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Trump ordered to pay nearly 355 million in NY fraud case.

F1fan

Veteran Member
Black's Law Dictionary is a dictionary. It is not the law. As a result it is often misused by amateurs. You should be quoting the statutes of New York State if you want to make a case.

It's called excommunication. A strategy for losers.


Irrelevant.

Feel free to start a discussion about dumb Trump supporters who are about to get fired for also supporting fraud and opposing justice.
 

Brickjectivity

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
Depends on the kind of case. Here is an article that covers the issue in a little more detail
Asking for Trump to be tried by a jury of crooks was intended to be a joke. I didn't mean to waste your time. Sorry.

I'm confused by your sentence. There is no jury, and crooks aren't part of any equation here that I can see (outside of Trump)

The one where he says "They get prosecuted too" in response? That's not too different from what I said. They'll get theirs, but for now this is Trump's time
It was not intended to be confusing. I am sorry.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Black's Law Dictionary is the Bible of the sovereign citizens. When it is brought up in a debate it rings an alarm bell for me, and evokes sounds of window smashing.
 

McBell

Unbound
Like I said, you have no clue.

From Black's dictionary of law:

Fraud. An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right. A false representation of a matter ot" fact, whether by words or by conduct, by false or misleading allegations, or by concealment of that which should have been disclosed, which deceives and is intended to deceive another so that he shall act upon it to his legal injury. Any kind of artifice employed by one person to deceive another. Goldstein v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of U. S., 1 60 Misc. 364, 289 N.Y.S. 1064, 1067. A generic term, embracing all multifarious means which human ingenuity can devise, and which are resorted to by one individual to get advantage over another by false suggestions or by suppression of truth, and includes all surprise, trick, cunning, dissembling, and any unfair way by which another is cheated. Johnson v. McDonald, 1 70 Okl. 1 1 7, 39 P.2d 150. "Bad faith" and "fraud" are synonymous, and also synonyms of dishonesty. infidelity, faithlessness, perfidy, unfairness, etc.
Under New York law, the five elements of a fraud claim must be shown by clear and convincing evidence: (1) a material misrepresentation or omission of fact (2) made by defendant with knowledge of its falsity (3) and intent to defraud; (4) reasonable reliance on the part of the plaintiff; and (5) resulting damage to the plaintiff. Schlaifer Nance & Co. v. Estate of Warhol, 119 F.3d 91, 98 (2d Cir.1997); Centro Empresarial Cempresa S.A. v. América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V., 17 N.Y.3d 269, 276 (2011). Fraud may also be based on a “material omission of fact.” Mandarin Trading Ltd. v. Wildenstein, 16 N.Y.3d 173, 178 (2011).The question for summary judgment is whether the evidence on the record could support a reasonable jury finding that the plaintiff has shown each element by clear and convincing evidence. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank v. Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., 888 F.Supp.2d 478, 484 (2012).​
 

Ebionite

Well-Known Member
Irrelevant
It's relevant because democracy without the rule of law is simple mob rule and NY is of course a Democrat state. Since you seem to be having trouble with all this, I should also point out that Trump is a Republican and there's a fair amount of polarisation between these two factions.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Sorry for the confusion.
I skipped over a bunch of posts today. I had to go back and read it. It merited a funny frubal. I gave it one. Perhaps people took you seriously.

Oh well, it was a joke but in case any Trump supporters are wondering why he didn't get a jury the answer is: Because he did not want one.

For this sort of case the defendant can request a jury trial. There is a deadline of course and it passed without the request for one. I think that they realized that all of the evidence would have to be openly presented for a jury trial, and they did no want that. That also enabled both side to request a verdict based upon the evidence given to the judge before the trial began, and the judge agreed to give that decision. He ruled that Trump and family were guilty. The strategy of not having a jury failed because even though Trump was guilty the prosecution wisely wanted all of the evidence to be part of the public record.
 

F1fan

Veteran Member
It's relevant because democracy without the rule of law is simple mob rule and NY is of course a Democrat state.
It is majority democrat. And there is rule of law there.

Is it illegal to be a democrat?

Since you seem to be having trouble with all this, I should also point out that Trump is a Republican and there's a fair amount of polarisation between these two factions.
Notice republicans and democrats get along fine in life. So Trump being charged with crimes, and being defended, and being judged is how the process works.

You have yet to point out any actual injustice or corruption. Your personal feelings are irrelevant.
 

Ebionite

Well-Known Member
The legal system does.
No, the rule of law goes back to common law.

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
No, the rule of law goes back to common law.

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Okay, he has me on ignore. Can someone tell him that Trump had a right to a jury trial. He would have been given one if he had asked for a jury. His attorneys never asked.
 

Brickjectivity

Veteran Member
Staff member
Premium Member
...Only his followers buy into his bluffing. And do they really? Or are they just as dumb as him?
I agree with most of you post, however the MAGA people are probably not all that interested in politics and have little faith in government, which is a big part of Trump's appeal. Also he is running as the anti-abortion candidate, and there is a very strong anti-abortion movement. Lastly his anti-abortion stance lends him religious credentials in evangelical circles and possibly catholic ones, too. These three things are I think the three legs under his table. What's happening, now, is that he is being exposed as corrupt through this long and very standard legal process. This takes away his anti-government image, leaving his table with only two legs.

He has other supporters besides his 'Maga' supporters though. For example there are those who are pro Republican regardless of who runs.
 

Firenze

Active Member
Premium Member
I agree with most of you post, however the MAGA people are probably not all that interested in politics and have little faith in government, which is a big part of Trump's appeal. Also he is running as the anti-abortion candidate, and there is a very strong anti-abortion movement. Lastly his anti-abortion stance lends him religious credentials in evangelical circles and possibly catholic ones, too. These three things are I think the three legs under his table. What's happening, now, is that he is being exposed as corrupt through this long and very standard legal process. This takes away his anti-government image, leaving his table with only two legs.
I don't see how being corrupt would affect any of those legs. These are, after all, the same 'pious' people that fully accept him as a sex offender. Further, his legal problems just confirm for his supporters that he's just being persecuted for his anti-government stance.
 

Brickjectivity

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Staff member
Premium Member
I don't see how being corrupt would affect any of those legs. These are, after all, the same 'pious' people that fully accept him as a sex offender. Further, his legal problems just confirm for his supporters that he's just being persecuted for his anti-government stance.
His small-government pro-public-people stance gets harder to believe as his corruption is made more well known. A lot of the excitement about him was that people believed he couldn't be bought, that the big corporations couldn't control him or tempt him.
 
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