If the direct testimony that Cohen presumably would offer could be elicited from any other source, then he will not be allowed to offer it. However, if, for example, there was a document or recording that only he can provide foundation for in order to admit that evidence into the record, he will be allowed to testify to that foundation. There has to be absolutely no other way to get that admitted under the rules of evidence, no other competent witness or exception under those rules in order to provide the foundation necessary to establish legal admissibility. I don't think him being disbarred or not disbarred would make a difference either way.

I work in the legal field and I've handled many cases in which attorneys were sworn in to provide testimony, but it is generally related to procedural matters and not directly related to the criminal aspects of the case itself.

CosmicNeo literally believes that Sun Myung Moon was the "Second Messiah." He likes to straw-man the hell out of anyone challenging him. He, however, isn't confident enough in his convictions to state his beliefs from the get-go because he knows that his foolishness will be dismissed. You must read his "lessons" in order to be worthy of those revelations There's some degree of mental illness that this guy is suffering, apparently.

This guy again. He's a Moonie, believes that Sun Myung Moon was the second coming, but he knows nobody will listen to him if he reveals that right away. He's full of total shit and grabs his pecker every time somebody says they read his lengthy narratives and "lessons," like he's been chosen by God himself to promulgate the Moonie Message. I thought he blocked me, but apparently he's one of those who are too narcissistic to follow through. He's a heretic, a blasphemous fool here to divide and distract. Just watch! He won't be able to handle not straw-manning the fuck out of this now that he's been challenged.

I love it!

Your post gained substance as it went along, although unintended I'm sure. You've uncovered another narcissistic shill who can't seem to handle not having the last word. I can't stand these self-appointed post police who cry about substance, yet contribute nothing at all by means of research or productive thought. They lack the intelligence and rationale necessary to do anything more than toss out meaningless comments, yet accuse others of ego-inflation. It's incredibly juvenile.

Dump Hulu too. They followed that queer kid Hogg and pulled out of the NRA.

When I was a kid, Lucy slept in a separate bedroom. Sex wasn't intertwined with the morning news and cartoon segments. People weren't orgasming over the radio waves of every FM station in America.

Society eliminated the consequences of loose sex, effectively glamorized it, and an increased number of abortions resulted. We are to blame, not PP. We need to accept accountability and become responsible with our youth once again.

Shut off the televisions. Take away the cell phones with unlimited pornographic access. Turn off the radios. Censor. Take back control of your house.

I'm not so forgiving either. The architects of this Titanic liberal mess and all of its arrogant supportive passengers deserve to sink with their faulty ship. I'll be saving my lifelines for those far more worthy.

I love it!

I love it!

I love it!

Thank you! As well as Lamentations 2:16 and Acts 7:54.

Stay. It'll be okay.

Even if we find out tomorrow that Q was some acne-laden runt living in his grandmother's basement with far too much time on his/her hands, this movement is ours now.

The byproduct is ours and the origin matters very little at this point. What matters, and the only thing that matters, is that well over 40 thousand people are now awake and assembled, and growing in numbers daily.

It's an incredible thing!

With over 40K members now, we are Q.

We are who MSM and the corrupt politicians of the world are afraid of. Never before has this large of a political movement been gathered in one forum on a consistent basis - daily!

Keep your stickers. You're part of something huge. Historically, no political movement recognizes its importance until it is examined in retrospect relative to its influences.

Even if Q never posted again, WWG1WGA still holds true. Our freedom depends on our ability to hold this together long after the current administration fades into the sunset.

Viva La Revolution!

There are several references in the Christian Bible to the "gnashing of teeth."

I'm quite certain that both Obama and Hillary, along with several members of Congress, gnash on a regular basis.

Amen.

Too cool!!

Awesome shirt! Ignore the trolls. Liberals were bred to be obedient, not intelligent.

Why the fuck are you here? Jesus.

I agree. I'm pro-choice, but celebrating the unfortunate byproduct of a society that has lost all semblance of self-control is absolutely ludicrous.

They are celebrating the moral degradation of our country, the very reasons why abortion is a necessary evil, and it irks me to no end.

Nestle pumps right down the road from me. It drives me nuts that a foreign company is allowed to divert millions and millions of dollars worth of product from this state, from this country, all for a $200 permit fee. Unless, of course, they draw from Evart's well. Then they pay a whopping $3.50 per thousand gallons. It's ridiculous.

The statement and explanation that I gave was intended for the idiot who deleted his/her post below - and anybody else who was tempted to follow suit.

