Trump's world....

[Nolebull813]

Throwback. Lol. 
 

 

[DBP66]

7 hours ago, Slotback Right said:

Pretty sure of yourself, aren't you? Well, the American Bar Association doesn't think it's that cut and dried. You must have missed that part of my post, so here it is again:

 

He's the top banana...who does he need to apply to in order to declassify something? The fact that he took them out of the archives, or whatever site classified materials are stored, shows nothing other than that THE top Banana, (who has THE final say on declassification), no longer considers them classified. 

LOL..so if you're a banana it's all good?...and there is no process to declassify materials...he can just pack up dozens of boxes of classified materials and bring them home because he's a banana??...and then claim he just "thought" about declassifying them and that's all he needed to do??...LOL...let's see how that B.S. flies with the laws/reality....🙄

[DBP66]

[DBP66]

[DBP66]

The shakedown grows...the mob boss always gets his cut...it's all about the $$$

Trump demands 5% cut from GOP candidates who use his 'name, image and likeness' in ads

David Jackson, USA TODAY

Updated Thu, April 18, 2024 at 7:21 AM EDT·2 min read

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WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is trying to bring into politics a phenomenon that's taking off in college athletics: money for use of the former president's name, image and likeness in campaign ads.

In a letter this week, the Trump presidential campaign asked all down-ballot GOP campaigns for at least a 5% cut of the money raised from advertising that features the party's 2024 presumptive White House nominee.

"We ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump’s name, image, and likeness split a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC," said the April 15 letter signed by campaign co-campaign managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita.

Campaign aides said the new rules are designed to protect donors who believe they are contributing to Trump's campaign but are instead giving money to another candidate who is using the former president's name or picture.

Another concern: Candidates who are also using Trump's images to suggest they have the former president's endorsement, even when they do not.

"It is important to protect small dollar donors from scammers that use the presidents name and likeness," said Trump campaign spokeswoman Danielle Alvarez.

Warning labels and 'messaging guidelines'

Thanks to a Supreme Court decision in 2021, college athletes are now able to profit from use of their names, images, and likenesses, through what are called NIL deals.

The Trump campaign letter said an even bigger percentage of fundraising would be welcome, and made clear that the Republican National Committee and Trump himself would be watching to see who complies and who doesn't.

"Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations," the letter said.

Trump campaign officials have expressed concern about fundraising, one of the reasons the presumptive presidential nominee installed new leadership at the RNC, including daughter-in-law Lara Trump.

The letter also recommended "messaging guidelines" on how to use Trump's name, image and likeness.

It asked candidates not to speak "on behalf" of Trump, and not to mention members of his family "without their consent or the consent of the campaign." The letter also warned against "impersonating President Trump or his campaign."

It also contained warnings.

"Any vendor whose clients ignore the guidelines mentioned above will be held responsible for their clients' actions," the letter said. "Repeated violations will result in the suspension of business relationships between the vendor and Trump National Committee JFC."

[GoBigBlack]

4 hours ago, Slotback Right said:

Sounds like you're splitting hairs.

"virtually" is subjective,

Except your “subjective” interpretation of words involves literally changing their definitions to make you correct. With that view, there’s not a single thing in existence that isn’t subjective. Literally… not virtually.

[World Citizen]

6 hours ago, Slotback Right said:

Sounds like you're splitting hairs.

"virtually" is subjective,

"during his time in office," correctly describes when he took them, and,

if all you've got is that he "forgot to notify the Archivist," I'm pretty sure he's not going to face the firing squad for that mortal sin.

And that's assuming that the PRA even has an enforcement clause of any kind.

People often get in trouble as the attempt to cover up the crime.  Obstruction comes to mind.  Not sure how you are going to spin the fact that he tried to hide the documents when he knew they wanted them.  Trump 'literally' tells on himself and you all can't bring yourself to give him credit for it.  He never gets credit from you guys for the words coming out of his mouth.  Either lies or when he gets caught telling the truth...you all give him no credit.  

