# Manhattan Prosecutors file criminal charges for Trump re Stormy Daniels case - ongoing discussion here (Guilty on all 34 counts, May 30, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [March 9, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-prosecutors-file-criminal-charges-for-trump-re-stormy-daniels-case-ongoing-discussion-here-guilty-on-all-34-counts-may-30-2024/980953 "2023-03-09T22:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 742
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From the “indicted” thread: > [@Trump indicted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-indicted/981904/781): > > Despite being warned by the judge, Trump returned to Mar-A-Lago to an adoring crowd of such paragons as Roger Stone, Matt Gaetz, MTG, and his brood of evil offspring, entering via what was described as a “wedding venue” down a carpeted aisle, and then gave a speech attacking the DA, the judge, and the judge’s wife and daughter. He then went on to rant the same lies he’s been telling all along. Interestingly, Malignia was nowhere to be seen. I couldn’t possibly watch this out of concern for my health, but I did catch some of CNN’s fact-checking. The essence of it was that the whole thing was a complete pack of lies. Conventional liars might exaggerate, or distort, or interpret things their own way. Not Trump. He just flat-out lies, and his acolytes somehow just eat it up, as if they existed in a totally alternate reality. It’s just amazing. As for Malignia, except for being a shameless golddigger, she seems to hate Trump about as much as the rest of us. The FBI raid revealed the fact that she has her own bedroom, and I’d guess probably spends most of her time in her own quarters. Does anyone remember the incident where they were walking and he tried to take her hand, and she slapped it away? She not only failed to accompany the Orange Criminal to his arraignment, she probably fervently wished that he would never come back. No surprise that she wasn’t there to support him in his Big Grievance Speech, aka “Pack of Lies”. Trump’s marriage to his trophy wife is about as genuine as everything else about him. > [@DesertDog](#): > > I can certainly see the defense lawyers arguing that using a federal crime to boost a New York misdemeanor to felony isn’t kosher. They may well try, but escalating the seriousness of an offense committed in the course of another crime, or to cover up another crime, is pretty common in criminal law. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manhattan-prosecutors-file-criminal-charges-for-trump-re-stormy-daniels-case-ongoing-discussion-here-guilty-on-all-34-counts-may-30-2024/980953)._