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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 15, 2024 16:30:22 GMT -5
you say to-may-to, i say to-mah-to. the standard used is intent for documents cases. so yeah, without intent, there is not a sufficient case to bring. so, YES insufficient. it is not like the Trump DOJ didn't TRY to bring this case. they did. it failed. that should be the end of the discussion, imo. so why are we still discussing this? is there something new that has been uncovered? I responded because you just quoted me i forgot what thread i was on. i assume you did, as well.
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 4, 2024 16:29:38 GMT -5
Judge denies Trump motion to dismiss DC case over selective prosecutionA federal judge declined Saturday to toss out former President Trump’s federal election subversion case over his assertion that he’s being unfairly and singularly prosecuted. In a 16-page order, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote that, at the outset of the trial process, the court must assume the allegations against Trump are truthful — and the “improper reframing of the allegations against him” he has presented so far cannot support dismissal. “At this stage, the court cannot accept Defendant’s alternate narrative,” Chutkan wrote. The case was put back in Chutkan’s hands just Friday, after a federal appeals court remanded the matter to the trial court shortly after the case was returned from the Supreme Court following its 6-3 decision last month granting former presidents at least presumptive immunity for official acts. That ruling likely doomed some allegations against Trump in the four-count indictment accusing him of conspiring to subvert the 2020 presidential election results. He has pleaded not guilty. Trump’s motion arguing that the prosecution is selective and vindictive was filed in October and echoed many of his oft-repeated lines from the campaign trail, including that he was only raising questions about the 2020 election and cannot be blamed for the subsequent storming of the building by his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. Rest of article here: Judge denies Trump motion to dismiss DC case over selective prosecution
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 4, 2024 20:08:31 GMT -5
there are two components to that accusation. the first is that the defendant must show that all similarly charged persons under similar circumstances were charged or treated differently. there is no way for Trump to show that, because he has been treated better than the 1400 people who have been charged similarly, and NOBODY comes from his circumstance.
the second is that he was singled out for prosecution when no other prosecution was sought. also clearly false, since about half are now serving jail time.
he should be thankful he is not in jail.
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 5, 2024 20:17:05 GMT -5
US Supreme Court declines to halt Trump's sentencing in hush money caseWASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by the state of Missouri to halt Donald Trump's upcoming sentencing for his conviction in New York on felony charges involving hush money paid to a porn star and left a related gag order until after the Nov. 5 presidential election. The decision by the justices came in response to Missouri's lawsuit claiming that the case against Trump infringed on the right of voters under the U.S. Constitution to hear from the Republican presidential nominee as he seeks to regain the White House. The Supreme Court's order was unsigned. Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito indicated they would have taken up Missouri's case but added that they "would not grant other relief." Trump was found guilty in May of falsifying business records to cover up a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence before the 2016 U.S. election about a sexual encounter she has said she had with Trump years earlier. Prosecutors have said the payment was designed help Trump's chances in the 2016 election, when he defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton. Rest of article here: US Supreme Court declines to halt Trump's sentencing in hush money case
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 6, 2024 10:36:24 GMT -5
after a couple of good weeks in the spotlight, Trump has had a series of setbacks. this included.