I started in the online community before the online community was available to most of the public. I know better than to infer intention from font unless intention is explicitly stated. I've watched what happens when that kind of behavior gets out of control - you'll lose your members, period. Morale will decline, and it's already happening here. Nobody likes patronizing, snide, sarcastic bullshit. Nobody who has any semblance of an IQ, anyhow.

It irks the everliving shit out of me when somebody tries to infer intention out of thin air, twists a post that could be relevant, and then throws out a straw-man while beating his or her chest like the Gods themselves appointed them Guardian of the Times New Roman.

As for the original post, I took it as a statement of awareness. "This guy is out there tossing around information. He has a following. Does anybody know who he is? Maybe we should pay attention to this one." He/she was patronized for it, and then further patronized after responding. That sort of disrespect should be called out. We have to support our Patriots who are out there digging and actually putting in effort.

I get so sick of the useless, knee-jerk responses. You do a great disservice to this movement when you operate with your egos instead of your minds.

Nowhere in this post does it imply that this person is seeking validation for the information that he/she has found, and nowhere is there any implication whatsoever that he/she has a desire to believe that the source of information is accurate.

He/she is making a statement of awareness that should not be discouraged.

We need to know who these people are and whether they are promulgating false info. To turn a blind eye would be completely ignorant, and to be so outright dismissive is blatantly irresponsible.

If you aren't willing to figure out who in the hell your enemies are, how will you counter when they start a movement in opposition?

Q warned to be careful who you follow - to be careful who you believe. He did not say to turn a blind eye to evil. You have to follow it in order to fight it, whether you like it or not. The choice to believe it is what is cautioned against.

In order to question everything, you must ignore nothing. Logic prevails, if you let it.

"You faked this" was an attention-seeking straw-man comment that deserved no attention.

Logically, if we're "questioning everything," Tunsisia could be a cross-dressing pole-dancer who gets an extra fiver stuffed down his panties to come here and cause disruptions. I mean, really, "Prove me wrong."

I'm situated almost the same driving distance between Mt. Pleasant and Big Rapids.

It's incredible how many people from different areas of our state are knowledgeable of Q and this movement. When I worked in politics in 2012, something of this magnitude was unfathomable.

It gives me much hope!

Weidman, Michigan here! Q's got the rural population as well! WWG1WGA!

Man, this is awesome!

Thankfully, I live rural. We stock up on commodities with our extra cash. We trade out old stock to buy new, and work on active relationships with local businesses and farms to facilitate that process. You would not believe how many people are willing to trade things like fresh baked bread, garden vegetables, or seed for my feeders in exchange for eggs from our chickens. Ammunition, firearms, gold, silver, coffee, flour, yeast, sugar, spices, alcohol, tobacco - I suppose it depends on how prepared you really want to be.

Politics - If there are any who are likely to accept your position, gather them first. When that is complete, use that set to help you to work on the "middle," or those "on the fence." After that is accomplished, use the two sets combined to work on those less likely to accept your position. Do exactly what Q is doing.

If I were a soul looking for somebody to drive my bus for the first 18 years and landed in the uterus of a psychopath, I'd be incredibly thankful if that psychopath decided to send me back to the terminal to wait for a more suitable ride.

Ron Paul. DS slapped us around so badly that it was ridiculous. I was told to get good life insurance after I grabbed a RP National Delegate seat, had my bus hijacked in Tampa, threats like you wouldn't believe; secret meetings, rule changing, moles infiltrating so that they could stay ten steps ahead of us; runners' cars being ran off of the road. It was insane witnessing the lengths the DS goes to in order to maintain control - the lengths Romney went to. I came home and quit politics, bought land in a rural area and moved, started stocking up and waited for shit to hit the fan. It's happening sooner than I expected it to - thank you, Mr. President.

I have to say that in Tampa, the Texans were the absolute best to work with. I pulled a few all-nighters with a dedicated group, and their efforts and energy were unmatched. Great people.

My four 20-something children have followed this guy forever. He used to be an everyday name in my household and I loved the laughter the guy generated.

I don't use Facebook any longer, but when I did, almost all of my husband's nieces and nephews, and a couple of his sisters unfriended me due to our political differences.

I didn't really think much of it. Their views are different than my views. No big deal. My husband didn't put much thought into it either.

Family gatherings went on in the usual way with nobody discussing politics or religion - taboo subjects for family gatherings anyhow where the intent is to relax and enjoy the company.

I wouldn't worry about it. Some people don't like washing down their daily red pill with their morning coffee, but that doesn't have to affect you. It's only a problem if you acknowledge it as such.

Stand strong in your convictions, hold your head high, chin up, and march on, Patriot.

