This is a two-for-one: Rape is a Means of Asserting Patriarchal Power: Observations on the E. Jean Carroll rape case. An Update on the Trump Criminal Probes. I. Rape Is A Means of Exerting Patriarchal Power A reader said this about Trump in response to the E. Jean Carroll case: How the Access Hollywood tape …
I. The Georgia Criminal Investigation (The Matter of Trump and Pals Trying to Overturn the Election Results in Georgia) At the end of January, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said that charging decisions were “imminent.” About a month later, when a reporter wanted to know where the decisions were, she clarified that she meant …
This blog post could have been called, “What to Expect from Future Defamation Cases against Fox.” On Tuesday, just before opening arguments were scheduled in the Dominion-Fox defamation case, the parties announced that they had settled: Fox agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million. What followed the announcement was an outpouring of shock and rage. Here …
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There was an explosion of news this week with a theme: The increasing radicalization of the Republican Party. First, we have the abortion pill mifepristone debacle in which a federal judge in Texas attempted to outlaw mifepristone for the entire nation. Here’s the timeline (I find that a bullet point timeline is the best tool …
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The Statement of Facts You can find the statement here. The upshot: The defendant DONALD J. TRUMP repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election . . . in violation of election laws. Throughout the remainder of the …
Yes, Trump was indicted in Manhattan. After the indictment becomes available, I’ll do a reading of it here: https://law-and-politics.online/@Teri_Kanefield and then I’ll put it on this blog. You can check back midweek. If you’ve seen any of Trump’s recent rants, you know that they are unhinged and dangerous. If he keeps it up, he might …
There is a method to the madness (along with actual madness) Read More »
Please excuse me while I have a mini-rant. Occasionally mainstream and social media commentators settle on a theory that projects their own reasoning onto Trump and his supporters. For example, at one time, the going theory was that Lindsay Graham was kissing Trump’s ring because Trump was blackmailing him. It was common for people to ask, …
It’s not about delay. It’s about obstruction and destruction. Read More »
On Saturday morning, on Truth Social, Trump announced that he will be arrested Tuesday: . . . THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” From The New York Times: We’ve been hearing rumors …
Trump said he will be arrested on Tuesday (and a free novel) Read More »
A number of people asked me to comment on the proposed Georgia legislation creating oversight of prosecutors. More specifically people asked me questions like this: I did some poking around to find out where this was coming from, and I found stuff like this: So I did some digging. First, the facts. There are two …
As you may have heard, there were a few bombshells in Dominion’s latest filing in the Dominion v. Fox defamation case. To recap: We are at the stage where both Dominion and Fox are asking for summary judgment. You get a summary judgment if there is literally no evidence or argument the other side can present that …
Dominion v. Fox News: Why Fox Lies (And Why Their Viewers Demand Lies) Read More »