You give him credit for what he didn't do or say but not what he did.  Imagine how impossible it is for somebody to be right 100% of the time.  Or how frigging impossible to agree with 100% of what somebody says or does.  That is what you all do with Trump for the last 8 years.  That is why it is a cult.  Everyone else wrong and only Trump is right.

 

[Slotback Right]

On 4/17/2024 at 6:55 AM, DBP66 said:

you can't hang you hat on being this super powerful guy who never gets tired and then falls asleep IN COURT?!?!...come on...while court was in session?!?!...the IRONY is off the chart...sleepy Donny is a real thing...he's a tired old man...who suffers from insomnia....😉

Here's what you're missing. Trump never wanted to attend this trial every day(which is 100% certain to be overturned anyway, even if they manage to convict), but the judge ruled that he must. Did you ever hear the saying, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink?" The judge can't make Trump pay attention, so why not take a nap? He gets to rest and dis the judge at the same time. 

[DBP66]

1 hour ago, Slotback Right said:

Here's what you're missing. Trump never wanted to attend this trial every day(which is 100% certain to be overturned anyway, even if they manage to convict), but the judge ruled that he must. Did you ever hear the saying, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink?" The judge can't make Trump pay attention, so why not take a nap? He gets to rest and dis the judge at the same time. 

the Judge didn't rule anything against poor Donny....all defendants in CRIMINAL cases in NY NEED to be in court for all proceedings...and then he falls asleep in front of a full courthouse?!?..LOL..LOL....and you say "why not take a nap?!?"...LOL...yea!...that seemed like a real good idea!....hopefully he'll take another nap today to show the world how much energy he has vs. sleepy Joe...🙄

[DBP66]

2 hours ago, Slotback Right said:

Here's what you're missing. Trump never wanted to attend this trial every day(which is 100% certain to be overturned anyway, even if they manage to convict), but the judge ruled that he must. Did you ever hear the saying, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink?" The judge can't make Trump pay attention, so why not take a nap? He gets to rest and dis the judge at the same time. 

why would it be overturned....they have the cancelled checks and the people who got the checks (Stormy & Mc Doggle) are in agreement with the person who gave them their $$-Cohen....2/3 of the story is there....now they just need to show the checks with Donny's name/signature on them and it's a wrap....and why did he try to buy their silence??...because of the election....😉

[GoBigBlack]

2 hours ago, Slotback Right said:

which is 100% certain to be overturned anyway, even if they manage to convict

Still clinging to the bullshit Dershowitz theory lol

[DBP66]

14 minutes ago, GoBigBlack said:

Still clinging to the bullshit Dershowitz theory lol

Dershowitz sold his soul to Fox news and Trump....he's a professional clown now.

[DBP66]

This is getting ridiculous!....Sleepy Don needs to go to bed earlier....or start bringing a pillow to court?...I'm sure Mike Lindell can hook him up....😉

Donald Trump 'Dozed Off' In Court For A Third Time After MAGA Called His Sleeping 'A Ruse'

Favour Adegoke

Fri, April 19, 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT·4 min read

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Donald Trump appeared to have been caught napping for the third time during a hearing for his hush money trial. Die-hard Trump supporters previously claimed he's acting and that his napping episodes are a "ruse."

The former president is being accused of falsifying company records to pay off adult film star Stormy Daniels after she alleged that they had an affair around the time he married Melania Trump.

Donald Trump Caught Napping For The Third Time

 

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According to a report, Trump was caught dozing off while the jury selection in his hush money trial was in process on Wednesday.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman wrote that the former president "appears to have fallen asleep in court again" after he was caught napping twice before.

"It happened several times just now. His eyes were closed for extended periods, and his head dropped down twice," Haberman reported.

The journalist noted that the first instance in which Trump was caught sleeping was on Monday when the trial began.

"Even as a judge was hearing arguments on last-minute issues in a criminal case that centers on salacious allegations and threatens to upend his bid for the presidency, Mr. Trump appeared to nod off a few times, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest," Haberman reported.

