Ever since the Trump Org / Weisselberg Indictment was filed, I've been tweeting about some of the [bogus] defenses being put forward in the media.
I gathered my thoughts and put them into a video.
I'll post an edited transcript shortly.
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I gathered my thoughts and put them into a video.
I'll post an edited transcript shortly.
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Here's an edited transcription: terikanefield.com/the-trump-orga…
The video was a bit longer than my usual video (almost 16 minutes!)
But it's totally not my fault!
It's because there are so many bogus defenses out there.
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The video was a bit longer than my usual video (almost 16 minutes!)
But it's totally not my fault!
It's because there are so many bogus defenses out there.
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By amazing coincidence, I talked about this one in my video.
But I don't think people like this ⤵️are actually interested in the difference between political prosecution (which abandons rule of law) and rule of law prosecution (grounded in facts and evidence).
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But I don't think people like this ⤵️are actually interested in the difference between political prosecution (which abandons rule of law) and rule of law prosecution (grounded in facts and evidence).
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I'm glad people find it helpful. That's why I do it, of course.
Talking to my ipad for 15 minutes is harder than it looks. (people who know me in real life would laugh at that and say: HAHA Teri has no trouble talking.)
https://twitter.com/GardenSeniors/status/1411708586972127237
Talking to my ipad for 15 minutes is harder than it looks. (people who know me in real life would laugh at that and say: HAHA Teri has no trouble talking.)
Ordinarily, I often add a Twitter summary, but in this case, I've been tweeting this stuff, and some came from the Washington Post piece I co-authored⤵️ washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…
The video doesn't include everything I tweeted, but it also includes more.
The video doesn't include everything I tweeted, but it also includes more.
I appreciate the keen, insightful critiques from people who disagree with my analysis ⤵️
I just listened to Trump's rambling yesterday about the charges.
His strategy seems to be to gloss over the fraud and duplicity, lie about the charges, and hope that sways the right-wing Court of Public Opinion.
His strategy seems to be to gloss over the fraud and duplicity, lie about the charges, and hope that sways the right-wing Court of Public Opinion.
It was an admission that a crime occurred, but he carefully limited the admission to a small portion of what was charged. He didn't admit to the key items.
He did offer a few bogus defenses.
"I didn't know it was a crime," but he only claimed ignorance about a narrow portion.
He did offer a few bogus defenses.
"I didn't know it was a crime," but he only claimed ignorance about a narrow portion.
Then he hit the "it wasn't so bad; other people do worse" bogus defense that I talked about in the video.
Along with that, he implied that because what the Trump Organization did wasn't so bad, he was being singled out, a defense that won't work for reasons I explained.
Along with that, he implied that because what the Trump Organization did wasn't so bad, he was being singled out, a defense that won't work for reasons I explained.
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