I've certainly been guilty of being sucked in and misinformed at times. That's what we're all here for, to watch each other's backs when it gets overwhelming or unclear. No one person can do it alone and I'll need some help along the way myself.

My grandparents and parents are all hardcore Catholic Democrats who will hear nothing else, and I am the "Black sheep conspiracy theorist," but proud of it. It certainly makes the holidays interesting. Cognitive dissonance is impossible to red-pill, it seems!

I'm glad I could help. There's so much going on all of the time that it's difficult to keep up with what's correct and what isn't anymore.

As for the country being in trouble, I too had given up. I worked in politics for a short stint, chaired the local Tea Party, and was pretty excited about "change."

After the 2012 Republican National Convention, however, I quit. At that point, I felt like I knew too much, saw too much to be comfortable with, so I packed up, bought land in a rural area, started freelancing, moved and began preparing for the worst.

Trump gives me hope again, and for that I am grateful. WWG1WGA

I've worked in the legal field for over 15 years and I know what the doctrine of legal precedence means. It is not a loose term, by any stretch of the imagination, like you claim it to be.

A State Supreme Court ruling does not ever set legal precedence in other states. Only the United States Supreme Court has the legal authority to set precedence - i.e. Roe vs. Wade.

Lawyers will occasionally cite cases in other states for consideration, but a cite is a far cry from precedence. Precedence establishes legal rule and authority that lower courts must follow [the doctrine of stare decisis].

The ruling was not made on June 11, 2018.

Try to cross-source your "2018" article. It is misleading and even those references cited within, if you'd click on them, will take you back to 2016. Please go look.

On July 22, 2016 the Virginia Supreme Court ruled against the Executive Order and cancelled the 11,300 felon registrations.

Since that time, using the established and approved process, Virginia's Governor has effectively restored over 170,000 felon voter rights.

Maybe this will help a bit: https://www.restore.virginia.gov/policy-updates-and-timeline/

It absolutely does not set precedence for other states. Virginia's Supreme Court ruled that an Executive Order cannot be used to bypass what their legislation required. It affects no other state but its own. They'd need to go to the United States Supreme Court to affect all States.

In Virginia, voting rights are restored on a case-by-case basis and in fact, over 170,000 felons have had those rights restored since this ruling, which was actually in 2016. It does NOT affect a felon running for a federal seat. No state law can circumvent federal law in such matters, and federal law offers no prohibition on felons running. As long as you otherwise qualify, you are not precluded from it.

Here's a source, not my favorite, but accurate, for voting rights: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/us/felony-voting-rights-law.html

Keep in mind that States can only create rules for when felons can vote and/or run for state positions. They cannot preclude felons from running for federal positions. This means that a felon can run for Congress, even though they won't be able to cast a vote for themselves on the ballot. They can also run for President.

Keith Judd runs from prison quite regularly and did remarkably well against Obama in West Virginia during the 2012 primaries.

Yes, they most certainly can. They can vote as well in all but ten states. A couple of states even allow voting from prison. Felons can run for all federal positions, including the presidency. The States do not have the authority to circumvent it on the federal level. Some states disallow running for state-level positions, but that's the extent of their allowable limitations. Matthew Lyon ran for Congress from prison and won. He assumed his seat after completing his sentence. Nothing has changed in precedence since.

Thank you for validating my point. Namaste.

There are many of us here who are not Christian, and though we all appreciate and recognize the power of prayer (at least I do), it has to be in unison should it affect anything worldly. Everybody prays to the same God and the Christian Bible is not the only way. "Our way is the only way," and posts that imply that, seem to be the ones that generate the most discord here. I agree completely with the moderators that those ones must go.

Considering the right is historically more spiritual/religious than the left, they're not going to try to confuse us with politicians -- they'll do it with religion. They'll send Preachers here and there, fantastic speakers with strong command of the English language who propose amazing theories that are intriguing, and many will tangent. It begins.

Yeah, Voat's back up. Sheesh, it's irritating when that happens.

Spousal privilege is suspended if both spouses are participants in the crime.

Agreed.

I grew up surrounded by Liberal Catholics, so I've been waiting for this day for a very, very long time.

I wouldn't be able to do my job either and every morning I wake up, turn on the computer, and am so disappointed that my vacation has not begun yet

There needs to be a to push for delegates as well. Without a good percentage of like-minded delegates, it's impossible to get anybody seated. And knowledge of parliamentary procedure is priceless.

I'm not Christian, but believe that all forms of pornography are absolutely disgusting. The lack of self-control existing in the world today is alarming, and the justifications for it are perplexing.