• @jordanlundM
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    The sad thing is that if he hadn’t drawn the spotlight on the org by getting elected and refusing to divest himself, he would likely still be getting away with it.

      • @jordanlundM
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        Quite a lot. David Cay Johnston has a couple of good books on the subject:

        Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich–and Cheat Everybody Else

        https://a.co/d/ezlWPM9

        Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)

        https://a.co/d/8M5E4Es

        The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use “Plain English” to Rob You Blind

        https://a.co/d/hKGxR9Q

      • @givesomefucks
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        There’s a reason Republicans are hell bent on defending the IRS and the only other option isn’t putting up much of a fight…

          • @givesomefucks
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            Not going to look up the actual numbers, but…

            Dems said we need X billions dollars to fund the IRS.

            Dems asked for billions less, got even less passed. Then went back and took billions more from that after it was passed as a “show of good faith” in negations with Republicans. I’m pretty fucking sure that was to get a budget passed, which Surprise! Republicans still didn’t pass one.

            That’s why I said “the only other option isn’t putting up much of a fight…”.

            By Dems own admission we’re not giving them enough, even before it was reduced multiple times.

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      What’s the chances he gets this overturned on appeal? He mean he had bad council. He could use that and get a new trial?

      • @[email protected]
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        IANAL, but Ineffective Assistance of Counsel is well known to be extremely difficult to pull off, and even more so in civil cases. And, as I understand it, Trump’s sole basis for asserting it would be that the paperwork to receive a jury trial wasn’t filed properly, which resulted in a bench trial. Given that the judge otherwise provided acceptable due process to Mr. Trump, and the case appears to have been decided on clearly established facts and relevant law, I find it hard to believe that an appeal would work here.

        Flipping to a different angle: Lawyers constantly fuck up paperwork; if the system allowed paperwork goofs to trigger new trials, it would bog courts down and provide an attack vector for attorneys to take advantage of.

        • @Zron
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          Alex Jones’ lawyer sent his entire phone’s data to the opposing counsel, and he didn’t get a new trial. Now if that’s not a bad lawyer, I don’t know what is.

          I doubt trump will get a new trial. I’m not even sure there’s a decent lawyer left in the country that would work that idiot.

          • @KneeTitts
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            Alex Jones still hasnt paid a dime of the 1.5 billion he owes either… he never will and I doubt trump ever will pay any of these settlements either.

          • @givesomefucks
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            21 year ago

            Alex Jones’ lawyer

            Was that the same one he had when he said the reason he didn’t know his own children’s ages in a custody hearing was that he ate some chili the night before and it was spicy?

            Because no matter how crazy legal cases have gotten, I don’t think I’ll ever forget that gem

        • @Fredselfish
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          I was thinking them being morons and being fined because they kept using same defense even after judge said to stop.

          • @[email protected]
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            Oh, I feel pretty confident that any lawyer would say there is less than zero chance of that forming the basis of an IAC claim.

            • @Fredselfish
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              91 year ago

              Good I hope they turn Trump Hotel into a homeless shelter.

              • @[email protected]
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                Nah, low income housing would piss him off more.

                Or, better yet, turn it into a multi-cultural heritage center.

                • @Fredselfish
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                  Hell it would I bet he hate knowing homeless people took over his places. But apparently he has many so we can do both and see which he hates more.

                  Quick send him a poll lets see what he thinks?

        • @SkybreakerEngineer
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          Also NAL, but iirc part of that claim is that the trial would have gone differently otherwise. And I think we all know there was never any chance of that, except maybe not getting sanctioned.

      • @KneeTitts
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        Regardless, he’ll drag it out till well after he has died of old age. The american legal system literally cannot touch anyone with money or power… see Matt Gatez for many many examples.

        Even if they do get a settlement, I doubt trump will ever have to pay most of it, just like we dont see Alex Jones paying any of the billion dollars he owes people either. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/us/politics/alex-jones-bankruptcy.html

      • The Quuuuuill
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        61 year ago

        That would be more able to work if he was a poor person. Instead he’s (allegedly) insanely rich, and actively chose poor council

      • Nusm
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        91 year ago

        This is going to be my go-to expression of gratitude from now on – “Thank you for this, Space Noodle.“