34 Charges! I Wonder How This Will All Play Out. Any Predictions?

[Atheist]

Trump arraigned and looking rather grim.
I haven't got a link; saw it on BBC News.

[pastafreak]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65181178

[Hopkirk]

Don't know
Don't care

However I did laugh when the police didn't hold the door open for him.

[bookbinder]

I predict a compromise of some kind.

[Spungle]

A load of politically motivated BS. The Donald will make the most of the publicity and my prediction is it, like the ridiculous impeachment attempts, will only strengthen his campaign for re-election.

[anneasquith]

He will pay his way out of trouble .

[tomus42]

I've genuinely no idea. If anyone else was charged with 34 offences you'd expect a conviction for at least a few of them, but who knows with Trump.

Even if that happens he won't be imprisoned and it may even make him more popular.

[douglas9401]

I'm looking forward to seeing him in Glitteresque pose, without the elaborate 'hair' stuff going on.

[bazwillrun]

He cant get jail time, max is $1million fine..literally peanuts to him, a business cost,and thats if he even gets the max

[douglas9401]

'Literally peanuts'? In the same way as you literally died laughing that time?

[THECORBYLOON]

"He cant get jail time", how not?

[THECORBYLOON]

If a million dollars is peanuts, how come he is asking folk for donations toward his defence fund?

[Maydup]

I think and hope this is the end of the line for him but I don’t think I can stand the wait until next spring for the hearing!

[bazwillrun]

"If a million dollars is peanuts, how come he is asking folk for donations toward his defence fund?"

thats why you'll never be a successful businessperson OPM

and watch The Alan Dershowitz (an HClinton Supporter)show on YT re Trump and the indictments and educate yourself

[sp1814]

This case is ridiculous. Who cares about campaign finance irregularities. What they *should* be going for is his attacks on democracy - January 6th and Georgia.

Much more important.

But my prediction for this case - until we hear the evidence difficult to say - but these are felony charges, not misdemeanours, so if found guilty of any of the charges, I see massive protests across his constituency...and his people have guns!

[Ellipsis]

It's just the start ...

[naomi24]

From pasta's link. //The charges all relate to a $130,000 hush-money payment by lawyer Michael Cohen to adult film star Stormy Daniels//

They've tried for years to pin something on Mr Trump and failed, and given the nature of the charges, I can't help feeling this case is cobbled together in a last ditch attempt to nail him. That aside, $130,000 dollars hush money, if it was hush money (payment of which is not a crime in itself) is peanuts. Nowhere near enough to buy the silence of someone who would make far more by blabbing. It just doesn't ring true. In fact I think it has a distinctly fishy smell about it.

[sp1814]

Ellipsis

You could be right...there are so many other charges against Trump. I think the charge of election fraud has more substance as the evidence there is so much stronger.

[ichkeria]

Isn't there a rape charge pending too, which is nothing to do with any of this ....

[gulliver1]

Wonder when Trump's UK understudy will be in the Dock for the same offence ..... But he paid off,
Jennifer Arcuri with taxpayers money to the sum of .....£126,000. "Hush little baby don't say a word"

[naomi24]

Gulliver, this is about Mr Trump.