tommygun58 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Babylon Bee hilarious spoof… – CITIZEN FREE PRESS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I AM IRONMAN Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, tommygun58 said: Babylon Bee hilarious spoof… – CITIZEN FREE PRESS That’s 66’s hero. lil Willy’s as well. Sad but true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted November 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 5 hours ago, I AM IRONMAN said: Waking up and TDS running strong! Good life 🤔 nope...just another headline from your boy...they keep coming...😉 how was the election stolen?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I AM IRONMAN Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 15 minutes ago, DBP66 said: nope...just another headline from your boy...they keep coming...😉 how was the election stolen?? You can’t even have coffee in the morning since you are already too jittery to cut and paste the B.S. you believe 😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted November 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 10 minutes ago, I AM IRONMAN said: You can’t even have coffee in the morning since you are already too jittery to cut and paste the B.S. you believe 😂😂😂 I'm a tea drinker....w/ honey...😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted November 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 Trump Comes Up With Mocking Nickname For Gov. Ron DeSantis Mary Papenfuss Sat, November 5, 2022 at 10:39 PM Donald Trump loves to cook up dunning nicknames for his biggest enemies — which apparently now include Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis, who might give Trump a run for his money in the next presidential primary. Trump mocked him as “Ron DeSanctimonious” in a rally speech Saturday in Pennsylvania, where the former president touted poll numbers — but did not provide the source of the figures — with his possible match-ups in a 2024 run for the Oval Office. The nickname was not entirely original. Long-time Trump ally and GOP political operative Roger Stone just last month warned “Ron DeSanctimonious” in a post on Telegram that it would be “treachery” if he ran against Trump for the GOP presidential nomination. Stone called DeSantis an “ingrate,” who he claimed owes his position to Trump’s support. Trump launched the dig against DeSantis in his speech, then moved onto his astonishing poll numbers in the latest indication he may be close to announcing his candidacy. It wasn’t immediately clear where the poll numbers originated. “We’re winning big, big, big in the Republican party for the nomination like nobody’s ever seen before,” said Trump as the numbers went up on a jumbo screen. “There it is, Trump at 71 [percent]. Ron DeSanctimonious at 10 percent,” Trump said. “Mike Pence at 7 — oh, Mike Pence doing better than I thought,” he said to laughter from the crowd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 When Trump Announces Candidacy, Watchdog Will File Insurrection Disqualification Challenge Mary Papenfuss Mon, November 7, 2022 at 8:37 AM When Donald Trump announces he’s running for the presidency, as he’s expected to do, a watchdog group plans to file a challenge under the 14th Amendment, which bars reelection of officials who engaged in or supported an insurrection. “The evidence that Trump engaged in insurrection is overwhelming,” Noah Bookbinder, president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said in a statement last week. “We are ready, willing and able to take action to make sure the Constitution is upheld and Trump is prevented from holding office.” Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, passed after the Civil War, bars any officials who have taken an oath of office to defend the government from reelection if they “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the government — or have “given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” CREW sent a letter to Trump on Thursday alerting him to the planned challenge if he announces his candidacy for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. “CREW believes you are barred from holding office Under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment because you engaged in insurrection against the government you swore to defend,” states the letter. “By summoning a violent mob to disrupt the transition of presidential power mandated by the Constitution after having sworn to defend the same, you made yourself ineligible to hold public office again.” The “evidence that you engaged in insurrection as contemplated in the Fourteenth Amendment — including by mobilizing, inciting and aiding those attacking the Capitol — is overwhelming,” the letter adds. “If you seek elected or appointed office despite being constitutionally disqualified ... we and others loyal to the Constitution will defend it,” the message warns. Trump has not responded. Though a similar action by a group of voters failed earlier this year to block Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) run for reelection, a challenge by CREW and other organizations succeeded against an official in New Mexico in September. A judge in that state ruled in response to a lawsuit by CREW and others that Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin be removed from office, noting the attack on the U.S. Capitol was an insurrection and that Griffin’s participation in it disqualified him under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The decision marked the first time since 1869 that a court has