Author’s note: I am not an attorney, simply a lay person who is concerned about the turn of events in my country. As such, I have read the Constitution of the United States and the Amendments thereto. I am going to use three publications to explain why I feel as I do about the Trial of Donald J. Trump and his fight against a corrupt judge and an overly ambitious Attorney General.
The Constitution of the United States was adopted July 2, 1788 and became effective March 4, 1789.
The first publication I refer to will be Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, copyright 1945.
The second publication I will refer to will be “Your Rugged Constitution”, written by Bruce Allyn Findlay and Esther Blair Findlay copyright 1950 and copyright 1952 by the trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University.
The third publication I will refer to will be “The Constitution of the United States, its sources and its applications”, written by Thomas James Norton copyright 1922. 1940 by the World Publishing Company and copyright 1943 by Committee for Constitutional Government Inc.
First publication: I will explore a definition of “Fraud” as defined by Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary. #4: Law, “An intentional perversion of truth to induce another to part with some valuable thing belonging to him or to surrender a legal right”.
My question is, how can there be even the perception of impartiality by Judge Engoron when he stated before the trial had even begun that Mr. Trump was guilty of fraud before any testimony had even been heard?
In the second and third publications: I will explore the “8th Amendment to the Constitution” adopted in 1791 which Reads: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted”.
The fines levied against Donald Trump by the court far exceed the definition of “excessive” and as such should be prohibited from being enforced.
I shall further explore the “14th Amendment to the Constitution”, Section 1 which reads: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside”
Section 1 of the 14th Amendment further reads: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, of property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Again, my question is how can there even be the perception of fairness when Mr. Trump has been denied the right to present evidence that denigrates the statements of Judge Engoron? Evidence that would flat-out deny the judge’s statement and that of Attorney General Letia James that he excessively inflated the stated worth of his properties when even the bankers who made the loans said that there was no evidence of fraud; either in the paperwork that accompanied the loan applications and on closing that all monies borrowed had been dutifully paid in full and within the time frame for repayment.
Again I state, I am not an attorney, but am aware that in my mind Mr. Trump has been denied the protections of the Constitutional Amendments by a judge who’s partiality and downright denial of said protections seems to be unlawful and beyond the pale of legal and just application of the laws as set forth in the Constitution and the attending Amendments.
Walt Mow 2024