THE DETAILS OF TRUMP'S HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS ARE ABOUT TO GO PUBLIC

[ancianita]

Source: VICE News

The documents must be posted by 11:00 am eastern on Thursday, July 18,

Judge William H. Pauley of the Southern District of New York wrote in a decision released Wednesday.

“The campaign finance violations discussed in the Materials are a matter of national importance. Now that the Government's investigation into those violations has concluded, it is time that every American has an opportunity to scrutinize the Materials,” Judge Pauley wrote.

Read more: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/j5w7jb/the-details-of-trump-orgs-hush-money-payments-are-about-to-go-public

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These unredacted documents could change everything.

Thank you, Judge Pauley.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Well, that should be interesting!

[ancianita]

2. Rachel gave me hope about this tonight. Today I've felt pretty hopeless. Tomorrow, tomorrow...

[DavidDvorkin]

3. I wish I could believe that they will change anything

But I don't. The man really is immune from everything.

Also, I wonder if his lawyers will be taking some kind of court action to stop the release.

[ancianita]

6. How can another court -- and what other court could-- stop this judge's ruling. Doesn't make sense.

[leftieNanner]

9. That doesn't mean he won't try!

[ancianita]

11. It's not structurally doable, is what I'm saying.

[leftieNanner]

13. You are correct

But I wouldn't want to be the one to tell him that!

"We'll take it to my buddy Brett at the Supreme Court. He can fix it!"

[ancianita]

29. Brett knows better. Whoever delivers the message wouldn't get past the secretary.

[DavidDvorkin]

22. Higher courts regularly overrule lower ones.

[ancianita]

27. If there had been a filing, we'd know by now.

[Doitnow]

15. I think that we should not be saying that tRump is "immune" or everything drops off

him "like teflon." The more we say that, the more people just accept it and so it continues. It becomes a fact in more peoples minds. It is NOT an acceptable thing.

[DavidDvorkin]

23. I don't think that making an observation on DU has a significant effect.

[ancianita]

28. We know that. We're thinking together, that's all. And you never know the influence DU has elsewhere

[watoos]

4. If these documents show that Barr shut down

the investigation he needs to do some explaining. Maybe another reason to impeach Barr.

[ancianita]

8. I thought Barr's behind-the-scenes pressure caused this drop, which enraged Pauley. The

published redactions could also move Pelosi closer to allowing the start of formal impeachment inquiry.

[MFM008]

39. My thoughts as well

The Justice dept wanted the documents to
Remain sealed...........of course.

[ancianita]

40. And they lost! I want to send this judge a present, a token of my thanks. The more unredacted docs,

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the more Americans are respected.

The better decisions they will make.

[Doodley]

5. This and Epstein. No wonder Trump is causing a diversion right now.

[ancianita]

7. Highly likely.

[leftieNanner]

10. Plus today was the originally scheduled

Mueller testimony. That's why he planned his rally so he could deflect attention to him. He will probably do another rally next week for the same reason.

[ancianita]

12. Definitely. While scofflaw fakeprez runs his mouth, the Law will ensnare him.

[leftieNanner]

14. Lordy!

I hope so! It must be totally exhausting to be Donald trump. Always trying to stay one step ahead of the posse!

[ancianita]

16. Haha. Yes. I hope so, too. But hey, he was born for this. He'll die trying to do what he's doing now

Can you imagine how much money he'll make as a former president, running this poison called Republican politics?

He will embody the worst of global branding used to capture democracies. He'll thrive.

Disgusting. But electoral college elections have consequences.

[Marcuse]

18. Ideally he'll have a prior engagement.

[leftieNanner]

31. Oh, Marcuse!

This is fabulous. Orange is the new Orange.

Maybe an idea for a new reality show - The trumps in prison. Call it Orange Acres maybe?

[ewagner]

42. ding, ding, ding...we have a winner!

Right on!

[kimbutgar]

17. I have a feeling a court injunction will come from another court stopping this release.

[ancianita]

19. Only a higher court can do this. What's a higher federal court to stop this? Name it. When a

prosecutor drops a case, they drop all claims to what the judge does with the documents.

The documents then belong to whomever the judge determines they serve the public interest in such a national case, under the law, and not the claimant.

[kimbutgar]

20. Thanks for being up on this

I look forward to the release tomorrow and am glad Barr can’t stop the release of these documents.

[ancianita]

36. Barr is going down behind this.

[richsonpoordad]

21. I thought we already knew about these payments.

Wasn't there a tape?

[ancianita]

25. We don't know all of them. These redactions must name names, is what I'm thinking. It's a big deal

when it comes to what the First Branch can now do, publicly, and how media sees the wisdom of courts, and The Law.

We'll see.

[customerserviceguy]

24. Oh, and then

Trump supporters will see what an asshole he is, and lose support for him.

NOT.

They consider Stormy Daniels to be a prostitute who simply asked for more money after the deed was done. Anybody who cares about the morality of this situation has already left Trump a long time ago.

[ancianita]

26. Yes, you're right. But that has nothing to do with the ammunition this gives the Democratic leaders.

The actual naming of "Individual #1" frees Congress to move, especially after the House interviews Mueller.

Socially, you're right. But in terms of the Law and preserving democracy, it's more important than the average American cares to know. Because a nation of laws can still move the Senate to be more than followers of a nation of men.

It also adds pressure to the Senate to live up to the Law, to prove itself superior to House Republicans who showed party commitment to racist politics.

Remember that Senate Republicans, if only somewhat less than Democrats, historically exist to show superior American statesmanship over the rabble's politics that the Senate was established to ameliorate.

History allows me to dream. Because they're lawyers, it could happen.

[leftieNanner]

32. Thank you for all of your insight in this conversation ancianita

It has been very helpful and expanded my understanding.

[ancianita]

35. I've been so depressed, this just jumped out at me. Thanks.

[Grasswire2]

30. The judge characterized this dump as significant. And he's pissed off.

Here's hoping.

[ancianita]

33. That's how Rachel read it, too. He WAS pissed, regardless of neutral judicial wording.

[leftieNanner]

34. He is!

And he's probably pissed off because he has seen all of the evidence and can't believe that Barr shut it all down.

[Kablooie]

37. Don't we already know all about this?

We may not have had the actual documents but the core information was news months ago.
And the actual docs won't be read by hardly anyone so it's a futile move that won't affect a thing.

[ancianita]

38. You really think that? We'll see who/what's revealed. Don't think ANY unredacted docs won't be read.

[jberryhill]

41. Yep

Absent an inexplicable failure to charge Cohen with something particularly good, your take seems bang on.