As Trump is nearing the end of his Presidential shield against criminal prosecution, lets preview a bit of Donald Trump's own (personal) crimes & civil lawsuits that are coming up.
This is an overview thread
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Trump has a SERIES of crimes & civil lawsuits coming up, that have DRAMATICALLY different impacts. Let's be clear about these. So a brief intro thread to the full range of what awaits Trump from January 20, 2021
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Understand Trump STANDARD operating procedure. He lies, he denies, he falsifies. Refuses testimony, refuses evidence, destroys evidence. Fires happen at Trump offices in alarming frequency. Plus he bribes & intimidates. Onerous Non-disclosure agreements
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Trump is a serial con artist, and serial criminal. So first. CIVIL trials. These are not 'crimes' they are just breaches of contract. Almost any Trump contract has been broken by Trump. And he's been in 4,000 lawsuits, personally (may be a world record)
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BEFORE Trump ran for President in 2015, he had broken HUNDREDS of contracts & faced hundreds of lawsuits still active (like Trump University etc). Trump regularly settles. But his CASES often were problematic with missing evidence or testimony
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In many cases those will now have expired due to 'statute of limitations' but NOT ALL. And with FBI raid of Michael Cohen's office, a treasure trove of evidence is in the hands of the FBI, that Trump cannot destroy by 'accidental fire'.
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These include civil trials related to Trump sex scandals, civil trial by Mary Trump of fraud in some last will & testament, etc. No doubt dozens of tenants & housing contractors etc with various gripes. These do not involve prison time
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The civil trials are going to tarnish Trump's image.
Next are TAX FRAUD trials in New York, Illinois, California, Florida etc. They involve prison time, and tax crimes never expire. State crimes cannot be pardoned the President. Trump will do time
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Because of the SCALE of the tax fraud crimes ($182 million dollars etc...) - the prison time will exceed Trump's remaining life span. He will never get out of prison, JUST on STATE TAX crimes. But now, understand impact...
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Because Trump will (rapidly) be convicted of serial tax fraud, & imprisoned for life - he is a CONVICT - in ALL OTHER trials. He cannot refuse a DNA sample, the doctors in the prison simply take a blood sample. He cannot avoid a hearing or court session
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BUT because Trump has a LONG SERIES of trials, we will never get to forget his ever-increasing series of lawsuits - like say forgotten Manafort or General Flynn were. Trump will be on trial every month for YEARS, always becoming ever worse for each loss
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Trump FEDERAL crimes include money laundering and sanctions-busting from BEFORE he ran for President. This is Putin money, laundered through Trump properties. These are 'treasonous' crimes. Aiding a foreign adversary UNDER SANCTIONS. This is FAR worse
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It is VERY difficult to prove & prosecute money laundering financial crimes. You'd pretty much have to have someone on the inside, making recordings, and ideally have the accountant flip & testify. But this is immense crime. 500 years of prison time
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The FBI raid of Michael Cohen office gets (at least some) of the money-laundering & sanctions-busting evidence (including recordings). Trump's ACCOUNTANT Allen Weisselberg flipped because of Cohen evidence. So we have the accountant too! Game over!
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Before he was elected, we have Trump campaign July 2015-Nov 2016. THAT is corrupt to the core. Paul Manafort brought in Putin bribes, laundered through the NRA, not just to Trump, but to the GOP. These are CAMPAIGN FINANCE crimes.. likely only fines
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The Trump 2016 campaign crimes will tie him to Putin, but likely not bring more prison time. It will tarnish his whole 'MAGA' brand as a willing 'Machurian Candidate' likely taking many Republicans down with him. This is still Michael Cohen evidence...
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After Nov 2016 comes Trump transition. Here we get bribes, a pay-to-play scheme, where Trump sold his Cabinet posts and ambassadorships etc. Selling a government position is a crime, more prison time. FOR EVERY SALE. AND the 'recipient' is also guilty
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Where Trump sold SOME postings for bribes, and that relationship soured (as most did), some will flip. Then the pattern emerges, and ALL come clean. Trump is in prison for life, bitter, likely will testify against every one, wanting them also in prison
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Then comes Trump Presidency, a kleptocracy. Every decision for Trump is 'transactional'. Pay Trump for his decision. Some times it is a favor, often it is a monetary bribe. These are all crimes of corruption, with even MORE prison time.
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Everything from Melania's Rose Garden destruction to Pompeo's arms sales to Saudi, will involve bribes & kick-backs to Trump. More prison time.
BUT I believe, the worst crime was that Trump sold SCOTUS seats. Those bribes will also be exposed, in time.
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The thread was ONLY about crimes committed by Donald Trump himself. There ALSO are crimes by his Hitler Jugend kids, separately. Then crimes by his White House Trumpomobsters, separately. Then crimes by selected OTHER Republicans, and NRA.. separately.
