May 1, 2024: Happy Law Day. This day is celebrated around the world as Labor Day (or even Labour Day!), but in the USA we think that’s just for commies who don’t know Labor Day is in September, when last year’s cars go on sale and men burn meat over charcoal outdoors in gratitude.
The 34th president, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially established May 1st as Law Day in 1958, and the 45th, former Republican president and felony defendent Donald J. Trump, is celebrating it in 2024 by spending the day in a New York courtroom. Citizen Trump is accused of disguising hush money payments to a porn star and to others through the National Enquirer as legal expenses when they were undeclared campaign expenses, designed to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. From what we know of the Trump Organization, maybe he claimed the adulterous payoffs as business expenses on his tax returns, too.
Donald Trump claims he is as innocent as Jesus Christ and Alphonse Capone, two of his idols.
More:
“Trump’s ‘Hush Money’ Payment Isn’t Illegal In Itself—Here’s Why He’s Actually On Trial,” Alison Durkee, Forbes
“How a hush money scandal turned into a criminal case: The whirlwind history of People v. Trump,” Erica Orden, Politico
Related:
“Trump’s Lawyer Claims the President Is Above the Law,” Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
“Above the Law,” written by Betty Wright and Angelo Morris, recorded by The O’Jays, 2018.
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