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Consider - if you will - for the next few minutes - that you are member of the Grand Jury in New York City hearing evidence in the case against Donald Trump.  

Remember that as a member of the Grand Jury you are not there to determine guilt or innocence. You are to listen to FACTS presented and then decide if there is enough evidence to warrant an indictment, arrest and trial in the matter.

There are 16 to 23 of you on the Grand Jury … but only 12 have to agree that there is sufficient evidence.  

What I am going to present is not opinion. It’s evidence that has been presented in other court proceedings, on affidavits, bank transfers, legal briefs, letters, e mails and phone messages. It took me many hours to research this information. I do not have all of this information stored in my head.

Let’s start at the beginning. This “case” began SEVENTEEN years ago when a stripper named Stormy Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford) met businessman Donald Trump. It was a brief encounter (according to her own testimony in court — more about that later. I’m trying to keep this information in sequential order).

Fast forward to EIGHT years ago when businessman Donald Trump decides to run for president of the United States. Stormy hears the news and tells a friend she knows that guy and hints that she had “an affair” with Trump.  

A friend who knows that Stormy is in dire financial straights convinces her that she should try to get some money from the presidential candidate by threatening to reveal that they had an affair. The friend does not approach Trump for the money. He goes to one of Trump’s lawyers Michael Cohen. Cohen does not mention the extortion attempt to Trump but decides to make this distraction “go away “and offers the stripper money. She wants $500,000. He negotiates the settlement to $130,000. The money was paid as a NDA (non-disclosure agreement).  

Where did the money come from? Cohen took out a personal HEL (home equity loan) and paid her with his own money. There are bank statements (from Cohen to Stormy) proving this. Why did he pay her himself? Cohen, who worked for Trump since 2007, wanted to show how valuable he was to the candidate so that if he got elected Trump would choose Cohen to go with him to serve in the White House.  

Information about the loan was not made known to Trump or his campaign chairman Kellyanne Conway until AFTER the election. Trump told Cohen he should not have paid the extortion because there was no affair with Stormy. Conway told Trump not to pay Cohen because then it would appear that Trump knew about the extortion and agreed to the payment.  

Cohen was now out $130,000 — so Cohen billed Trump $400,000 for “legal services” which Trump paid because Trump believed that it was for legal services that Cohen was due. He had no idea that the $130,000 for Stormy was included in that bill.

Stormy had to split the money with her friend and $60,000 does not go far and so she decided to break the NDA and went on several cable TV shows and did magazine interviews where she talked about her encounter with the now President Trump. She claimed in these interviews that she could describe “Trump’s junk” in great detail “if called upon to do so”. She was paid for these interviews.

When Trump became aware of the interviews he stated publicly that he did not have an affair with Stormy and would not have even considered having an affair with HER and he called her “horse face.”

Soon lawyer Michael Avenatti enters the picture and convinces Stormy to write a book about the affair and stipulates the he would get part of the book sales - but does not say exactly how much he wants for his part of the sales or for his services as her lawyer.

Avanatti then sued Trump in Stormy’s name for defamation of character. But when the case went to trial Stormy says that she never wanted to sue Trump. (More about this later as the wheels of justice turn very slowly.).

In June of 2018 Stormy signed a statement in which she says she never had an affair with Trump. Then she sued Avanatti saying he took money from her and never provided any services and that he cheated her out of book royalties.

Also in 2018 Cohen was convicted of tax evasion. He was offered immunity for the charges if he agreed to give Congress “dirt” on Trump. Cohen told Congress and his personal lawyer that he did not have “dirt” on Trump. He served three years in prison.  

The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) then got involved in the case and began investigating Trump allegedly for illegally making hush money payments prior to the 2016 election. In May of 2021 The FEC voted 4-1 to close the inquiry after failing to find that Trump or his campaign “knowingly and willfully” violated campaign finance law. Once again Kellyanne Conway testified that the campaign knew nothing about this extortion until months after the election. Neither Trump nor the campaign paid any of the $130,000.

In February 2022 Avanatti was found guilty of wire fraud and identity theft for wrongly pocketing about $300,000 of the $800,000 advance Daniels was paid for her book, “Full Disclosure.” He also was convicted in 2020 of extortion, wire fraud and transmission of interstate communications with intent to extort in connection with threats he made against Nike, the sports equipment and apparel giant. 

On March 22, 2022 Stormy Daniels lost her appeal in her failed defamation suit against Donald Trump — leaving her owing almost $300,000 in legal fees to the former president. She claimed she did not want to sue Trump and that Avanatti filed it without her permission.

Dec. 5, 2022:  Avanatti was sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $11 million in restitution for embezzling millions of dollars from four of his clients and obstruction.

And that brings us to present time March 2023 when Manhattan District Atty. Alvin Bragg (who campaigned on a promise “to get Trump”) is trying to jail the former president.  

You on the grand jury have been told that the non disclosure agreement is illegal. (It’s not. Many of them are made every day.). And even if it were and even if Trump was aware of it the crime would be classified as a misdemeanor and there is a two-year statute of limitations on misdemeanors. This allegedly occurred in 2015. Then Bragg tried to make it into some kind of federal offense even though the feds refused to prosecute Trump. There is a 5 year statute of limitations on the federal charge. Again all of this allegedly occurred in 2015. This  is  2023.

