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Trevor Morley's Tache said:
Very good at manipulation and bribery though, which is ironic because he's also very easy manipulated and bribed.
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I am not sure he has ever been good at those things, either.

He has certainly had people—mostly fixers, attorneys, and contacts within organised crime—that were quite good at manipulation, intimidation, extortion, bribery, and blackmail. But he has very rarely ever been the one do any of it.

And he got setup with those people initially through his father, and then later through a series of connections and associations from that early arrangement. It was a chain of associates that intimidated, extorted, strong armed, bribed, and blackmailed the associates (and business partners) that came before.

His three true gifts are: self-promotion, grifting, and having absolutely no scruples.

He has always been good at those things. And that has helped him get out of quite a few massive holes he dug for himself over the course of his life, at various moments of near ruin. Mostly his personal brand and his willingness to do whatever is necessary (and I do mean literally whatever) has allowed him to stay afloat all this time, even as he squandered millions—perhaps billions—pumped in to his businesses.

Mary Trump has talked and written at length about those attributes allowing him to get where he is today, and how many people in the family saw (and see) him as a person that just kept failing up, with no discernible talent apart from being a sociopath that was exceedingly good at creating and maintaining the false persona, at any cost, we all know so well now.

That is ultimately why he is so easily manipulated and bribed: he is actually incredibly predictable. All you have to do is appeal to his personal brand—or threaten it—and you have power over him. You can very reliable forecast how he will respond to basically any provocation or suggestion.

He is the ultimate puppet: dumb but insatiably ambitious.

And now he is more desperate than he has every been before.
 
Smith and the independent prosecution must think it is vital for the public interest, particularly given Trump is up for election to the highest office in the nation, that much of what they discovered in the investigation be made available for everyone to see for themselves prior to election day.

Special counsel pushing for public release of key filing in Trump's Jan. 6 case
Jack Smith wants to file a public version of the sealed brief he filed Thursday.

A day after filing a sealed brief seeking to justify his superseding indictment against Donald Trump, special counsel Jack Smith is pushing to file a public version of the brief that includes "substantive" summaries of what investigators learned from witnesses in the former president's federal election interference case.

In his lengthy brief filed under seal on Thursday, Smith presented his case for how the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity does not apply to Trump's criminal case, in which the former president is accused of seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

In their filing Friday, prosecutors argued that releasing a version of the brief that removes the names of witnesses other than Vice President Mike Pence -- and also redacts nonpublic information sources -- would respect the court's orders and serve the public's interest in the case.

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Special counsel pushing for public release of key filing in Trump's Jan. 6 case

Special counsel Jack Smith is pushing to file a public version of his recent court brief that summaries what witnesses told investigators in Donald Trump's Jan. 6 case.
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SebastianBlue said:
Smith and the independent prosecution must think it is vital for the public interest, particularly given Trump is up for election to the highest office in the nation, that much of what they discovered in the investigation be made available for everyone to see for themselves prior to election day.

Special counsel pushing for public release of key filing in Trump's Jan. 6 case
Jack Smith wants to file a public version of the sealed brief he filed Thursday.

A day after filing a sealed brief seeking to justify his superseding indictment against Donald Trump, special counsel Jack Smith is pushing to file a public version of the brief that includes "substantive" summaries of what investigators learned from witnesses in the former president's federal election interference case.

In his lengthy brief filed under seal on Thursday, Smith presented his case for how the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity does not apply to Trump's criminal case, in which the former president is accused of seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

In their filing Friday, prosecutors argued that releasing a version of the brief that removes the names of witnesses other than Vice President Mike Pence -- and also redacts nonpublic information sources -- would respect the court's orders and serve the public's interest in the case.

abcnews.go.com

Special counsel pushing for public release of key filing in Trump's Jan. 6 case

Special counsel Jack Smith is pushing to file a public version of his recent court brief that summaries what witnesses told investigators in Donald Trump's Jan. 6 case.
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I'm willing to bet that Trump's lackeys at the Supreme Court will try to ensure this never see the light of day.
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
I'm willing to bet that Trump's lackeys at the Supreme Court will try to ensure this never see the light of day.
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That would conflict with SCOTUS’ own ruling that the immunity issue must be tried at trial court. If they agreed to hear a case, what possible ruling could they make that doesn’t junk their own previous ruling requiring a trial within a trial? I don’t think they will accept such an appeal but will rule that any appeal must be on the merits of the finding in a full trial, ie immunity plus substantive issue. Even then, the number of cases would overwhelm SCOTUS.
 
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KS55 said:
That would conflict with SCOTUS’ own ruling that the immunity issue must be tried at trial court. If they agreed to hear a case, what possible ruling could they make that doesn’t junk their own previous ruling requiring a trial within a trial? I don’t think they will accept such an appeal but will rule that any appeal must be on the merits of the finding in a full trial, ie immunity plus substantive issue. Even then, the number of cases would overwhelm SCOTUS.
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Trump has been very lucky to get his criminal trials delayed this far. If there was no election he would be sentenced by now and could be in jail. I'm OK with the delay in that sentence as there was a risk it would help him more than hinder.

And I always said that just the prospect of these trials starting and the evidence coming out will do damage. SCOTUS have burned their credibility to get it to this point. Are they going to go further or do they accept a lost cause. This evidence will come out.
 
Gareth Barry Conlon said:
Trump has been very lucky to get his criminal trials delayed this far. If there was no election he would be sentenced by now and could be in jail. I'm OK with the delay in that sentence as there was a risk it would help him more than hinder.

And I always said that just the prospect of these trials starting and the evidence coming out will do damage. SCOTUS have burned their credibility to get it to this point. Are they going to go further or do they accept a lost cause. This evidence will come out.
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He hasnt been lucky. Its been by design
 
Uncle Wally One Ball said:
He hasnt been lucky. Its been by design
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He was lucky that the 1st case in florida was assigned to Cannon. Probably any other judge would have progressed that trial but she used the position to block all others.

Yes there was plenty of help from SCOTUS but the block came from cannon and it was pure luck she was assigned the case.

In retrospect though, Trump's complaining about weaponised justice now seem ridiculous as the system has bent over to help him. If he loses he can then go to trial without any political consequences. Should have gone to trial 2 or 3 years ago but here we.
 
Gareth Barry Conlon said:
He was lucky that the 1st case in florida was assigned to Cannon. Probably any other judge would have progressed that trial but she used the position to block all others.

Yes there was plenty of help from SCOTUS but the block came from cannon and it was pure luck she was assigned the case.

In retrospect though, Trump's complaining about weaponised justice now seem ridiculous as the system has bent over to help him. If he loses he can then go to trial without any political consequences. Should have gone to trial 2 or 3 years ago but here we.
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Cannon should not have been.allowed to just dismiss the case, and the SCOTUS immunity ruling is a fucking joke.

Having said that, Biden could use the ruling to his advantage by claiming he is carrying out an official presidential act in sanctioning Trump for actions compromising nation security. I'm sure SCOTUS would have something to say about that though...
 
Gareth Barry Conlon said:
He was lucky that the 1st case in florida was assigned to Cannon. Probably any other judge would have progressed that trial but she used the position to block all others.

Yes there was plenty of help from SCOTUS but the block came from cannon and it was pure luck she was assigned the case.

In retrospect though, Trump's complaining about weaponised justice now seem ridiculous as the system has bent over to help him. If he loses he can then go to trial without any political consequences. Should have gone to trial 2 or 3 years ago but here we.
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He has weoponised it thats why it isnt by luck
 
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