Let's talk a bit about Buttdial McRudypants's evidence problem. So the FBI raided his office (extremely rare) & obviously they had gotten a warrant from a judge to do that. What did they achieve? A thread on his perils
Giuliani jeopardy thread 2/
To be clear. Rudy Giuliani himself knows he is totally guilty and utterly f*cked. He had begged Trump for a pardon and did it openly, that was how desperate Buttdial McRudypants was already last year, BEFORE his criming around the January 6 riots
Giuliani jeopardy thread 3/
Feds raided The Ghouliani's home and office. They had a warrant which allowed them also to seize nearly a dozen electronic devices. NOW the SDNY has NOT reviewed ANY of the devices, but have asked a judge to appoint a specialist to first vet devices
Giuliani jeopardy thread 4/
So just like in the Michael Cohen case, the feds first want to eliminate any evidence that falls under 'client-attorney privilege' and is thus inadmissible in court. The feds do not even want to SEE it. Why? Because they HAVE ALL THEY EVER COULD NEED
Giuliani jeopardy thread 5/
We know from Lev Parnas that he turned states's evidence and handed over a treasure trove of evidence against Giuliani, including photographs, videos and messaging traffic. Giuliani is screwed on THIS EVIDENCE ALONE. But the FBI raid makes it worse...
Giuliani jeopardy thread 6/
For any evidence that the SDNY had via Lev Parnas, which they now find from Giuliani, they can 'skip' the Lev Parnas part - where Rudy's lawyers can try to claim Lev is untrustworthy etc. Some of Lev's evidence WILL BE preserved with Giuliani's files.
Giuliani jeopardy thread 7/
So for any evidence the feds had via Lev Parnas, that Giuliani had not destroyed, will make the Giuliani trial SHORTER, but the end result will be the same.
Now, SOME of Giuliani evidence is MOST DEFINITELY destroyed. Why? Because Rudy WAS WARNED
Giuliani jeopardy thread 8/
The SDNY was ready to prosecute Giuliani LAST SUMMER (2020). Bill Barr blocked the raid then. Barr definitely will have told Trump what a great job Barr was doing, loyally protecting Trump. So Trump knew. And Trump of course then told his boy, Rudy
Giuliani jeopardy thread 9/
So Giuliani knew at LATEST late last summer, that he is the TARGET of a federal investigation about the Ukraine meddling. And Giuliani was confident, Trump will be pardoning him anyway, so of course Giuliani destroyed evidence back then. Anyone would
Giuliani jeopardy thread 10/
If Giuliani has destroyed ANY evidence about the activity relating to Ukraine - that the feds DO have, via Lev Parnas (or other sources), it serves as EVIDENCE OF GUILT. That Rudy did this KNOWINGLY and deliberately. That establishes his motive
Giuliani jeopardy thread 11/
After Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were arrested, and at least Lev flipped, of course Lev cannot get to NEW evidence about Rudy
It leads us to the even more devastating news of past days. There have been TWO current witnesses INSIDE Giuliani's orbit
Giuliani jeopardy thread 12/
So two people close to Giuliani have provide the feds with NEW evidence against Rudy, SINCE Lev Parnas was arrested. And Giuliani has been a very very guilty boy in the past year or so. There is a TON of NEW criming, to add on top of Ukraine scandal.
Giuliani jeopardy thread 13/
Like with Michael Cohen, because SDNY has requested a judge to appoint a special expert to review all seized materials, and weed out any that are inadmissible due to client-attorney privilege, this process will take WEEKS. have patience
Giuliani jeopardy thread 14/
After the SDNY receives the 'cleaned' evidence from the Court-appointed specialist, only after that will the proper evaluation of this evidence even commence. It will take weeks more. BUT Giuliani will be arrested. This summer
Giuliani jeopardy thread 15/
Remember, client-attorney privilege does NOT protect against any crimes that the attorney is involved in. And remember, the FEDs ARE entitled to discover evidence of ANY OTHER CRIMES that existed in same location, found during a search under warrant
PS on Giuliani
He will be convicted. The arrest comes this summer, trial after that
And Giuliani will flip on Trump. That is certain
Rudy is a former notorious PROSECUTOR, who will have a bounty on his head & endangered life span inside a prison, even in solitary confimenment
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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
GAG ORDER THREAD/2
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
GAG ORDER THREAD/3
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
New York New York Thread /2
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
New York New York Thread /3
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
Flipper Thread/2
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
Flipper Thread/3
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