disqualified a public official under the amendment — and the first time any court has branded the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol an insurrection, CREW noted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 Donald Trump appeals New York court order for watchdog at company Luc Cohen Mon, November 7, 2022 at 2:06 PM By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday appealed a judge's order to install a watchdog at the Trump Organization before a civil fraud case by the state's attorney general goes to trial. Manhattan-based Justice Arthur Engoron on Thursday granted state Attorney General Letitia James' request to appoint an independent monitor to halt alleged ongoing fraud at the real estate company and keep the Trumps from transferring assets out of her reach. Engoron's order bars the defendants from transferring assets without court approval, and requires that the monitor receive a "full and accurate description" of the Trump Organization's structure and assets. James had in September named Trump, three of his adult children, the Trump Organization and others as defendants in a $250 million civil fraud lawsuit for allegedly overvaluing assets and Trump's net worth through a decade of lies to banks and insurers. In a notice of appeal filed on Monday, Trump's lawyer Alina Habba and lawyers for his children, Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, and Donald Trump, Jr., said the defendants asked the Appellate Division, a mid-level state appeals court, to review Engoron's order, without laying out her legal arguments. Trump, a Republican, last week called Engoron's order "ridiculous," and the Trump Organization called it an "obvious attempt" to influence Tuesday's midterm U.S. elections. James is a Democrat. Engoron gave both sides until Nov. 10 to recommend three candidates to be come a monitor. The case is among many legal battles Trump faces as he mulls a 2024 bid for the presidency. Testimony began last week in another Manhattan courtroom in a criminal case by the Manhattan district attorney's office accusing the Trump Organization of scheming to defraud tax authorities for at least 15 years. The company has pleaded not guilty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 After Years of Trump-Russia Denials, Putin’s Enforcer Admits Election Interference Barbie Latza Nadeau Mon, November 7, 2022 at 11:18 AM Misha Japaridze/Reuters After adamantly denying interfering in the 2016 U.S. election that brought Donald Trump to power, a Kremlin insider has admitted that suspected Russian interference in American elections was real. “We have interfered, are interfering and will continue to interfere,” Yevgeny Prigozhin, a chief ally and favorite chef of Vladimir Putin said on Russian social media through his Concord Catering company on Monday. “Carefully, precisely, surgically and in our own way. During our pinpoint operations, we will remove both kidneys and the liver at once.” The remark, made on the eve one of the most important elections in recent history as American go to polls for midterm elections Tuesday, did not immediately garner comment from Democrats or Republicans. Prigozhin is the first Russian close to Putin to admit what the FBI has long suspected: that Russia interfered in U.S. elections. - ADVERTISEMENT - The Russian who orchestrates Putin’s private army—the Wagner group—did not specify which election the Russians have intervened in, but he is well aware that there has been intense focus, and several indictments, surrounding Russia’s alleged efforts in the election of Trump, when there was reason to believe that Kremlin wanted the former reality TV star to be victorious. It has been reported that Russian agents dug deep, probing voter databases for insecurities and even hacking Hillary Clinton’s campaign to try to swing the vote towards Trump. During the election campaign, Russian operatives are suspected of hacking the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic National Committee and even trying to hack the Republican National Committee. The FBI also contends they spread propaganda on social media, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram and staged fake rallies in the swing states Florida and Pennsylvania. ‘Putin’s Chef’ Suddenly Has a Lot to Say About Twisted New War Effort Prigozhin did not elaborate on the extent of the interference, or if the FBI was right when they indicted him and a dozen other Russians in 2018 as part of the Mueller investigation for operating a covert social media campaign, nor if Russia was behind setting up fake meetings with Trump associates that included a promise of a Trump Tower in Moscow. The Justice Department under Trump eventually tried to get the charges dismissed since the two main companies named—Concord Management and Consulting LLC and Concord Catering—had no fiscal presence in the U.S. and that trying them would potentially lay bare some investigative secrets. Prigozhin, who has been slapped with sanctions from the U.S., U.K., and E.U., also admitted in September that he founded and funded the Wagner mercenaries that fought in Syria and African and who are now operating for Russia in Ukraine after denying involvement for years. In July, the U.S. offered a $10 million award for information on his “engagement in U.S. election interference.