Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Breccia]

Man, can you imagine spending so much time staying up late tweeting that you slept through your own felony trial? What kind of insane cultist would want someone with those time management skills in charge of nuclear weapons?

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Team Trump has until the 19th to explain why Trump's attacks don't violate the gag order. This will then be discussed in a hearing the 24th.

This is fucking stupid. It should not take two weeks to rule on this. But add that to the pile of "Trump is being given every single possible consideration to avoid even the faintest whiff of feigned bias" I guess.

[Edge-]

Team Trump has until the 19th to explain why Trump's attacks don't violate the gag order. This will then be discussed in a hearing the 24th.

This is fucking stupid. It should not take two weeks to rule on this. But add that to the pile of "Trump is being given every single possible consideration to avoid even the faintest whiff of feigned bias" I guess.

At some point after years of ignoring and outright flouting court orders, deadlines and everything else you'd figure there would be consequences maybe at some point maybe.

Has he paid E. Jean Carroll yet, by the way? Or is that another one of the, "Consequence still pending because consequences apparently don't exist."?

I'm fucking tired. Make him a poor Black man and if he tried 1% of this shit he's be left to rot in solitary.

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Man, can you imagine spending so much time staying up late tweeting that you slept through your own felony trial? What kind of insane cultist would want someone with those time management skills in charge of nuclear weapons?

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Team Trump has until the 19th to explain why Trump's attacks don't violate the gag order. This will then be discussed in a hearing the 24th.

This is fucking stupid. It should not take two weeks to rule on this. But add that to the pile of "Trump is being given every single possible consideration to avoid even the faintest whiff of feigned bias" I guess.

Trump should be in a cell until they have that hearing. Standing on eggshells to avoid any appearance of enforcement of the law isn't "avoiding appearance of bias", it's outright open corruption.

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https://www.politico.com/live-update...order-00152293

Even as prosecutors were seeking a contempt ruling against Donald Trump for violating the gag order in recent days, Trump once again tested the boundaries of the gag during the trial's lunch break.

He posted a video of one of his prominent allies, Laura Loomer, announcing through a bullhorn that “Donald Trump did nothing wrong.” Notably, Loomer used the same moment to criticize Merchan’s wife for purportedly working for New York Attorney General Tish James, a Trump political foe. Loomer also criticized prosecutors’ star witness, Michael Cohen, for employing the services of a lawyer with ties to Trump’s political opponents.

Maybe consequences will finally come?

Probably not.

I'll be shocked if they do.

What the fuck ever this whole process has been such a fucking farce and our justice system is a joke that can't handle bad actors unless they're poor and non-white.

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https://www.politico.com/live-update...order-00152293



Maybe consequences will finally come?

Probably not.

I'll be shocked if they do.

What the fuck ever this whole process has been such a fucking farce and our justice system is a joke that can't handle bad actors unless they're poor and non-white.

Real answer?

The American approach to law enforcement largely started out from slave-hunting, and as it's evolved it's never strayed from from the purpose of enforcing rigid social divides more than pursuing even-handed justice. Trump's a rich white guy; the law isn't supposed to apply to him. Certainly not in the "slap the cuffs on, give them a rough ride downtown, and toss them in a cell to die of their head wounds" sense that's increasingly normal for everyone else.

[Rasulis]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tr...hares-92840aa0
Trump’s DJT stock tumbles after a filing for the sale of a large amount of shares

So the current holders are selling AND they want to issue more stock (might help the shorters, but If I knew that much about the market, I'd be playing that more and MMOs less)

Just got back from our bike ride. Was in the $28ish when we left, down into the $26ish currently. Down by almost 20%. Still obscenely overpriced.

[s_bushido]

Trump should be in a cell until they have that hearing. Standing on eggshells to avoid any appearance of enforcement of the law isn't "avoiding appearance of bias", it's outright open corruption.

They're doing it knowing how much scrutiny they're under. They assume that being as conciliatory as possible will keep the cult from losing its mind and ranting about how the whole thing was rigged all along. Problem is, the cult has already lost its mind, and literally any result short of complete exoneration will be seen as them crucifying Our Lord and Savior Donald Trump.

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They're doing it knowing how much scrutiny they're under. They assume that being as conciliatory as possible will keep the cult from losing its mind. Problem is, the cult has already lost its mind, and literally any result short of complete exoneration will be seen as them crucifying Our Lord and Savior Donald Trump.

They aren't really under "scrutiny". They're under domestic terrorist threat by cultist extremists.

The responsible answer to that is to say "fuckin' bring it, shitwads" and build a tent prison to handle the overload.

But apparently, these chucklefucks you've got to bend the knee to, meanwhile BLM protests are getting their right to assemble revoked because one dude threw a rock at a cop one time.

There's a thread for that discussion already before anyone fills it up here, I'm just citing it to demonstrate the absurdity.

[Breccia]

Has he paid E. Jean Carroll yet, by the way?

He has a bond for the appeal, and the appeal hasn't happened yet. So no, but that's expected.

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Just got back from our bike ride. Was in the $28ish when we left, down into the $26ish currently. Down by almost 20%. Still obscenely overpriced.

The shares closed down 18.4% at $26.61.

Also, the NYTimes said something unusual to me.

Also included in the filing were an additional 36 million shares given to Mr. Trump as part of an “earnout” bonus based on the company’s stock price. With those additional shares, Mr. Trump has about 115 million shares of Trump Media, or 65 percent of the company’s stock.

