NEW: CW/Sexual assault: a former employee of Rudy Giuliani is suing him under the New York Adult Survivor’s act for rape. According to the lawsuit, he forced her to give him oral sex DURING phone calls with important people. 1/
Sometimes this would happen when Rudy was strategizing with Trump on how to stop Mueller. 2/
The lawsuit goes into a lot of detail about Rudy’s constant drinking. 3/
While the abuse was going on, Rudy was not paying her, and was keeping her employment a secret. 4/
She overheard conversations about the plan to claim “voter fraud” if trump lost the 2020 election. 5/
She has recordings and texts and emails. Here’s one where Rudy says she’s HIS and no one else can have her now. 6/
He told her that he and Donald were selling pardons for $2M, which he would split with Donald. 7/
Here is the rape allegation. 8/
Per the lawsuit, while raping her, Rudy would call her a cxnt, a bxtch, and “Rudy’s slxt”, and would discuss BDSM. 9/
Rudy hits Ms. Dunphy while raping her, per the lawsuit. 10/
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Going through some old stuff. Here’s me on the inside cover of San Diego Music Matters in May, 2005. At the time, I wrote the Soundvogue music column for the Lavender Lens, an LGBTQ+ publication. I was also in a band. 1/
I got to interview KD Lang. 2/
And They Might Be Giants, who now do the music for my podcast almost 20 years later. @tmbg 3/
NEW: George SANTOS has been charged with 13 counts of wire fraud, unlawful monetary transactions exceeding $10K, theft of public money, wire fraud for fraudulent receipt of unemployment, and false statements. Here’s the 5 counts of wire fraud 18 U.S. Code § 1343: 20 years max
Here’s the 3 counts of unlawful transactions under 18 U.S. Code § 1957: max sentence 10 years: 2/
Here’s where he stole unemployment from New Yorkers. Since the aggregate exceeding $1000, the max sentence is 10 years in prison. 3/
THOUGHTS: A lot of folks are reaching out to me today about the E Jean Carroll verdict given my background and history, so I figured I would address it in a short thread. First and foremost, I AM GRATEFUL. 1/
I'm grateful for the bravery and courage of E Jean. So many of us who couldn't report our rapes and assaults have never known justice, and justice for one of us feels like justice for all of us. I am also RELIEVED. 2/
I'm relived that the rule of law sometimes prevails, and that the untouchable donald trump is now beginning to see the consequences of his actions. I hope this trend continues because no one is above the law. 3/
THREAD: DOJ SENTENCING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY:
Just finished reading the 183-page sentencing memo and motion for upward departure for the Oath Keepers convicted of Seditious Conspiracy over two trials in November and January, and WOW, the DOJ MEANS BUSINESS 1/
This is going to be a quick overview, but I'll go over all of this in detail on Monday's Daily Beans Podcast.
I've been waiting to see these recommendations for a few reasons. 2/
1. I wanted to see if DoJ would calculate the sentence for seditious conspiracy using TREASON because there's no specific sentencing guideline for Seditious Conspiracy
2. I wanted to see if DoJ would ask for an upward departure for Terrorism 3/
1. Donald cut his trip short to return to the states. 2. The Calamaris just testified in the documents case and they work for the Trump Org. 3. DoJ subpoenaed Mar a Lago surveillance tapes last June. 1/
4. DoJ ALSO subpoenaed the tapes directly from the software company 5. There appear to be gaps in the tapes the Trump Org handed over 6. Corcoran was compelled to testify about a phone call he had with Donald the day the Trump Org got the surveillance tape subpoena. 2/
7. Nauta wouldn't cooperate so he was investigated, & a text between him and a Calamari was found 8. Jack Smith has a cooperator in the documents case 9. Since arriving home, Donald has been losing his shit on Truth Social about the documents case & Obstruction of Justice. 3/
BREAKING: THREAD: JACK SMITH has obtained the COOPERATION of a trump insider in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. AND, there are GAPS in the surveillance footage. DOJ has SUBPOENAED the software company. 1/nytimes.com/2023/05/04/us/…
ALSO, one of the recent special counsel subpoenas is related to trump’s dealings with the SAUDIS in his LIV GOLF tournament venture. 2/
FURTHER: Corcoran testified in March during his second visit to the grand jury that several trump employees told him that the storage room was the ONLY place where documents were kept. 3/