Merged So what's next for Trump?

[Jarhyn]

Exclusive: Trump's secret court fight to stop grand jury from getting information from his inner circle

Former President Donald Trump's attorneys are fighting a secret court battle to block a federal grand jury from gathering information from an expanding circle of close Trump aides about his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, people briefed on the matter told CNN.

www.cnn.com

A secret Grand Jury has subpeoned a number of ex-Trump aides over the January 6 riots. Trump's lawyers are claiming executive privlege. Everything about this Grand Jury is sealed. Trump has been requesting people subpeoned not to testify.

This is all getting so spicy~

 

[ZiprHead]

Isn't encouraging people not to testify obstruction of justice?

 

[James Brown]

Only when a Democrat does it.

 

[ZiprHead]

Only when a Democrat does it.

Dammit! I keep forgetting that part.

 

[lpetrich]

Trump Loses It Over New York Lawsuit, Calls Letitia James ‘Racist’ – Rolling Stone

nikki mccann ramírez on Twitter: "Trump responds to the lawsuit from NY AG, calls Letitia James a “racist” and the investigation a “witch hunt” (pic link)" / Twitter

Another Witch Hunt by a racist Attorney General, Letitia James, who failed in her run for Governor, getting almost zero support from the public, and now is doing poorly against Law & Order A.G. candidate, highly respected Michael Henry. I never thought this case would be brought until I saw her really bad poll numbers. She is a fraud who campaigned on a "get Trump" platform, despite the fact that the city is one of the crime and murder disasters of the world under her watch!

nikki mccann ramírez on Twitter: "“Peekaboo” ? “Bye, Bye” ? (pic link)" / Twitter

Attorney General Letitia "Peekaboo" James, a total crime fighting disaster in New York, is spending all of her time fighting for very powerful and well represented banks and insurance companies, who were fully paid, made a lot of money, and never had a complaint about me, instead of fighting murder and violent crime, which is killing New York State. She is a failed A.G. whose lack of talent in the fight against crime is causing record numbers of people and companies to flee New York. Bye, bye!

He might mean:  Pickaninny - sometimes used as a racial slur.

Back to Rolling Stone.

“Letitia James is not working for the Attorney Generals office — she is working for the DNC,” Eric Trump, Executive Vice President of the Trump Organization, wrote in a tweet.

His brother and Trump Organization Executive Vice President Donald Trump Jr. added that “the bullshit Dem witch-hunt continues!”

Trump lawyer Alina Habba, who recently settled a lawsuit from a former employee that in part alleged Habba had referred to James as a “the black bitch” said in a Wednesday statement that “today’s filing is neither focused on the facts nor the law … rather, it is solely focused on advancing the attorney general’s political agenda.”

 

[lpetrich]

Letitia James and Donald Trump's history of clashes - BBC News

On the night she was elected in 2018, the former city councilwoman and public defender took aim at Mr Trump.

"He should know that we here in New York - and I, in particular - we are not scared of you," she warned.

She pledged to shine "a bright light into every dark corner of his real estate dealings, and every dealing, demanding truthfulness at every turn".

...
Her investigations into the highly influential National Rifle Association, the undercounting of Covid deaths in New York nursing homes, and accusations of sexual harassment against former New York governor and Democratic ally Andrew Cuomo, have earned her a national reputation.

Trump called her a "failed" attorney general after she dropped out of the NY governor's race of 2022.

Ms James shrugged off the insults, saying they had no bearing on her investigation or the potential outcome in court.

"Two judges have dismissed those claims of a witch hunt," she said at Wednesday's press conference in Manhattan. "So I give no credence to the names that he has referred to me."

He did a deposition last August, where she asked him lots of questions, and he invoked the Fifth Amendment, something that he earlier stated indicates guilt.

Mr Trump has argued that her previous comments, including when she referred to him as an "illegitimate president" during her run for attorney general, prove that has a political vendetta against him.

Comments she made at a debate in 2018 pledging to "focus on Donald Trump" and "follow his money" have also led Mr Trump's lawyers to claim political bias.

 

[Swammerdami]

Reuters recently ran an article listing seven court cases currently facing Mr. von Clownstick. Did they miss any?

