Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

lol remember

https://i.imgur.com/PdGSZgU.jpg

I'm so indicted

And I just can't hide it

I'm about to lose control

And I think I like it

the assignment of this judge is bizarre. don't know enough how these decisions are made but it is suspicious.

1/Before everyone gets too spun up about reports Judge Cannon has been assigned to the Trump case, a little law. I used to be an appellate chief in the 11th Circuit (where Florida is) and I litigated a few appeals where we asked the court of appeals to order a judge to recuse.

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) June 9, 2023

Worth noting in that first piece about it that the magistrate judge who was also involved (and was very much not judging like Cannon) is named as well -- as the quoted fellow noted, this all seems like essentially procedure, and almost certainly was factored in to the decision to indict in Florida rather than DC -- which itself removes the prospect of an extended venue fight.

The other thing I'll note is that there's already been quite a few hints and suggestions others are going to be charged as well in this, which would make sense.

Breaking: Jim Trusty and John ROWLEY have RESIGNED from Trump’s team, saying in a joint statement they tendered their resignations this morning. Trusty was just on CNN last night defending Trump and detailing charges against him.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 9, 2023

lol byeee

when u see feds

the decision to indict in Florida rather than DC

― Ned Raggett, Friday, June 9, 2023 11:20 AM (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

seems like dc would be better from a jury pov

Florida has better beaches imo

little-read Corvette

this sped by too fast

my understanding is this was moved to Florida as most of the events in question happened there, which means it will be harder to challenge the venue and slow down the entire process

Also worth noting that it was the grand jury IN Florida that signed off on the indictments, so.

Breaking: Trump announces on Truth Social that Todd Blanche will be his criminal defense attorney in the Mar-a-Lago docs case with another firm yet to be named. Jim Trusty and John Rowley are out.

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) June 9, 2023

Per ppl familiar: Blanche — also the attorney for Trump adviser and in-house counsel Boris Epshteyn — for several weeks has been seen by Trump advisers as the “head honcho” of the legal team in the docs case.

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) June 9, 2023

Let's get honched.

Honchin' on Boris

Rowley and Trusty issue joint statement saying they won’t be making media appearances discussing their departure, a clear shot at Tim Parlatore, who appeared on CNN and blamed Boris Epshteyn for why he left.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 9, 2023

Slightly relatedly, though, it was Parlatore who pretty much said Boris Epshteyn as gatekeeper was a big problem for trying to get Trump to understand what he was dealing with. So when you've got the attorney for that guy as your own attorney, well, roffle.

Trump says he has learned his personal aide, Walt Nauta, who came with him to Florida from the White House, has been indicted: pic.twitter.com/qmBbOLc1cG

— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) June 9, 2023

ooh

Ha, was waiting on that.

I think Trump's only recourse is to represent himself.

lol "Thugs"

As one of the general categories of charges against Trump apparently involves conspiracy, by default you have to be conspiring WITH someone, so.

I know it's unseemly to have a favorite Trump brain-bubble, but I do, and it's when he not only refers to himself in the third person but puts his name in quotes. Makes me laugh every time.

"Thugs from the Department of Injustice" was an underrated PE album.

DOJ are a joke in your town

I like how he lauds Nauta as "a member of the US Navy," an obvious flag-wave to all the military supporters. We love our military, right folks? Unless you're Col. Vindman, then not so much.

what a fabulous batch of news updates to wake up to

Perimeter probe = the opposing side is looking at what you are doing.

Buckle up = gear up

Rock steady = man up

1/50 = mapping scaling description for terrain and distance (where are assets like bridges)

I don't think this is subtle. pic.twitter.com/pzWd3a1yFM

— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) June 9, 2023

still find it hard to believe Trump will suffer any consequences but then again I didn't think he'd actually be on tape admitting to serious crimes

based on what i know about that guy, for him that's vv subtle. he's one of the fringiest fringe dwellers of the admittedly very fringy nu-GOP

you mean this guy? seems fine to me

@RepClayHiggins pushing an activist for asking tough questions is supposed to be normal? pic.twitter.com/CQx6s3PCQ3

— Kristy Fogle PA-C (@kristyfoglePAC) May 17, 2023

https://www.rawstory.com/rep-clay-higgins/

Sharlet, whose latest book, The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, features in-depth reporting on right-wing extremists, warned that the GOP lawmaker appeared to be calling for an insurgency.

"Deep scary: 1/50 k refers to military scale maps & publicly available US Geological Survey maps of areas mostly surrounding military installations," Sharlet said. "This isn’t a metaphor. This isn’t slow civil war. This is a congressman calling for the real thing."

"I think this is scary as hell," he added.

More from Costa (good and well-sourced reporter, BTW, would tend to take his threads on-board):

(Thread) learning some new things this morning about WHY this all happened and the motivation, especially for the audio from 2021 discussing classified material. In short, it comes down to one person: *Milley.* Trump loathed his coverage in press, in books, per multiple sources…

— Robert Costa (@costareports) June 9, 2023

The question isn't "What is Clay Higgins calling for?" but "Who listens when Clay Higgins opens his stupid fat mouth?" and the answer, I believe, is "nobody."

To paraphrase Stalin, how many divisions does Clay Higgins have?

Milley Cyrus

Is also (spoiler alert) Hannity Montannity

Hiding the files like yeah

BREAKING: INDICTMENT UNSEALED @CBSNews https://t.co/UHnXSNF8zJ

— Robert Costa (@costareports) June 9, 2023

LOL @ PARA 4.

"the beautiful mind paper boxes"

lol at pgs. 15-16

Mind Paper Boxes is my next band ne

*name

"I don't want anybody looking through my boxes."

Love the little flashbacks to his presidential declarations abt classified info

Handy, really.

https://i.imgur.com/ZXNZ2nt.jpeg

you know, pluck it out

If thy classified document offend thee

Said to his lawyers: “Wouldn’t it be better if we just told them we don’t have anything here?”

Is it bad? Good?