Now - you have all of the information that the grand jury received except for the 900 pages of e mails that Michael Cohen’s attorney turned over to Bragg but which Bragg refused to release to the grand jury. They contain exculpatory evidence. It is illegal to withhold exculpatory evidence.  

So - now you have the weekend to decide. Is there enough evidence to prosecute Donald Trump? Or are you — like most of the New York residents from which the grand jury pool was chosen — may be a Democrat who just wants Trump charged so that photos of him being arrested, handcuffed and taken into court might cause him to lose the 2024 election?

And while this has nothing to do with this case you — as a educated citizen — also remember these events which may or may not color your decision:

* One year ago this week — March 30, 2022 — Federal election regulators fined Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee for not properly disclosing money they spent on opposition research lies that led to the infamous Trump-Russia dossier. The money that funded the dossier was masked as “legal services” and “legal and compliance consulting” instead of opposition research. The DNC was fined $105,000 and the Clinton campaign was fined $8,000.  There was no grand jury investigation, no indictment, no arrest and no trial.  

* In 2013 President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign was fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for campaign reporting violations — one of the largest fees ever levied against a presidential campaign. There was no grand jury called, no indictment, no charges filed, no arrest made.

* In November 1998 President Bill Clinton paid Paula Jones $850,000 for a sexual assault that he admitted. Also Clinton was impeached for lying to Congress about the affair he had with intern Monica Lewinsky in the Oval Office —- not for having the affair, but for lying to Congress about it. He also had affairs while in public office with Susan MacDugal, Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick, and news reporter Leslie Milwee (the ones we know about).  

Some of the very same people who want Trump prosecuted have no issue with the crimes of these Democrats. Interesting.

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Can you believe this - two pop songs featuring Donald Trump roared into the No 1 spots on iTunes, Apple music and every other place where music downloads are sold or streamed in just the past week.

The first one — “Justice for All” — released on March 3 - is a musical collaboration between a choir of jailbirds and President Donald Trump. The prisoners sing our “National Anthem” and behind them President Trump recites our Pledge of Allegiance.

It is very moving.

The illegally incarcerated prisoners of the D.C.Gulag who have been in there without charges and without hearings and without bail for the past TWO FEAKIN’ YEARS (in the United States of America!!!!)? sing the National Anthem every night at 9 p.m.  

A friend of Trump’s — Kash Patel and Real America’s Voice’s morning show host Ed Henry — who have been working to get the illegally imprisoned people freed — decided to do the recording as a means of raising funds for their defense lawyers. All profits go to their defense or their families who have suffered terribly without bread winners to support children. (In the United States of America where we actually have a Constitution!!!! Brain Dead Biden even took away Veteran benefits from the prisoners!!!!!! (He is just evil evil evil evil evil evil.)

FYI: Some of the PRISONERS did nothing more than walk through open doors of the Capitol and walk out. One guy was in there for less than one minute and when asked to leave by police he did. Proof of this was shown last week when the security tapes from the Jan. 6, 2021 protest were finally released.)

Within one day “Justice For All” raced to the top of pop music charts. ($1.29) on iTunes. Then Patel and Henry released it as a vinyl 45 collector’s item since Trump was our 45th President - $99.  

It is now No. 2 because this week another Trump song took its place — “Trump Won” — sung by Christian country musician Natasha Owens. I t rocketed to the top of the charts within 1 hour of its released.

Thousands and thousands and thousands of people have downloaded it. (99 Cents on iTunes).

In the first day it was streamed more than one million times!!!!  https://youtu.be/mkA2_nijiyE

I bought it to show my support but I have watched the accompanying video on You Tube maybe 50 times. It’s soooooooo great.

I’m going to play this song on a loop on loud speakers in my front yard all summer long. It’s such a catchy tune too. Great for doing housework. Great for doing exercise routines.  

If you want to sing along, here are the lyrics. I hope my group The Original Class Act can learn it soon.

Trump Won and you know it!
Trump Won and you know it!
The fake news will never show it
cuz it's true Trump won and you know it
 

We got dead people voting,
drop boxes and Dominion
In fact, some facts. It's not just my opinion
The Democrats know how to steal,
Cmon' man here is the deal!
 

Trump Won and you know it!
Trump Won and you know it!
The fake news will never show it
cuz it's true Trump won and you know it
 

While Biden's hiding in the basement, babbling away on zoom,
Patriots for stadiums are circles in an empty room.
Twitter and The FBI
One day you won't deny
 

Trump Won and you know it!
Trump Won and you know it!
The fake news will never show it
cuz it's true Trump won and you know it
 

The thing about truth time is always gonna tell.
I bet he took New York and carry California as well,
He's done it twice before.
And he's gonna win again for the third time….. in 2024
 

Trump Won and you know it!
Trump Won and you know it!
Fox News won't even show it It's true
cuz it's true Trump won and you know it
 

Trump Won and you know it!
Trump Won and you know it!
if there's a line they’re gonna toe it,
it's true Trump won and you know it
 

I know it, you know it, we know it, they know it,
Everybody knows Trump won (x3)