1. Unless the SCOTUS agrees with Trump that POTUS can harm justices with impunity, Trump's two federal trials will likely continue. If it is reasonably unlikely that the trials can be completed before the election then Jack Smith should consider the following:
2. In DC. Trump engaged in an organized violent attempt to overthrow US Constitution by attacking with a violent force with elements that were well-armed and waiting orders in Virginia. Whiskey Rebellion and Shays Rebellion support charge of Treason under the levies war clause
3. and statutory treason charge. Trump is likely under court supervision throughout the election and the addition of pre-trial supervision for a capital offense will be of little additional restriction NY won't have already imposed. There will be time for pretrial proceedings
4. to address superseding indictment in DC. Poss naming of Bannon & Flynn as named co-conspirators if the evidence supports a finding of guilty beyond reasonable doubt. DOJ likely has evidence beyond Twitter from Cipalone, Meadows, Giuliani & USSS proving Trump sought overthrow.
5. In Florida, I believe the evidence shows the espionage conspiracy began on or before November 12, 2020 when @LeaderMcConnell fast-tracked Eileen Cannon's confirmation. If there's evidence of Kash Patel's involvement in the nomination then the decision to put her in place
6. post January 20, 2024, they could charge it. Even if they don't move on that, the extent of Trump's dissemination of highly-classified material has likely cause the death of at least a US asset and, if so, charge could be amended to offense carrying life under 18 USC 794(a).
7. Don't allow this conspiracy to re-emerge to destroy us. Backing off to the MAGA conspirators' rhetoric will surrender our nation to the mob. Trump's statements after conviction can all be used against him in sentencing. It is possible he will be in custody during the
8. @GOPconvention.
Donald Trump dreamed of being on Broadway. At least he can say he was charged same crime as a guy with name of Broadway smash hit. NB it was a
different Hamilton charged for Whiskey Rebellion fought over tax imposed under Treas. Sec. Alexander Hamilton. 😎
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1. As the GOP and Trump become more unhinged and erratic I think I know why. They are likely learning what I discovered that Trump can be put in mental and medical assessment that can isolate him for up to 30 days. He likely suffers from dementia and stimulant addiction.
2. The state has an obligation to protect prisoners, prison population and staff and so that assessment will likely be part of what the judge decides upon sentencing when he determines whether to commit him to rehabilitation initially. I'm watching for how long it takes for
3. Trump to report to probation for PSI. If he's as bad as he appears, they'll have to clean him up. He was sniffling so likely used yesterday. The urine test may clear in a few days but hair is good for 90. I noticed he had gotten a noticeable hair cut in the past few days.
1. Reading NY law for some professional development. I see that if a person is not granted unconditional release they'll be under some form of probation supervision. First they do a presentencing report. What if a person is an alleged drug abuser? Do they dig into their past?
2. I wonder what the case law say about a probationer hanging around with people who have tried but failed to overthrow the Constitution? Would they be considered "disreputable?" What if you when you plan a big convention full of them? What are "injurious or vicious habits?
3. Would threatening witnesses and jurors suffice? Plus it must be exciting to know that your probation officer and come to you home and look around any time they want without warning.
1. One the greatest acts of disinformation that the media even our trusted @MSNBC buy into is that there are no ethical laws that apply to SCOTUS. That is false. 28 USC 455 makes clear that justices are covered by the mandatory recusal law. What the law lacks is a mechanism
2. to force recalcitrant SCOTUS justices to recuse when the law makes clear it's mandatory. But, what we all forget is the members of SCOTUS are all lawyers. They are all admitted to the bar and can be disbarred. The profession has the duty to police its own.
3. If Alito does not recuse, if Canon who personally knows a material witness does not recuse, members of their state bars are required to file a complaint if they have knowledge of a violation. If they don't they can be reported for failing to report.
1. I think #ATACMS have given #Ukraine the capability to take out or damage #KerchBridge but it's still standing. Why? US military doctrine generally would engage in a multifaceted attack on contested airspace SAM sites as part of the opening moves of a major offensive.
2. What we are witnessing may be a slower application of this doctrine by a force that lacks the ability to project massive fixed-wing air power like the US. The steady attrition of Crimea's S300 & S400 sites plus a EW radar in #Krasnodar is no doubt giving the #Kremlin pause.
3. They likely know that Ukraine is shaping for a move on Crimea but for the Kremlin to reinforce Crimea with a large ground force may simply be creating the conditions for that force to trapped with little hope of relief when the bridge is gone and no Russian ships can land.
1. I think it's unlikely there has been no Kremlin role in stoking the antisemitism on US campuses. Possible impairment of 702 during period pro-Kremlin members of Congress blocked its reauthorization, the Ukraine war based on disinformation of a Nazi-Jewish president,
2. Donald Trump's constant stoking of Nazi hate nationwide as an extension of the 2016 Russian influence campaign all strongly suggest a Kremlin role. The Senate Intelligence Committee needs to gather IC and make pointed inquiry whether this insurgent antisemitism has a Kremlin
3. related element and, if so, the IC needs to develop a counter-intelligence strategy to interdict the foreign influence including possibly using FISA Title I orders directed at persons who have been coopted by the Kremlin.
1. I remain a student of #Mideast affairs but the one thing I have known for certain for many years is that #Hamas does not seek to fix the Palestinians' plight. Hamas, like all antidemocratic forces in the region, seeks to exploit Palestinian injustice & misery to destroy the
2. #Jewish state. It is the thing that binds #Shia and #Sunni on a single mission, the same mission that #Hitler adopted: #Genocide. Sadly, #Netanyahu and his racist #warcabinet decided to use #agressivewar in response to the #Oct7Massacre to immediately flip
3. the script from #Israel as a victim to Israel as an aggressor engaged in the same form of prohibited warfare that formed one of the two principal charges at #Nuremberg. I remain suspicious of Netanyahu's unexplained absence on Oct 7 and note the silence of his associate