https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 14:59 (eleven months ago) link
Shitter's full https://t.co/dfxIK8sOe1— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) May 31, 2023
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 15:26 (eleven months ago) link
This is just a real nice surprise, a real nice surprise
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 15:29 (eleven months ago) link
picture unrelated
― mh, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 16:30 (eleven months ago) link
At the very least, he's not paying for a blue checkmark
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 17:32 (eleven months ago) link
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/politics/trump-tape-classified-document-iran-milley/index.html
New: Trump acknowledged he retained a classified Pentagon document in an audio tape obtained by Special Counsel Jack Smith — confirming CNN. Our sources indicate this doc was classified at the SECRET level, the kind of doc DOJ would be inclined to charge.— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) May 31, 2023
The classification of this document is important — if it was too important to acknowledge and release publicly, DOJ might not be able to use it at trial.As @secretsandlaws discusses often, NatSec prosecutors look for documents that are classified but not *too* important. https://t.co/NQZccUfKpE— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) May 31, 2023
In other words, he's right on track to be charged in ... 2027 or something.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 22:26 (eleven months ago) link
Seems like the legal woes are really closing in on him pt.94, meanwhile he's about to run for President again
― like the vengaboys with music degrees (Matt #2), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 22:42 (eleven months ago) link
they finally got him
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 22:46 (eleven months ago) link
Increasingly isolated
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 22:55 (eleven months ago) link
They also had him on tape with a foreign president threatening to withhold aid unless he interfered in the US election. Still remained president after that one, lmao
― treeship., Thursday, 1 June 2023 01:06 (eleven months ago) link
This is the most maddening part of the durham report. Like—ok, it seems he didn’t solicit election interference from russia, which is what mueller concluded anyway. (If that investigation was a set up it didn’t work very well). But he still did solicit help from ukraine, using taxpayer money as leverage. It’s like the false accusation gave him the idea to do it for real.
― treeship., Thursday, 1 June 2023 01:10 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah, but he was, like, totally impeached for that.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 June 2023 01:13 (eleven months ago) link
I know but like
― treeship., Thursday, 1 June 2023 01:15 (eleven months ago) link
totally impeached
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 June 2023 01:28 (eleven months ago) link
Relax folks, he’s gonna pull something in the third year in his second term, most likely involving bribing state officials to ratify the proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate term limits, that he is like going to totally get actually punished for.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 1 June 2023 03:01 (eleven months ago) link
More like during his third term.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 June 2023 03:53 (eleven months ago) link
Meantime in the snakepit
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/01/trump-lawyers-resign-criminal-investigation
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 June 2023 13:38 (eleven months ago) link
"some of the lawyers started to believe the biggest impediment to defending Trump might just be the distrust and interpersonal conflict Trump."
Fixed
― Landfill Collins (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 1 June 2023 14:59 (eleven months ago) link
hahaha covering their fair & balanced ass
Notably, Thursday night’s town hall with Trump in the Des Moines suburb of Clive will be pre-taped, giving Fox News the option of editing out egregious lies about the 2020 election in general or Dominion and Smartmatic in particular before its broadcast at 9pm.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 2 June 2023 00:55 (eleven months ago) link
Once they edit out all the insane bullshit, it'll be 10 minutes of actual Trump Q&A, and 45 minutes of Hannity and whoever else is still on board that sinking ship talking about what a genius he is.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 2 June 2023 01:05 (eleven months ago) link
really starting to wish the republicans had followed suit and decided to change the order of states in their primary
― mh, Sunday, 4 June 2023 16:45 (eleven months ago) link
heh
The word/byline ratio on this story is 34/6. https://t.co/sRrygfQLuO— Isaac Chotiner (@IChotiner) June 6, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 21:28 (ten months ago) link
34:1, technically, but hey, don't let that get in the way of a funny tweet
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 21:32 (ten months ago) link
Mar-a-Lago ketchup reserves are about to go through some things pic.twitter.com/IhaUPKtKQ2— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 7, 2023
Congrats to Truth Social for getting this scoop
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 19:22 (ten months ago) link
I saw someone post an even more aggrieved than usual rant of his right after his team was done meeting with the DOJ, and that was seen by some as confirmation that they came back and told him, "Sorry, dude, you're getting indicted. Again."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 20:38 (ten months ago) link
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨BREAKING per @AndrewFeinberg :MARK MEADOWS has agreed to plead guilty to several lesser federal crimes in exchange for his testimony under a limited grant of immunity. It is believed Trump will be indicted as soon as tomorrow on obstruction & Espionage Act charges.— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) June 7, 2023
"As soon as tomorrow," which means between now and never.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 20:43 (ten months ago) link
didn't you do the exact same thing with the last indictment?
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 20:50 (ten months ago) link
Holy fuck.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 20:50 (ten months ago) link
is there really any doubt this will happen soon very soon? obv most are skeptical of what becomes of it all but come on
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 20:55 (ten months ago) link
The idea of Meadows pleading to lesser crimes and flipping is pretty astonishing. Of course, his lawyer says it's complete bullshit.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 20:56 (ten months ago) link
note from a british person: if the independent is reporting it as an exclusive, it's probably not true.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 21:08 (ten months ago) link
Yeah I'm treating everything as rumor mill stuff unless/until it actually happens.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 21:29 (ten months ago) link
Yeah so far I'm only seeing the independent as a source for those specifics.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 21:30 (ten months ago) link
Yeah I think it’s happening, maybe not this week or even this month but this is the exact way he was publicly freaking out before the first one
― frogbs, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 21:48 (ten months ago) link
what the hell is a spiro's ghost
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 21:53 (ten months ago) link
My guess is someone trying to ride the Richard M. Nixon twitter account vibe.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 21:59 (ten months ago) link
This is a bit more reputable, at least the byline:
NEW: Special Counsel formally told Trump’s lawyers last week that the former president is a target in the Mar-a-Lago docs investigation, per people familiar. @guardian confirming https://t.co/U71nLjZ1x8— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) June 7, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 22:28 (ten months ago) link
well I guess we finally got him now
― sayonara, capybara (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 23:21 (ten months ago) link
yes, a target
― Dan S, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 23:30 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHW33NjVRMQ
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 23:33 (ten months ago) link
who else would be the target of the investigation into him stealing documents?
― treeship., Wednesday, 7 June 2023 23:36 (ten months ago) link
Anyone involved in helping him directly/assisting with hiding them further.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 June 2023 23:38 (ten months ago) link
this is a good explanation of what it means when they say that he is the target of the investigation
Trump has been informed he is the target of a special counsel investigation over classified docs, sources say.@AshaRangappa_: "This means that they are basically at the end of the investigation, at least the one that is the subject of the target letter."https://t.co/iohAbVemwd pic.twitter.com/Bm0VVMBFwo— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) June 7, 2023
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 23:40 (ten months ago) link
in other words, this is not just stating an obvious fact that we've known all along, it is a formal step in the process towards an indictment
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 23:42 (ten months ago) link
ah gotcha. thanks for the clarification.
― treeship., Thursday, 8 June 2023 13:58 (ten months ago) link
Yeah, it's always nice to be reminded that "target" is a formal legal term.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 June 2023 14:48 (ten months ago) link
also a store that worships satan
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 8 June 2023 15:05 (ten months ago) link
Hmm...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2023 23:33 (ten months ago) link
The coup-attempting former president says he has been indicted, and has to appear at the federal courthouse in Miami on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/thlCH5wwxi— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) June 8, 2023
Nominate Alfred to be our special correspondent.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 June 2023 23:34 (ten months ago) link