She continued, "The former president's lead lawyer, Todd Blanche, passed him notes for several minutes before Mr. Trump appeared to jolt awake and notice them."

MAGA Supporters Believe The Former President Is Pretending To Fall Asleep

 

MEGA

Trump's aide outrightly denied the reports that the billionaire politician has been sleeping in court, with many of his supporters claiming he's only acting to show how unbothered he is by the trial, per Page Six.

"This is 100% Fake News coming from 'journalists' who weren't even in the courtroom," a Trump Campaign spokesperson shared.

According to the news outlet, die-hard Trump supporters suggested that the former president's antics are just theatrics to convey how unbothered he is with the trial, which he has often dubbed a "scam."

"He thinks it's bulls--t, it's boring, it's not worth his time," the insider claimed. "It's a ruse. Everything he does is calculated. He's never fallen asleep. It's not a thing he does. He goes to several meetings a day."

[I AM IRONMAN]

22 minutes ago, DBP66 said:

This is getting ridiculous!....Sleepy Don needs to go to bed earlier....or start bringing a pillow to court?...I'm sure Mike Lindell can hook him up....😉

Donald Trump 'Dozed Off' In Court For A Third Time After MAGA Called His Sleeping 'A Ruse'

Favour Adegoke

Fri, April 19, 2024 at 9:00 PM EDT·4 min read

1.7k

Donald Trump appeared to have been caught napping for the third time during a hearing for his hush money trial. Die-hard Trump supporters previously claimed he's acting and that his napping episodes are a "ruse."

The former president is being accused of falsifying company records to pay off adult film star Stormy Daniels after she alleged that they had an affair around the time he married Melania Trump.

Donald Trump Caught Napping For The Third Time

 

MEGA

According to a report, Trump was caught dozing off while the jury selection in his hush money trial was in process on Wednesday.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman wrote that the former president "appears to have fallen asleep in court again" after he was caught napping twice before.

"It happened several times just now. His eyes were closed for extended periods, and his head dropped down twice," Haberman reported.

The journalist noted that the first instance in which Trump was caught sleeping was on Monday when the trial began.

"Even as a judge was hearing arguments on last-minute issues in a criminal case that centers on salacious allegations and threatens to upend his bid for the presidency, Mr. Trump appeared to nod off a few times, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest," Haberman reported.

She continued, "The former president's lead lawyer, Todd Blanche, passed him notes for several minutes before Mr. Trump appeared to jolt awake and notice them."

MAGA Supporters Believe The Former President Is Pretending To Fall Asleep

 

MEGA

Trump's aide outrightly denied the reports that the billionaire politician has been sleeping in court, with many of his supporters claiming he's only acting to show how unbothered he is by the trial, per Page Six.

"This is 100% Fake News coming from 'journalists' who weren't even in the courtroom," a Trump Campaign spokesperson shared.

According to the news outlet, die-hard Trump supporters suggested that the former president's antics are just theatrics to convey how unbothered he is with the trial, which he has often dubbed a "scam."

"He thinks it's bulls--t, it's boring, it's not worth his time," the insider claimed. "It's a ruse. Everything he does is calculated. He's never fallen asleep. It's not a thing he does. He goes to several meetings a day."

Grasping at straws, just like MSM.   Nothing compared to Sleepy Joe, and you know it. “C’mon man” you’re better than that!

[DBP66]

48 minutes ago, I AM IRONMAN said:

Grasping at straws, just like MSM.   Nothing compared to Sleepy Joe, and you know it. “C’mon man” you’re better than that!

3 times?!......"C'mon man" is right!!.....that's ridiculous!....if Biden did something like that ???..you would want him impeached...fact!.....😉

[I AM IRONMAN]

On 4/20/2024 at 3:50 PM, DBP66 said:

3 times?!......"C'mon man" is right!!.....that's ridiculous!....if Biden did something like that ???..you would want him impeached...fact!.....😉

President Roomba has done worse, many many many many more times.