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I seriously expect Trump final cumulative sentence to be roughly 1,000 years (eligible for parole in 800). That is the correct magnitude
And Trumpomobsters? Well over 100 will go to prison. Far more than Nixon's Watergate crime spree
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On Monday Judge Chutkan in DC (Jack Smith 2) case will hold a hearing about putting a gag order on Herr Hezbollah, the nation's Terrorist-In-Chief. Trump was under protective order. He breached it many times. So this is now his 'final warning'
Let's do a Thread
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Don't look at me like that! This is JUSTICE. It is EXACTLY the same legal standard that would apply to you and me. Nothing more, nothing less. Trump is a FIRST TIME OFFENDER; has NEVER been convicted of any crime (yet). He was put on a 'protective order' FIRST
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Then Trump repeatedly broke that protective order. We WITNESSED IT LIVE on TV and on social media, REPEATEDLY
But the Judge CANNOT do anything about it. Until she is FORMALLY told by the prosecution. She CANNOT do anything yet. It would be same for you and me
We certainly feel it was taking too long. In reality this is about par for the course, in some ways FASTER than normal, for such a large criminal conspiracy. Timing is similar to Watergate
FIRST of PLANNERS of Jan 6 go to trial, in Georgia in two weeks !!!
So January 6th, 2021 was two years and 9 months ago. Over 1,000 of the violent mob have been caught, over half prosecuted, and prison sentences for those running up to more than a decade in prison. That is justice
The ORGANIZERS of the Jan 6th plot are Trump, the Seditious Six..
The ORGANIZERS of Jan 6 are
Trump
Seditious Six (Giuliani, Flynn etc)
Evil Eleven of Congress (Gosar, Gym, Gaetz etc)
and a handful others (Roger Stone, Bannon etc)
They are ALL CAUGHT
Jack Smith STARTED to prosecute the organizers. Look who he has as WITNESSES to this crime
Trump calls Hezbollah "very smart" for their terrorist attack? Same Senile Man called Putin smart for invading Ukraine. And called murdering dictators MBS and Kim Jong Un smart
Meanwhile Trump has called HIS OWN CABINET and HIS OWN GENERALS idiots & stupid
General Mattis: Trump's not mature, a 5th grader
General McMaster: he's a dope, kindergartner idiot
Colonel Esper: irresponsible
General Milley: crazy
General Hytin: an idiot
General Kelly: Trump's crazy, an unhinged idiot
Next...
Then let's ask Trump White House staff, people Trump selected:
VP Pence: Trump is reckless
CoS 1 Priebus: he's an idiot
CoS 2 (Kelly, in above)
CoS 3 Mulvaney: terrible human being, a clown show
CoS 4 Meadows: Trump is worthless
SoS Tillerson: he's a fucking moron
Trump was massively embarrassed in New York, and that trial still continues. But this incident (Trump sitting in NY court for 3 days and then bailed) exposes insight into how incredibly stupid, and self-destructive Trump is
Let's do a Thread
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So what happened? Trump sat in the civil trial - he is NOT required to be there (he must attend all criminal trials which start in March 2024). He feuded with the judge, got hit with a gag order, then stormed out of New York. Let's see how dumb it was
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Donald the Duck McTrump's whole brand is based on the carefully constructed fake illusion, that he is somehow a 'billionaire'. WE know he is not. That Trump is a fake, a con-artist, living on other people's money. But his SUPPORTERS believe that lie
What happens next? The House cannot conduct any other business until it has selected a new House Speaker. The GOP is in civil war. It may be chaos for a while. Most likely they find a suitable Republican Speaker
DEMs do not have votes for DEM Speaker
BUT DEMs could make a deal
If a slice of Republicans (as few as 6) ally with DEMs, then that alliance could select (a Republican) speaker
Realistically the most logical such choice is an EX House Republican, like Liz Cheney
Because of GOP civil war, DEMs have leverage now
This is the deal I suggest:
DEMs make deal for ANY Republican who they can trust (like Liz Cheney, Kinzinger) where promise is 2 House Votes every week. One vote on legislation provided by GOP, the other vote legislation provided by DEMs. Both will get a floor vote each week
With Friday's bombshell news in court filing by Jack Smith of 3 more prosecution witnesses - now just about as big as they come - let's do a Thread about the flippers in Trump's life, the rats who all testify under oath, in criminal courts, against Trump
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Trump committed an act of insurgency against America. That word is rarely used. The legal EFFECT is the same as 'treason'. Trump committed a crime which is essentially as bad as treason
So who does Jack Smith have as a witness? Trump's OWN Attorney General Barr
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Bill Barr was not just the nation's top lawyer, as Attorney General, when this plot was first hatched - Barr learned of the idea - and TOLD TRUMP IT IS ILLEGAL. That is what Barr will testify under oath. That Trump KNEW this plot is illegal