"Bonuses based on stock price...during a record-breaking slide?"

It's just Trump's board making an excuse for him to have a majority. Nothing about this company is doing well. I don't knowa ton about stockbroking, but everyone knows the company is worthless. This is all just dancing around the law to fleece as much as possible before this whole thing collapses like a folding chair under a fat ass.

[Poopymonster]

He has a bond for the appeal, and the appeal hasn't happened yet. So no, but that's expected.

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The shares closed down 18.4% at $26.61.

Also, the NYTimes said something unusual to me.



"Bonuses based on stock price...during a record-breaking slide?"

It's just Trump's board making an excuse for him to have a majority. Nothing about this company is doing well. I don't knowa ton about stockbroking, but everyone knows the company is worthless. This is all just dancing around the law to fleece as much as possible before this whole thing collapses like a folding chair under a fat ass.

He paid nothing for that extra 36 million shares. Unless the stock goes for 0.00 or negative value, that's a net profit for Trump who has put zero personal cash into this energetic greco roman clusterfuck

[Breccia]

He paid nothing for that extra 36 million shares. Unless the stock goes for 0.00 or negative value, that's a net profit for Trump who has put zero personal cash into this energetic greco roman clusterfuck

Agreed, and the more I think about this, the more it sounds like tax fraud waiting to happen.

[Rasulis]

The shares closed down 18.4% at $26.61.

It kept going down in the after-hour trading. In the $25ish range now.

[Breccia]

Giuilani's appeal went exactly as expected.

A judge has rejected Rudolph Giuliani’s effort to overturn the $148 million judgment he was ordered to pay two Georgia poll workers he accused of rigging the 2020 presidential election.

The former New York mayor urged the US District Court for the District of Columbia to reverse its December ruling and override a jury’s verdict finding him liable for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Judge Beryl A. Howell’s Monday ruling effectively cut short Giuliani’s attempt to reduce his debt in bankruptcy.

The judge wasn’t convinced by what she called Giuliani’s “threadbare” arguments for a new trial or reduction of the award for poll workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss, adding that relitigating the dispute would lead to the same result.

Howell rejected Giuliani’s arguments that Freeman and Moss’ emotional distress claims were untimely and hadn’t been attributed to his alleged conduct. The former mayor’s “utter failure” to follow discovery procedures and pay attorneys fees, after “multiple opportunities,” contributed to Howell’s decision to affirm the $148 million judgment.

“Simply put, Giuliani does not offer any reason why this court should depart from its prior rulings and overrule the jury’s considered verdict on this issue,” Howell said.

Yeah...we can't blame his lawyers for this one. Giuliani scored an own-goal then tried to give the ref a yellow card.

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The Financial Times reports that--

"Paywall."

Um, Business Insider reports that Trump is having the same issue with his accountants as his lawyers.

WithumSmith+Brown was appointed to vet Trump Media & Technology Group's financials soon after it was founded in early 2021. But the firm resigned before the end of 2021, the FT reported citing people familiar with the matter.

According to the FT's sources, WithumSmith+Brown no longer wanted to be associated with Trump and his company after several months on the job.

In January 2022, Trump Media instead turned to a smaller accounting firm to conduct the audit, BF Borgers, which has less than stellar record with regulators. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board said it identified multiple deficiencies in every audit it had reviewed from BF Borgers in the past two years, per Bloomberg.

BF Borgers was also removed from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' peer review program in November "because the firm was found to be so seriously deficient in its performance that education and remedial, corrective actions are not adequate."

Yep, Trump is hiring people famous for fucking up in public. Honest, ethical people will not work with Trump. Quite frankly, neither do people who expect to be paid.

[Huehuecoyotl]

Yesterday in court proves that Trump has now become the MOGA Don.

Make Orange Go Asleep.

[postman1782]

Yesterday in court proves that Trump has now become the MOGA Don.

Make Orange Go Asleep.

Yep, he was probably up all night trying to make up shit to try to delay again, including this bullshit about his son's graduation.

[Dontrike]

Yesterday in court proves that Trump has now become the MOGA Don.

Make Orange Go Asleep.

Don Snoreleone.

[Kaleredar]

Yesterday in court proves that Trump has now become the MOGA Don.

Make Orange Go Asleep.

Hard to try and dunk on one’s opponent as “sleepy joe” when they themself are on public record dozing off.

[s_bushido]

Hard to try and dunk on one’s opponent as “sleepy joe” when they themself are on public record dozing off.

pfft. The people who cheer when he says stupid shit like "sleepy Joe" will either call this fake news or make up some pathetic "see, what he was actually doing was..." 5D chess excuse.

[Dontrike]

I was curious when seeing a headline about Melania and where she's been, especially during the "he cheated one me with her" (but actually fraud) trial and it was nothing special until I hit this line from a friend of hers.

Melania is far less visible than most any other presidential wife, current or former, in modern history. Reporters from The Washington Post tried to locate her last fall, traveling to Palm Beach in their quest to track down the whereabouts of the 53-year-old onetime model, but struck out entirely. According to People magazine, a friend of Melania’s said she “is leading her own life, and still feels happy being at Mar-a-Lago, surrounded by people who love her and who never talk about reality, or bad things about her husband.”

She doesn't like when people talk to her about reality......that definitely encompasses a Trump for you.

[zealo]

Yesterday in court proves that Trump has now become the MOGA Don.

Make Orange Go Asleep.

Clearly, this must be what all the MAGAs mean with anti-woke, when Sleepy Don has trouble staying awake.