When the judge asked both sides to explain their cases and describe how and why Trump as a private citizen should be able to sue, essentially, Trump the government, the DOJ "settled" the case. Trump cannot legally sue himself and the DOJ knew it. That was why they opted to "settle". No legal scholar believes the original lawsuit would have ended in Trump's favor. There is no way he would have been awarded $10 billion. The statute of limitations has expired, the statutorial remedy is $1000, and the person who leaked the taxes was found guilty and imprisoned. The whole $10 billion was a ruse in the hopes of making $1.776 billion seem like, in Blanche's own words, "a pretty good deal for the government".
All politicians make decisions about whether or not to say controversial things based on whether what they say will help or hurt their re-election chances. That pressure is off now. And Melania herself admonished the government to fully release the files. We wouldn't have gotten the first half of the documents released if it wasn't for Massie. Nearly half (more than 2.5 million) are still being illegally withheld from the American public, and Todd Blanche said he was done investigating what has only become more obvious. This is the coverup we always knew it was, and people turning on Massie are only showing their sincerity about exposing the largest pedophile ring in known history.
When he speaks to the House he is protected by the Speech and Debate clause which prohibits legal action from being taken against him. The ultrawealthy pedophiles on the list won't be able to use lawfare- like suing for defamation, etc.- to silence him and bankrupt him in court. It is better to get out of the storm drain before opening the floodgates.
TBH the protestors haven't shot any ICE officers
Powell pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties in Georgia. I don't believe she was indicted on the Dominion/ Maduro theory. Once she agreed to testify truthfully against her co-cospirators prosectors called off the dogs in other cases. Wouldn't surprise me if her going public again reopens investigations.
Finally, a forever war we can win! No one was ever against all forever wars. We were against the ones where we get beaten.
To everyone. There is no question whatsoever that she is covering up the Epstein files. It isn't just that she refuses to make them public, she did such a half-assed job of non-answering. She is under oath and risks perjury charges for lying, so she just refuses to answer anything about Epstein, period. If that was her tactic for all other "gotcha" questions, it might make some sense. But the only time she refuses to answer at all is the questions about Epstein. I am not a doomer, but this is fucking bad. She needs to go. Yesterday.
I don't care what the excuse of the hour is. JUST. RELEASE! THE! EPSTEIN! FILES!
FBI and DOJ know what evidence was used to prosecute Epstein the first time. They know what evidence led to arrest the second time. They know what evidence was used to prosecute Maxwell. Anything that has been added since can be disregarded. I just want the truth. I feel like we are all helping slow roll the whole unravellling of the global cabal of pedophiles!
Fine. Thanks. Now do Epstein.
What I don't get is Pam Bondi sending out a tweet thanking Grassley for providing her with the information. The DOJ has had every bit of evidence known (and probably some that isn't) about this for the past 9 years. When Comey was FBI director he reported to the Attorney General. I'm glad they're looking into it again, but it sure feels like Bondi is just trying to distract us from the other stuff she has but won't show us. Enough!
But there aren't any files! No real ones anyway. Couldn't that be why Alex Acosta was only able to get a 13 month house arrest in the plea deal he had with Epstein originally? I realize it doesn't answer why Maxwell got 20 years, but there was AI photo generation back then, even if the general public didn't have access to it. I am 100% positive that the footage of "Trump" cavorting with "Epstein" was AI generated. Same with Prince Andrew picture.
These are two different things. The "Epstein kerfuffle" was first. I am not calling the other investigations a distraction, but the order is backwards. Bondi, Patel, and Bongino all doing 180s happened prior to the announcement of Comey/ Brennan investigation. I will not be distracted from either. No true Patriot could be.
Do you have any idea of what a full global financial collapse would bring? It would not bring anything but misery to billions of people. Unless you have been homeless in the past you can't imagine what it is like to have nothing. I am not arguing that a shakeup isn't needed. But a collapse would necessarily lead to global starvation and disease, and not just some part-time pandemic. A global financial collapse would put every country at odds with its own neighboring countries such that the wars we see around the world now would look like a couple of drunk college kids having a fistfight. American hasn't faced a true existential since WWII. Like the rich grandkids of an immigrant who started a successful business, we have no appreciation for what it means to have nothing. Careful what you wish for.
I thought you meant if a candidate called for the firing of reporters it would be election interference.
Then he is definitely super strong right now!
No,as a juror, I woke up dry as a bone and looked out the window. The people on the street- the ones with umbrellas and galoshes- would be the people who could possibly have gotten pissed on. If someone claimed it was piss, my job as a juror would be to determine whether it was more likely that everything was covered in piss than the likelihood that it rained. In a civil trial (like I was involved with) I would have to merely decide whether the preponderance of the evidence (including the circumstantial evidence I saw) pointed toward rain or urine. As a criminal juror, the burden is much higher. It's not merely a preponderance of evidence. I would have to decide whether a reasonable person would believe beyond a REASONABLE doubt that it was actually urine. Knowing what I know about weather, and having 59 years of pissing experience would make me comfortable making a decision about which was more likely, even beyond a reasonable doubt..
Plus, when I was on Jury duty 20 years ago that was the exact same analogy the judge gave us as we were going in to deliberate. It's commonly used as an example of what constitutes circumstantial evidence.
The problem is that people always cash out. They cash out when they think it won't go higher, and then the first rats to flee the ship cash out as soon as it begins listing, and leave everyone else holding the bag. The company had $58 million in expenses against $4 million in revenues. $4 million is a tiny bit more than the average McDonald's restaurant takes in annually. But the average McDonalds store isn't spending $58 million just to keep the lights on and the Fryolators bubbling. I get wanting to be on the team, but the valuation is so totally out of whack with reality that there must be better ways to show support. If DJT gets permission to sell his shares prior to 6 months all the shares bought by retail investors will be nothing but charitable donations, except they won't be tax deductible.
A:) If he is innocent he should have his day in court and prove what a scumbag Smith is. B:) if Presidents are immune from criminal prosecution I am afraid of what Biden might do.
Isn't the 14th amendment the one that freed the slaves?
Honest question: Isn't Media Matters just exercising their own free speech?
If you think about how many Capitol police were involved on J6, the fact that only 114 were injured proves it was peaceful. It was something like a quarter of the total. Show me one football game where at least 114 cops aren't injured. That's typically more than half the cops at a football game.
Did they take home movies of themselves pepper spraying cops? If so, it's definitely an insurrection.
But you can't refute a single thing I said with a single fact? Not one? Come on! Do better!