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I AM IRONMAN Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 33 minutes ago, DBP66 said: After Years of Trump-Russia Denials, Putin’s Enforcer Admits Election Interference Barbie Latza Nadeau Mon, November 7, 2022 at 11:18 AM Misha Japaridze/Reuters After adamantly denying interfering in the 2016 U.S. election that brought Donald Trump to power, a Kremlin insider has admitted that suspected Russian interference in American elections was real. “We have interfered, are interfering and will continue to interfere,” Yevgeny Prigozhin, a chief ally and favorite chef of Vladimir Putin said on Russian social media through his Concord Catering company on Monday. “Carefully, precisely, surgically and in our own way. During our pinpoint operations, we will remove both kidneys and the liver at once.” The remark, made on the eve one of the most important elections in recent history as American go to polls for midterm elections Tuesday, did not immediately garner comment from Democrats or Republicans. Prigozhin is the first Russian close to Putin to admit what the FBI has long suspected: that Russia interfered in U.S. elections. - ADVERTISEMENT - The Russian who orchestrates Putin’s private army—the Wagner group—did not specify which election the Russians have intervened in, but he is well aware that there has been intense focus, and several indictments, surrounding Russia’s alleged efforts in the election of Trump, when there was reason to believe that Kremlin wanted the former reality TV star to be victorious. It has been reported that Russian agents dug deep, probing voter databases for insecurities and even hacking Hillary Clinton’s campaign to try to swing the vote towards Trump. During the election campaign, Russian operatives are suspected of hacking the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic National Committee and even trying to hack the Republican National Committee. The FBI also contends they spread propaganda on social media, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram and staged fake rallies in the swing states Florida and Pennsylvania. ‘Putin’s Chef’ Suddenly Has a Lot to Say About Twisted New War Effort Prigozhin did not elaborate on the extent of the interference, or if the FBI was right when they indicted him and a dozen other Russians in 2018 as part of the Mueller investigation for operating a covert social media campaign, nor if Russia was behind setting up fake meetings with Trump associates that included a promise of a Trump Tower in Moscow. The Justice Department under Trump eventually tried to get the charges dismissed since the two main companies named—Concord Management and Consulting LLC and Concord Catering—had no fiscal presence in the U.S. and that trying them would potentially lay bare some investigative secrets. Prigozhin, who has been slapped with sanctions from the U.S., U.K., and E.U., also admitted in September that he founded and funded the Wagner mercenaries that fought in Syria and African and who are now operating for Russia in Ukraine after denying involvement for years. In July, the U.S. offered a $10 million award for information on his “engagement in U.S. election interference.” Cut and paste master 🐑 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted November 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 Right-wing figures are ripping into Trump for mocking Ron DeSantis ahead of the midterms Matthew Loh Mon, November 7, 2022 at 3:45 AM EST Former President Donald Trump, left, and Governor Ron DeSantis, right, in a composite image.Getty Images Some right-wing figures who usually back Donald Trump are now slamming him for mocking Ron DeSantis. The former president gave DeSantis the nickname "Ron DeSanctimonious" on Saturday. Critics of the nickname said the mockery undermines GOP unity as the midterms approach. Prominent right-wing pundits and personalities have been criticizing former President Donald Trump for mocking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in the crucial weekend before the midterms. Trump and DeSantis, once close allies but now growing increasingly distant, are anticipated to clash for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 — though neither has announced a run for the White House yet. Trump added fuel to rumors of a rivalry on Saturday when he called DeSantis "Ron DeSanctimonious" at a rally in Pennsylvania. Matt Walsh, a conservative commentator and author, tweeted that it was a "dumb nickname." "DeSantis is an extremely effective conservative governor who has had real policy wins and real cultural wins. Trump isn't going to be able to take this one down with a dumb nickname," Walsh tweeted. Kurt Schlichter, a senior columnist for the conservative site Townhall and the author of a 2020 book defending Trump, also slammed the nickname. "The biggest favor you can do Donald Trump is to tell him he stepped on his crank yesterday and to stop being undisciplined and saying stupid things," he tweeted. "What an idiot," tweeted Rod Dreher, a senior editor for The American Conservative, in response to a clip of Trump's rally. "DeSantis is a far more effective leader of the Right than Trump was, if, that is, you expect a leader to get a lot done, rather than just talking about it and owning the libs." Tim Young, a conservative author, radio host, and critic, chimed in as well. "There was no good reason for Trump to attack DeSantis last night," he tweeted. "What has Ron DeSantis done to earn Trump's scorn here right before an election?" tweeted Scott Morefield, a writer for Townhall. "It's inexcusable and just shows this has always been about him." "Needs work," Ben Domenech, the editor at large for The Spectator and a Fox News contributor, tweeted about the nickname. "Nothing like trashing