Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

The dirt patches almost look like the outline of a body, like she was just laid down sans coffin

Trying so hard to get himself thrown in jail by a Black woman.

Holy shit. He just attacked the Judge AGAIN in D.C., this time with a picture of her. He “reposted” someone elses’ nonsense so he thinks that makes it ok? What a lunatic. pic.twitter.com/atuVnjMCjC

— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) August 13, 2023

An eagle-eyed Reuters journalist spotted this document -- which lists Trump as the defendant in multiple felony counts -- on the Fulton County, GA, court website.

Fortunately, the reporter downloaded it before it was removed. https://t.co/pmSTM0ehRK pic.twitter.com/1GaDr7QR3a

— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) August 14, 2023

Anything less than the best is a felony

how many felony cases do you have to pick up before youre pretty much guaranteed to go to prison even if you were once the president

also how many do you need to pick up before you are guaranteed to be president again? I'm pretty sure it loops back around at some point

how many felony cases do you have to pick up before youre pretty much guaranteed to go to prison even if you were once the president

― lag∞n,

let's find out

how many indictments must a man pick up before you call him sir (with tears in your eyes)?

13 charges against him, including RICO! that DA isn't messing around. ofc, jury selection will be Urgent & Key now. all it takes is one goddamn ringer to hang a jury.

how many felony cases do you have to pick up before you're pretty much guaranteed to go to prison even if you were once the president

https://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/tootsie-pop-owl-pic.jpg

thinking much too far ahead... if he's convicted you can bet Kemp's going to get a Trump call angling for a pardon.

Breaking: Former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and independent journalist George Chidi were both supposed to testify on Tuesday, but are now expected to meet on Monday with grand jurors at the Fulton County Courthouse https://t.co/YBYU2c32EQ with @bluestein

— Tamar Hallerman (@TamarHallerman) August 14, 2023

Can he make a plea bargain to have all charges dropped in exchange for halting his presidential campaign and exiting the public sphere altogether forever, with the caveat that if he breaks his word (which he inevitably will, probably within <24 hours) he will immediately be jailed for life? I would be good with that. In fact I think that's the preferable option (saving time and money on a trial that isn't likely to result in criminal charges or prevent him from becoming president again). Someone get me on the horn with the Fulton Co. DA.

the ol' Banished to Corsica plea bargain

.....

elba

Acisroc was I ere I saw Corsica.

trenchant:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/adnd2e/images/3/3f/Roc_2e.png

Can we just fire him into the sun?

Best thing for all concerned is that the stress of all this causes him to have a massive coronary and die, or (even better) to be permanently disabled.

An incapacitated Trump would be, all things considered, the nightmare of a "Trump, but this time more competent" scenario come true

Can he make a plea bargain to have all charges dropped in exchange for halting his presidential campaign/

He would never do this imo, because his entire argument is that he's done nothing wrong and Dems are bringing these trials solely to disrupt his campaign.

xp, OK, so let him drop dead.

I feel like the “DUD” is about the side of Ohio by now

haha my first impulse every time I see this thread is to say "dud" aloud

An incapacitated Trump could just wind up being a Hector Salamanca type nightmare

Press the bell once to approve the bill, twice to veto.

no, once again, pressing the bell 7 times doesn't mean anything.

xpost He'd ring the bell and just poop his pants.

I've said this before, but I'd be 100% in favor of his being completely paralyzed, unable to move or speak, and be forced to watch Obama's 2012 roast of him on an endless loop for the rest of his miserable days.

The Diving Bell and the MAGAfly

I prefer these trials happen after the election, because I want him to be rejected by the voters and lose again (please). It will cause more harm to his ego and image, plus he still gets to face four trials immediately. Then after he is found guilty at all four trials, I would prefer he die in a completely embarrassing, public, and self-inflicted way.

so much losing...

i know it would probably be a terrible idea to have cameras at the Georgia trial but i would also really like to see that. so, i'm torn.

Jimbeaux, an ILX poster after my own heart

The grand jury is reportedly on or around witness five of 10.

The waiting is the hardest part.

^^^

when you're dreaming with a broken Trump

Has the jury considered that it was a perfect phone call?

Could Trump be denied bail in Georgia? Their laws on these things are somewhat more...Southern than those of the courts in which he's previously been indicted.

Weissmann: let me give you the exact words because this is the provision that the court has to find to release someone on bail in Georgia which is that the defendant poses no risk of intimidating witnesses, or otherwise obstructing the administration of justice. pic.twitter.com/UbAxKZTGN7

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 14, 2023

Supposedly the courthouse usually closes at 5pm sharp, but reportedly the grand jury is still in session.

From a quarter-hour back via NYT

Judge McBurney appears again in the courtroom and tells reporters, “You didn’t go get dinner, you should have gotten dinner.” (No argument here.) Then he turns to two deputies in the courtroom and says, “There’s really only one other thing that’s going to happen today.” Asked if that means that an indictment is coming tonight, he cryptically says: “I guess you’ll have to wait and see.”

Could Trump be denied bail in Georgia?

First question in my mind would be whether the prosecutor specifically asks the court for denial of bail, which would take levels of chutzpah rarely observed in nature. Only then would I consider the exact wording of GA law.

Please no Georgia spoilers!

Geoff Duncan, after testifying to grand jury: "If we want to win an election in 2024, it's gonna have to be somebody other than Donald Trump."

Following his testimony to the grand jury, former Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan (R) said he thinks it’s time for the Republicans to “pivot” away from Donald Trump to win. Follow along for live updates. https://t.co/QhBIB8d4kO pic.twitter.com/Pew4xi4Gij

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 14, 2023

The sort of things Republicans say when they are former office holders who are not currently running for office and have written a book about moving the GOP beyond Trump.

also, if we want to lose elections, we need to pivot away from Donald Trump

bad news for joe biden

I just watched that Duncan clip, he does not mince words

He has all the motivations he obviously has, but he is also speaking with the benefit of knowing what he got asked at the grand jury. Not that it's much of a mystery, obv.

'worse candidate than Hershel Walker' lol