trump (convicted felon, defamer, insurrectionist, contemnor, and rapist - $537M)

[Kendra]

The hardest working man in politics was back out on the campaign trail today.

[Kendra]

He made damn sure he got his food though, didn’t he? Let them eat cake!

Trump wants the government to give him back the classified documents that he stole.

[Kendra]

https://www.businessinsider.com/westche ... ges-2023-6

In a rare bit of good legal news for Donald Trump, the Westchester County district attorney's office has ended a criminal investigation into the Trump Organization without bringing any charges, a person familiar with the investigation told Insider.

District Attorney Mimi Rocah closed the investigation earlier in June, the person said.

Elliott Jacobson, a special prosecutor hired by Rocah, departed the office in late 2022. He found that the evidence collected in the investigation couldn't support criminal charges, regarded conduct outside the statute of limitations, or overlapped with investigations underway by other law enforcement officials, according to the source, whose identity is known to Insider but who was not authorized to speak on the record.

Much of the material came under the jurisdiction of the New York attorney general's office. The district attorney's office can pursue only criminal cases, while the attorney general's office has the power to bring civil lawsuits.

[raison de arizona]

grain of salt and all, but
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status ... 82657?s=20

Human Events has learned that President Trump attempted to call-in to Fox News in the 8p block on the night of his arraignment in Miami on his way to Bedminster

The request was denied by Fox

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Trump now blames ‘mutants’ for indictment in latest Truth Social rant
In a characteristically rambling post on Truth Social, Mr Trump said that the indictment ‘hoax’ was the fault of misfits – and mutants

Rachel Sharp
14 hours ago

Donald Trump’s indictment is not only an extension of the “biggest witch hunt of all time”, but mutants are involved too – that is according to the former president’s latest bizarre rant on Truth Social.

In a characteristically rambling post on the social meda site on Wednesday, Mr Trump said that the indictment “hoax” was the fault of misfits, marxists and communists – as well as “mutants”.

“REALLY BIG FUNDRAISING, EVEN GREATER POLLS, SINCE THE RADICAL LEFT INDICTMENT HOAX WAS INITIATED BY THE MISFITS, MUTANTS, MARXISTS, & COMMUNISTS! THANK YOU,” he typed in his now trademark all-caps style.

Mr Trump failed to explain what he meant by mutants – or why they were to blame.



https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 58177.html

[RTH10260]

Fabricated Trump Truth Social post about Walt Nauta circulates after court appearance

By KARENA PHAN
June 15, 2023

CLAIM: A screenshot shows a Truth Social post from former President Donald Trump saying his personal aide and alleged co-conspirator Walt Nauta was the one who packed up his “personal papers” when he left the White House.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The image is fabricated and Trump never posted such a statement on Truth Social.

THE FACTS: A day after Trump pleaded not guilty to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents, many social media users shared the bogus Truth Social post as real, suggesting it showed the former president was pointing the finger at Nauta for any classified documents that made their way into his possession.

Nauta, Trump’s valet before joining him as personal aide in Mar-a-Lago, was indicted last week on charges that he moved boxes of documents at Trump’s direction and then misled the FBI about it. Nauta did not enter a plea Tuesday because he did not have a local lawyer with him.

The post circulating on social media shows Trump’s Truth Social profile. “Many people are saying the theft of Nuclear and Military Secrets is a very serious crime,” it begins.The post goes on to say that Trump asked his “LOYAL aide Walt Nauta” to pack personal documents before leaving the White House and is confident Nauta didn’t “place any Nuclear Secrets” inside because he knew that would get the former president in “trouble.”

“So let’s just see what Judge Cannon says. Good Luck, Walt! We are behind you all the way!” it ends.

“Trump just threw Nauta under the bus,” one widely shared tweet sharing the supposed screenshot reads in part.




https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-f ... 3078735296

[AndyinPA]

That was fast.

[Ben-Prime]

Trump now blames ‘mutants’ for indictment in latest Truth Social rant
In a characteristically rambling post on Truth Social, Mr Trump said that the indictment ‘hoax’ was the fault of misfits – and mutants

Rachel Sharp
14 hours ago

Donald Trump’s indictment is not only an extension of the “biggest witch hunt of all time”, but mutants are involved too – that is according to the former president’s latest bizarre rant on Truth Social.

