come on, man, they're just criminalizin', prosecutin' and deterrin' bad guys, just like they do every day in blue cities that have gone full mad max with violence and property crime. it's the american way.KaiBear said:RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:Mitch Blood Green said:RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:So have you ever watched the movie Minority Report starring Tom Cruise? This futuristic science fiction thriller has the Feds arresting people BEFORE they actually commit their crimes. Combine this with the Feds' January 6th response and we have 2024.Mitch Blood Green said:KaiBear said:HuMcK said:
"I suspect this will be overturned on Appeal"
Based on what, exactly? The standard of review for appealing a subjective award is abuse of discretion, and good luck proving that when the award came under the state's ask. Especially when the defendant is so openly unrepentant in any way.
The finding of fraud is not going away, period. A reduction of the award is theoretically possible, but pretty unlikely given the record the appeals court will have to adhere to.
What were the damages ?
The bank reps testified they made all their interest on time.
In fact they were willing to lend Trump even more money.
And bank's routinely conduct their own appraisal.
And the judges appraisal of Trumps property was ludicrous.
Was in west palm beach and boca ration just 10 days ago looking at rental property.
18 million appraisal for Trumps property is nuts. It would easily be 80-100 million or more. Prices are sky high in that area.
Based on this argument, drunks should never be stopped or arrested until the accident happens. Where is the damage?
If you can't beat 'em, arrest 'em. Normally a FAIR and FREE election would clean up this abuse but I fear those days are gone.
Blagojevich says hello.
Jail is full of people who planned a crime. In this case, Trump DID the crime (lying on loan and tax documents)
But f the consequence for the Trump organization was $1,000, where's the deterrent?
It's not uncommon in sentencing for the A-Hole to get more time than the person who shows contrition.
I cannot fathom how in the world you TDSers find this acceptable.
A. Because they want their ' team ' to win in November by any means fair or foul.
B. They can not conceive that such an obviously biased legal procedure could ever be applied to them or someone they care about.