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Tomi T Ahonen Moved to Post, Spoutible & Mastodon Profile picture
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Trump Self-Pardon Thread 1/

As I wrote my thread on Trump Prison, many responded speculating about a secret Trump Self-Pardon.

I can tell you. He has pardoned himself. Yes. Donald J Trump has given himself a self-pardon. Of COURSE he has. Absolutely yes.

Let's consider this
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 2/

Do not give me that stunned look. Of COURSE Trump has signed a pardon, for himself. A blanket pardon. It is secret, he has that document, waiting. Of course he did this. He may be stupid, he is not that much an idiot NOT to try this futile gambit.
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 3/

Intuitively all of us understand, it 'cannot be legal' for a President to self-pardon himself of crimes. It would place him above the law, make him in effect a King.

That all may be. But the CONSTITUTION does not FORBID him...
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 4/

So technically, the Constitution gives the President UNLIMITED power to pardon (not excluding himself). No President has ever attempted a self-pardon. It has thus NEVER been TESTED in the Supreme Court. Because it is NOT FORBIDDEN, Trump did it
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 5/

Trump's self-pardon will be laughed out of court, by the Supreme Court, on a unanimous decision. Unanimous. But Trump appointed 3 dudes to SCOTUS. Those were not Trump's boys, they were MITCH McCONNELL's conservative justices. They HATE Trump
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 6/

If any of SCOTUS were pals of Trump they would have voted FOR his silly election lie, to keep Trump in power after the election. They voted UNANIMOUSLY against Trump (twice). And against him on his taxes etc. Trump will lose this OBVIOUS pathetic ploy
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 7/

But Trump has NOTHING to LOSE by singing that one piece of paper. He is a gambler who has lost it all. He will grasp at ANY straws, including this futile gambit. Of COURSE he has a signed self-pardon. It is also WORTHLESS. Do not panic.
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 8/

First off, Trump's self-pardon will be IRRELEVANT in ANY court cases of STATE law. A President can only pardon for FEDERAL crimes. Trump will do a DECADE in prison on his New York state TAX crimes, alone. Ignoring ANY other crimes.
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 9/

There are a TON of state crimes awaiting Trump from embezzlement in DC & Maryland, to a slew of financial fraud in New York to election fraud in Georgia, NJ, Penna, to tax fraud in Illinois, California etc. Trump does DECADES for these STATE crimes
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 10/

Trump CAN use his self-pardon to attempt to buy time in FEDERAL crimes like the extortion of Ukraine (Giuliani) or the terrorist attack he organized against Congress (Jan 6) or the corruption and extortion related to his pardons schemes. Only DELAY
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 11/

If Trump DOES show his self-pardon, he can probably cause a DELAY in that Federal criminal case. As it then goes through the courts to SCOTUS. YEARS of delay. But Trump awaits that time IN PRISON for his STATE crimes
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 12/

It is much worse. A Pardon is an ADMISSION OF GUILT. If Trump USES the signed pardon, he is admitting he was guilty. It kinda ruins his brand. He cannot claim innocence while waving a pardon. And it exposes Trump for testimony AGAINST HIMSELF..
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 13/

Trump obsessed more about pardon power than ANY other Presidential power. He asked about it from EVERYONE, lawyer and layman alike. He plotted and schemed about pardons, and finally figured, for his OWN pardon to work, he cannot pardon Giuliani etc
Trump Self-Pardon Thread 14/

Do not be worried, or alarmed. Very likely at some point Trump will show his self-pardon. It will not prevent justice from being done. Trump goes to prison anyway. And it is possible, Trump never even SHOWS the pardon he gave himself :-)
PS on pardons.

Trump didn't secretly pardon Giuliani (he woulda shown that already). Trump would totally ruin everything by pardoning Beavis or Butthead Trump, who are knee-deep in state crimes and been singing in depositions.

Entitlement Barbie? Might JUST have kissed for one?

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GAG ORDER THREAD

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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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Oct 14, 2023
Justice IS COMING

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 !!!
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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.. Image
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 Image
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Oct 12, 2023
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

Ok, Trumpo, I'm game
Let's get Trump opinions by HIS OWN Generals:

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... Image
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

and more... Image
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Oct 11, 2023
New York New York Thread /1

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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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Oct 3, 2023
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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Oct 1, 2023
Flipper Thread/1

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 Image
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 Image
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

But it gets worse Image
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