a Republican Governor 4 days before Election Day when his name is on the ballot. #team," wrote Josh Holmes, a Republican strategist who formerly ran Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign. Trump's press office and representatives for DeSantis did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Notably, Trump later spoke at a Miami-Dade rally on Sunday, calling for his supporters to vote for DeSantis, who is running for reelection. DeSantis was not invited to the rally, which was held in support of Sen. Marco Rubio. The snub meant DeSantis had to compete with Trump for voters' attention by hosting his own campaign events on the final Sunday before the November 8 election. DeSantis didn't mention Trump in speeches at his three events that day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slotback Right Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 17 hours ago, DBP66 said: When Trump Announces Candidacy, Watchdog Will File Insurrection Disqualification Challenge 😛😜😝 What part of "peacefully and patriotically" don't they understand? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted November 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 45 minutes ago, Slotback Right said: 😛😜😝 What part of "peacefully and patriotically" don't they understand? maybe it was because of the 21 times Trump used the word "FIGHT"??....they heard what he was saying loud and clear...😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I AM IRONMAN Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 1 hour ago, DBP66 said: maybe it was because of the 21 times Trump used the word "FIGHT"??....they heard what he was saying loud and clear...😉 You actually typed something….bravo👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted November 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 Trump threatens to reveal things 'that won't be very flattering' about Ron DeSantis if he challenges him for the GOP nomination in 2024 Bryan Metzger Tue, November 8, 2022 at 4:23 PM Trump and DeSantis at a rally in Pensacola, Florida, on November 3, 2018.Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images Trump and DeSantis could end up in a competitive primary for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. Now, Trump says he might reveal unflattering information about DeSantis if that happens. "I know more about him than anybody — other than, perhaps, his wife," he told reporters. Former President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that he would reveal unflattering information about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis if the two men end up competing for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Speaking to reporters on his plane, a Boeing 757 known as "Trump Force One," the former president said he did not know if DeSantis would run against him, but suggested that doing so would be bad for both DeSantis and the GOP. "I don't know if he is running. I think if he runs, he could hurt himself very badly. I really believe he could hurt himself badly," Trump said, according to Fox News. "I think he would be making a mistake, I think the base would not like it — I don't think it would be good for the party." "I don't know if he runs. If he runs, he runs," Trump went on to say. "I would tell you things about him that won't be very flattering — I know more about him than anybody — other than, perhaps, his wife." It was unclear what information Trump may have about DeSantis, though the statement echoed a threat he made to "spill the beans" about Heidi Cruz, the wife of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, during the heavily-contested 2016 presidential primary. But Trump — who referred to the Florida governor as "Ron DeSanctimonious" at a recent rally in Pennsylvania — also denied that there's any dispute between the two men. "There's not a tiff with me, and I'm way up in the polls," Trump said. "No, there's not." Casey DeSantis, the Florida governor's wife, is "really running his campaign," Trump also said, according to a Wall Street Journal report. That's backed up by Insider's own reporting: Lyz Lenz and Kimberly Leonard recently reported on Casey DeSantis' substantial influence over her husband's image. For his part, Trump indicated at a rally in Dayton, Ohio, on Monday that he plans to make a major announcement — presumed to be the announcement of another presidential bid — at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, November 15. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DBP66 Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 6 reasons why Trump’s already bad legal troubles are about to get worse Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein Wed, November 9, 2022 at 6:37 PM Mounting legal threats to Donald Trump may have appeared ominous before the 2022 congressional elections. They’re nothing compared to what comes next. Some of the political protections that the former president was enjoying are effectively gone. And the firewall of Republican insulation he expected from the House and Senate appears likely to have some holes in it after an unexpectedly strong showing by Democrats in the midterms. With the midterm elections in the rearview, federal prosecutors are no longer abiding by an unwritten code to avoid politically sensitive investigative steps before voters go to the polls. An Atlanta-area prosecutor probing Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election had also paused most of her potentially explosive steps while Georgia voters were casting ballots. And the inability