He's not stupid, just totally corrupt, which is amplified 10x by his mental illness.
No he's pretty fucking stupid. imagine an ex-president saying in an interview he can declassify documents simply by thinking about it. I honestly don't know how he's survived to his age.
He's also very corrupt, but he's also s-t-u-p-i-d, if he had total power like he wished for he probably would have tried launching a fuckin nuke into a hurricane, terrifying we had a president who didn't just think that was a logical solution for a hurricane but said it out loud.
Sure it will work; then comes the radiation.... nice whippy radiation.... Then we can get some nice whipped up radiation rain; of course no telling what it does to the ozone so maybe we can also get some additional skin cancer when the weather clear - oh wait we'll do it while the hurrican is over China and explain it was just an accident.... er something like that... oh wait doesn't he hate europe; maybe it would be easier to do it over europe after all they wouldn't consider it an attack...."Hey, has anyone tried it? Seems like it would work when I think about it. All these advisors are stupid, they're probably lying about what would happen."
Being rich is a superpower akin to nigh invulnerability.I honestly don't know how he's survived to his age.
It sure is.Being rich is a superpower akin to nigh invulnerability.
He has had Rudy, the Kraken woman and Eastman. That's a very short drive to nuts. It's be faster just to walk that far.His public statements must be driving his lawyers nuts
Oh it gets better... as in better chances of an indictment (AND disbarment?)
Trump lawyer Christina Bobb spoke with federal investigators, source says | CNN Politics
Christina Bobb -- the Trump attorney who signed a letter earlier this year inaccurately attesting that all classified material had been returned following a "diligent search" of Mar-a-Lago -- spoke with federal investigators in recent days, according to a person familiar with the matter.www.cnn.com
Turns out Bobb was told to certify that all documents had been returned when she had nothing to do with the actual search. She's just another fall gal with a nice face. Even better--they tried to pull the same stunt with her in February, but she figured she was caught in a lie and refused to certify back then. And yet, she eventually fell for it.
The problem with Trump making public statements where he basically does a scattershot defense of throwing everything up against the wall to see what sticks, is that everything he's written on social media and said in speeches will come into evidence if there's a trial, regardless of whether he choses to testify. He's going to lose credibility with the jury for not sticking to one logically consistent defense. It's like saying, I didn't do it, but if I did it was self-defense, and see how far that gets you with a jury.
For example, if I'm prosecuting, I would show the jury that he made false statements about how records were handled by other ex-POTUSES. Why lie about all that if he isn't guilty?
His public statements must be driving his lawyers nuts. This is just one of many reasons he has trouble finding attorneys.
Maybe 12 Amish jurors would work.
They have to charge him; i mean it is one thing for him to 'accidently' take a few documents; and another to go to extreme to resist returning them - and in the process even threaten the DOJ. How do you not charge this guy ?
Well to get a jury that will unanimously acquit is unlikely. But yeah will the fear of a hung jury be enough for DOJ to not pursue? MAGAtards would consider a hung jury as INNOCENT!!! And should they try for a second trial, the outrage from the orange monkey will be insane.I don't disagree, but how will the court system find an impartial jury?
Well to get a jury that will unanimously acquit is unlikely. But yeah will the fear of a hung jury be enough for DOJ to not pursue? MAGAtards would consider a hung jury as INNOCENT!!! And should they try for a second trial, the outrage from the orange monkey will be insane.
This case will be held in DC. If DOJ manage to let 12 MAGAtard on the jury, they deserve to lose. But yeah 1 will prevent an unanimous guilty verdict.If all 12 jurors voted guilty MAGA idiots would scream he's innocent and say he was railroaded by the DEMS. The only way I'd see most MAGA's admitting he was actually guilty if he was found guilty in court would be if Trump admitted to his guilt. And he could never do that, not even for the plea deal of the century. Trump will maintain one of his hairball stories where he's done nothing wrong and it's all the DOJ and FBI out to frame him, and his kult will eat it up as the facts. Remember a lot of his followers believe Trump declassified documents with the power of his mind, because he said he did it, it has to be true.
What novel legal questions need to be answered? The only one I know is how thoroughly he has poisoned the well of potential jurors. This will very likely be the worst case of jury contamination in history.The jury issues are just one hurdle they have to consider prior to making a determination. There are many, novel, legal questions that would also need to be accounted for assuming they seat a jury. Two of the many reasons this isn't a slam dunk by any stretch.
What novel legal questions need to be answered? The only one I know is how thoroughly he has poisoned the well of potential jurors. This will very likely be the worst case of jury contamination in history.
What novel legal questions need to be answered? The only one I know is how thoroughly he has poisoned the well of potential jurors. This will very likely be the worst case of jury contamination in history.
That would be ...“Novel legal questions“ like:
Are past presidents above the law?
Do past presidents retain executive power?
If you psychically think a document declassified did it happen?
Can a past executive make decisions that the current executive can’t undo?
Is it stealing if you really want the documents?