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Trump swears he didn't r ape E. Jean Carroll but also swears that she "enjoyed" it.

He also claims she "wasn't his type", but apparently he couldn't tell the difference between her and his ex-wife. So much for that defense.

From: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/19/trump-e-jean-carroll-wife-deposition
Donald Trump mistook E Jean Carroll, the writer who accuses him of ****, for his ex-wife Marla Maples during a deposition in the case last year...“That’s Marla, yeah,” Trump said, when shown a photograph.

And can you imagine if Biden had made the same sort of mistake? The MAGAchud would be having orgasms as they complained about Biden becoming so senile he couldn't identify someone he was married to for years. Yet they ignore it when Trump does it.

Now the leader of the Trump-Russia investigation gets charged with being a Russian agent. Hilarious.  😆

https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1618309363084718080?s=20&t=SySiYi__XRrpVhRC00t3SA

MAGA talking points stressed imaginary allegations that Biden was "China's b-itch" because Trump has a secret bank account there and was offering favours to dictators in exchange for their support in 2020.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/trump-asked-china-to-help-him-win-in-2020-offered-favors-to-dictators-bolton-says-idUSKBN23O3B7

Of course that is rather old news, and not the only thing link between the Trump klan and Russia. (Remember Ivanka Trump getting favorable treatment by the Chinese government over trademarks.

But there is news. Remember the Durham investigation? The one that was supposed to uncover all sorts of questionable activity regarding the Russia investigation? Well it actually found evidence of a real crime!!!!

But not in the way that you were thinking...

From: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-john-durham-criminal-probe-financial-dealings-report-2023-1
...special counsel John Durham pressed Italian and British officials about any tips they could have shared that may have set off the Russian collusion investigation....Italian officials responded by telling Durham's team about allegations of financial crimes that were serious enough that the DOJ opened a criminal investigation....Barr made the call to empower Durham to follow up on the Italian's tip. Durham never filed any charges. It is unclear what, if anything, came of the investigation.

So, did Trump actually do anything illegal here? Well, the fact that things were controlled by Barr/Durham means that we can never know for sure. (Given the way Barr white-washed and lied about the Mueller report, we certainly can't trust that any other investigations were properly handled.)

Trump says he didn't bang Stormy Daniels and then pay her off, but too much has time has passed since he did it so they can't charge him for it.

In an ideal world, Trump and some of his family would be charged with treason.

Trump says he didn't bang Stormy Daniels and then pay her off, but too much has time has passed since he did it so they can't charge him for it.

There are 2 avenues of prosecution of Trump over this matter:

- Campaign finance violations. Payments to Stormy Daniels to suppress negative stories should have been considered a political donation, but they were not declared as such. (This is one of the things that Cohen went to jail for.)

- Business fraud. Payments to Daniels would have been considered a personal expense, but Stubby McBonespurs may have paid from the Trump Organization (and hidden the nature of the payments).

I believe the campaign finance violations would be federal in nature. Currently, the Manhattan DA is investigating the business fraud angle (which might violate both state and federal laws, but the Manhattan DA would likely deal with state laws.)

Now obviously the issue of the statute of limitations comes into play here. However, the fact that they are bothering with the issue at all suggests that they have not yet reached the deadline for that. (Otherwise they wouldn't have bothered with the grand jury at all.)

Complicating the issue is that when Trump was president, the DoJ had a policy of not indicting a sitting president. The problem is, nobody knows how that affects the statute of limitations, since its never been tested in court. (Is the statute of limitations suspended for the 4 years Trump was president because he wouldn't be charged? Or did the clock continue running?)

In an ideal world Trump would have his head kicked in behind a dirty old skip down at the docks, and be left for dead, only to have the rats and the crows finish him off.

But you can't always get what you want.

Treason would be okay too.

Yes, everyone I don’t like should die over treason.  How long have you been a fascist?

Yes, everyone I don’t like should die over treason.  How long have you been a fascist?

It must be so embarrassing for you to still, after all this time, have to support one of the crappest human beings alive.