Not a modern day Jesus?
What a racist, vile POS.
Via Kyle Cheney:
#Trump says on Truth Social that it would me “my great honor” to go to jail for violating Judge Merchan’s gag order and that it will make him a “modern day Nelson Mandela.”
Not a modern day Jesus?
What a racist, vile POS.
Via Kyle Cheney:
#Trump says on Truth Social that it would me “my great honor” to go to jail for violating Judge Merchan’s gag order and that it will make him a “modern day Nelson Mandela.”
Trump really wants to get someone killed & is way overdue for some jail time.
Via Kyle Griffin:
Days after a man was arrested for threatening Judge Arthur Engoron and New York AG Letitia James — saying he would kill them if they didn't stop the civil fraud case against Trump — Donald #Trump attacks both Engoron and James online.
Trump now owns the RNC. The GOP Fascist Party is in full swing.
Via NYT—Donald #Trump will attend a high-dollar fund-raising dinner in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday that is expected to raise at least $25 million for a new joint fund-raising account for Trump’s presidential campaign, the #RNC and roughly 40 state parties.
Via Joyce Vance 🧵1/…
#Trump famously bragged about being the one to undo Roe v. Wade as pres, insinuating others had tried & failed. #Abortion continues to be a, if not the, defining issue for 2024 election. Dems have gotten a boost every time it was on the ballot since Dobbs was handed down.
So no surprise Trump walked it back in his statement this am, saying, leave abortion up to states, knowing that conserv stance on abortion cd cost him votes. It's not about policy or principle w Trump.
“A fundraising event hosted by a charitable org and linked to #Trump may have broken the law if it explicitly benefited his campaign, as an IRS rule bars charities from endorsing candidates for elections.
Border911, a Trump-backed charitable org led by Tom Homan, his former Immig & Customs Enforcement chief, hosted a gala on April 4 that Trump attended. Other attendees included Vivek Ramaswamy & Matt Whitaker”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-fundraiser-florida-law-border-foundation-1887858
Via Anna Bower:
"Defendant's motion is nothing more than his latest effort to delay the forthcoming trial," DA Bragg writes of #Trump’s second effort to recuse Justice Merchan.
Read the filing here: https://documentcloud.org/documents/24536197-trump-mem-opp-recusal-filed
Tyler McBrien:
JUST IN: DA Bragg files its opposition to Trump's second motion to recuse Justice Merchan in the NY hush money case, calling it a "dilatory tactic" and urging the Court to deny #legal
Attorneys for #Trump were in NY appeals court Monday in 11th-hour bid to try to delay his impending criminal trial on charges he falsified business records related to hush $ payments/interference.
Lawyers filed papers at the state Appellate Division arguing the trial should be pushed back while Trump challenges a partial gag order against him and argues the setting of the trial in Manhattan would be unfair, a source with direct knowledge of the action #legal
Via Andrew Weissmann: 1/...
"And the notion that predicted defiance of the Commander- in-Chief ’s orders is the backstop against criminal behavior by a President is not what the Constitution provides for."
Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: Long list of retired generals has sided with #JackSmith on the argument of presidential immunity, filing a brief with #SCOTUS
#legal #Trump
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/DocketFiles/html/Public/23-939.html
“#Trump’s media & tech group, DJT, has lost about 36% of its value since it began publicly trading on 22 March, dropping his stake to approximately $2.8bn.
As of Monday afternoon, DJT stock was priced at about $36 – down from a high of $66 seen on 27 March. But market analysts are saying it’s too soon to draw any firm conclusions…value now stands at where it was when Trump Media merged under a special-purpose acquisition co. deal w shell company in March”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/09/djt-stock-price-trump-media
👀Via Anna Bower: 1/...
The jury questionnaire for #Trump’s upcoming hush money/interference trial in New York is now public.
