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No, I was just making a joke based on that old commercial (showing my age), "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV."

Another strategy point. I have seen the question asked elsewhere, what took so long? One of the specific statutes they are charging him under is 18 USC 1512(c)(2), an Enron era law passed in response to Arthur Anderson's destruction of documents as the government was investigating. It is the "corruptly obstruct an official proceeding" charge. This law has been used repeatedly and successfully in prosecuting the Jan. 6 rioters. It has withstood every defense attempt to say it does not apply. Establishing that history of precedence took time. I imagine that has something to do with the delay. Demonstrate success, and a lot of it, on the small fishes before going after the big fish.

Finance. But I play a lawyer on TV.

And I think that is very intentional. I have made the case that Trump's actions with regard to the rioters disqualify him in my mind, but that is a far cry from disqualifying him in the legal sense. Proving that he wanted the rioters to riot is a near impossibility. I believe it, but can't prove it. And so it seems the prosecutors in this case chose not to prosecute that point and probably for the same reason.

Let's hope so. I find this whole thing silly and hypocritical.

Oh, I know the gambling industry wants you to gamble at least three times a day and to take your advice from someone playing pickleball who does not understand what the question is, but try doing anything other than eating three times a day for eighteen straight months. It is very hard to do.

The laws would apply (under aged, hiding behind another's identity, failing to pay taxes, etc.) and I imagine there are rules against breaking the law.

That is the kind of background information that is typically used in the sentencing phase after a determination of guilty, not during the trial phase.

For me among the most damning parts was the series of memos from Co-Conspirator 5 that the indictment refers to as Wisconsin Memo, Fraudulent Elector Memo, and Fraudulent Elector Instructions combined with deceiving the fraudulent electors into believing they were only being used as a contingency to preserve rights in case they won in court.

He did not have $40k to gamble. The complaint says he made 1,283 wagers for $45,640, or $35.57 per bet. What had too much of was time. That is almost 3 bets per day for 16 straight months.

Saw that too. Is it possible that our understanding (or theirs) of "gray shirt" is incomplete?

I don't think Trump will use you to represent him.

They are careful to avoid to much detail from the capitol riot in the indictment, so no.

Not according to US law. In the US insider trading is about theft of information and/or betrayal of trust, not theft of money from the market.

My favorite quote so far from the indictment comes from a Trump Senior Campaign Advisor's email. "When our research and campaign legal team can't back up any of the claims made by our Elite Strike Force Legal Team, you can see why we're 0-32 on our cases. I'll obviously hustle to help on all fronts, but it's tough to own any of this when it's all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership."

Insider trading laws in the US are different than they are elsewhere, and are a little weird. And, yes, sometimes victimless.

You never had a good 20 minutes before?

Makes you wonder how it can be so specific and so wrong.

The ultimate victimless crime.

He looks sooooo old.

What do you think will be the mechanism for Biden not running? Do you see a scenario where he steps down, with or without encouragement from his party?

And the company he merged with Paypal's creator was called X.com. In the deal Paypal got to keep the URL. Ultimately, Musk bought it back from PayPal in 2017.

Donald Trump's legal fees are eating away at his campaign funds. Trump's committees and allied Super PAC ended June with $63 million, second to DeSantis' $109 million. Meanwhile, the two entities footing Trump's legal bills ended the month with $4.2 million, about enough to cover one more month of expenses. His legal expenses are expected to be around another $40 million before his cases are through. And he will have to keep spending to win the primary in spite of his current sizeable lead. Will Trump have enough money left for the general election to defeat Biden who does not need to spend on a primary?

I know a thing or two minus a thing or two.

You are very morbid.