Donald Trump

[SebastianBlue]

"Fancy being charged with so many crimes you get bored at your own trial and fall asleep. Are you waking up for the good ones?!"

Side effect of cocaine and adderall use is often sleep deprivation and substantially degraded alertness/focus when not “high” on the substances (generally because of both neurological damage and developed cognitive dependency from prolonged use).

Whilst at trial he will have much more limited opportunities (if any at all without it being exposed) to take the drugs he has been using to prop up what little cognitive powers he had to begin with (as they have declined with age and horrible health practice), which will make these proceeding torturous for him.

I said earlier that I think that lack of ability to “medicate” is as much the cause of his miserable appearance in the courtroom as the trial itself.

 

[Totnes Blue]

Amazing that anyone thinks he won't get away with this.

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

 

[Elbow beards]

If this is true and provable,the **** should be up for treason.

 

[KS55]

If this is true and provable,the **** should be up for treason.

Why did he keep secret documents? Because he could sell them to US enemies.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Wow I’m surprised an agent doesnt go rogue and double tap the twat.

 

[laserblue]

In other news Truth Social shares currently stand at $23.68, representing one third of their opening price of $70.90 a mere three weeks ago.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

In other news Truth Social shares currently stand at $23.68, representing one third of their opening price of $70.90 a mere three weeks agago.

Pump then dump.

 

[SebastianBlue]

"Defendant is not above the law": N.Y. prosecutors urge judge to hold Trump in contempt​

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a motion Tuesday seeking to hold former President Trump in contempt for alleged violations of his partial gag order in the New York criminal case.

Why it matters: Prosecutors in the Tuesday filing pointed to recent posts the former president made on his Truth Social account "attacking two known witnesses — Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels," per the filing.

• Prosecutors argue that the social media posts violate the partial gag order Trump is under in the trial, which prohibits him from making public statements on possible witnesses in the case.
• Prosecutors also asked that Trump be fined $3,000 for violations of the gag order in three separate social media posts.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/16/trump-contempt-new-york-criminal-trial#

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This is significant as Trump has been employing the strongman tactic of intentionally violating restrictions/restraints imposed on him to see if any negative consequences would be enforced and this is the first real test of that in a criminal proceeding.

Even if he is held in contempt it will likely be a cash fine to start, and he’ll continue to violate to see how far he can push before the punishment escalates to jail time.

His teams bet is that he’ll continue to receive special treatment not afforded to any other defendant in a criminal trial with the judge not calling his bluffs and imposing that major recourse, and he’ll be able to continue to attack court staff and witnesses (hoping one of his followers hears his lone wolf whistle and takes matters in to their own hands), intimidate potential jurors, and scream “SCAM” and “DEMOCRATIC HIT JOB” via his failing social media platform and on the steps outside the court. All the while fundraising off his lies (and lying about how much he raised).

These trials—particularly how the judges and prosecutors deal with Trump’s disregard for the laws governing trial proceedings, the safety of participants, and the very idea of “justice”—are going to tell us exactly how close to the destruction of the rule of law within a democratic republican framework America is.

 

[SebastianBlue]

In other news Truth Social shares currently stand at $23.68, representing one third of their opening price of $70.90 a mere three weeks ago.

Trump Media & Technology Group just announced the launch of a streaming platform for content from “news” networks, religious channels, “family-friendly” films and “other content that has been cancelled, is at risk of cancellation, or is being suppressed on other platforms and services”.

Because those are real profit makers in the best of times and will definitely save the company.

By the way, for those trying to keep tabs on disgraced former members of congress now in the employ of Trump, TMTG’s CEO is Devin Nunes, the congressman that famously brought a lawsuit forward to try to shutdown a satiric Twitter account purporting to be his cow.

Trump’s social media empire to launch streaming platform even as shares fall | Donald Trump | The Guardian

Announcement of streaming service for content ‘at risk of cancellation’ comes as company shares continue downward slide

amp.theguardian.com