I’m talking many!

[golfaddict1]

[I AM IRONMAN]

4 hours ago, golfaddict1 said:

That was funny!

[DBP66]

[DBP66]

Trump committee's spending on lawyers soars to $76 million, draining funds to fight Biden

Zac Anderson and Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY

Updated Mon, April 22, 2024 at 4:43 PM EDT·4 min read

 

A new campaign finance report shows the political committee covering a large portion of Donald Trump and allies' legal expenses across multiple court cases spent another $3.7 million on lawyers last month, and has now spent $76 million total on legal fees.

The presumptive Republican 2024 White House nominee is currently on criminal trial in New York City for charges stemming from alleged hush money payments to an adult film star to hide a sexual affair during his successful 2016 presidential campaign. Trump also is facing criminal charges in three other cases related to his handling of classified documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and has contended with multiple civil lawsuits.

Those legal cases have been incredibly costly, draining money Trump otherwise could use to challenge President Joe Biden.

Trump's leadership PAC, Save America, has handled much of the former president's legal expenses. A report that Save America filed with the Federal Election Commission this weekend shows the committee spent another $3.7 million in March on payments to more than a dozens law firms, including two firms associated with Trump’s top lawyers in the hush money case.

 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 22: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media, flanked by lawyer Todd Blanche (R), after arriving for his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22, 2024 in New York City. Trump was charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records last year, which prosecutors say was an effort to hide a potential sex scandal, both before and after the 2016 presidential election. Donald Trump's unprecedented criminal trial is set for opening statements after final jury selection ended Friday. (Photo by Victor J. Blue - Pool/Getty Images)More

Todd Blanche’s firm, Blanche Law, received $730,000 and Susan Necheles’ firm, Necheles Law LLP, received $415,000.

Save America also racked up another $886,000 in debt to three law firms. Most of that money, about $816,000, is owed to Robert & Robert PLLC. It owes another $50,000 to Blanche Law, and $20,000 to Level Law LTD.

While public records can’t say what, specifically, law firms are being paid to do, records show Save America has paid more than 70 different lawyers and law firms. Many of the firms are also listed in public court paperwork representing Trump in his civil and criminal cases.

The $76 million that Save America has spent on legal fees, according to a USA TODAY analysis, is an extraordinary sum that could hamstring Trump's efforts against Biden.

Monthly fundraising reports filed with the FEC over the weekend show Trump's main campaign account raised $15.3 million in March and has $45.1 million in cash on hand, while Biden raised $43.8 million and has $85.5 million in cash. The campaigns also raise funds through a variety of other committees.

Trump campaign Communications Director Steven Cheung called the legal cases against the former president "Witch-Hunts" and an abuse of power.

"President Trump's lawyers will continue to fight all of these Biden Trials and they will continue to be appropriately compensated for their time and efforts," Cheung said.

Campaign finance experts have raised concerns about Trump's use of campaign money to pay his legal bills in the criminal and civil cases.

"He appears to be spending an incredible amount of campaign finance money on legal expenses that range well beyond what would be considered campaign related,” Michael Kang, a law professor at Northwestern University, told USA TODAY last month. “I doubt, however, that we’ll get to the bottom of all this until much later on."

Federal law generally bans the use of campaign funds for personal expenses, but the FEC has exempted leadership PACs from that prohibition said Shanna Ports, senior legal counsel for the Campaign Legal Center, a government accountability group.

"For years, groups like Campaign Legal Center have been urging the FEC to adopt a better interpretation of leadership PAC rules so voters can be assured their elected officials are not exploiting donor money for personal gain," Ports said. "Voters have a right to know that those asking for their money and their vote are running for office to represent the public, not to enrich themselves."

Stetson University law school Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, who teaches courses on election law, said it “smells to high heaven to take political donations from people who can ill afford it to pay for a billionaire’s criminal legal defense fees.”

Trump's campaign also has been funneling money into his businesses at a time when he is facing serious legal jeopardy and desperately needs cash.

