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there's an audio/video sync issue but you can hear some of Trump's conversation with JD Vance and others on a hot mic here

Trump says he brought "Trump water" for the residents of East Palestine, and also "much lesser quality water"

Donald Trump to McDonald’s workers in East Palestine, Ohio:

“I know this menu better than you do. I probably know it better than anybody in here.”

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:08 pm Hamberders for everybunny! (Definitely NOT worth the click)
Trump Gives Out Signed Hats and Orders People Big Macs at East Palestine McDonald’s

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 7:09 pm Bets he didn't order burgers for all and picked up the tab.

Volkonski wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 7:30 pm Fast food burger restaurants vary their menus frequently.

He must spend a lot of time studying them.

Suranis wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 8:00 pm Biden goes to Ukraine. Trump goes to McDonalds.

humblescribe wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:30 pm

Frater I*I wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:44 pm
Ohhh sure, show White Castles to a guy from the north who's stuck in GA where all we can get is the low rent knock off Krystals....

But...but you have Waffle House!

Trump wants us to leave his murderous, dictator boyfriend alone.

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 8:12 pm https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/stat ... 1623936000

Trump wants us to leave his murderous, dictator boyfriend alone.

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 1:18 pm

Trump says the Fulton juror’s media tour shows it is a “kangaroo court.”

Kriselda Gray wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:59 pm

Kendra wrote: ↑Wed Feb 22, 2023 1:18 pm

Trump says the Fulton juror’s media tour shows it is a “kangaroo court.”

It doesn't strike me as such a good idea. I heard on Ari Melber's show tonight that a couple of people have already announced they intend to try and get any indictments quashed because of her interviews. It seems part of the problem may be the perception that her talking about possible indictments and other info from the hearings may contaminate the jury pool, causing potential jurors in a criminal trial to be more inclined to presume guilt from the outset. Hopefully that won't be too much of a problem, but it's definitely something trump - if indicted - will use to as part of his delaying strategy.

But experts in Georgia law pointed out two things. First, this was a special grand jury, which means it has the power to investigate and recommend indictments, but it does not have the power to issue those indictments. That must come from another grand jury that is separately empaneled. Because the report of this grand jury is only ever advisory, the stakes are lower, at least in theory, and therefore any violations of confidentiality after the report has been issued do not really impact anyone’s rights because no one has been indicted yet.

Second, and more importantly, Georgia law treats special grand jury reports as presumptively public unless otherwise ordered. Generally, the only prohibition against jury members speaking to the press concerns their actual deliberations. This was the admonition given by the court in this case: If you talk to the press, do not discuss jury deliberations, and keep the parts of the report that are confidential still confidential. Notably, the forewoman conducted her interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution with a notebook in hand containing instructions from the judge on what could and could not be discussed.



Whether you can say something and whether you should say something are of course entirely different matters. In this case, it is not great optics for the District Attorney’s office to have the grand jury forewoman talking to the press at all while a decision on whether to indict is still pending, though it does add pressure on Fani Willis to act more quickly on those recommendations. And it likely gives lawyers for the defendants a colorable basis to file a motion to dismiss the indictments due to juror misconduct. While that isn’t likely to work, it could cause further delay, which these days is the chief enemy of justice and accountability. Her going public in this manner while also appearing rather unserious in press interviews also provides another narrative for right wing media to seize upon and leverage in favor of Trump.



All that said, when and if indictments do come down from the regular grand jury, these recommendations and the forewoman’s behavior will likely be forgotten as Trump and his followers direct their ire at District Attorney Fani Willis. After all, she holds the ultimate decision making authority and responsibility. In all likelihood, we will remember only that the jury forewoman gave us a pretty good heads up.