It’s already well known that the judge in the media-tagged “Stormy Daniels Hush-Money Case” is openly a leftie Democrat.
It’s already a given that the same trial presided over by Judge Juan Merchan will result in a conviction. It’s also pretty much a safe bet that the appellate courts will come down hard on Trump.
Yes, the Trump Derangement Syndrome IS that bad in New York. But fret not, fellow conservatives. We all know that once this hits the federal level, Trump will see his good name restored.
Why am I so sure? Simple… even though Merchan is getting his name again in the press by setting the court date on April 15, he sure does seem to forget that one nasty piece of evidence that surfaced last year.
Specifically, a piece by Cristina Laila of the Gateway Pundit (emphasis mine);
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Trump with 34 felony counts related to the Stormy Daniels ‘hush payment’ transaction.
Michael Cohen’s former legal advisor Robert Costello last year appeared before the Manhattan grand jury to set the record straight.
The prosecutors “cherry-picked” 6 emails out of more than 300 emails, Costello said.
Costello told reporters that Michael Cohen used the money “pursuant to a HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit) loan” to pay Stormy.
“And why did you take the loan, Michael?” Costello said recalling a conversation he had with Cohen about the payment to Stormy Daniels.”
“‘I wanted this secret. I didn’t even want my own wife to know. Much less Melania Trump,’” Costello said recalling Cohen’s remarks about using money from a HELOC to pay Stormy Daniels.”
“A 2018 letter from Michael Cohen’s lawyer to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) blows another hole in Cohen’s testimony.”
“In a private transaction in 2016, before the U.S. presidential election, Mr. Cohen used his own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford,’ Cohen’s lawyer Stephen Ryan, who worked form McDermott Will & Emery wrote.”
“Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford, and neither reimbursed Mr. Cohen for the payment directly or indirectly,” the lawyer wrote.”
“Michael Cohen is far from solid evidence:” Cohen’s former legal advisor Robert Costello attacked his ex-client’s credibility as the “star witness” in the hush money case against former President Donald Trump. More: https://t.co/crLKBCYjsW pic.twitter.com/TYRpvSmR9W
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