Ogee wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:45 pm No charges brought against Brand at all, just the victim of an establishment and msm smear campaign same as the majority of US voters say Trump is. If AP say it it must be true.

Criminal law generally requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt while civil law merely requires a preponderance of evidence. Also, the overwhelming majority of laws are civil laws. Therefore, the overwhelming majority of cases filed are civil cases. If you're referring to criminal charges when you say "charges," no criminal indictment is required to prosecute a civil claim. There is nothing unusual about a victim's lawyer pursuing a remedy under the lower civil threshold of proof.

The majority of U.S. voters are not lawyers and don't live in the State of New York, so they have no idea what the definitions of white collar crimes are in that jurisdiction. As I mentioned previously in this thread, I have an ABA accredited juris doctor law degree, so I understand exactly that the State of New York has successfully prosecuted hundreds of individuals and entities under the same criminal statutes that Don The Con violated. Again contrary to the narrative that Trump is pushing, there is nothing unusual about this prosecution of white collar crime. You can't apply the facts of Trump's misconduct to the laws if you don't know the precise terms of the laws. Random surveying/polling can't change that.

I should note that the ultimate trier of fact, who will be instructed about the relevant laws, is a jury of Trump's peers. If the case is as thin as the guessing members of the public believe, the jury will inevitably find out and then find Trump not guilty.

Judicial guidance from the State of New York is posted below. Prosecutor Alvin Bragg has been very clear in stating that Trump sought to commit tax and election crimes by way of Trump's intentional falsification of business records. Therefore, the natural procedure following the allegations of Bragg's criminal complaint, the grand jury indictment, and disposition of pretrial motions, is trial jury selection--which is the current status of this trial. Please feel free to read the attached guidance if you have any doubts.