Thread by @lawofruby

The Manhattan DA’s grand jury is meeting today but reportedly not about the Trump investigation. Before you conclude that Costello wounded Cohen and that Bragg and co. are now desperately regrouping, pause to consider Trump’s “truths” of last night. 1/

I’ll say it again: Trump’s Truth Social posts are his biggest tell, revealing his frustration & fury about facts not yet evident to us. One key example? He attacked GA election workers Ruby Freeman & Shaye Moss right before the Fulton County special grand jury report was done. 2/

He also reiterated every awful, allegedly defamatory thing he said about E. Jean Carroll on the eve of being deposed in her case, leading to a second and arguably much stronger case for her. 3/

And that leads me to this morning. My better angels remind me to watch what they do, not what they say. But what Trump says is often a pure id-fueled distillation of what he knows and fears, and we can only guess. 4/

And today, his screed starts, “WHY WON’T BRAGG DROP THIS CASE?” before devolving into amped-up accusations laced with anti-Semitism & anti-Blackness plus outright charges of fascism. To me, that suggests whatever the reason for the delay, it’s not going to help Trump. FIN