04-16-2024, 02:53 PM
(04-16-2024, 01:18 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: On a different note, this thing with Barron's high school graduation is going to be interesting. The judge already threatened jail time if Trump misses court, I believe specifically citing this date. This, while standard procedure, really set up a lose/lose situation. If Trump attends his son's graduation and is jailed for it you just handed Trump a massive campaign boost. If he attends the graduation and don't jail him then you look impotent, and that will be the entire news cycle for days. Trump being Trump, I don't see anyway he doesn't attend now.
They are certainly doing what they can to set this up in their favor, but there isn't as much hay to be made about it as some of the media is making it out to be.
https://apnews.com/live/trump-trial-hush-money-updates-april-15
From the report on this part:
Quote:Trump’s lawyers have requested that the trial not be held on May 17 so that the former president may attend his son Barron’s high school graduation. A Trump lawyer has also requested the trial not be held June 3 so that he could attend his own son’s graduation.
Merchan said he was not prepared to rule on either request, but that if the trial proceeds as planned he’s willing to adjourn for one or both days. “It really depends on how we’re doing on time and where we are in the trial,” Merchan said.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
