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Sep 9, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
From Bob Woodward's new Trump book: Trump told Woodward that he knew the coronavirus was "deadly" and worse than the flu while intentionally misleading Americans that it was otherwise.
washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-w…
"Woodward writes that Kushner advised people that one of the most important guiding texts to understand the Trump presidency was 'Alice in Wonderland.'"
Trump admitted to Woodward on March 19 that he deliberately minimized the danger of the coronavirus. “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump said.
Woodward asked Trump if he had a responsibility to better understand the plight of Black Americans:
“No,” Trump replied, his voice described by Woodward as mocking and incredulous. “You really drank the Kool-Aid, didn’t you? Just listen to you. Wow. No, I don’t feel that at all.”

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May 30
Trump fought the law and the law won. Another verdict - from voters - needs to land on Election Day.

My column: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
“Congress impeached Trump twice, but Republican allies put the acquisition and retention of power ahead of civic duty and let him elude accountability. Three other criminal trials are still in motion against him, but they’ve been bogged down.”
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May 16
After the 2020 presidential race, some Trump supporters spread the Big Lie that the election was stolen. They displayed upside-down American flags in protest. One home flying an inverted flag was the residence of Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/…
"While the flag was up, the court was still contending with whether to hear a 2020 election case, with Justice Alito on the losing end of that decision."
"In coming weeks, the justices will rule on two climactic cases involving the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, including whether Mr. Trump has immunity for his actions. Their decisions will shape how accountable he can be held."
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Apr 23
At 100 Centre St awaiting the start of Trump criminal trial at 11 ET. First order of business at 9:30 tho: Judge Merchan is holding a hearing on whether Trump violated the court’s gag order with repeated statements and social media posts attacking likely witnesses and the court.
Trump will shrug off any relatively modest fines levied against him. He doesn’t care about several thousand dollars. He is likely to care about the prospect of jail time, however. Merchan runs a tight, sober-minded courtroom. We’ll see how he decides to rein in Trump.
Prosecutors are detailing a list of occasions when they say Trump violated the gag order — including yesterday “right outside this building.”

“No one is off limits to the defendant and he can attack and intimidate any one he wants,” says Chris Conroy, Exec ADA.
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Mar 29
RIP Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win supporting actor Oscar. apnews.com/article/1e86e1…
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Trump’s financial trap — he can’t come up with the cash to appeal his $454 million civil fraud judgment — may ravage his business. More directly: It intensifies his threat to national security by making him an easy mark for overseas interests. My column: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Dec 22, 2023
Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers in Michigan not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed by The Detroit News. detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…
“It’s just shocking that the president of the United States was at the most minute level trying to stop the election process from happening," said one Wayne County commissioner.
"Offering something of value to a public official to not perform a required duty may raise legal issues for a person doing so," said Chris Thomas, a lawyer who served as Michigan's elections director for more than three decades.
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