Preparing for Trump's Indictment

Discussion in 'Politics' started by gwb-trading, May 13, 2021.

  1. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I wish the guy would just vanish from news, from sight, from mind. If I had that kind of money you'd never hear from me again.
     
    #581     Sep 12, 2022
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  2. Sprout

    Sprout

    We have a shared perspective.

    That might be at the heart of why he continues to fundraise, with the fallout of his brand, his businesses as a whole have suffered except for the MAGA faithful contributions.

    Most likely he has exaggerated his wealth. We have Truth Social with unpaid bills which is something that one would think would be a priority for his brand.
     
    #582     Sep 12, 2022
  3. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    We do have a shared perspective on this. The only difference I would put out there is that I don't believe supporting "Making America Great Again" (MAGA) is or should be associated with terrorism or a threat to democracy like folks on the left are claiming. That standpoint does nothing but drive discord and push disunity.

    I support many of the "MAGA" themes, but would not want to see Trump President again.
     
    #583     Sep 12, 2022
  4. Sprout

    Sprout

    That’s difficult to embrace when MAGA as a whole has promoted election fraud yet will not move Voting rights forward.

    It's also difficult for Sensemaking when the MAGA extremists simply open their mouths.

    Yet that is the price we pay for free speech. Hopefully in this era of memetic culture wars disseminating through godlike tech in the palm of our hands, good ideas still rise to the top and Truth is more than just relative and convenient.

    Weights, measures and standards.

    There must be a basis of foundational objective truth not just what’s claimed by those who has the loudest bullhorn and most repetitive bs.
     
    #584     Sep 12, 2022
  5. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading


    Someone explain this. I think he wants to meet with his conspirators in a place where the FBI could not plant microphones.


     
    #585     Sep 12, 2022
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  6. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Maybe the gathering of seditious conspirators at the golf course with Donald is due to all the subpoenas...

    Justice Department subpoenas more than 30 people in Trump's orbit in January 6 probe
    https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/poli...oenas-justice-department-january-6/index.html

    Top officials from Donald Trump's political fundraising and former campaign operation are among dozens of people in the former President's orbit who received grand jury subpoenas in recent days -- as the Justice Department intensifies its criminal investigation into January 6, 2021, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

    This story is breaking and will be updated.
     
    #586     Sep 12, 2022
  7. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Meanwhile in New York -- Manhattan Judge: No, Mr. Trump, I will not allow you to present a "the prosecution is only coming after me for all the crimes I committed because they hate me personally and are probably liberals" defense. Does Trump really hire lawyers which are this stupid? Oh, never mind. Certainly he will pay his lawyers? Oh, forget about it.

    N.Y. judge says he'll bar Trump Org.'s selective prosecution claim
    A Manhattan judge indicated Monday he won't allow attorneys for the Trump Organization to accuse Manhattan prosecutors of targeting the company out of animus for former President Donald Trump.
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/new...-orgs-selective-prosecution-claim/ar-AA11Knhv
     
    #587     Sep 12, 2022
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    #588     Sep 15, 2022
  9. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Trump threatens ‘big problems’ for US if he’s indicted in stolen documents scandal
    Mr Trump warned that the US would have ‘big problems’ if he were to be charged with any crimes
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/.../trump-fbi-documents-fraud-suit-b2168175.html


    Former president Donald Trump on Thursday hinted that his supporters could engage in a protracted campaign of violence if he were to be indicted for any crimes discovered in the myriad criminal investigations into his conduct.

    Speaking on the conservative broadcaster Hugh Hewitt’s radio show, Mr Trump said an indictment would not deter him from running for president because he would have “no prohibition against running”.

    “But I think if it happened, I think you'd have problems in this country the likes of which perhaps, we've never seen before. I don't think the people of the United States would stand for it,” he added.

    Asked what kinds of problems he was predicting if he were to be charged with a crime, Mr Trump added ominously: “I think you’d have big problems — big problems”.

    “I just don’t think they [his supporters] would stand for it. They will not,” he said. “They will not sit still and stand for this ultimate of hoaxes”.

    Mr Trump added that he was “totally innocent,” and when he was asked how he’d respond to accusations that his comments would stoke violence, he replied: “I’m just saying what my opinion is — I don't think the people of this country would stand for it”.

    At the present time, there are at least three separate grand jury investigations looking into the twice-impeached former president and his allies.

    Two of the investigations stem from Mr Trump’s push to remain in office against the will of voters after he lost the 2020 election.

    One of those is a federal probe being overseen by the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, which is looking into both Mr Trump’s actions relating to the 6 January 2021 attack on the Capitol and his role in causing forged electoral vote certificates to be sent to the National Archives from GOP activists who purported to be legitimate electors despite their states having been carried by Joe Biden, Mr Trump’s 2020 election opponent.

    Another District of Columbia grand jury is investigating Mr Trump’s alleged hoarding of stolen government documents which were by law meant to be returned to the National Archives when his term ended in January 2021. An 8 August search of the ex-president’s Florida home and office uncovered more than 11,000 documents belonging to the government in boxes he’d been keeping in a storage room, with roughly 100 of those bearing markings at classification levels as high as “top secret”.

    Mr Trump is currently fighting in a Florida federal court to keep the FBI from accessing those documents until a third-party special master has reviewed them to determine whether any are covered by attorney-client privilege.

    The third grand jury probe is a state investigation being overseen by the Fulton County, Georgia district attorney, Fani Willis.

    Ms Willis’ office is looking into whether Mr Trump or his allies violated Georgia election laws by trying to pressure state officials into overturning his 2020 election loss.
     
    #589     Sep 15, 2022
  10. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    fucker was ready to sacrifice 2.5M to soothe his ego. Of course he'll send us into civil war for the same reason.
     
    #590     Sep 15, 2022