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 14, 2024 9:05:23 GMT -5
Judge rejects Donald Trump’s latest demand to step aside from hush money criminal caseNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has lost his latest bid for a new judge in his New York hush money criminal case as it heads toward a key ruling and potential sentencing next month. In a decision posted Wednesday, Judge Juan M. Merchan declined to step aside and said Trump’s demand was a rehash “rife with inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims” about the political ties of Merchan’s daughter and his ability to judge the historic case fairly and impartially. It is the third that the judge has rejected such a request from lawyers for the former president and current Republican nominee. All three times, they argued that Merchan, a state court judge in Manhattan, has a conflict of interest because of his daughter’s work as a political consultant for prominent Democrats and campaigns. Among them was Vice President Kamala Harris when she sought the 2020 nomination for president. She is now her party’s 2024 White House nominee. A state court ethics panel said last year that Merchan could continue on the case, writing that a relative’s independent political activities are not “a reasonable basis to question the judge’s impartiality.” Rest of article here Judge rejects Donald Trump’s latest demand to step aside from hush money criminal case
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 14, 2024 17:35:01 GMT -5
Trump Seethes as Judge Rejects His Sad Attempt to Delay SentencingThe former president and convicted felon immediately went to Truth Social to complain. “Judge Merchan just ruled that I, the Republican candidate for President, and leading in the Polls, am still under a Gag Order CONCERNING VERY IMPORTANT THINGS WHICH MUST BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT. I AM NOT ALLOWED TO ANSWER REPORTERS QUESTIONS. Can you believe this?” Trump posted, seemingly complaining that his partial gag order remains in place. “The New York Courts refuse to act. This is happening right before the voting begins on September 6th. Suppression and manipulation of the vote. Voter interference. This is the real Fascist ‘stuff,’ the old Soviet Union! So much to say, and I’m not allowed to say it. Must get U.S. Supreme Court involved. New York is trying to steal the Election!” The post continued. Complete article here: Trump Seethes as Judge Rejects His Sad Attempt to Delay Sentencing
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Post by billisonboard on Aug 14, 2024 18:36:01 GMT -5
... VERY IMPORTANT THINGS WHICH MUST BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT. So what can't he talk about? Got this from the court ruling: Making or directing others to make public statements about (1) counsel in the case other than the District Attorney, (2) members of the courts staff and the District Attorney's staff or (3) the family members of any counsel or staff member, if those statements are made with the intent to materially interfere with, or to cause others to materially interfere with, counsels or staffs work in this criminal case, or with the knowledge that such interference is likely to result;
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... protections set forth in this Courts Protecive Order of March 7, 2024, Regulating Disclosure ofJuror Information wil remain in effect unil further order of this Court. link Wonder what he needs to say about any of those people that is "very important"?
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Post by happyhoix on Aug 14, 2024 20:15:58 GMT -5
... VERY IMPORTANT THINGS WHICH MUST BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT. So what can't he talk about? Got this from the court ruling: Making or directing others to make public statements about (1) counsel in the case other than the District Attorney, (2) members of the courts staff and the District Attorney's staff or (3) the family members of any counsel or staff member, if those statements are made with the intent to materially interfere with, or to cause others to materially interfere with, counsels or staffs work in this criminal case, or with the knowledge that such interference is likely to result;
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... protections set forth in this Courts Protecive Order of March 7, 2024, Regulating Disclosure ofJuror Information wil remain in effect unil further order of this Court. link Wonder what he needs to say about any of those people that is "very important"? Sssshhhush - he’s trying to convince his minions that he’s a martyr to the MAGA cause and would gladly divulge the proof of his innocence if they just stopped persecuting him.
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 15, 2024 10:47:40 GMT -5
Why? So he can pardon himself if he wins the election? No. Donald Trump asks judge to delay sentencing in hush money case until after November electionNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election. In a letter made public Thursday, a lawyer for the former president and current Republican nominee suggested that sentencing Trump as scheduled on Sept. 18 — about seven weeks before Election Day — would amount to election interference. Trump lawyer Todd Blanche wrote that a delay would also allow Trump time to weigh next steps after the trial judge, Juan M. Merchan, is expected to rule Sept. 16 on the defense’s request to overturn the verdict and dismiss the case because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s July presidential immunity ruling. “There is no basis for continuing to rush,” Blanche wrote. Blanche sent the letter to Merchan on Wednesday after the judge rejected the defense’s latest request that he step aside from the case. In the letter, Blanche reiterated the defense argument that the judge has a conflict of interest because his daughter works as a Democratic political consultant, including for Kamala Harris when she sought the 2020 presidential nomination. Harris is now running against Trump. Rest of article here: Donald Trump asks judge to delay sentencing in hush money case until after November election
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 15, 2024 12:49:39 GMT -5
Trump Seethes as Judge Rejects His Sad Attempt to Delay SentencingThe former president and convicted felon immediately went to Truth Social to complain. “Judge Merchan just ruled that I, the Republican candidate for President, and leading in the Polls where? Montana? yeah. you are leading in Montana. of the last 10 national polls, you are leading in exactly one.