Plaintiff	Type	Charges
New York Attorney General	Civil	Valuation Fraud
New York A.G. referred to IRS and Feds	Criminal	Related to Valuation Fraud?
New York State	Criminal	Tax Fraud, Weisselberg expected to testify against Trump Organization
U.S. Dept of Justice	Criminal	Stealing government records
E. Jean Carroll	Civil	Defamation by rapist against victim
J6 (Thompson, Liz Cheney et al) referring to US DoJ	Criminal	Inciting Insurrection etc.
State of Georgia	Criminal	Electon Fraud

 

[ZiprHead]

 

[crazyfingers]

Can sue Trump for being a racist, insurrectionist, Russia-pandering fascist with hints of Hitler type behaviors??

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

Discovery is going to be hilarious.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

He wishes... Hitler knew HOW to steal an election.

 

[Shadowy Man]

Discovery is going to be hilarious.

Actually going through lawsuits isn't the point. He just has lawyers send in lawsuits to tie up other people's lawyers and cost them money.

 

[ZiprHead]

Trump Uses CNN Lawsuit to Raise Money

(Bloomberg) -- Less than 24 hours after filing suit against CNN, former President Donald Trump is asking his supporters to donate to his cause. Most Read from BloombergMusk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid TrialLoretta Lynn, Coal Miner's Daughter And Country Queen, DiesElon Musk...

news.yahoo.com

Just another grift. Nothing more.

 

[starwater]

Trump Uses CNN Lawsuit to Raise Money

(Bloomberg) -- Less than 24 hours after filing suit against CNN, former President Donald Trump is asking his supporters to donate to his cause. Most Read from BloombergMusk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid TrialLoretta Lynn, Coal Miner's Daughter And Country Queen, DiesElon Musk...

news.yahoo.com

Just another grift. Nothing more.

Wow - just Wow.

Create more lawsuits, get more donations - because "Everybody is Mean to me.."

An the gullible just eat it up.

 

[James Brown]

Quick! One of you insult me!

I'll sue you. Then I'll start a GoFundMe to pay for the lawyers.

I promise we'll split the proceeds.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

He is a gifted grifter. A bank gets wise by the third time someone robs them. He manages to repeatedly rob his supporters with such ease, that they just give it to him.

 

[Ford]

He is a gifted grifter. A bank gets wise by the third time someone robs them. He manages to repeatedly rob his supporters with such ease, that they just give it to him.

Trump in 2016: "I'm so rich...I don't need their money."

Trump today: "I need your money!"

You know what would be really surprising? If an "I don't need your money" billionaire actually spent his (or her) own money and refused campaign donations.

I might disagree with their policy positions, but it would be hard to argue that a billionaire who refused campaign donations and spent nothing more than their own money did not have the courage of their convictions.

But that never happens. Ever.

For some reason a candidate who can pay for an entire campaign with the money in their wallet somehow needs donations from people who make less than their own employees.

 

[Gun Nut]

Trump Uses CNN Lawsuit to Raise Money

(Bloomberg) -- Less than 24 hours after filing suit against CNN, former President Donald Trump is asking his supporters to donate to his cause. Most Read from BloombergMusk Revives $44 Billion Twitter Bid, Aiming to Avoid TrialLoretta Lynn, Coal Miner's Daughter And Country Queen, DiesElon Musk...

news.yahoo.com

Just another grift. Nothing more.

well, it is also quite possibly a frivolous lawsuit... which would award the defendant damages and possibly even sanctions against the plaintiff AND his lawyers directly. Part of those sanctions can very well be the money he grifted with the frivolous lawsuit, if it can be proven that the intent of the lawsuit was to raise that money in the first place.

 

[starwater]

OMG!

 

[lpetrich]

Trump in 2016: "I'm so rich...I don't need their money."

I've seen the argument that rich people are less danger of being corrupted by campaign contributions than less-rich ones. But one does not get rich by not wanting wealth, and many rich people never seem to have enough.

Trump today: "I need your money!"

You know what would be really surprising? If an "I don't need your money" billionaire actually spent his (or her) own money and refused campaign donations.

One does have to be careful here, because billionaires' wealth is in assets, not income, so one has to avoid projecting one's financial planning onto them. If they sell any of their assets, those assets are gone. But that side, if one's assets are income-producing, like stocks and bonds, one can have plenty of income. For a 1% annual return, a billion dollars of assets yields 10 million dollars a year of income, which is more than enough to finance most campaigns.