that there are state crimes committed by Trump?
Someone flipped. A Trump attorney named Michael Cohen. He spilled all the beans he knew, to Mueller & to New York state prosecutors.
So some of you will remember Rudy Giuliani was talking about his insurance against Trump. This was around Impeachment 1. There was talk that Trump will throw Giuliani under the bus, to escape the Impeachment. And suddenly Rudy threatened the US President.
What was that?
Giuliani has COLLECTED evidence IN CASE Trump tries to betray Rudy.
One, why would you do that? unless you know what you are doing is illegal. AND you know the other guy cannot be trusted.
Two, Rudy has DEVASTATING evidence against Trump we have not YET SEEN
Some of that evidence was about Ukraine. OTHER evidence Rudy has, relates to misc other crimes he was organizing for Trump like in Romania and Venezuela.
Three. Rudy openly in public made a threat against the US President. That adds what? three years, five years
Today we learned New York state AG Attorney General has joined Manhattan DA District Attorney in making the financial investigation of Trump Org into a criminal case. This is very bad news for Trump, but past week has had bad developments in THREE cases..
Trump Legal Thread 2/
Let's examine the 3 main criminal issues facing Trump, and what bad developments have taken place in them.
First reminder. Al Capone was not convicted of multiple murders. He was convicted of tax fraud. Tax crimes never expire. Trump FEARS the NY tax case
Trump Legal Thread 3/
Today's news from NY AG, is a SEPARATE case from Manhattan DA. Neither of these are 'SDNY' which is FEDERAL criminal jurisdiction. We are looking at New York STATE crimes. A Presidential pardon would not even help in these (if Trump has secret self-pardon)
Many are mentioning that Trump might be a flight risk. He is
The most popular destination suggested is asylum in Russia. That is highly unlikely
Would defection by Trump get him beyond justice. No, of course not. Let's do the analysis thread on asylum.
Trump Asylum Thread 2/
Asylum is a form of international sanctuary. Go to another country to escape persecution (or prosecution). Ballet dancers like Nureyev, Baryshnikov and Godunov defected from Soviet Union. Wikileaks's Julian Assange seeked refuge in Embassy of Ecuador
Trump Asylum Thread 3/
And a former Dictator who tried to destroy the young democracy in Ukraine and take power, Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted in 2014. He defected to Russia. A Putin pal.
Where did we hear that name? Oh, MANAFORT was assisting Yanukovych rape his nation. Yeah.
Trump forced Kennedy to retire early. It is very likely extortion, very likely linked to Kennedy's son who worked at Deutsche Bank approving Trump's loans worth around $300 million, backed by Vladimir Putin (likely money laundering)
Trump replaced Kennedy with Justice Kavanaugh. His financial situation had miraculous improvements (likely not directly Trump but rather rich Republican donors who wanted to own a SCOTUS Justice). But Trump very likely demanded a BRIBE to appoint Kava. Like Gov Blagojevich tried
Extortion and bribes are difficult to prove
Trump used extortion REGULARLY (and we saw him do it with Ukraine, Impeachment 1)
He also demanded bribes for his appointments (Ambassador to EU who testified in Impeachment 1 admitted to paying $1 million to get his job)
While I am doing Trump self-pardon (so he most def has signed that for himself) many also have been asking about Rudy Colludy. Does Giuliani have a secret pardon?
No. He does not. Let's do this thread once and for all
Giuliani Pardon Thread 2/
Giuliani was BEGGING Trump for a pardon. He never got one. If he had a secret pardon, he would have waived it on the day the FBI raided his office. Why? Because he dealt with the worst scum international thugs, who TRUSTED their alleged attorney of NY
Giuliani Pardon Thread 3/
Had Rudy had a pardon, he would have waived it to keep his legal offices clean. Now Giuliani's legal career has effectively ended. NOBODY can ever trust Rudy as a lawyer, because the Feds have raided his office.