An FEC report filed this month show's Trump’s joint fundraising committee wrote three checks in February and one in March to his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, totaling $411,287 and another in March to Trump National Doral Miami for $62,337.

Trump posted a $91.6 million bond in a defamation case brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll, and a $175 million bond in a fraud case involving falsifying business records.

[DBP66]

Trump keeps begging for a "rally behind MAGA" — but his supporters aren't showing up to court

Amanda Marcotte

Wed, April 24, 2024 at 5:56 AM EDT·9 min read

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Donald Trump Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Donald Trump can't decide how he wants his supporters to feel about the scene outside of the Manhattan courtroom where he's being tried on 34 felony indictments for election interference and business fraud. He repeatedly argues that the city he travels through with a daily motorcade to his trial is a war zone. "Violent criminals that are murdering people, killing people" are free to "do whatever they want," he's falsely claimed, blasting District Attorney Alvin Bragg as "lazy on violent crime" because he's supposedly too focused on prosecuting Trump.

It's all a lie — crime is way down from the pandemic-related spikes — but it's one Trump repeats ad nauseum. And it's constantly reinforced by Fox News, which pushes out a series of misleading stories and images meant to scare their elderly suburbanite audiences into believing that going into the nation's largest city results in instant murder. Nonetheless, Trump keeps pleading with his followers to run through what they've been told is a "bloodbath" in order to, you know, persuade Bragg and presiding Judge Juan Merchan to just give up on this whole trial nonsense.

On Monday, Trump begged his followers on Truth Social to "RALLY BEHIND MAGA" at courthouses, unsubtly suggesting that they model themselves after the mostly imaginary leftist rioters who "scream, shout, sit, block traffic, enter buildings, not get permits, and basically do whatever they want." When the MAGA hats failed to show, Trump tried to inspire them with a post complaining that it's "SO UNFAIR!!!" that he doesn't get throngs of people like the kind seen at the anti-war protest up the street at Columbia University. Outside of a few scattered people with pro-Trump signs, though, the mob he longed for never showed. So he took his pleas to the cameras outside of the courthouse Tuesday morning:

 

What's especially funny about all this is Trump can't quite admit that his people just aren't showing up. So he keeps blaming the barricades and the police presence. His lies got to the level of childish make-believe on Tuesday afternoon, as he falsely claimed on Truth Social that "Thousands of people were turned away from the Courthouse" and denied he "was disappointed by the crowds." Of course, by fantasizing about a massive caravan rallied to his defense, he proved he is not satisfied with reality.

As the New York Times reported, "A day after Trump issued a call for more supporters to gather outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, the number reached its nadir. The number of identifiable Trump fans across the street in Collect Pond Park on Tuesday sank to the mid-single digits, after hovering at about a dozen for a week."

Trump's lies are about soothing his own ego, of course, but it also reads like a dare: C'mon, MAGA! Cops didn't stop you on January 6! And yet, they keep not showing up to protest Trump's criminal trial, peacefully or otherwise. It's not like anyone is stopping them, either. No matter what story Trump wants to tell, it's obvious what's happening: MAGA isn't there because they don't want to be.

Perhaps the reason is they really are too scared to go into the city, after imbibing years of lies that New York is a war zone. I'd wager it is mostly because, despite the horror show on January 6, 2021, it turns out that most of MAGA is not actually as gung-ho to risk injury, prison or even death just because Dear Leader commands it.

One would think, even with the shrinking possibility that Trump faces trial this year for his attempted coup that led to Capitol insurrection, that he might not want to speak out loud his wish to order up a rampaging mob like it's a Diet Coke. Nor does it seem like it would help him win the 2024 election, if he once again was the cause of mass violence. So it certainly speaks to his justified fear that the evidence against him is so overwhelming that he's grasping at this particular straw. Lucky for him, even people dumb enough to love Donald Trump are still smarter than he is, which is why they aren't rioting in the streets of Manhattan. Even the guy who died by suicide in front of the courthouse wasn't a Trump fan, but a bespoke conspiracy theorist who thought "The Simpsons" are out to destroy the world.

