Ladies and gentlemen, I am Taishou.
On February 15, 2024 local time, the Lower Manhattan Court in New York City rejected Trump's request to withdraw the lawsuit in response to the case of former Trump in the United States who was suspected of paying hush money to stars.
This means that the case will officially enter trial from March 25.
And this is just one of Trump's "four deadly sins."
If convicted of all these counts, Trump faces up to 134 years in prison.
Trump's four deadly sins are interesting, and let's go through them in chronological order.
The first crime: "hush money case".
And that's what we're talking about today, the allegations that we're going to try to get to trial.
On March 30, 2023, Trump was charged with his first criminal offense on suspicion of paying "hush money" through lawyers and other personnel around 2016 to prevent the scandal involving him from continuing to ferment.
The title of the case file in the U.S. court is: "The People of the State of New York V." donald j. trump）。
The indictment lists 34 counts, all of which charge Trump with "first-degree falsification of business records."
The second crime: "Confidential documents case".
On June 8, 2023, Trump faced a second criminal charge, United States of America v., for illegally transporting classified documents to Mar-a-Lago, his private home in Florida, after leaving office, and knowingly obstructing an investigation donald j. trump and waltine nauta)。
In this case, the indictment brings a total of 42 charges against Trump, including several felonies that carry maximum sentences of up to 20 years in prison.
The third crime: "Interference in the case".
On August 1, 2023, Trump received a third criminal charge. The charge is that Trump is suspected of trying to unlawfully overturn the 2020 ** results and inciting a riot on Capitol Hill.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C., is entitled United States of America v donald j. trump）。
Fourth sin: "Fulton County Case".
On August 14, 2023, Trump, along with 18 other defendants, received a fourth criminal charge — The State of Georgia v donald j. trump, et al.）。
Of the four charges, the least is the "hush money case", so it is also the easiest case to go to trial.
But don't underestimate the impact of this case.
According to the opponent's principle of "if you don't die, you will be disgusted to death", the competitor used this case to label Trump as "the first American former in history to be criminally prosecuted".
And the facts of this crime are very simple, and it is easy to give a court verdict before the start of **, which may cause a huge image blow to Trump, who is gaining momentum.
On February 13, 2024, a poll released by a U.S. polling agency showed that 1 in 4 Republicans and about half of independent voters said they would not vote for Trump again if he was convicted in this criminal case.
According to the "broken window theory", if the window glass of a building is smashed, then the remaining glass windows will also be smashed quickly.
This case is like the first glass window that was smashed.
If Trump is successfully convicted in this case, the next three crimes will soon be convicted.
As the ** approaches, an inevitable political struggle will become more and more intense.
Trump's criminal indictment is essentially a microcosm of partisanship in the United States. In essence, the intensifying partisan strife in the United States is a sign of a deep rift in American society.
The famous American political scientist Francis Fukuyama once said in the article "Trump exacerbates the tear in American society":
The emergence of Trump has led to a serious "ethnic antagonism" between the Democratic and Republican parties in American politics.
This polarization began decades ago ......But now a large number of Republicans are loyal to Trump personally, and no longer to values and principles such as petty ** and personal freedom. ......Whatever Trump says or says, they take it all.
With the advent of Trump, the struggle between Republicans and Democrats began to revolve around the personal advances and retreats of Biden and Trump, and this means that the "perfect system" preached by the United States is being flawed from within.
The Democrats interfered with Trump's candidacy through legal proceedings, and the Republicans used guns to color Biden on immigration.
The two sides come and go, killing chickens and dogs.
In 2023, a survey conducted by Reuters showed that:
Nearly two-thirds of the American people believe that politicians in the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States are no longer able to perform their duties normally because they are obsessed with partisan struggle.
Time has come to 2024, and the prelude to the United States has begun.
The Democratic and Republican parties are bound to "make mistakes" more frequently. The further intensification of the bipartisan struggle and political confrontation may pour oil on the fire of political polarization and social division in the United States.
Trump's confirmation of being sued this time is not only a personal humiliation to Trump, but also a declaration of war by the Democratic Party against the Republican Party.
Will this battle expose the wounds that have been torn by the United States more thoroughly in front of the world?
I want to know what will happen next, and see if Trump will overturn the table in a fit of rage.
Author: Kyokang Taishou, Doctor of Law. Not only books, not only top, not against the will, not deliberate. In his spare time, he tasted the world, laughed and scolded and wrote secular articles. Stay tuned:New insights
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