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 15, 2024 12:52:44 GMT -5
Why? So he can pardon himself if he wins the election? No. Donald Trump asks judge to delay sentencing in hush money case until after November electionNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election. In a letter made public Thursday, a lawyer for the former president and current Republican nominee suggested that sentencing Trump as scheduled on Sept. 18 — about seven weeks before Election Day — would amount to election interference. Trump lawyer Todd Blanche wrote that a delay would also allow Trump time to weigh next steps after the trial judge, Juan M. Merchan, is expected to rule Sept. 16 on the defense’s request to overturn the verdict and dismiss the case because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s July presidential immunity ruling. “There is no basis for continuing to rush,” Blanche wrote. Blanche sent the letter to Merchan on Wednesday after the judge rejected the defense’s latest request that he step aside from the case. In the letter, Blanche reiterated the defense argument that the judge has a conflict of interest because his daughter works as a Democratic political consultant, including for Kamala Harris when she sought the 2020 presidential nomination. Harris is now running against Trump. Rest of article here: Donald Trump asks judge to delay sentencing in hush money case until after November electionwell, they certainly are the experts on election interference. i think the judge has been very clear in this case that there will be no delay in sentencing. and this claim about his daughter has already been rejected a number of times. what a judge's daughter did four years ago is immaterial to the case.
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Why? So he can pardon himself if he wins the election? No. Donald Trump asks judge to delay sentencing in hush money case until after November electionNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is asking the judge in his New York hush money criminal case to delay his sentencing until after the November presidential election. In a letter made public Thursday, a lawyer for the former president and current Republican nominee suggested that sentencing Trump as scheduled on Sept. 18 — about seven weeks before Election Day — would amount to election interference. Trump lawyer Todd Blanche wrote that a delay would also allow Trump time to weigh next steps after the trial judge, Juan M. Merchan, is expected to rule Sept. 16 on the defense’s request to overturn the verdict and dismiss the case because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s July presidential immunity ruling. “There is no basis for continuing to rush,” Blanche wrote. Blanche sent the letter to Merchan on Wednesday after the judge rejected the defense’s latest request that he step aside from the case. In the letter, Blanche reiterated the defense argument that the judge has a conflict of interest because his daughter works as a Democratic political consultant, including for Kamala Harris when she sought the 2020 presidential nomination. Harris is now running against Trump. Rest of article here: Donald Trump asks judge to delay sentencing in hush money case until after November electionThere is no basis to rush? No - there is no basis to drag our heels. Any other defendant would have had his case resolved by now. Why does Trump get to be a special snowflake?
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Post by Opti on Aug 16, 2024 7:11:26 GMT -5
... VERY IMPORTANT THINGS WHICH MUST BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT. So what can't he talk about? Got this from the court ruling: Making or directing others to make public statements about (1) counsel in the case other than the District Attorney, (2) members of the courts staff and the District Attorney's staff or (3) the family members of any counsel or staff member, if those statements are made with the intent to materially interfere with, or to cause others to materially interfere with, counsels or staffs work in this criminal case, or with the knowledge that such interference is likely to result;
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... protections set forth in this Courts Protecive Order of March 7, 2024, Regulating Disclosure ofJuror Information wil remain in effect unil further order of this Court. link Wonder what he needs to say about any of those people that is "very important"? Sssshhhush - he’s trying to convince his minions that he’s a martyr to the MAGA cause and would gladly divulge the proof of his innocence if they just stopped persecuting him. Please. DJT won't even divulge the name of the person who buys his groceries. It is obvious that this is one area of his life he does not micromanage.
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 26, 2024 17:34:52 GMT -5
Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against TrumpWASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court Monday to reinstate the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, saying a judge’s decision that dismissed the prosecution was at odds with longstanding Justice Department practice and must be reversed. Smith’s team said U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon made a grievous mistake by ruling that Smith was unlawfully appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland. That position, prosecutors wrote in a brief filed with the Atlanta-based appeals court, runs counter to rulings by judges across the country as well as “widespread and longstanding appointment practices in the Department of Justice and across the government.” If allowed to stand, they warned, it could ”jeopardize the longstanding operation of the Justice Department and call into question hundreds of appointments throughout the Executive Branch.” “The Attorney General validly appointed the Special Counsel, who is also properly funded,” prosecutors wrote. “In ruling otherwise, the district court deviated from binding Supreme Court precedent, misconstrued the statutes that authorized the Special Counsel’s appointment, and took inadequate account of the longstanding history of Attorney General appointments of special counsels.” Rest of article here: Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump
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Post by thyme4change on Aug 27, 2024 17:56:55 GMT -5
Does it go back to the same judge, or does it get reassigned. apnews.com/article/186c874404912578e44d5781c8267e2dWASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents. The new indictment removes a section of the indictment that had accused Trump of trying to use the law enforcement powers of the Justice Department to overturn his election loss, an area of conduct for which the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion last month, said that Trump was absolutely immune from prosecution. The stripped-down criminal case represents a first effort by prosecutors to comply with a Supreme Court opinion likely to result in a significant revision of the allegations against Trump over his efforts to block the peaceful transfer of power. It was filed three days ahead of a deadline for prosecutors and defense lawyers to tell the judge in the case how they wanted to proceed in light of that opinion, which said former presidents are presumptively immune from prosecution for official White House acts.
