Pardon..

 

The White House isn't ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden, the president’s son who was convicted on three federal gun crimes.

This position is a shift from what it said in September, when Jean-Pierre was asked whether the president would “pardon or commute his son and She said no.”

Hunter Biden was convicted of lying on a mandatory gun purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs, and illegally having the gun for 11 days.

The three counts carry up to 25 years in prison. But whether the president’s son actually serves any time behind bars will be up to U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika. 

Remedy..

 

The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money trial has asked attorneys in the case about a social media post purporting to preview the former president's guilty verdict.

“Today, the Court became aware of a comment that was posted on the Unified Court System’s public Facebook page .......

“My cousin is a juror and said Trump is getting convicted,”  “Thank you folks for all your hard work!!!!”

Merchan said that the comment attributed to a user identified ...... etc

When a defendant who has been convicted by a jury but has not yet been sentenced learns of alleged jury misconduct, he can move to set aside the verdict under New York criminal procedure law. If a defendant can prove that jury misconduct “may have affected a substantial right of the defendant,” the remedy is a new trial.   ( NBC News )

Revolver..

 

Hallie Biden had a romantic relationship with Hunter Biden after 

Beau Biden died of cancer in 2015. She learned that he was using 

crack cocaine."

She testified that she found the revolver in Hunter Biden's truck on 

Oct. 23, 2018, and threw it out behind a grocery store.

"I didn't want him to hurt himself, or my kids to find it and hurt themselves," she told the jury.

The president said in an ABC News interview that he will not pardon his son if he is convicted, and that he will accept whatever verdict the jury delivers.

Hush..

The Manhattan District Attorney seeks to prove that before the 2016 presidential election, Trump paid, or discussed paying, the two women not to disclose alleged affairs with them, thereby influencing voters as to his character. He denies affairs with either woman.  

Under a headline: "I Thought the Bragg Case Against Trump Was a Legal Embarrassment. Now I Think It's a Historic Mistake," Handelsman Shugerman wrote that the case has no clear examples of election fraud.

This "Hush Money" case is still an embarrassment, in terms of prosecutorial ethics and apparent selectivity.   

Mr. Trump can fight many other days and perhaps win in appellate courts.   

But if Monday’s opening is a preview of exaggerated allegations, imprecise legal theories and persistently unaddressed problems, the prosecutors might not win a conviction at all.

[Jed Handelsman Shugerman is a law professor at Boston University. Earlier.]

Firing..

 

June 18, 2010, Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed at Utah State Prison, for killing an attorney during a courthouse escape attempt.

Gardner sat in a chair, sandbags around him and a target pinned over his heart, according to The Associated Press. Five prison staffers drawn from a pool of volunteers fired from 25 feet away with .30-caliber rifles. Gardner was pronounced dead two minutes later.

A blank cartridge was loaded into one rifle without anyone knowing which. That’s partly done to enable those bothered later by their participation to believe they may not have fired a fatal bullet.

The renewed interest in using a firing squad as a means of execution comes as states search for alternatives to lethal injections after pharmaceutical companies barred the use of their drugs.

Austin..

 

A globetrotting former U.S. soldier turned mercenary appeared in federal court Monday to face a slew of charges, including murder, in three states reportedly as part of his quest to fight with foreign militaries.
Craig Austin Lang, 34, of Surprise, Arizona, appeared in Florida, but also faces the charges in Arizona and North Carolina for what prosecutors detail as an intricate crime spree starting in 2018.

Alleged in the indictments, Craig Austin Lang went on an international crime spree that included a double murder in Florida.  He attempted to travel internationally to engage in other acts of violence outside the United States, and a plot to evade law enforcement detection by trading guns, a grenade, and cash to use another person’s identifying information to apply for a U.S. passport under an assumed name,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.

Double..

 

 A judge dismissed several state charges against Paul Pelosi’s attacker, who was convicted in federal court last month, based on the argument that the counts fall under double jeopardy.

David DePape was convicted last month of assaulting a federal official’s family member and attempting to kidnap a federal official. He was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. He will likely be deported back to Canada after he completes his punishment.

State prosecutors continued to pursue their own case against DePape,  

Why did this man attack Pelosi's husband?  Why there is a need for more prosecution that seems to be double jeopardy?

Caliber..

 

After finding Hunter Biden’s .38-caliber revolver, she put it inside a leather pouch and then inside a bag, drove to a local grocery store and threw it in an outdoor trash can.

“I realized it was a stupid idea now, but I was just panicking,” Hallie Biden told the jury.

Hunter Biden found out    “Did you take that from me Hallie? Are you insane … ” Hunter Biden said.  “It’s hard for me to believe anyone is that stupid,” Hunter Biden texted.  

No body's above the law?  but this will end up in a reasonable outcome....   

 Just a thought.

Tax..

 

According to sources Governor Kathy Hochul’s plan to raise taxes on New York City corporations was swiftly shelved by state lawmakers. The goal of the plan was to recoup funds that would have come from tolls used for congestion pricing.

According to four sources who spoke with POLITICO on Thursday, the payroll mobility tax increase was virtually certain to fail in the Democratic-led state Senate.

Following a gathering of Democratic politicians behind closed doors, state senator from Long Island, Kevin Thomas, declared, “It’s insane to do that right now.”

It's not about you, it's about us the party. There is election coming   just a thought.

Migrants..