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Aug 6, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
How can we understand Donald Trump's bizarre and disturbing behavior? Does his upbringing and makeup help us understand him?

His niece @MaryLTrump, author of the #1 NYT best seller, answered these questions and more on the latest episode of my #OnTopic podcast, out today! Image
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Nov 8
This election feels different than 2016, when we weren’t sure what a Trump presidency would bring.

Trump has indicated he will take direct control of the DOJ and FBI. A “cleansing” of the ranks, and abuse of prosecutorial power, may follow.

But the Constitution remains intact.
If Trump prosecutes his political rivals, they’ll be entitled to due process and a public trial overseen by a judge with life tenure.

Ultimately they can’t be convicted unless 12 ordinary citizens unanimously find them guilty. Even one person on the jury can derail the verdict.
Our criminal justice system is highly imperfect, as I tell my own clients when they face unjust results. But it has fundamental protections against tyranny that matter.

Those protections can’t just be “set aside” with the wave of a hand. Our institutions and laws still exist.
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Apr 22
THREAD: What are the key issues in the criminal trial of Donald Trump.
1/ Trump has been charged with Falsifying Business Records, *not* with making the hush money payments themselves.

That’s why the defense is going to focus on whether Trump knew about the false statements in business records.
2/ Prosecutors will try to prove his knowledge in two ways.

First, they’re introducing documents and testimony proving that Trump signed checks to pay Michael Cohen, and arguing that Trump knew that these checks were falsely suggesting Cohen was paid for legal services.
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Nov 6, 2023
1/ Donald Trump’s testimony today is not moving forward a purely legal strategy.

His legal team’s strategy was always defensive and focused on limiting liability elsewhere, which is why he took the Fifth hundreds of times in his deposition.
2/ You don’t frequently take the Fifth in a civil case if you plan to win.

Trump’s team likely saw the need to essentially concede defeat here and mitigate collateral damage coming from a loss.

But Trump’s ego has forced a change in strategy. But it’s not a *legal* strategy.
3/ You don’t attack the judge constantly if you want to win the trial.

The primary focus today is about PR/spin/politics. Trump wants to convince his followers that the trial is rigged and that he’s a victim, not a fraudster.

Secondarily, he’s trying to provoke the judge.
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Jul 26, 2023
THREAD: Why did the Hunter Biden plea deal fall apart?
1/ Earlier today, during a hearing when Hunter Biden was expected to plead guilty, the plea deal was scuttled after the judge asked whether he would be immune from prosecution for other possible crimes as a result of the deal.
nytimes.com/live/2023/07/2…
2/ After prosecutors said that it would not do so, Hunter Biden’s lawyers said that the deal was off.

Why did they do that?

To borrow the name of my podcast with @AshaRangappa_, it’s complicated.
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Jul 19, 2023
1/ The Michigan AG’s charges against fake electors are more important than you might realize.

Our electoral system is run at the state level, and as we saw in the last election, there is room for bad actors to get to subvert the process.

These charges will be a real deterrent.
2/ Remember that the “fake electors” aren’t billionaires. They’re not raising money off of these criminal charges. These charges won’t lead to fortune or fame.

They’re GOP party operatives who will be devastated by an indictment like a typical person is.
3/ Getting indicted isn’t fun. It is a stressful, costly, and humiliating experience.

Just like the charges of individual January 6th insurrectionists, these charges may deter foot soldiers who would consider joining an effort to overturn the *next* election.
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Jul 13, 2023
THREAD: What should we make of today's Ripple #XRP decision?
1/ Earlier this afternoon, federal judge Analisa Torres issued a long-awaited decision in SEC v. Ripple, a case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against Ripple Labs, a company that issues a token called #XRP.

Why should you care about this decision?
2/ Right now, the U.S. has no established regulatory framework for crypto. Other countries, like the UK, are working to create new, comprehensive regulatory regimes.

In the U.S., Congress hasn't done that, so the courts have to sort this out using existing law.
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