of Republicans to deliver massive margins of victory threatens to deprive Trump of the overwhelmingly Republican Congress that he had hoped would wield committee gavels and subpoena power to protect him and torment rivals. All this could be further complicated should Trump, as expected, announce his third run for the presidency in the coming week. With that declaration nearing, Trump finds himself in a new, more precarious reality — one in which federal and local investigators are closing in on his top allies in at least three criminal probes. The newly reelected New York attorney general is working to dismantle his business empire and the House’s Jan. 6 select committee is about to unload a massive trove of evidence that may advance the criminal cases against him. Here are the top six takeaways: Prosecutors unchained The grand jury investigation into Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election went dark in September — but not before a remarkable flourish. FBI investigators uncorked dozens of subpoenas and seized the cell phones of many of Trump’s top allies, working to secure evidence ahead of the Justice Department’s traditional 60-day quiet period before Election Day. With the voting largely complete, prosecutors are free to take more overt steps to advance their investigation. Prosecutors have also methodically advanced a grand jury investigation into Trump’s decision to keep sensitive national security documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate after leaving office — and a potential effort to prevent the government from reclaiming them. In recent weeks, they secured the testimony of Kash Patel, a former Trump White House aide who had initially asserted his Fifth Amendment rights in a closed-door grand jury appearance. The Justice Department recently compelled his testimony with a grant of limited immunity though it’s unclear what of value, if anything, Patel has told them. A similar dynamic is at play in Fulton County, Ga., where District Attorney Fani Willis has investigated Trump’s effort to subvert the election. Her prosecutors have been eager to reach several high-profile witnesses who they had been unable to interview in the weeks preceding the election. Among her first post-election interviews: newly reelected governor, Brian Kemp. The judge overseeing Willis’ special grand jury rejected her effort to interview Kemp in August amid his reelection campaign but ordered Kemp to testify as soon as possible after the midterms. In New York, Attorney General Tish James coasted to reelection despite a concerted effort by Trump to promote her Republican rival. Now, James is clear to litigate her extensive lawsuit against Trump’s business empire. A New York judge put Trump’s firms under court oversight last week and Trump’s initial effort to get that order lifted on appeal struck out on Thursday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Appellate judge won't block appointment of Trump Org monitor MICHAEL R. SISAK Wed, November 9, 2022 at 5:43 PM NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s company can't avoid an independent monitor's oversight while it appeals a court’s decision to require an outside watchdog, a New York appellate court judge ruled Wednesday. Angela Mazzarelli, an associate justice on the state’s mid-level appeals court, rejected the Trump Organization's request for a stay — a legal mechanism that would've halted the monitoring requirement while it pursues an appeal. Mazzarelli said a full panel of appellate judges would take up the issue at a hearing on Nov. 28. In the meantime, Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron is free to appoint a monitor and put that person to work keeping tabs on Trump’s vast real estate empire, restricting the company's ability to freely make deals, sell assets and change its corporate structure. Engoron has indicated he could select a monitor as early as next week. Lawyers for the Trump Organization filed paperwork Monday challenging Engoron’s decision last week to appoint an independent monitor to oversee the company’s business dealings — oversight sought by the New York attorney general’s office as it sued Trump and his company for fraud. Trump Organization lawyers argue that Engoron overstepped his bounds and that his decision to appoint a monitor for the duration of Attorney General Letitia James’ civil case put “immediate and unlawful prejudgment restraint” on what they said was nearly $5 billion in assets. Messages seeking comment were left with the company’s lawyers. Engoron set a Thursday deadline for lawyers from James’ office and the Trump Organization to each submit a list of up to three monitor candidates. After that, Engoron said, the parties will have five days to comment on the other side’s candidates before he makes his choice. Mazzarelli issued her ruling after an emergency hearing Wednesday where she heard arguments from lawyers for the company and James' office. James’ lawsuit, the product of a three-year investigation, alleges Trump and the Trump Organization misled banks and others about the value of prized assets, including golf courses and hotels bearing his name. James, a Democrat, is seeking $250 million and a permanent ban on Trump, a Republican, doing business in the state. James’ office sought an independent monitor after it said it found evidence that showed the company was taking steps to dodge potential penalties from the lawsuit, such as incorporating a new, similarly named entity — Trump Organization LLC — in September, just before the lawsuit was filed. Engoron