In a characteristically rambling post on the social meda site on Wednesday, Mr Trump said that the indictment “hoax” was the fault of misfits, marxists and communists – as well as “mutants”.

“REALLY BIG FUNDRAISING, EVEN GREATER POLLS, SINCE THE RADICAL LEFT INDICTMENT HOAX WAS INITIATED BY THE MISFITS, MUTANTS, MARXISTS, & COMMUNISTS! THANK YOU,” he typed in his now trademark all-caps style.

Mr Trump failed to explain what he meant by mutants – or why they were to blame.



https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 58177.html

It's because of the anti-X-men plank of his new platform.

"I mean, a lot of people don't know this, but Wolverine isn't even *American*!"

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Wolverine doesn’t have to be American. He’s gorgeous just the way he is!

[Foggy]

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[Kendra]

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/1 ... s-00102408

Former President Donald Trump’s attorney Jim Trusty, who withdrew from representing Trump in a pair of federal criminal probes last week, pulled out of yet another Trump legal matter Friday, citing “irreconcilable differences” with the former president.

In a filing with the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida, Trusty indicated his intention to withdraw from Trump’s pending defamation lawsuit against CNN. The longshot lawsuit, which Trump filed last October, accuses the network of maligning him as a “‘racist,’ ‘Russian lackey,’ ‘insurrectionist,’ and ultimately ‘Hitler.’”

Yeah well he found out when he read the indictment that Trump had been lying to him the entire time he represented him. But he can’t say that. So it’s “irreconcilable differences.”

[Foggy]

... he found out when he read the indictment that Trump had been lying to him the entire time he represented him.

He was truly shocked to learn that Trump lied to him.

It's sad when a lawyer is the last person on the planet to grasp a fundamental fact.

[Kendra]

Trump now says he will end the war in Ukraine in LESS than 24 hours, he will stop Ukraine from bombing Russia, and “everyone will be happy.”

[p0rtia]

... he found out when he read the indictment that Trump had been lying to him the entire time he represented him.

He was truly shocked to learn that Trump lied to him.

It's sad when a lawyer is the last person on the planet to grasp a fundamental fact.

Earlier in the week ex-fuckhead att. Parlatore had the effing gall to tell whoever was interviewing him that fuckhead had never lied to him. I think it was Melber. I think Melber laughed.

How to lose all your credibility in one easy second. Of course Parlatore is a slimeball; auditioning for the Bill Barr role.

[chancery]

Former President Donald Trump’s attorney Jim Trusty, who withdrew from representing Trump in a pair of federal criminal probes last week, pulled out of yet another Trump legal matter Friday, citing “irreconcilable differences” with the former president.

In a filing with the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida, Trusty indicated his intention to withdraw from Trump’s pending defamation lawsuit against CNN. The longshot lawsuit, which Trump filed last October, accuses the network of maligning him as a “‘racist,’ ‘Russian lackey,’ ‘insurrectionist,’ and ultimately ‘Hitler.’”

Yeah well he found out when he read the indictment that Trump had been lying to him the entire time he represented him. But he can’t say that. So it’s “irreconcilable differences.”

Trusty's motion to withdraw is here: https://t.co/vNocXg40Aq

Mr. Trusty’s withdrawal at this time does not adversely impact any parties to this matter: oral argument on Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss has not been scheduled, discovery has not begun, and there are no pending deadlines. Further, Plaintiff continues to be served by co-counsel on the matter, Lindsey Halligan, a member of the Florida Bar."

As you may recall, Lindsey Halligan is a specialist in insurance property claims who gave up a partnership -- probably comfortable, if not lucrative -- at a large Florida firm to embrace Trump's reeking cloven hoof. See my earlier posts quoted below.

Her current Florida Bar listing indicates that she is likely a solo practitioner, working out of her home. There is no firm name, the email appears to be a personal Outlook account, and Zwillo reports that the address listed as her office is a "1246 Square Feet condo home ... a 2 beds, 2 baths property."


And now she's stuck as counsel of record for Trump's lol-suit against CNN, which will involve a good deal of unpaid work, with a side helping of professional ignominy.

