trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)

[Slim Cognito]

after hiring a lawyer who served as general counsel to a parking garage company to represent him in his legal battle with New York Attorney General Letitia James.



Her experience in defending the garage against parking lot accident complaints will serve her well.

[Gregg]

I would not believe that if you told me so to my face.

The comedy writes itself.

[Suranis]

It's very possible he has no choice. He might simply have run out of lawyers who will represent him. Either because they wont do as he instructs them because what he wants is crazy and illegal, or becasue his habit of not paying his people has caused them to walk out and word has gotten out about it. Or maybe there's another reason, that he is simply self destructing and unhinged, no-one competent wants to be caught in the explosion that's happening.

[Ben-Prime]

It's very possible he has no choice. He might simply have run out of lawyers who will represent him. Either because they wont do as he instructs them because what he wants is crazy and illegal, or becasue his habit of not paying his people has caused them to walk out and word has gotten out about it. Or maybe there's another reason, that he is simply self destructing and unhinged, no-one competent wants to be caught in the explosion that's happening.

I mean, you know the old adage, right? "Any lawyer who represents Donald Trump has a fool for a client, and their client has a fool for a lawyer."

[bbflatt]

Was Inger Garcia unavailable?

[Foggy]

bbflatt!

[AndyinPA]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/politics ... index.html

(CNN)The Justice Department is seeking to block, for now, a subpoena to depose former President Donald Trump in a lawsuit brought by former FBI agent Peter Strzok.

The department argues in a court filling Friday that Strzok has not shown that Trump "possesses directly relevant information that cannot be obtained from other sources."

In summer 2017, former special counsel Robert Mueller removed Strzok from his team investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election after an internal investigation first revealed texts with former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, with whom Strzok had an extramarital relationship, that could be read as exhibiting political bias. The FBI fired Strzok in 2018.

Trump had publicly called for Strzok's firing, and the Justice Department said in its court filing that its stance could change if Strzok can prove that the former President's communications had an effect on the decision to fire him.

[Volkonski]

Chris Polansky
@ChrisKPolansky
“…it is a Donald Trump church. Donald Trump represented what we stand for as a nation. You go to flyover country and people have good moral values. They love the Lord and they want the best for the country. And that's what Donald Trump tapped into. That's what he represented."
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NPR
@NPR
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Many Christian nationalists believe that America is Christian, that the government should keep it that way, and that former President Donald Trump was —and is— their best hope to accomplish that.

[Gregg]

Oh come on, his Presidential Library is going to have a whole wing devoted to crime and there will be discount entry for hookers, strippers and porn stars.

[Foggy]

The more effort they put into reinstating Trump, the worse the backlash will be.

[Volkonski]

Jim Roberts
@nycjim
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Michael Cohen says Donald Trump told him that if one of his kids had to go to prison to 'make sure' it was Junior, not Ivanka.

Why not both?

[pipistrelle]

I think we knew that intuitively. Ivanka is the love of his life. Beavis and Butthead-he'll never care about them. And they know it.

[neonzx]

I think we knew that intuitively. Ivanka is the love of his life. Beavis and Butthead-he'll never care about them. And they know it.

Well, duh, he said he would want to date her. Creep show.

[pipistrelle]

I think we knew that intuitively. Ivanka is the love of his life. Beavis and Butthead-he'll never care about them. And they know it.

Well, duh, he said he would want to date her. Creep show.

Beyond that, there are more photos and videos than just the one of her as a kid by the mating parrot statue. A lot more. How anyone could see those and still follow him escapes me.

[sad-cafe]

they want her too

[raison de arizona]

PAY ATTENTION TO ME!

Trump asking for applause from the Mar-a-Lago brunch crowd. Sad.

[AndyinPA]

Pathetic.

[Azastan]

PAY ATTENTION TO ME!

Trump asking for applause from the Mar-a-Lago brunch crowd. Sad.

My crowd is YUUUGGGEEE. Biggest ever! Why doesn't anyone ever mention that?

[Kendra]

CREW has sent a letter to Trump to "remind him that he will need to pay taxes on any money the Republican National Committee spends to cover his legal bills."

Any dollar the RNC spends on covering Trump, according to CREW, is taxable income for him under the law.

[AndyinPA]

I wonder if he ever thought of that. I'm sure he thought he could figure a way around it if he did.

[neonzx]

Oh, The Don will get right on that -- he is very responsible paying things he owes. I trust him.

[noblepa]

CREW has sent a letter to Trump to "remind him that he will need to pay taxes on any money the Republican National Committee spends to cover his legal bills."

Any dollar the RNC spends on covering Trump, according to CREW, is taxable income for him under the law.

Even if he does declare it as income, and pays the tax on it, its still a good deal for him.

Let's say that the RNC pays $1M of his legal fees. The highest current federal tax rate is, I believe 25 percent. That means that, if he pays it (not at all a foregone conclusion), he only has to pay $250K, a 75 percent discount, rather than paying the full $1M to the lawyers.

Now, I realize that he has a habit of stiffing his lawyers, so there is no evidence that he intends to pay either the lawyers OR the IRS. He's more likely to pay the IRS, if he can't find a way of hiding the imputed income or of offsetting it with other tax dodges.

[neonzx]

CREW has sent a letter to Trump to "remind him that he will need to pay taxes on any money the Republican National Committee spends to cover his legal bills."

Any dollar the RNC spends on covering Trump, according to CREW, is taxable income for him under the law.

Even if he does declare it as income, and pays the tax on it, its still a good deal for him.

Let's say that the RNC pays $1M of his legal fees. The highest current federal tax rate is, I believe 25 percent. That means that, if he pays it (not at all a foregone conclusion), he only has to pay $250K, a 75 percent discount, rather than paying the full $1M to the lawyers.

37%


$523,601 or more


$157,804.25 plus 37% of the amount over $523,600

[raison de arizona]

Trump doesn't pay taxes. He'll have "losses" to offset that.

[noblepa]

37%


$523,601 or more


$157,804.25 plus 37% of the amount over $523,600

Still a good discount.