“Why should my client have to face 34 separate murder charges when he only blew up one daycare center?”
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There are various businesses Trump couldn’t even engage in, as a convicted felon (e.g. at least in some states:, banking, insurance… real estate), and I imagine certain financial transactions are going to get trickier…
It’s not like he didn’t already have criminal cred - he was quite useful for money laundering - but as a convicted felon, he’d be a heck of a lot less useful for that.
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You cant use an NDA to cover up a crime. It is void and may be a crime in of itself
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with any luck, be tried & convicted on as many counts as possible. Then he also has those other matters to deal with.
As much as I would love to see him serve a couple of years at Riker’s, I would be surprised if he serves time for this particular arrest.
House Arrest would be acceptable, under the following conditions:
- He is considered to be in prison; therefore, telephone is allowed once a month, under controllled conditions. No internet access, of course.
- Visitors are allowed only under very limited conditions; no contact, of course, so poor Melania will be deprived of his companionship.
- Mar a Lago will be his new prison; specifically, his bedroom will be his prison cell. The windows will be painted over, so he will only see the sky once a week when he is allowed outside to pull weeds. May as well get some use out of him…
- His new cuisine will be based on recipes by his good friend Sheriff Joe.
No more Hamberders! It’s Prison Loaf, from now on. Sure, it’s horrible, but there’s plenty of it. - The t.v. in his cell will be set on the Weather Channel, 24/7 & cannot be changed or turned off.
Setting it on the Barney the Dinosaur Channel would probably violate the Geneva Convention, so compromises will have to be made. - Customized toilet paper.
I’m sure there could be other conditions to be met… permanently tether the Blimp to the roof, etc.
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But, there’s a pretty good chance the people you force, trick or convince to sign an NDA to cover up a crime won’t know that - or can be intimidated into doubting it enough they won’t risk it.
IMO, even the attempt to use an NDA that way should result in an extension on the statute of limitations. Maybe even taking it off the table altogether.
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It would also make talking a risk, wouldn’t it? If the person is found not guilty of any crime, then are you liable for violating an NDA since legally there wasn’t one to invalidate it?
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i think that depends on the size of your legal team unfortunately. you don’t really need to be right if you can overwhelm the other person with lawsuits, then delay, delay, delay. and that seems to be one of the games ■■■■■ likes to play
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IANAL. Likely falls down to whether you had a reasonable belief that you were revealing a crime. If you took legal advice and if the other person was charged with a crime you’d be well justified in that belief.
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Can convicted felons run for President?
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Debs did… (I think LaRouche might have, or perhaps merely pretended to do so)
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That’s generally how it works. It doesn’t kick in until the crime stops. Using an NDA to cover it up means it hasn’t.
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No it wouldn’t, because NDA’s can’t cover talking to authorities. Only private parties.
Whistleblower laws protect the person talking there.
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A recent National Labor Relations Board ruling has reduced the power and scope of NDAs also.
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I apologize for the following remark in advance:
this is somehow worse than goatse
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