There are two main reasons MAGA continues to ignore Trump's cries for crowds to mob the courthouse on his behalf. First is that they don't think it would really change anything. Second is that they don't see what's in it for them. Trump, unable to think about anyone but himself for even a second, hasn't bothered to persuade them it's to their benefit to take such a serious risk.

On the second point, it's crucial to remember that while it is very cultish and Trump is their leader, MAGA is not actually a cult of personality. It is, fundamentally, a fascist movement, focused on restoring an imagined past based on white supremacy and male dominance. Trump is the vehicle for their grievances, not the other way around. Trump's anger over losing the 2020 election resonated with them not because they pitied him, but because they pity themselves. They wanted to win that election, too, and when he offered them a chance to steal it, they went for it, to protect their own egos more than his.

With the first of his four criminal cases, it's not really clear how demanding Trump's "right" to commit fraud and lie about adultery serves the larger goals of MAGA. Plus, a lot of Trump's appeal to his base is the aura of impunity he's woven around himself. They've been led to believe he's got near-magical abilities to wriggle out of legal trouble, so why should they doubt he can do it again? And why stick their own necks out to help?

As hard as it may be to believe, even Trump voters have some rationality and understanding of cause-and-effect. As a rule, even people who are enthusiastic about political violence aren't willy-nilly about such a serious undertaking. They want to know how the proposed act of violence will work to advance their political goals. Anti-abortion terrorists wanted to marginalize providers and scare other doctors out of the work. People who commit hate crimes are trying to drive people they hate out of their community. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols believed that bombing the Oklahoma Federal Building would draw attention and support for their white supremacist, far-right views. Decades later, Trump is winking at their terrorism publicly, so they weren't entirely wrong in their theory of the case, even as they were deeply evil.

Trump is not good at logistics or long-term planning. The only reason January 6 got as close as it did to working is that right-wing lawyers like John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro — both of whom have also been charged in Georgia for their roles in attempting to overturn the election — did all of the planning for him. They used social media and circulated memos to spread the word through MAGA that shutting down the election certification would give Trump and Republicans space to void the election and declare him president. It didn't work, but it was a plan.

Trump doesn't have other people plotting illegal ways to derail his trial. As such, it's not even clear to his followers what he expects of them. If they riot, perhaps they shut down the courtroom for a day, but then what? The trial will just resume when things have quieted down, perhaps at another location. Or perhaps Trump wants them to show up in en masse to scare the jury a little. But that is just as likely to backfire since the message sent to the jury would be that Trump is so guilty he is resorting to intimidation because he can't win honestly. Either way, Trump hasn't communicated, even through his wink-and-nod method, how he thinks his followers could change the outcome here. So they're staying put.

The good news is that it all suggests Trump is not a Svengali-type leader who can materialize a violent mob out of nothing. He really does need other people to draft his battle plans, recruit his foot soldiers, and communicate his wishes for him. Right now, he has no one to do that for him because, again, what's it in for them? People like Eastman and Chesebro were in on the coup because they're devoted fascists, not because of some great love of Trump. So they're not going to risk even more indictments to get him out of this particular pickle.

[DBP66]

[golfaddict1]

#FAFO

 

https://apnews.com/article/arizona-fake-electors-charges-2020-election-9da5a7e58814ed55ceea1ca55401af85

 

 

[GoBigBlack]

8 minutes ago, golfaddict1 said:

#FAFO

 

https://apnews.com/article/arizona-fake-electors-charges-2020-election-9da5a7e58814ed55ceea1ca55401af85

 

 

I don’t care how much proof you have that they lied, that’s just a coincidence because the election was definitely stolen. 

[Atticus Finch]

On 8/27/2023 at 9:49 AM, Warrior said:

You still buy the “fake electors” bs? Really, do you do any of your own research or just swallow everything whole like a good puppet.