Democrats and Republicans both aimed at former special counsel Robert Hur in a congressional hearing about his investigation into U.S. President Biden’s handling of classified documents. Democrats took issue with Hur’s comments about Biden’s memory, while Republicans pressed him over his decision not to charge the president for willfully retaining classified materials. Read more from CNN.
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Dan Rather notes that in Georgia Saturday, Trump mocked Biden's stutter, and the crowd roared with delight. He quotes John Hendrickson, a reporter who stutters:
“More than Trump’s ugly taunt, one thing stands out to me about these moments: the sound of Trump’s supporters laughing right along with him. This is a building block of Trumpism. The man at the top gives his followers permission to be the worst version of themselves."
https://steady.substack.com/p/calling-out-a-would-be-bully-in-chief
"If he gets the chance, Donald Trump will cut Social Security and Medicare. I am confident of this not only because Trump has repeatedly said as much1 and not only because he repeatedly tried to do so when he was president but because a desire to cut Social Security and Medicare has long been central to the Republican cause."
~ Jamison Foser
#Trump #Republicans #SocialSecurity #Medicare
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https://www.findinggravity.net/p/work-at-the-mill-until-you-die
#BREAKING
“#Georgia judge ruled Friday that #FaniWillis should not be disqualified from prosecuting the racketeering case against #Trump and several co-defendants — with one major condition.
Judge Scott McAfee found "appearance of impropriety" brought about by Willis's romantic relationship with Nathan Wade should result in either Willis and her office leaving the case - or just Wade, who she'd appointed to head the case” 1/…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fani-willis-trump-georgia-rcna139810
Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: Prosecutors say they've provided another small batch of discovery to #Trump in his #Florida case, including "the memorialization of an interview conducted on March 6, 2024."
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.371.0.pdf
#legal #documents
1/... #StormyDaniels alleges she was "...cornered by him."
“I don’t remember how I got on the bed, & then the next thing I know, he was humping away and telling me how great I was,” she says. “It was awful. But I didn’t say no.”
“I’ve maintained that it wasn’t rape in any fashion. But I didn’t say no because I was 9 yrs old again.”..she was sexually abused by a neighbor as a child...
She also expresses remorse for not trying to stop him." #Trump
WTAF!
"U.S. intelligence officials are planning to brief #Trump on national security matters if he secures the GOP nomination this summer — despite concerns about his handling of classified information.
The decision would be in keeping with a tradition that dates back to 1952, but it would mark the first time an admin has volunteered to share classified information with a candidate who is facing criminal charges on charges that he mishandled classified documents." https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/07/biden-intel-briefings-trump-00145651
Of all cases...
Via Lisa Rubin:
#Trump is further beefing up his legal team in the #EJeanCarroll case with a second appellate lawyer, Will Scharf, who is also a candidate for Missouri AG. (Scharf moved to be admitted in SDNY for purposes of the case today.) #legal
👀Via Timothy Snyder:
#Trump's allies are selling out #Ukraine in exchange for #Russia backing in the election.
A Trump victory in November would finish off US democracy.
And a Russian victory in Ukraine would doom freedom generally.
If this minority coalition of international fascists wins in 2024, life will be rotten for everyone else indefinitely.
If you want a chance to live in a decent world, you've got half a year to act.
Wut. 1/…
“Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote Wednesday in an order that six of the charges in the indictment must be quashed, including three against #Trump. But the order leave intact many other charges in the indictment and the judge wrote that prosecutors could seek a new indictment on the charges he dismissed.” #Georgia #legal #TrumpIndictment
#Doonesbury outdid itself.
#Trump: “I’m being persecuted the same way Jesus was in terms of horrible things being done to a big star.” #comics
Entire strip here:
Via Andrew Weissmann:
Trump will need to pay Carroll or obtain a stay from the appeals court ⬇️
Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: Judge Kaplan has *denied* #Trump's motion for a stay of the civil verdict against him in the #EJeanCarroll case.
