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orangecrush

(19,661 posts)
Fri Jan 26, 2024, 09:57 PM Jan 2024

Is the judgment against Trump today a prediction


Of the outcome of other cases still in progress?

Is this the start of a long slide into a cell for the #1 loser?
33 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Yes, the dominos are falling
18 (55%)
No, he'll delay the other cases to death and ratfuck prosecutors successfully
9 (27%)
He will stroke out before justice is served
3 (9%)
He will flee
3 (9%)
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Is the judgment against Trump today a prediction (Original Post) orangecrush Jan 2024 OP
Figure he will Ken Lay it Johonny Jan 2024 #1
He will have a mix of outcomes in the other cases, and this case doesn't RockRaven Jan 2024 #2
Here is why it's an indicator orangecrush Jan 2024 #3
I think Trump has peaked and its all downhill from here. honest.abe Jan 2024 #4
Not at all. onenote Jan 2024 #5
No.. You are required to testify in a civil case or you automatically lose. LeftInTX Jan 2024 #6

RockRaven

(15,062 posts)
2. He will have a mix of outcomes in the other cases, and this case doesn't
Fri Jan 26, 2024, 11:26 PM
Jan 2024

predict anything specific about any of the other cases.

honest.abe

(8,688 posts)
4. I think Trump has peaked and its all downhill from here.
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 12:05 PM
Jan 2024

There are just too many negatives ahead for him. He will eventually implode.

onenote

(42,821 posts)
5. Not at all.
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 12:38 PM
Jan 2024

That doesn't mean he won't lose some or all of those cases. But comparing the outcome of a civil case arising from a sexual assault to criminal cases arising from classified documents or interference with elections is comparing apples and oranges. Among other things, the standard for conviction in a criminal case is "beyond a reasonable doubt" while it is merely "preponderance of the evidence" in a civil case. In addition, the lawyers representing him in the criiminal case are better than Habba (admittedly a low bar).

LeftInTX

(25,720 posts)
6. No.. You are required to testify in a civil case or you automatically lose.
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 02:19 PM
Jan 2024

Trump won't testify in a criminal case. Plus that case is going through the criminal system and is moving very slowly. Who knows what will happen with that case? Plus the USSC and other Trump appointed judges are involved.

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