Trump Org CFO and Trump personal accountant Allen Weisselberg surrendered today to Manhattan DA for arrest on criminal charges of NY tax fraud. His trial will come soon. What happens AFTER this trial and conviction? This thread shows what comes NEXT
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Weisselberg surrendered today because of Tax Fraud by Donald Trump at Manhattan DA office on criminal charges. I explained what this MANHATTAN DA case is about, in this thread today:
My day JOB is an analyst (tech & media industry, 12 books etc). Also do political analysis. I am also professional forecaster, one of most accurate on Twitter
My followers are usually interested in my take of what comes NEXT not what is happening NOW
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We KNOW Weisselberg is now charged on an incredibly solid case, that he will lose (he will be convicted of criminal tax fraud). You can follow the play-by-play of that trial by real attorneys. I am not an attorney.
But I can tell you what comes next
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As I've said, Allen is in 5 Trump CRIMINAL cases:
1 Tax fraud (Manhattan DA)
2 Money laundering (NY AG)
3 Sanctions busting (Federal SDNY)
4 2016 campaign finance (Federal, Mueller)
5 More recent fraud while POTUS (DC Hotel etc)
He has to confess to ALL
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Manhattan DA (= NY Taxes) case is FASTEST way to get Trump to prison (Trump faces over 20 criminal and civil cases)
Because I have a separate Thread just about Manhattan DA, I will not discuss how screwed Allen is & why he loses THAT case. Let's look beyond
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The SECOND Trump Criminal case, involving Weisselberg, is Money Laundering
It is ALSO a NY state criminal case, but is in a DIFFERENT court, not Manhattan. It is run by NY Attorney General.
Money laundering with Trump goes back to his bankrupted casinos in New Jersey. He was laundering money for Mafia. Weisselberg knows all these details
Wouldn't it be funny if Chris Christie had some crooked deal in prosecuting Trump back then? (or Giuliani)
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The RECENT money laundering (this is still 2nd case, NY AG) is Russian money, Putin oligarchs. Here we may get some shady crooks caught (again) like General Flynn & Manafort
In case of money laundering, there HAS to be a counterpart whose money is laundered
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THIRD criminal case is Sanctions Busting: federal crimes (SDNY)
This is life in prison, crimes against the USA
This is what Weisselberg feared, and begged Trump for a Presidential pardon. This pardon request was Trump's toughest decision to turn down.
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So sanctions were about Putin invading & occupying Crimea. Trump as a civilian back then, went onto Fox (#FixFox) to argue that Russian sanctions should be ended !!! Anyway, Trump had helped Putin circumvent those sanctions
...This is Deutsche Bank records
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You remember Deutsche Bank connection to SCOTUS? Yes, Justice Kennedy's sudden retirement. His son was corrupt banker at DB who handled Trump's loans
As part of SDNY case about sanctions busting MIGHT get to Kennedy mystery too (Did Trump sell SCOTUS seat?)
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The FOURTH Trump criminal case involving Weisselberg is 2016 campaign finance crimes (= Mueller). Federal. Is now being investigated. Mueller promised us, he preserved all evidence. One part of this is 'Individual One' and Michael Cohen/Stormy Daniels case
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FIFTH Trump crime is emoluments, financial crimes DURING Trump Presidency, starting with his hotel in DC. This brings Ivanka, Melania, and some Trump White House people etc involved. Most of these crimes are so recent, they are not even fully known yet.
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When Weisselberg flips (he will flip), he hast to confess to ALL crimes (all 5 cases), and bargain to get his MULTIPLE LIFE SENTENCES prison term reduced. That is a COMPLEX plea bargain. We do not NEED Allen to flip to get Trump. But makes the case stronger
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The serial murderer, smuggler, extortionist & crook, America's most notorious gangster, Al Capone was not convicted on murder, but on TAX crimes, & died n prison
It doesn't matter HOW we get Trump in prison. He has MULTIPLE separate criminal trials waiting
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After Trump's first criminal conviction (NY Taxes/Manhattan DA) he pays dozens of millions if not hundreds of millions of back taxes (his buildings seized) AND goes to prison, for a decade or more.
He becomes CONVICTED FELON & fraud. THAT changes everything
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That Thing on top of Trump's head will be shaved. Trump will be BUSSED from one criminal trial to the next, wearing an orange jumpsuit in his court appearances
It becomes FAR EASIER to convince a jury of his OTHER crimes, after he is convicted on the first
I have now added part 3 for today's Threads: It is the OTHER Trump major cases, not involving Weisselberg, so Giuliani, Matt Gaetz, Roger Stone... if you want my take and update on those too:
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