"Mr. Trump's current situation is a result of his own dilatory actions," he writes. #legal
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790.315.0.pdf
Via Klasfeld:
News 1/...
Manhattan judge GRANTS a protective order shielding jurors' names & personal info from public during Trump's upcoming criminal trial.
For now, #Trump & his att'ys will have access to jurors' names. That may change:
DA #Bragg asked judge to warn Trump that he may block access to those names if the former president engages in "any harassing or disruptive conduct that threatens the safety or integrity of the jury."
Via Kyle Cheney:
#JackSmith filed response to #Trump's claim he= entitled to declare classified #documents he tk home w him as "personal" records. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.373.0.pdf
Says Trump's claim to possess DOE security clearance after leaving office is incorrect.
Prosecutors got *lots* of warrants on Walt Nauta..say Nauta brought Trump boxes to review, but Trump cut off review after lking at 15 boxes & ordered only those shipped to NARA, even though there were another 70-80 left in storage #legal
And still the list is not complete.
(But it would be nice if the media played this clip every day)
Via Inner City Press:
#Trump docket, / #EJeanCarroll edition:
2nd shoe drops, stay bid is moot: "ORDER denying as moot Motion to Stay re: MOTION to Stay Execution of the Judgment Pending Disposition of the Post-Trial Motions. (by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan)" #legal
ADDED: Trump (or Chubb's Federal Insurance Co) posted the $91.6 million bond - so his motion for a stay without a bond of the carroll v Trump judgment now dismissed as moot, no longer relevant
Via Pagliery: 1/...
And even more news from the Manhattan DA's #StormyDaniels case against Donald #Trump:
By this evening, the feds over at SDNY will have dumped 119,000 (!) documents of evidence in just the last few weeks before trial.
Un-frickin-believable. #legal
Via Orden:
Stormy Daniels:
NYC! Come celebrate the release of my documentary STORMY (and my bday) with a special screening of the film and Q&A this Monday at 3DollarBill! Very limited seats!
Via Pagliery:
In the Mar-a-Lago classified #documents case, Donald #Trump's lawyers double down on their request for a special court hearing about his super secret "Q" security clearance.
Energy Dept? Read: nukes. #legal
Of course.
Via Anna Bower:
Judge #Cannon has granted #Trump’s request for a 10 day extension to file replies to some of his motions to dismiss charges in the classified #documents case.
Previously, the deadline for Trump to file replies was set for March 14. But Trump’s attorneys asked to extend that deadline to March 24, citing the need to travel to an upcoming hearing in Ft. Pierce and to prepare for Trump’s trial in New York. #legal
Wonder which fascist gave him the 💸…
💥 Via Lisa Rubin:💥
NEW: #Trump has filed a bond of $91.63 million in the #EJeanCarroll
case.
The source of the bond as well as its terms have not been filed and are not expected to become public info. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790.317.0.pdf
Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: Trump formally appeals the judgment against him in the second Carroll trial.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790/gov.uscourts.nysd.543790.316.0.pdf
#legal
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⏳N.Y. district attorney #Bragg supports a 30-day delay in Donald #Trump’s hush money trial
The trial was scheduled to begin on March 25.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-trial-delay-rcna143481
Pigs do fly. 1/...
Via Katie Phang:
JUST IN: Judge #Cannon DENYING #Trump's Motion to Dismiss Counts 1-32 based on unconstitutional vagueness. #legal #TrumpIndictment
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.402.0.pdf
Via Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: Several #Jan6-related lawsuits against Donald #Trump have been greenlit by the D.C. Circuit since Trump opposed them based on the same 'civil immunity' argument the court recently rejected in Blassingame #legal
Via Kyle Griffin:
Right after the #Trump Media merger won approval, Digital World's stock price plunged more than 13%.
Because Trump will own roughly 78 million shares in the post-merger company, the fall in price cut Trump's paper take from the deal by around $457 million.