CHRISTIE: Donald, if you pardon your kids, they'll be forced to testify against you. And they will. You've trained them to be selfish. You know them. They'll bury you. You cannot be this stupid. It'd be the dumbest thing you could do
BARR: What idiot suggested these 20 pardons today? Anyone who was involved with you will now be forced to testify against you! Was it Hannity? Don't tell me you're listening to Giuliani again? Hasn't he gotten you into enough trouble?
IVANKA: Daddy, don't pardon anyone who is not family. Not Manafort, not Giuliani and gosh, not that vile creep Stephen Miller. The more you pardon, the more there will be investigations. Keep pardons just within the family, Daddy.
DON JR: Sir, Ivanka testified in DC against you & Eric testified in NY. You can't trust them. Eric isn't even our blood. That freak was fathered by Gary Busey. Just pardon me
TRUMP: Should I pardon your scary wife, the Gargoyle?
IVANKA: Daddy, don't pardon the boys. Junior is an idiot. Eric is a moron and isn't even our blood. We all know his dad is Gary Busey, so fuck him. Just pardon me
ERIC: Sir, pardon all of us, all of your kids. Not just Jr and Ivanka, but your adopted kids like Lindsey Graham, Matt Gaetz and me. And Sir, also pardon all of your illegitimate kids like Hope Hicks & Hannity. Pardon all of us
GIULIANI: "Don't pardon your kids. They're all conspiring against you. Eric testified in New York. Ivanka testified in DC. Pardon me. I'm the only one you can trust. So only pardon me."
TRUMP: Mike? I don't have a bid from you. Don't you want a pardon?
POMPEO: No Donald. I'm better off negotiating with the FBI & ratting out this snake pit. I'm gonna go do that & call it 'being on quarantine for Covid'. Good luck
HANNITY: Sir, I'm the only one of your biological children who has remained loyal to you. Even Ivanka is now ratting you out in DC court. Don't pardon them. Fuck 'em. Pardon only me
FIRST TRAMP: Stuff your pardon, Donald. I don't need it. I made recordings. The divorce takes effect on 20th of January & I'm taking Barron. We have a saying in the Slovenian Hooker Association: "I really don't care, do you?"
"Mr DeJoy, I just got word from the President about your pardon. Because you couldn't rig the postal vote, I was asked to tell you that your pardon got lost in the mail. I am so sorry."
Hey Donald! We didn't need to even think of pardoning our kids. Also, everybody you pardon will have to testify against you next year. Even we could not imagine you being this stupid. Have a great time in prison!
COHEN: Donald, just so you know. After you didn't pardon me, I told everybody how you treated me, and told them all to make recordings. It doesn't matter whether you pardon them or not, they will all screw you when they testify.
OPERATOR: Line 1 is Matt Gaetz, asking about his pardon. Line 2 is Ted Cruz, asking about his pardon. Line 3 is Jim Jordan, asking about his pardon. And on line 4, Lindsey Graham is still holding
No. We did not meet to discuss bribes to sell Presidential pardons. No. Not at all. No pardons were discussed. We were... discussing the... alarming rise of the terror of... widespread death caused by... windmills! Yes. Windmills
GIULIANI: Donald, even if you pardon yourself on federal crimes, you'll face New York state crimes. I hold evidence to put you away for life, on your crimes in New York. Don't pardon your kids, they're ratting you out. Just pardon me.
TRUMP: No. I'm not giving any of you assholes leading the Republicans any pardons at all. You fuckers didn't fund my Wall. So I will launch the Patriot Party instead, to destroy you and your pathetic party
MANAFORT: Ivanka, tell your idiot dad, that If I don't get my pardon, I hand over all of my evidence to the prosecutors. The money from Putin came to the Donald in New York state, so he can't pardon any of you out of that prison time
I seem to have some issues with moving into tremendous Mar-A-Lago on January 20th. Would you happen to have a spare bedroom for a couple of months? I could grant you a full Presidential pardon in exchange?
TRUMP: I am a bit tight on cash right now. What if I give your lackeys all Presidential pardons, like Rand Paul, Mitch McTurtle & Ron Johnson? Would that be enough for me to get asylum in Moscow? I promise I'll pay you back everything
TRUMP: I am a bit tight on cash right now. What if I give your lackeys Presidential pardons, like to Jared Kushner? Would that be enough for me to get asylum in Saudi Arabia? I promise I'll pay you back everything
TRUMP: Rudy said that a Presidential pardon won't stop New York state from prosecuting you, & a pardon would force you to testify against me. So I'm not going to pardon either of you. Also, there is no money left in my will, I'm broke
"I Donald J Trump hereby pardon Donald J Trump for all crimes foreign and domestic; federal, state, local and intergalactic; before, now and in the future. And I won the election."