barred the Trump Organization from selling or transferring any noncash assets without giving the court and James’ office 14 days notice. The to-be-named monitor will be charged with ensuring the company’s compliance and will immediately report any violations to the court and lawyers for both sides. The Trump Organization also must grant the monitor access to its financial statements, asset valuations and other disclosures, must provide a full and accurate description of the company’s structure and must give the monitor at least 30 days notice of any potential restructuring, refinancing or asset sales, Engoron said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBP66 Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Donald Trump Settles Assault Lawsuit After Lawyer Says He Was ‘Staring Down The Barrel Of A Bronx Jury’ Maria Pierides Wed, November 9, 2022 at 8:00 PM Donald Trump Lawyers have slammed the fact that Donald Trump will not be appearing in court and his testimony will be provided via video deposition in his latest lawsuit involving Efrain Galicia, the activist of Mexican origin who alleged that Trump’s security assaulted him outside Trump Towers during a peaceful protest back in September 2015, under his instruction. Jury selection for the New York City civil trial that is set to take place at the Bronx Supreme Court reportedly started on Monday, October 31st, with legal veterans telling The Guardian that it doesn’t look good for the 76-year-old former president, and he should be very afraid of what the Bronx jury could do! Law Professor Says Trump “Is Not Loved In The Bronx” “I’m a civil rights lawyer. If I can get a case into the Bronx, I’ll move heaven and earth,” Randolph McLaughlin, Pace University law school professor and co-chair of Newman Ferrara LLP’s civil rights practice group told The Guardian. “Bronx juries, they engage in Robinhood-ism. They take from the rich and give to the rest of us – their verdicts are always generally right at the ceiling.” “There’s no limit in the Bronx. They love to give money to the people,” McLaughlin continued. “Donald Trump, as much as he is loved in certain corners of the country, he is not loved in the Bronx.” As we mentioned earlier, Trump is not expected to make an in-person appearance, and his testimony will be provided via video deposition, which McLaughlin predicts will also not work in the former president’s favor! “If jurors can take time out of their busy days to sit in judgment, you can’t take time out of your busy day?” McLaughlin questioned. “I don’t think it’s going to carry much weight. Jurors, inside themselves, are going to resent the fact. Who does he think he is? He’s not going to show up to court?” “I’ve said this before and I’ll say this again: the Bronx civil court is the greatest instrument of wealth redistribution since the Red Army,” Ron Kuby, a longtime New York City criminal defense attorney focused on civil rights added. “A Bronx jury is going to view this case with a fair eye and if they find that the defendant is liable, they are going to award massive sums.” “While the compensatory damages are not great in the standard of major lawsuits – this isn’t Sandy Hook or Abner Louima, this is not a neurologist who had his wrist broken and can’t operate – the potential punitive damages are very substantial, and Trump will be personally liable for those as well as the individual defendants.” However, Steve Cohen of Pollock Cohen LLP said that jurors won’t necessarily be biased against Trump, and he believed that the jurors will have an "open mind" before reaching their verdict. He said: "You never know how jurors are going to react and one might assume that a Bronx jury would be less receptive to former president Trump than jurors in other locations, but I have actually been on four juries through verdict, and jurors take their job very, very seriously, and I really believe that jurors will go in with an open mind and listen to the evidence." "That said, there’s a presumption – given everything that’s going on, nobody is unaware of all the other issues surrounding former president Trump – and it’s going to be very hard to separate this particular set of circumstances from the broader questions surrounding former president Donald Trump’s behavior," he added. Trump's Other Legal Woes This legal battle is the tip of the iceberg, as Trump is also being investigated for the mishandling of secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, while Georgia prosecutors are still in the midst of investigating whether he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. And then, of course, Trump and his family are being sued by New York state attorney general Letitia James for fraud, while the former POTUS is also fighting a defamation lawsuit filed by writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of rape. This post has been updated since it was originally published to include recent facts, which can be found below: Donald Trump Settles Lawsuit Before Trial Begins Attorneys for both Trump and the protesters have since told NBC News that the case was settled just before the trial was about to begin, with lawyer Benjamin Dictor, who was representing Galicia and the four other immigration activists, saying "the matter was resolved on terms that they are very, very happy with." The settlement was reached on Wednesday, November 2nd, with Dictor calling it "an incredible day" for his clients, describing them as "lifelong activists in the community who stood up to defend the right to speech on the public sidewalk and have