From: Loran <loran@invalid.net>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Why Can't Pansy-Ass Pussy Liberals Stop Lying
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:24:05 -0600
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Alan wrote:
> On 2024-06-17 07:28, Loran wrote:
>> Alan wrote:
>>> Felonies were what the jury found him guilty of
>>
>> EXPIRED 5 year statute of limitations, Canuckleheaded shitbag!
>
> Ummmmmm... ...nope!
Fact.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/06/05/trump-case-statute-of-limitations-explained/73983592007/
Trump has said he plans to appeal his conviction, and his lawyer has
mentioned the statute of limitations as one issue that could be raised.
A felony in New York normally must be charged within 5 years of the crime...
Trump criticized Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over the more than
six-week trial, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought
the charges against the former president. But he also also questioned
the timing of the prosecution.
"They missed the statute of limitations by a lot because this was very
old," he said. "They could have brought this seven years ago instead of
bringing it right in the middle of the election. So they missed the
statute of limitations."
Context from 2020:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/trump-federal-tax-prosecution-statute-of-limitations.html
Legal analysts discussing Trumpâs criminal exposure after leaving office
often note that the statute of limitations for a federal criminal
offense is usually five years. That means that if Trump committed some
sort of crime that ended in 2016 when he won election, he would need to
be indicted in 2021; if he committed a crime that ended in 2017, his
first year in office, that case would need to be filed by 2022; and so
on. This is a significant limitation on any investigation of Trump,
since even under the best circumstances, it can take years for the
government to fully investigate a complex criminal case. And of course,
Trump has been in office for the past four years with no sign that
anyone at the Justice Departmentâbesides special counsel Robert Mueller
and his teamâs Russia probe, which turned up evidence that Trump
committed obstruction of justice and resulted in a handful of successful
prosecutions of Trump underlingsâhas closely scrutinized any of his many
questionable dealings during and before his presidency. (There has been
much speculation that Trump might engineer a self-pardon before leaving
office, but the legality of such a maneuver would at best be highly
debatable.)
As the U.S. Supreme Court has explained, these statutes of limitations
serve important constitutional, legislative, and policy interests. Among
other things, the passage of time poses the very real risk that
exculpatory evidence favorable to a defendant will be lost. In
white-collar cases, this means not just that memories may fade, but
important written communications can be lost, and potentially crucial
financial data can get deleted or overwritten in the course of business.