TRUMP: Should I give you a Presidential pardon, for the bribes I accepted when I made you a Justice of the Supreme Court? Would that help or hurt you? Maybe you should reconsider whether you will pay me another bribe now?
CHRISTIE: Donald, if you pardon your kids, they will be forced to testify against you. And they will. You've trained them to be selfish. You know them. They would bury you. You cannot be this stupid. It would be the dumbest thing you could do.
BARR: What idiot suggested you should pardon your kids? Was it Hannity? Don't tell me you're listening to Giuliani again? Hasn't he gotten you into enough trouble?
IVANKA: Daddy, don't pardon anyone who is not family. Not Manafort, not Giuliani and gosh, not that vile creep Stephen Miller. The more you pardon, the more there will be investigations. Keep pardons just within the family, Daddy.
I've told the joke a hundred times here on TW that Trump killed the GOP. In reality there is a civil war inside the party. The lunatics (aka SPD caught Sarah Palin's Disease aka Tea Party aka Maganutters) were a growing mess well before Trump (aka... Sarah Palin..)
GOP is sick..
The lunatics are currently running the party. Boehner quit and Paul Ryan quit when they could not handle the lunatics. And with gerrymandering, the more extremist maganutters gained power. The Republican party is now run by the nutters.
It would be VERY healthy for a split
If a Patriot Party were to split out of GOP, it would take roughly half of current Washington DC GOP with it, more on House side, less on Senate side. Rump GOP would become instantly powerless, DEMs would become dominant party. The (Tea) Patriot Party would be genuine third party
Hollywood Writer's End to Georgia Runoff Thread 1/14
This is a SCENARIO. This is not a FORECAST. It is a plausible end. It is one way Georgia Runoff election MIGHT end in a few weeks. If a Hollywood writer (imagine episode of West Wing) did this story. How would it end?
Enjoy
Hollywood End Georgia Runoff Thread 2/14
So first, obviously, I hope we win both seats in the Georgia Runoff, Jon Ossoff @ossoff and Rev Warnock @ReverendWarnock - please support both campaigns. The Senate literally hangs in the balance of Georgia.
My Thread is a hypothetical..
Hollywood End Georgia Runoff Thread 3/14
Secondly Georgia runoffs WILL decide whether Republicans & #MoscowMitch McTurtle can hold onto the Senate. If we win BOTH runoffs, the Senate will be 50/50 split, ties broken by Vice President which will be Kamala Harris
I think Biden WANTED to announce his AG earlier. I believe he has been forced to reconsider his first choices. For a HORRIBLE reason
I think there is FAR worse criminality INSIDE the DOJ & Government than Biden knew. As Barr was fired, DOJ staffers..
..as Barr was fired, DOJ staffers have suddenly felt more safe to reach out privately to Biden, to warn of the horrid time-bombs ticking inside DOJ - starting with the corrupt Rosenstein now in charge.
Joe has been forced to rethink who would be BEST FOR AMERICA to do that job..
..and here is superbly wild play.
It might be a brilliant idea to nominate a REPUBLICAN as the AG. Obviously NOT in any way tainted by Trump. Think of General Colin Powell. While a Republican, he was always a patriot first (too bad about WMD). Someone like Powell, fair
Let's consider the pardons telephonathon at the White House for a moment...
a brief thread. I think I can keep this brief. But we'll see :-)
(at editing of this thread: sorry. Became 11 Tweets... so about mid-length)
Pardon-a-Thon thread 2/11
So Trump has a spreadsheet of requests for pardons. Most of those are from Trump 'supporters'. Who clearly KNOW they've done something wrong that needs a pardon.
Let's assume Trump is so dumb & desperate for cash (to pay interest on his $1.1B debt)..
Pardon-a-Thon thread 3/11
..assuming Trump is so dumb to issue about 100 pardons to his various co-conspirators, what would happen?
First, all who receive pardons & accept them, will in a legal sense admit their guilt. ALL are then unable to use '5th Amendment' protections
So Entitlement Barbie was in court yesterday, giving sworn testimony to DC Attorney General, on a case that is both Federal AND state (DC district) law. It may be why Barr was summoned urgently for 2 hours to WH yesterday.
Remember. A Presidential pardon (by Trump, possibly Pence, and of course not by Biden) would ONLY apply to FEDERAL crimes, not state level crimes. And does not absolve the guilt of any CIVIL lawsuits (damages). Trump CANNOT pardon Ivanka for DC lawsuit (in total, maybe part)
We knew from Mueller Report, that at least 12 potential crimes were 'farmed out' to states. At least one certainly involved 'Individual One' that is known to be Trump, and sent his attorney Michael Cohen to prison. It is essentially CERTAIN to land Trump into prison after 20 Jan