litigated for seven years." Dictor went on to tell The Post that the other side had been "staring down the barrel of a Bronx jury who were about to be presented with overwhelming evidence in support of plaintiffs' claims." The protestors also released a joint statement following the settlement, stating that: "The parties all agree that the plaintiffs in the action, and all people, have a right to engage in peaceful protest on public sidewalks." The full details of the settlement haven’t been released yet, but we bet that Trump would have given *anything* to avoid facing the Bronx jury, given their reputation! Official Statement From Trump's Attorney Although Trump has yet to officially comment on the trial, Alina Habba, an attorney for the former POTUS, released a statement, saying: "Although we were eager to proceed to trial to demonstrate the frivolousness of this case, the parties were ultimately able to come to an amicable resolution. We are very pleased with this outcome and are happy to finally put this matter to rest once and for all." That's one less lawsuit for Trump to worry about, but as we stated above, his legal troubles are far from over! 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DBP66 Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Trump Under Fire From Within GOP After Midterms Michael C. Bender and Maggie Haberman Thu, November 10, 2022 at 9:08 AM Former President Donald Trump greets his guests at his election night party at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla, on Nov. 8, 2022. (Josh Ritchie/The New York Times) Donald Trump faced unusual public attacks from across the Republican Party on Wednesday after a string of midterm losses by candidates he had handpicked and supported, a display of weakness as he prepared to announce a third presidential campaign as soon as next week. As the sheer number of missed Republican opportunities sank in, the rush to openly blame Trump was as immediate as it was surprising. Conservative allies criticized Trump on social media and cable news, questioning whether he should continue as the party’s leader and pointing to his toxic political brand as the common thread woven through three consecutive lackluster election cycles. - ADVERTISEMENT - Trump was seen as largely to blame for the Republicans’ underwhelming finish in Tuesday’s elections, as a number of the candidates he had endorsed in competitive races were defeated — including nominees for governor and Senate in Pennsylvania and for governor of Michigan, New York and Wisconsin. “Republicans have followed Donald Trump off the side of a cliff,” David Urban, a longtime Trump adviser with ties to Pennsylvania, said in an interview. Former Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who has long supported Trump, said, “I strongly believe he should no longer be the face of the Republican Party,” adding that the party “can’t become a personality cult.” The chorus of criticism, which unfolded on Fox News and social media throughout the day, revealed Trump to be at his most vulnerable point politically since the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Still, Trump has built a deep well of loyalty with Republican voters, and party officials cautioned that it was too soon to tell whether he would suffer any lasting political damage beyond a flurry of bad headlines, or whether a rival will emerge to challenge him. Trump has built a career on outlasting political controversy, and Trump aides insisted that any suggestion of weakness was a media confection. “I am proud to endorse Donald Trump for president in 2024,” Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said in a statement. “It is time for Republicans to unite around the most popular Republican in America who has a proven track record of conservative governance.” Sen.-elect J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, an early choice of Trump, said he believed Trump would be the nominee if he runs. “Every year, the media writes Donald Trump’s political obituary. And every year, we’re quickly reminded that Trump remains the most popular figure in the Republican Party,” he said. And Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., said he supported Trump, who “transformed our party.” Stefanik, Vance and Banks all provided statements after The New York Times sought comment from an aide to Trump. Publicly, Trump put the best face on the results, pointing to dozens of wins for his endorsed candidates in less competitive races. In an interview Wednesday with Fox News, he pointed to Vance, who delivered a convincing victory, and to Herschel Walker, the former football star, who will face Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., in a runoff. “We had tremendous success — why would anything change?” Trump said when asked whether he would delay his announcement. But at his home in Florida, Trump was privately spreading blame, including to Fox News host Sean Hannity and casino mogul Steve Wynn, for his endorsement of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the defeated Pennsylvania Senate candidate. He included his wife, Melania, among those he complained had offered poor advice, according to several people familiar with the discussions. Among Republican operatives who have been open to working with another Trump presidential campaign, a handful said they were reconsidering. That could present a challenge for Trump, who has a handful of trusted advisers but almost no one yet staffing key aspects of a campaign-in-waiting. Kayleigh McEnany, a former Trump White House press