lol
Trump’s lawyers told him he was on the cusp of a federal indictment in the classified documents case. But the former president still wanted “my documents” and “my boxes” back, asking some of his lawyers if they could get them from the federal government, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter and two other people briefed on it.
It’s one of many such conversations Trump has had over the past few months, the sources say. In these conversations, Trump also claimed it was “illegal” that he could no longer have the documents seized in the Mar-a-Lago raid. Those materials, Trump insisted, belonged to “me.” Trump has also asked if there are any other possible legal maneuvers or court filings they could try to accomplish this that they hadn’t thought of yet.
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Although I think he was not arrested today, he was indicted.
Chryses sad right now.
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And the first amendment! It was his first amendment right to incite and insurrection but they indicted him anyway!
Exactly. It's a direct violation of the first amendment to hold him accountable for his crimes. Since when is making America great a crime?
"What is the quality of your intent?" - Thurgood Marshall
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OK. That's funny!
But on a more serious note, I've started reading that 45-page inditement and Trump's going to run up more serious legal bills!
so far he's convinced a lot of people who aren't financially well off to cover them for him. don't see why he's not going to keep doing that.
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/08/03/trumps-people-the-prettyman-pardons/
As we wait for Trump to be arraigned in Prettyman Courthouse, I thought it worthwhile to list the 16 men who were prosecuted in Prettyman Courthouse that Trump pardoned, and their crimes:
Scooter Libby: Obstruction of justice and perjury
David Safavian: Obstruction of justice and false statements
Mike Flynn: False statements
Alex Van Der Zwaan: False statements
George Papadopoulos: False statements
Paul Slough, Manslaughter (Blackwater Nisour Square)
Nicholas Slatten: Murder (Blackwater Nisour Square)
Evan Liberty: Manslaughter (Blackwater Nisour Square)
Dustin Laurent Heard: Manslaughter (Blackwater Nisour Square)
Roger Stone: Obstruction of a proceeding, false statements, witness tampering
Paul Manafort: Conspiracy to defraud the US (money laundering and FARA), conspiracy to obstruct (witness tampering)
Robert Coughlin: Conflict of interest
Todd Boulanger: Wire fraud
Elliot Broidy: Conspiracy to violate FARA
Douglas Jemal, Wire fraud
Aviem Sella, Espionage
Four of these men lied to cover up Trump’s own Russian ties; a fifth, the son-in-law of Alfa Bank oligarch German Khan, Alex Van Der Zwaan, lied to cover up Manafort’s past Ukraine graft. A sixth, Elliot Broidy, did fundraising for Trump.
These are Trump’s people.
A lot of Republicans are wailing that Trump shouldn’t be prosecuted in DC.
Marsha Blackburn is arguing that Trump should be treated differently than her constituents Lisa Eisenhart and Eric Munchel, who were prosecuted for conspiracy to obstruct the vote count, just like Trump is facing.
Tim Scott is arguing that Trump should be treated differently than his constituent George Tenney, who was prosecuted for obstructing the vote count, just like Trump is facing.
But if anything, it is more appropriate to prosecute Trump in DC than Munchel (Zip Tie Guy) and Tenney (who opened the East Door of the Capitol). After all, he was a resident of DC when his alleged crimes were committed.
More importantly, even just the list of those he pardoned make it clear that Prettyman felons are his kind of people.
Donald Trump is precisely where he belongs today.