Someone on twitter pointed out that one of Trump's lawyers, Lindsey Halligan, works at a large Florida firm, Cole, Scott & Kisane, which has over 500 attorneys. The firm apparently has expertise in white collar criminal investigation and defense, although possibly not in the hyper-specialized area of Espionage Act claims. One of the name partners, Thomas Scott, is a former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

Halligan, however, specializes in insurance property claims. And she's apparently doing this matter on her own, without help from the white collar crime specialists at her firm. The firm's name is conspicuously absent from her signature block.

It reminds me of the amusing incident from June 2021, when Lindell filed a RICO/LOL (but I repeat myself) suit against Dominion Voting Systems. The lawyer who signed the complaint was one Alec Beck, a labor/employment law specialist, who was a partner in the Minneapolis office of Barnes & Thornburg, a large national firm. He signed the complaint in his capacity as a B&T partner.

Within 24 hours of the complaint's filing, B&T had fired Beck and withdrawn as counsel for Lindell.

https://abovethelaw.com/2021/06/mypillo ... rico-suit/

I've seen no indication that CS&K has parted ways with Halligan, but

Well, well well. I just did a search for Halligan's name on the CSK site.

"No Attorney Found."

ETTD

Edit: Since it does seem likely that Halligan is working from home, I've edited the post to remove the address, phone, & email information that I had copied from her Florida bar listing. It's public record (active lawyers are required to list a valid address, and other contact information), but I don't want to facilitate personal harassment.

[Kendra]

Byron Donalds on Newsmax says Trump just needed more time to go through his classified documents, because he was too busy running the country when he was president to sift through them

CNN, please get Daniel Dale on this for a fact check.

[Kendra]

Trump announces that China has taken over Cuba. He then claims that Russia would’ve never invaded Ukraine and there would’ve been no inflation if he had been president and everything would be very positive and great.

[AndyinPA]

[RTH10260]

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/stat ... 9865375749

Trump now says he will end the war in Ukraine in LESS than 24 hours, he will stop Ukraine from bombing Russia, and “everyone will be happy.”

such a ignorant person, the Ukraine is bombing Russians on Ukranian territory. But I understand the former guy has already promised all that land to Russia. What will he get in return?

► Show Spoiler

pee pee tapes

[Kendra]

THREAD

Coward. The former president and leading contender for the GOP nomination is calling for us to be criminally investigated and charged with crimes for exercising our first amendment right.

[Foggy]

As you may recall, Lindsey Halligan is a specialist in insurance property claims who gave up a partnership -- probably comfortable, if not lucrative -- at a large Florida firm to embrace Trump's reeking cloven hoof cute .

She's the young lady on the left. In both photos.

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I mention this because it's Donald Trump, after all. He might grab her.

But I suspect there's a reason he keeps her on his team.

[somerset]

As you may recall, Lindsey Halligan is a specialist in insurance property claims who gave up a partnership -- probably comfortable, if not lucrative -- at a large Florida firm to embrace Trump's reeking cloven hoof cute .

She's the young lady on the left. In both photos.

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I mention this because it's Donald Trump, after all. He might grab her.

But I suspect there's a reason he keeps her on his team.

She's also "the lady in red" that met with the DOJ just ahead of the indictment being released. IANAL, but isn't this attire a little casual (and loud) for a meeting this serious?

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/trump-a ... 25836.html

[Foggy]

Off Topic

Um, your link got truncated. I'd fix, but I don't know what the real URI is.

[Grumpy Git]

More trouble for Trump coming down the pipeline?

[RTH10260]

the full text:

Really American @ReallyAmerican1

OH THIS IS GOOD!!

A Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers lawsuit against a local newspaper just backfired spectacularly, exposing DAMNING 2020 election emails between top state officials and the Trump administration.

State Senator Dan Laughlins defamation lawsuit against "The Erie Reader" opened him up to discovery, and ended up revealing a series of emails pertaining to Trump's pressure campaign on Pennsylvania Republicans to illegally overthrow the election in 2020.

High level communications between far-right gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano, and member of Trump legal team Christina Cobb, is part of the information that's been released.

In those emails, Mastriano expressed his concern that Trump's proposal to overturn the election was "illegal." The emails also detail how Trump PERSONALLY called Mastriano and pressured him to overturn the election, and even furnished false documents about Dominion Voting Systems "rigging the election against Biden" in an effort to do so.

“We’re not saying a word on this crap,” Laughlin said in an email after he got word of the plan, worried about his own parties attempt to unlawfully overturn the election.

It seems like the emails implicate Trump in yet another crime. Unreal.