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It’s Afghanistan II.

It might be. The appellate court split the baby. Upheld the conviction & the sanctions but knocked down the fines for disgorgement because it said the law was too vague. In all this hubbub I think people are forgetting James never threatened Trump with jail time. It was about Trump Org and its practices.

Well Trump has cut deals with the Taliban & now Hamas, no reason he should do Iran now at this point too.

Also, James did win her case against the Trump Organization.

Huh. Ok what happened here then? I guess not, James has hired Ivanka & Jared’s lawyer so I guess she’s following their example.

Exactly. I buy property on the coast, I think I’ll go there, but then things change, I don’t use it after all, so I decide to rent it and I report the income. That’s a crime?

It seems to me the whole thing is 4 paragraphs. 1. She identified the property as secondary, 2. She rented it to a family of three, 3. The rental agreement says it’s owner occupied, 4. James reported the rental income.

Does Halligan know criminal defendants get discovery? Halligan is facing Abbe Lowell in this case. He’s represented the Trumps, the Clintons & the Bidens, & James herself has tons of experience in prosecutions.

Thanks for the response. Also I’m guessing they’ll need to prove James’ intent and also have the loan officer testify that the designation made a difference in the loan.

Ok thanks for the responses.

I agree, but fwiw it’s pretty short. It says she identified tge property as secondary but rented the property to a family of three (parents and a child I guess).

Thanks. I don’t think that’s the charge here though. I think Halligan is claiming James identified it as a secondary property but then rented it.

I understand,, I’m just trying to get it for my own purposes. So if I buy a vacation property in Florida, but I end up not going for one reason or another (work, life, family, whatever), if I start putting it on AirBNB it’s a crime?

So a secondary home is like a vacation home, or like a home to get away outside the city, something like that? And if I buy a house identifying it as such I can’t rent it even if I stay there every so often?

Thank you.

Thanks. I thought that that was what this was going to be about but the indictment doesn’t mention anything about a primary residence. It describes a property James identified as a secondary residence, but maybe I need to look again. Apologies if I’m wrong on that.

>>The Minister of the Interior and Justice, and number two in command of the Chavista regime, Diosdado Cabello, harshly criticized statements by the opposition leader, María Corina Machado, in which she expressed her support for the anti-narcotic procedures advanced by US forces in the Caribbean Sea to pressure the Government of Nicolás Maduro, whom she accuses of being part of the Cartel de los Soles.<< - Machado just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Btw who is more like Trump here, Machado or Maduro?

For those of us with property, can someone explain the issue? If I take a loan to buy a vacation home in Florida, I can’t rent it out? Or if I take out a loan for a rental property in the French Quarter, I can’t occasionally stay there? What’s the actual prohibition here? TIA.

He did have a good game last night. Giants really got something there.

Yeah this is sad.

The guy collects grease oil from hotel & restaurant kitchens, thats as blue collar as it gets.

>>Sanchez remains in the hospital in a stable condition, and has been charged with battery resulting in bodily injury, unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle, and public intoxication endangering the life of another, according to the affidavit.<< Good chance Sanchez is going to jail. Sounds like he just decided he was going to kick someone’s ass that night, & he picked the wrong guy.

Halligan appears to think Brooklyn is in New Jersey.

I’m bringing it up because a conviction requires motive & intent, & the same underlying set of facts concern two other transactions that appear to have already been shut down.

Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups >>WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials. The Trump administration plans to deploy America's counter-terrorism apparatus - including the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department - as well as the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department against certain left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence, the officials said. The effort marks an escalation in the administration's efforts to target domestic opponents, raising alarm among civil rights groups and Democratic leaders about the use of executive power. Reuters spoke to three White House officials, four Department of Homeland Security officials and one Justice Department official to produce the first comprehensive account of how decisions are being made, forces deployed, and operations coordinated in the crackdown. All of the administration officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations more freely. Miller is deeply involved in reviewing government agencies' investigations into the financial networks behind what the administration labels "domestic terror networks," which include nonprofits and even educational institutions, a White House official said. The Trump administration has released some examples of what it alleges are incidents of left-wing violence, but it has provided little evidence of a coordinated effort. …Two weeks after the September 10 assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Trump issued a presidential memorandum directing the National Joint Terrorism Task Force to focus on "domestic terrorists" whose common ideologies include "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity." … It named nine liberal groups, donors or fundraising organizations that it said helped finance or plan protests where the violent incidents occurred. While the second White House official stressed that the organizations were not necessarily potential targets, the material provides insight into the administration's thinking. The list includes Soros' Open Society Foundations; ActBlue, the funding arm of the Democratic Party; Indivisible, a grassroots coalition opposed to Trump policies and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, a Los Angeles-based group. "The goal is to destabilize Soros’ network," a third White House official said. Ezra Levin, a spokesperson for Indivisible, said the group has never organized or called for violence. "These smears are designed to delegitimize our movement," he said. Carter Christensen, an ActBlue spokesperson, said Trump's crackdown was an attempt to silence dissent. "We take our legal and civic responsibilities seriously," he said. Angelica Salas, the executive director of CHIRLA, said the group advocates peaceful engagement. “The Trump Administration continues to spread misinformation and false allegations," she said in a statement. "But it will not work." Other groups on the list include two Jewish nonprofits that oppose Israel's war in Gaza - IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace. IfNotNow declined to comment, while Jewish Voice for Peace did not respond to a request for comment. TRUMP'S DIRECTIVES CAUSE CONFUSION Miller is taking a "hands-on" role in investigating the funding of nonprofits and educational institutions and is sharing recommendations from Attorney General Pam Bondi and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with Trump and other top advisers, the first White House official said. The official said Miller is Trump's chief adviser on the issue and is receiving regular updates from the joint terrorism task force - a coalition of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies tasked with investigating terrorism. A DOJ official declined to elaborate on task force plans but said the FBI's role includes analyzing financial networks for funding of activities involving violent crime. Potential tools to defund or shut down these groups include IRS investigations to strip them of tax-exempt status; criminal probes by the Justice Department and FBI; surveillance by federal law enforcement agencies; the use of RICO statutes typically used for organized crime and financial investigations under anti-terror laws to identify donors and funders, according to people familiar with investigations and public statements by officials. "We will continue to get to the bottom of who is funding these organizations," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday. Investigating the groups' funding and potentially stripping them of tax-exempt status could force some of them to close down, civil liberty groups say. Trump last month also signed an executive order designating the anti-fascist movement antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, despite the group's decentralized nature and lack of formal structure. At an event with conservative commentators and influencers on Wednesday, Trump requested participants to name groups and funders they claim carry out violence, effectively crowdsourcing potential targets in real time. He then vowed to pursue these groups. ….<<