secretary and one of his longtime defenders, said on Fox News on Wednesday that her former boss should hold off on an announcement, at least until after the runoff election for Senate in Georgia. “He needs to put it on pause, absolutely,” McEnany said. “If I’m advising any contender, no one announces 2024 until we get through Dec 6.” Trump, however, has been teasing rally crowds for weeks with hints of another presidential bid — one that was meant to capitalize on the momentum gained by what he repeatedly predicted would be a towering Republican victory in Tuesday’s elections. That would allow him to claim credit for endorsing the winners, holding dozens of rallies to showcase them and, in a new spirit of benevolence, spending millions of dollars from his campaign treasury on advertisements to support them. Instead, the party fared far more poorly than it had expected, though it remains within reach of control of one or both houses of Congress. On Wednesday, Trump was said to be furious with Hannity, to whom the former president often turns for political advice, and who was among several people who urged him to endorse Oz. In Arizona, Kari Lake and Blake Masters, running for governor and Senate respectively, had campaigned together as “America First” candidates carrying Trump’s banner. Both were behind as the counting continued in races too close to call. And in 36 House races that the Cook Political Report rated as tossups, Trump endorsed just five Republicans. Each one lost Tuesday. “Almost every one of these Trump-endorsed candidates that you see in competitive states has lost,” Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor, said Wednesday on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “It’s a huge loss for Trump. And, again, it shows that his political instincts are not about the party, they’re not about the country — they’re about him.” King said the results showed that it was time for the party to move on, and he faulted Trump for sniping at political allies. “His self-promotion and his attacks on Republicans including Ron DeSantis and Mitch McConnell were largely responsible for Republicans not having a red wave,” King said. “We can’t allow blind fealty to Trump to determine the fate of our party.” Scott Jennings, a longtime adviser to McConnell, the Senate minority leader, pointed to exit polls that showed Trump was less popular than President Joe Biden. He said if Trump wanted to see a Republican elected president in 2024, he should not run. Jennings suggested DeSantis, the Florida governor, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia as potential alternatives. He called for those Republicans to move urgently, pointing to the former president’s rapid political recovery after his supporters rioted in the Capitol, after Trump had falsely told them that his reelection victory had been stolen. “The void has to be filled,” Jennings said. “After Jan. 6, the GOP hesitated and he quickly recovered. DeSantis cannot hesitate.” Adding to Trump’s long night Tuesday, one of the few Republican bright spots in the midterms came in Florida, where DeSantis — widely viewed as the leading alternative to Trump in 2024 — won reelection with the widest margin of any Republican in the 24 years the party has controlled the governor’s office in Tallahassee. The New York Post, one of Trump’s favorite publications, devoted its cover Wednesday to an election-night photo of the 44-year-old governor celebrating with his young family. The tabloid’s headline, “DeFuture,” turned his family name into a compliment — just four days after Trump dismissed DeSantis as “DeSanctimonious” at a rally. On Wednesday, Trump pointed out on his social media website, Truth Social, that he had received more total votes in Florida during his 2020 presidential race than DeSantis won Tuesday. Trump’s margin of victory, however, was only about one-tenth as wide. It remains to be seen how durable the criticisms of Trump will prove, but in the immediate aftermath of votes being cast, some Republicans were willing to deliver unusually blunt on-the-record criticisms of Trump. “Americans tend to support candidates who look forward and not backward,” said Urban, the former Trump adviser. “If Trump can do that, people would be excited. But can he? If history is any judge, I don’t think he can and it’s a shame. He’s an incredibly skilled politician in many ways, but in other ways, he just doesn’t get it.” Mike Cernovich, a conservative blogger and longtime defender of Trump, broke with his political ally Wednesday, posting a series of messages to his 1 million followers on Twitter, in which he referred to the midterms “an ass-kicking” for Republicans, and suggested the only silver lining was “at least no one has to suck up to Trump anymore.” “The country doesn’t care about the 2020 election,” Cernovich wrote. “Trump can’t move on, oh well. Bye.” © 2022 The New York Times Company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DBP66 Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, I AM IRONMAN said: NYT? 🤣🤮 This time! anyone who laughs at the N.Y. Times is a moron and right-wing nut...don't be scared of reality...Trump lost....😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I AM IRONMAN Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 42 minutes ago, DBP66 said: anyone who believes the N.Y. Times is a sheep and left -wing nut...don't be scared of reality.....😉 FIFY 😂 BTW DBP game moved to Sat at 1pm due to weather 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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