Stormy Daniels new lawsuit & why it matters. Stormy accuses her former lawyer, Davidson, of breaching his fiduciary duties. She accuses Michael Cohen of aiding and abetting the breach. She says Trump knew, and the breach was to benefit Trump. [To continue reading, please view here as a Twitter thread]
Can the President shoot someone and pardon himself (or whatever the latest absurd claim happens to be)? No, of course not. Don’t fall for the ploy. It’s the “Manipulate and control the media by riling the liberals and flooding the zone with shit” ploy. [View here as a Twitter thread]
Trump Team’s “confidential” memo that was “leaked” looks like a publicity stunt, not a serious legal memo. Here’s why. The memo contains bogus legal arguments that Trump surrogates have already made repeatedly on Cable TV. [View here as a Twitter thread]
[View here as a Twitter thread] A few people have asked me why treason (as defined by the Constitution) isn’t on my list of possible crimes. It isn’t there because there’s realistically no chance that Trump or his pals will be charged with treason. Here’s why.
Trump and his lawyers. Trump has a hard time hiring and keeping good lawyers. One reason: His attitude toward the law, and his requirement that his lawyers disregard the law. “All our laws are so corrupt and stupid,” Trump said in Michigan: [To read, please click here to view here as a Twitter …
Trump has a hard time keeping good lawyers. Here’s why. Read More »
Presidential Pardons are in the news again. Trump pardoned Sheriff Arpaio, convicted of illegally and cruelly targeting undocumented immigrants. He pardoned Scooter Libby, aid to Veep Cheney, convicted of obstruction, perjury & (ironically) leaking classified info. [To read, please click here to view here as a Twitter thread]
[View here as a Twitter thread] Trump may have jolted the liberals and moderates out of complacency. Background: For 50 years, authoritarians have been consolidating power, steadily undermining public confidence in our government and our institutions. While the GOP morphed from a conservative party to an authoritarian one, Democrats (& moderate conservatives) didn’t understand or …
[View here as a Twitter thread] On April 29, Trump told an audience in MI that “all our laws are so corrupt and stupid” Obviously he doesn’t like laws he can’t bend to his will. But there is more. . . Trump & pals don’t like the body of laws put in place since 1955 …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Trump hit on a way to beat Mueller: A Criminal Deep State theory. Spoiler: Trumpsters fall for it by believing it. Everyone else falls for it by spending their time discussing it. Source for quotations in this thread: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/05/inside-trumpworld-a-bizarre-counter-narrative-takes-hold The theory: John Brennan, former FBI director, masterminded a plot to …
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