Trump forced Kennedy to retire early. It is very likely extortion, very likely linked to Kennedy's son who worked at Deutsche Bank approving Trump's loans worth around $300 million, backed by Vladimir Putin (likely money laundering)
Trump replaced Kennedy with Justice Kavanaugh. His financial situation had miraculous improvements (likely not directly Trump but rather rich Republican donors who wanted to own a SCOTUS Justice). But Trump very likely demanded a BRIBE to appoint Kava. Like Gov Blagojevich tried
Extortion and bribes are difficult to prove
Trump used extortion REGULARLY (and we saw him do it with Ukraine, Impeachment 1)
He also demanded bribes for his appointments (Ambassador to EU who testified in Impeachment 1 admitted to paying $1 million to get his job)
If anyone has blackmailed, extorted a federal judge, that person goes to prison for at least a decade. Even more if it were to be a SCOTUS Justice. Kennedy? May be hard to prove but if happened, there will be some who knew, & some of those may want to plea bargain that knowledge
If someone has taken bribes to sell government appointments, that person goes to prison for at least a decade (See Governor Blagojevich, who 'coincidentally' was pardoned by Trump, haha)
If Trump took a bribe for the Kava seat... there will be receipts... and it WILL come out
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Today we learned New York state AG Attorney General has joined Manhattan DA District Attorney in making the financial investigation of Trump Org into a criminal case. This is very bad news for Trump, but past week has had bad developments in THREE cases..
Trump Legal Thread 2/
Let's examine the 3 main criminal issues facing Trump, and what bad developments have taken place in them.
First reminder. Al Capone was not convicted of multiple murders. He was convicted of tax fraud. Tax crimes never expire. Trump FEARS the NY tax case
Trump Legal Thread 3/
Today's news from NY AG, is a SEPARATE case from Manhattan DA. Neither of these are 'SDNY' which is FEDERAL criminal jurisdiction. We are looking at New York STATE crimes. A Presidential pardon would not even help in these (if Trump has secret self-pardon)
This wkend Trump was freaking out. He had gotten wind that something bad to him is about to happen. This was that bad thing. His New York tax fraud case is now a criminal case, not just Manhattan DA, but New York state AG office.
Thread..
This is a DRAMATIC change. CHANGE in the case.
Remember, New York already had Trump tax returns (Trump took it to SCOTUS twice! Twice! and lost both times). And NY has Deutsche Bank records. They know it was a crime. But they need to prove CRIMINAL INTENT
New York has already had Michael Cohen providing testimony as a friendly witness. Eric Trump was forced to testify for 8 hours. Many other Trump Org people have testified. All this was months ago. What happened NOW?
Possibly Allen Weisselberg flipped. Or this is extra pressure
Many are mentioning that Trump might be a flight risk. He is
The most popular destination suggested is asylum in Russia. That is highly unlikely
Would defection by Trump get him beyond justice. No, of course not. Let's do the analysis thread on asylum.
Trump Asylum Thread 2/
Asylum is a form of international sanctuary. Go to another country to escape persecution (or prosecution). Ballet dancers like Nureyev, Baryshnikov and Godunov defected from Soviet Union. Wikileaks's Julian Assange seeked refuge in Embassy of Ecuador
Trump Asylum Thread 3/
And a former Dictator who tried to destroy the young democracy in Ukraine and take power, Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted in 2014. He defected to Russia. A Putin pal.
Where did we hear that name? Oh, MANAFORT was assisting Yanukovych rape his nation. Yeah.
While I am doing Trump self-pardon (so he most def has signed that for himself) many also have been asking about Rudy Colludy. Does Giuliani have a secret pardon?
No. He does not. Let's do this thread once and for all
Giuliani Pardon Thread 2/
Giuliani was BEGGING Trump for a pardon. He never got one. If he had a secret pardon, he would have waived it on the day the FBI raided his office. Why? Because he dealt with the worst scum international thugs, who TRUSTED their alleged attorney of NY
Giuliani Pardon Thread 3/
Had Rudy had a pardon, he would have waived it to keep his legal offices clean. Now Giuliani's legal career has effectively ended. NOBODY can ever trust Rudy as a lawyer, because the Feds have raided his office.
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...
As Trump is seeing the walls caving in all around him, let's do a May update to the stages of where is the Prison Time, that is coming to Trump
I promise you. Trump will go to prison. Let's examine, in Rumfeldian words some known knowns & some unknowns..
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I can PROMISE you, Trump goes to prison. We do not know WHEN he goes to prison. There are MANY ongoing cases against him. But let's do an update. Starting with certainty. Some of Trump's prison sentences are KNOWN KNOWNS... Like Michael Cohen..
Trump Prison Thread 3/
We KNOW Trump will go to prison, because of Michael Cohen, his former attorney. Michael Cohen pleaded guilty and got 3 year sentence. In his case Donald Trump was 'Individual One' the person who DIRECTED the crimes of Cohen. Trump WILL DO THIS TIME.