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That was before we all realized he was right about DFO.
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From the Cohen book.
I didn’t work for the campaign. I dealt with a petty tyrant who ran a small family company. He wasn’t yet an international pestilence.
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A pestilence? Can we have MaL powdered in DDT, please, asap? Or Agent Orange - to defoil the place and uncover hidden boxes?
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“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
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Enough already.
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If there weren't sanctions, Putin could make good money by publishing the "pee pee" tapes :twisted:
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RTH10260 wrote: Tue Oct 18, 2022 3:11 pm If there weren't sanctions, Putin could make good money by publishing the "pee pee" tapes :twisted:
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Maggie's book is a monster, Broward County Library keeps buying copies of the audiobook to keep up with the demand. Posted the latest for Maggie. Had the audiobook once already but wanted to hear some of it again. Funny thing is Broward Library saw it and followed me. :P


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orlylicious wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:34 am Maggie's book is a monster, Broward County Library keeps buying copies of the audiobook to keep up with the demand. Posted the latest for Maggie. Had the audiobook once already but wanted to hear some of it again. Funny thing is Broward Library saw it and followed me. :P
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Who has read The Divider by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser? I just finished it. It was packed with juicy detail and I'm positive that a lot of lawyers in the White House and DOJ were sources. Nevertheless, in all the post-Trump books, I was looking for an explanation of exactly what Trump planned to do if his mob had succeeded in sacking the Capitol and capturing, injuring, or killing members inside. Maybe there isn't an explanation and there wasn't a plan.
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Grown men and women, afraid of the big crybaby whiner who lost by 7 million votes. Shameful.

But deep down, he knew the good people of this great land of ours were not going to allow him to overturn the election. No. :talktothehand:

He might have managed it, but I think cowardice played a rôle.
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Yes. He never would have marched to the Capitol with the mob. It has come out recently that his inner circle laughed about it. They said they had never seen the man even walk across a golf course without a golf cart. No, I don't think he planned to stand in triumph in the well of the Senate as the new dictator. I think they just planned more delay so they could try to pressure state officials some more.
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No, he planned to be driven there in his limo, but the Secret Service trapped him in the car and told him no fucking way. And he went apeshit.

Remember that little detail?
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SuzieC wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 5:16 pm Who has read The Divider by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser? I just finished it. It was packed with juicy detail and I'm positive that a lot of lawyers in the White House and DOJ were sources. Nevertheless, in all the post-Trump books, I was looking for an explanation of exactly what Trump planned to do if his mob had succeeded in sacking the Capitol and capturing, injuring, or killing members inside. Maybe there isn't an explanation and there wasn't a plan.
I'm on a waiting list for it but I pushed it back until mid-January. Too much to catch up on. And not doing any of it. But I imagine it will depress me like the others.
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It depressed me, but I believe that I need to know as much as I can about the shitshow.
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SuzieC wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 5:56 pm Yes. He never would have marched to the Capitol with the mob. It has come out recently that his inner circle laughed about it. They said they had never seen the man even walk across a golf course without a golf cart. No, I don't think he planned to stand in triumph in the well of the Senate as the new dictator. I think they just planned more delay so they could try to pressure state officials some more.
Remember the G-7 summit in Taormina, Italy, where all presidents strolled down the old town road to their next destination, while the former guy lingered back until the Secret Service brought his presidential golf cart along?

"Donald Trump Took A Golf Cart 700 Yards And Kept G7 Leaders Waiting For Photo*
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Yes, that was hugely embarrassing, among many other travesties that embarrassed the United States.
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Prosecutors likened Trump to mob boss and had to prove he wasn’t insane – book
Mark Pomerantz, who was on New York team investigating tax affairs, reportedly compares ex-president to John Gotti

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Fri 3 Feb 2023 21.59 GMT

New York prosecutors building a case against Donald Trump for allegedly lying about his wealth for tax purposes had to show the former president was “not legally insane”, one of those prosecutors reportedly writes in an eagerly awaited new book.

The lawyer, Mark Pomerantz, also reportedly compares Trump, the only confirmed candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, to famous figures in the world of organised crime including John Gotti, the “Teflon Don” who died in prison in 2002.

