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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsManhattan grand jury considering Trump's hush money case will break for a month:
https://www.rawstory.com/manhattan-grand-jury-considering-trump-s-hush-money-case-will-break-for-a-month/So much for an indictment anytime soon, I guess.
claudette
(4,372 posts)this rap too. Sickening
dem4decades
(11,827 posts)And all the other criminal cases against Trump?
Nowhere to be seen.
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)Everything is always "imminent" and then totally fizzles out.
dem4decades
(11,827 posts)Just come the fuck out and say it, Trump will never be prosecuted, he's too dangerous and let the rest of us go back to being pissed off about something else.
They're making fools of us, Lucy and the football, and we're all Charlie Brown.
inthewind21
(4,616 posts)This break has been on the schedule all along. But do continue with the wild speculation.
dem4decades
(11,827 posts)Investigation?
Let me know when one comes to fruition.
Cohen went to jail.
The CEO of the Trump org went to jail.
Trump's having rallies and running the House of Representatives, I have no speculation that anything will happen to Trump. Ever
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)Well some of them he did just because he could and that was fun for him.
He has enough blackmail material to go a very long way.
And he also threatens and bullies people into compliance.
Yes we are all very dim bulbs or suckers.
Maybe both.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)The recent news on the FBI investigation into Ivana came as no surprise. Someone should look in her coffin.
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)He is the richest man in the world and can well afford to invest in a long term espionage strategy.
I agree, Ivana's death is something to think about.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)onenote
(44,160 posts)and now are disappointed that it was a lie.
inthewind21
(4,616 posts)deRien
(202 posts)for students over the next few weeks is one explanation I heard last night.
BannonsLiver
(17,647 posts)Raftergirl
(1,367 posts)Some schools have the week of Passover off (which starts the evening of April 5th) and some have the week after Easter, which is April 9th.
BannonsLiver
(17,647 posts)I had forgotten that people in the NE are totally oblivious to what the rest of the country does. Flyover country and all.
On edit: NYUs spring break is in March. Rutgers was also in March. Thats a quick sampling of 2 large NY/NJ colleges. I stand by my original assessment. Most are in March.
Raftergirl
(1,367 posts)Schools in the northeast have a February winter break and then a break 6 weeks later. The kids here go also go to school until late June, so a March vacation leaves 3 months left in the school year without a break.
I know other areas of the country have their K-12 break in March. They dont get a week off in February or April, but they get out of school in mid-late May.
The people on the Grand Jury in NYC are New Yorkers who live in NY and likely have children who go to school in NY. And those children have an April vacation.
I am not oblivious to other areas of the country. I e lived in both Colorado and Chicago.
It seems you are oblivious to what NY and the other Northeastern states do.
Scrivener7
(52,281 posts)does. And also what the rest of the country does, it seems.
The line of "Poor us in flyover country! We're so neglected no one even knows when our school breaks are!" sentiment is bizarrely pathetic.
BannonsLiver
(17,647 posts)What a creepy, weird reaction but thanks for proving my point to a T.
Scrivener7
(52,281 posts)Norbert
(6,448 posts)Passover does not in until April 13th.
deRien
(202 posts)I live either ~ usually around the first and second week of April. Colleges and universities have quarter breaks in March.
BannonsLiver
(17,647 posts)ProfessorGAC
(69,352 posts)Most districts are either this week, the next, or Easter week. (Chicago area)
In the 12 districts I work, only 2 are breaking this week. Two next week, the other 8 the week after that.
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)If we had planned an insurrection against the US government, or stolen hundreds of classified documents?
Or threatened to kill a prosecutor?
Welcome to DU!
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inthewind21
(4,616 posts)the accused. But for the jurors, it absolutely would. When I was a juror, the judge broke early on days I had class. So why is this so shocking to everyone? Especially since it's been on their schedule since Jan. Which is out to see, if you want to actually know why.
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)What a silly system we have.
inthewind21
(4,616 posts)The break has been on the schedule since they started in January, It's actually referenced in the article in this very thread.
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Johonny
(21,817 posts)getagrip_already
(17,035 posts)The break will delay any possible indictment until at least may unless Bragg calls the grand jury back early.
So for those fantasizing the indictment is issued and under seal, this may be a reality check.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)He loses quite a lot. Each time, it's a another piece of wood out of the Jenga tower.
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)And soon he will be too old and pitiful to arrest.
inthewind21
(4,616 posts)And a lot of wild speculation.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)I will say that their loonies are quite a bit further off the deep end than our loonies. But, golly, don't people learn anything from the Terry and the Pirates serial thriller model?
And, honestly, the state should have taken that "young ward" away from him.
sarisataka
(20,715 posts)Imminent....
DA consulting police...
Police talking to Secret Service...
SOURCES!!!!
maybe we can go a month without predictions of what is happening when...
Probably not.
moondust
(20,359 posts)The "imminent" case in GA or the SC cases that are generally considered more consequential?
Turbineguy
(38,219 posts)Just asking for a friend.
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)For the rest of us, the laws are meant to control and persecute.
Freethinker65
(10,946 posts)Trump can brag how he fu$ked a porn star and got away with it because Trump is seen as an alpha male leader. He can talk about having his choice of porn stars to fu$k over the years and even how he bought Melania for cheap. Art of the deal, baby. Trump voters will love him for it. He can say his only regret is not getting one last raw dog before he paid Stormy off. Hell he can then campaign off that.
Democrats can try to bring it up and social media will make fun of Democrats for not being tough and smart enough to fu$k porn stars and claim to care about traditional American values and get away with it.
It isn't worth it. Treating women like sex toys and breeders is seen as a positive for most of the current GOP and GOP controlled States.
JohnSJ
(95,621 posts)onenote
(44,160 posts)is based on unsubstantiated media speculation and Trump's tweet.
Kaleva
(37,873 posts)BlueCheeseAgain
(1,927 posts)As far as I can tell, the only reason anybody thought anything might happen was because Trump said it would. And we know how untruthful he is.
JohnSJ
(95,621 posts)ForgedCrank
(2,085 posts)thing was on thin ice from the very beginning anyway.
And even IF he was ever charged and convicted, the worst case would likely just be some fines. I don't know where all of these fantastical predictions of handcuffs and jail time came from over the past few weeks.
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)The idea Trump will serve jail time is ludicrous.
IF he is charged and convicted, and that is a big IF, we would look at fines.
Absolute most that would happen is house arrest which Trump would ignore.
And no one would do anything about it.
inthewind21
(4,616 posts)sure why you were expecting one. This break has been out there since the GJ started in January.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)It's Mueller Time! Oh wait...
Paladin
(28,699 posts)Wouldn't want to rush things, now would we?