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 27, 2024 18:21:56 GMT -5
it goes back to the same judge.
this is sometimes called a "recommendation ruling" or something like that. it advises the judge on conduct, and allows her to correct her actions.
i think Smith did this to speed up the ruling. a reassignment would mean the case would probably not be heard again this year. this ruling is easier to hand down, and may happen before EOY.
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 29, 2024 20:37:10 GMT -5
trump was convicted in a state court, no? Federal courts cannot intervene, yes? Trump asks federal court to intervene in hush money case in bid to toss conviction, delay sentencingNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump asked a federal court late Thursday to intervene in his hush money criminal case, seeking a pathway to overturn his conviction and indefinitely delay his sentencing scheduled for next month. The former president’s lawyers asked the U.S. District Court in Manhattan to take control of the New York City criminal case, arguing that the state-level prosecution violated Trump’s constitutional rights and ran afoul of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. Trump was convicted in state court in Manhattan in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a payment to bury affair allegations that threatened to cloud his 2016 presidential run. A federal judge rejected Trump’s previous attempt last year to move the case to federal court, clearing the way for Trump’s historic trial in state court. In Thursday’s filing, Trump’s lawyers said moving the case to federal court following his May 30 conviction will give him an “unbiased forum, free from local hostilities” to address those issues. If the case is moved to federal court, Trump lawyers wrote, they will then seek to have the verdict overturned and the case dismissed. “The ongoing proceedings will continue to cause direct and irreparable harm to President Trump — the leading candidate in the 2024 Presidential election — and voters located far beyond Manhattan,” Trump lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote. A message seeking comment was left with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, which prosecuted the case. Trump asks federal court to intervene in hush money case in bid to toss conviction, delay sentencing
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 30, 2024 12:01:01 GMT -5
he has already tried this once. he is trying it again. it won't work.
to remove it, he would have to prove that this case covered ONLY official conduct. i would argue that it doesn't cover ANY official conduct.
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Post by Tennesseer on Aug 30, 2024 12:14:19 GMT -5
he has already tried this once. he is trying it again. it won't work. to remove it, he would have to prove that this case covered ONLY official conduct. i would argue that it doesn't cover ANY official conduct. Candidate conduct. Not protected.
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Post by djAdvocate on Aug 30, 2024 13:46:05 GMT -5
he has already tried this once. he is trying it again. it won't work. to remove it, he would have to prove that this case covered ONLY official conduct. i would argue that it doesn't cover ANY official conduct. Candidate conduct. Not protected. they are complaining that evidence given in the case came from officials after 1/20/17- and that is TRUE. but the prosecution has argued (successfully) that it had no impact to the case or its outcome.