It includes questions about media consumed by prospective jurors and whether jurors have ever supported groups like the QAnon movement or Proud Boys. #legal
https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/Letter-re-jury-selection-4-8-24.pdf
Via Kyle Cheney:
👀 #JackSmith argues that even if the Supreme Court sharply narrows the obstruction statute in Fischer, #Trump's two obstruction counts are still valid because it would apply to the "creation" of false documents (a.k.a. elector certificates. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-939/306999/20240408191803801_United%20States%20v.%20Trump%20final%20for%20filing.pdf
"Donald Trump thinks he just pulled a fast one on the media and the electorate. On Monday morning, Trump put out a video articulating his “position” on abortion. …
For weeks, Trump signaled he was planning on proposing a 15- or 16-week national abortion ban."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
#Trump #abortion #media #MediaFail
/1
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-to-push-back-on-trumps-new-abortion
"While once again taking credit for the end of Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to an abortion, Donald Trump nonetheless tried to distance himself on Monday from the most extreme anti-abortion positions of his party in an explicit effort to 'win elections.'
The purported abortion position Trump peddled in a video posted Monday on Truth Social is unrealistic, unworkable, and unpopular. Don’t fall for it."
~ Chris Geidner
#Trump #abortion #RoevWade #extremism
https://www.lawdork.com/p/dont-fall-for-trumps-new-abortion-position
#Doonesbury: #Trump: “NOone knows more about dimension than me!”
Just… go. Now. You’re welcome. #comics
Entire strip here: https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/04/14
Why do news organizations always need to include #Trump spox Steven Cheung’s blather about “the rigged and stolen 2020 presidential election”? What is the informational value of doing that when they are themselves comfortable calling it a “Big Lie”?
These conventions are totally unsuited for a fascist candidate who will tell you it’s raining on a sunny day.
“Allen #Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the #Trump Org, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of perjury last month in his testimony during Trump’s civil fraud trial.
Weisselberg is expected to be sentenced to 5 months in jail under a recommendation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.” #legal
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ex-trump-cfo-allen-weisselberg-sentenced-perjury-trump-civil-fraud-tri-rcna147144
🤦🏻♀️🙄 “Exceeded his authority..,”
“Lawyers for #Trump have filed another appeal in the hush money/interference case to challenge the trial’s judge’s order denying him from arguing he has presidential immunity.
Trump’s attorneys also challenging Judge Juan Merchan’s “refusal” to recuse himself from the trial and a previous ruling related to how dockets are made publicly.” #legal
🧵 by Roger Parloff. 1/...
Judge #Cannon retracted her 2/6 order that wd have unsealed identities of ~2 dozen potential govt witnesses or FBI agents. She thereby likely averted having #JackSmith take her to 11th Cir over the issue
Her 24-pg order is defensive, blaming Jack for not having laid out his argumt more clearly earlier. With some basis tho. Jack’s team isn’t flawless. Its failure to meaningfully respond to #Trump’s & Press Coalition’s argumts for unsealing in Jan was baffling #legal
He’s lying.
“#Trump on Wednesday said he would not sign a federal #abortion ban if one reached his desk were he to be elected in November.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/politics/trump-says-he-wouldnt-sign-federal-abortion-ban?cid=ios_app
👇🏼 (Of course no matter how he answers these, he's lying, but at least it would be documented... again)
Via Kyle Griffin:
Q's #Trump needs to answer on #abortion:
Wd you sign bill prohib abortion after 15 wks?
Wd you direct FDA to revoke authorizatn of mifepristone or roll back expanded access?
Wd you use Comstock Act to ban or restrict abortion?
Would you sign legis protecting access to IVF?
How do you plan to vote on Fla ballot measure protecting right to abortion until fetal viability?
President #Zelenskyy calls Trump’s alleged peace plan for #Ukraine “very primitive”
Zelenskyy emphasized that human lives are at stake, hence the importance of realism and substantive arguments over fantastical notions, while #Trump allegedly proposed to surrender Ukrainian #Crimea and the #Donbas region to russia
⏳ Via Tamar Hallerman:
#Trump on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss two more felony counts against him in the Fulton County election interference case, arguing the alleged criminal conduct has to do with federal, not state, law #Georgia #TrumpIndictment #legal
🎯Via Aaron Fritschner:
#Trump (holding smoking gun after shooting somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue): "I oppose shooting people, whoever shot this person went too far"
Press headline: "Trump condemns shooting, says 'went too far'"
POLITICO:
Trump says Arizona went too far in abortion ruling