In messages seen by the Guardian on Friday, one former Trump administration official called the comparison “unfair to the late Mr Gotti”.

Pomerantz was part of attempts by the Manhattan district attorney’s office to build a case against Trump, but quit in February 2022 as the DA, Alvin Bragg, decided not to indict.



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Looking forward to this book. I know Friday was only yesterday :oldlady:, but I believe Nicolle Wallace will have Pomerantz on Tuesday's DeadLine WH.
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All those videos on Youtube where police arrests someone shouts - "I DID NOTHING WRONG!" :lol:
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I think tRump is trying to be like Mary Poppins: "Practically Perfect in Every Way."
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Trump called his CFO Allen Weisselberg 'My Jewish CPA' to his face, and threatened him to 'make me happy or else,' according to a new book

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Mon, February 6, 2023 at 10:24 PM GMT+1
  • Donald Trump called his CFO Allen Weisselberg his "Jewish CPA," according to a new book.
    The revelation comes from Weisselberg's ex-daughter-in-law's interview with prosecutors.
    Trump reportedly told Weisselberg to make him happy "or else," ex-prosecutor Mark Pomerantz wrote in his book.
Former President Donald Trump called his company's former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg his "Jewish CPA" and pressured him to "make me happy, or else," according to an interview Weisselberg's former daughter-in-law gave to the Manhattan district attorney's office.

Trump's language was quoted by Jennifer Weisselberg in an interview with investigators from the Manhattan prosecutor's office, according to a forthcoming book by ex-prosecutor Mark Pomerantz. Jennifer described how Allen Weisselberg received lavish benefits from the Trump Organization without paying taxes on them, according to the book.

"As for Trump's view of Allen Weisselberg, Jennifer claimed to have heard Trump tell Weisselberg that 'you know what to do, my Jewish CPA ... make me happy, or else,'" Pomerantz wrote in his book, a copy of which Insider obtained.

Allen Weisselberg worked for the Trump Organization for decades, rising to the role of CFO and managing the personal finances of Trump's family members. Prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorney's office have sought his cooperation for their long-running investigation into Trump's finances, which remains ongoing.

Despite his extensive business management experience, Weisselberg does not actually hold a certified public accountant license, or CPA, according to New York state records.

In interviews with Insider in early 2021, Jennifer Weisselberg described how she gave "boxes of documents," obtained through her messy divorce from Allen Weisselberg's son Barry Weisselberg, to investigators at the Manhattan district attorney and New York attorney general offices. She said Trump controlled high-level employees like Allen Weisselberg by covering things like tuition, apartments, and other perks, and at the same time allowing both the company and the employees to avoid paying taxes.





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Untouchable review: Trump as ‘lawless Houdini’ above US justice
Elie Honig offers a powerful indictment of the former president and those who have failed to bring him down

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Sun 12 Feb 2023 07.00 GMT

This book by a former federal prosecutor is subtitled “How Powerful People Get Away With It” but its overwhelming focus is Donald Trump and Merrick Garland, the most famous unindicted miscreant of modern times and the attorney general most responsible for the failure, so far, to prosecute any of his offences.

Elie Honig writes that a “staggering parade” of Trump’s henchmen have been indicted, convicted, imprisoned or all three: Michael Cohen, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro, Rick Gates, George Papadopoulos, Lev Parnas, Igor Fruman, Thomas Barrack, Elliott Broidy, Sam Patten, George Nader, Allen Weisselberg and – last but not least – the Trump Organization itself.

And yet, somehow, “a lawless Houdini … stands at the epicenter of the carnage, untouched, undeterred, and, if anything, emboldened”.




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"Nobody is above the law" is the most ridiculous and utterly false claim made by many in our so-called justice system. Ok, yeah, I get that we have the best theoretical justice system in the world. But our justice system does not live up to it's principles.

Merrick Garland would have made an excellent Supreme Court justice. His demeanor and careful consideration is exactly what makes a good judge, and we need more judges like that. But ferchrisakes, he's the top prosecutor in the US. His demeanor is not that of a prosecutor. I like the man but he is in the wrong job. I get why Biden chose him, but making him AGOTUS does not make up for McConnell's corruption of the Senate's confirmation process.
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