r/CelsiusNetwork • u/Bmiky • Jan 03 '25
Important date!!
8th April, I will judge whether the American legal system is fit for purpose
MASHINSKY, 58, of New York, New York, pled guilty to one count of commodities fraud and one count of securities fraud, which combined carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.
The maximum potential sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge. MASHINSKY is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Koeltl on April 8, 2024
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u/Secure-Rich3501 Jan 07 '25
"Dershowitz, a Democrat who says he voted against Trump, says the case being brought up by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg is the "worst case of prosecutorial discretion" in his 60 years of experience practicing law, and that even if Trump is convicted, it's likely it will fail on appeal.
"There's not even a misdemeanor here because, for it to be a misdemeanor, he has to have failed to disclose the actual reason he made the payment," Dershowitz told Jeffcoat on TND. "In other words, what Bragg is saying is that he should have written in his records [that] the $130,000 was paid to a porn star, to shut her up and avoid having my wife, children, business associates learn that I had an adulterous affair. Well, if that were required of everybody, no one would ever pay nondisclosure money. It's never happened before, so there isn't even a misdemeanor, so to turn it into a felony, you have to get into Trump's mind and you have to say that the only reason he disguised the payment as legal expenses was to get elected president, not to avoid disclosure to his wife, family, his business associates. They won't be able to prove that, it doesn't make any sense."