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 3, 2024 19:38:58 GMT -5
Federal judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to intervene in wake of hush money convictionNEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected Donald Trump’s request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, spurning the former president’s attempt at an end-run around the state court where he was convicted and is set to be sentenced in two weeks. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein’s ruling — just hours after Trump’s lawyers asked him to weigh the move — upends the Republican presidential nominee’s plan to move the case to federal court so that he could seek to have his conviction overturned in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling. Hellerstein, echoing his denial of Trump’s pretrial bid to move the case, said the defense failed to meet the high burden of proof for changing jurisdiction and that Trump’s conviction for falsifying business records involved his personal life, not official actions that the Supreme Court ruled are immune from prosecution. In a four-page ruling, Hellerstein wrote that nothing about the high court’s July 1 ruling affected his previous conclusion that hush money payments at issue in Trump’s case “were private, unofficial acts, outside the bounds of executive authority.” Hellerstein sidestepped a defense complaint that Trump’s state court trial had been plagued by “bias, conflicts of interest, and appearances of impropriety,” writing that he “does not have jurisdiction to hear Mr. Trump’s arguments concerning the propriety of the New York trial.” A Trump campaign spokesperson suggested he would seek to appeal Tuesday’s ruling. Trump and his lawyers “will continue to fight to move this Hoax into federal court where it should be put out of its misery once and for all,” spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement. Rest of article here: Federal judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to intervene in wake of hush money conviction
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Raskin launches probe into closed DOJ investigation of Trump-Egypt tiesHouse Democrats have launched a probe into former President Trump’s alleged acceptance of $10 million from the Egyptian government during his 2016 presidential campaign, as well as whether allies quashed a subsequent investigation into the matter. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, sent a letter following reporting from The Washington Post that found the Egyptian government withdrew $10 million in funds shortly after Trump made a last-minute injection of the same amount of his funds to his campaign in the last few days of the 2016 election. The Post reported that soon after the Justice Department began an investigation into whether Trump may have accepted the funds in violation of laws prohibiting foreign campaign contributions, the probe ground to a halt amid concerns from then-Attorney General William Barr. Raskin wrote that the article “renewed suspicion that you collected a $10 million cash bribe from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. This detailed news report has also triggered serious speculation that your handpicked political appointees at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), including Attorney General William Barr, subsequently blocked efforts by career prosecutors and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the political and financial corruption that has been described.” “Surely you would agree that the American people deserve to know whether a former president—and a current candidate for president—took an illegal campaign contribution from a brutal foreign dictator,” Raskin wrote. Rest of article here: Raskin launches probe into closed DOJ investigation of Trump-Egypt ties
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Raskin launches probe into closed DOJ investigation of Trump-Egypt tiesHouse Democrats have launched a probe into former President Trump’s alleged acceptance of $10 million from the Egyptian government during his 2016 presidential campaign, as well as whether allies quashed a subsequent investigation into the matter. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, sent a letter following reporting from The Washington Post that found the Egyptian government withdrew $10 million in funds shortly after Trump made a last-minute injection of the same amount of his funds to his campaign in the last few days of the 2016 election. The Post reported that soon after the Justice Department began an investigation into whether Trump may have accepted the funds in violation of laws prohibiting foreign campaign contributions, the probe ground to a halt amid concerns from then-Attorney General William Barr. Raskin wrote that the article “renewed suspicion that you collected a $10 million cash bribe from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. This detailed news report has also triggered serious speculation that your handpicked political appointees at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), including Attorney General William Barr, subsequently blocked efforts by career prosecutors and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the political and financial corruption that has been described.” “Surely you would agree that the American people deserve to know whether a former president—and a current candidate for president—took an illegal campaign contribution from a brutal foreign dictator,” Raskin wrote. Rest of article here: Raskin launches probe into closed DOJ investigation of Trump-Egypt ties I think we are going to uncover so much more illegal and/or unethical stuff over the next 20 years.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 4, 2024 0:27:55 GMT -5
i have read about that story in considerable detail. i found it very troubling. it is like Reagan's hostage deal. but with dollars instead of hostages. his language on the subject at the time is very incriminating.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 5, 2024 12:59:50 GMT -5
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 5, 2024 13:00:18 GMT -5
this is the first of several legal shoes dropping against Trump this month.
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Social Media Reacts To Trump's Word Salad About Affordable Child CareVice President Kamala Harris has made some cooking videos over the years, but her presidential campaign had to acknowledge Thursday that no one puts together a word salad quite like Donald Trump. During an appearance before the Economic Club of New York, the former president and 2024 Republican nominee was asked whether he’ll make affordable child care a priority if he wins reelection in November. Trump’s response can only be described as ― well, just look at the transcript below. It’s long, but it’s the only way to appreciate the bizarreness of the whole thing, especially because he never really answered the question. Rest of article here: Social Media Reacts To Trump's Word Salad About Affordable Child Care
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Post by pulmonarymd on Sept 5, 2024 19:11:05 GMT -5
He never answers a question. Even at his best, his answers were always word salads. He has just gotten progressively worse
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