If you get a chance, watch some of the interviews this man, the ex-senior official from DHS, Miles Taylor, is doing about Twitler.
The orange peach of a man thought gassing migrants was policy, and was "great."
There's just no bottom. He is a despicable individual.
T former campaign Boss Bannon has been arrested for crowd funding “build the wall” was not used to build the wall. He and others used the money on themselves.
The charges came for SDNY federal prosecutors. I wonder if Barr will help him?
T works with only the finest people.
Smart decision by prosecutors. If Barr and/or Trump intervenes, then it looks like a conspiracy between them. This also weakens Trump's base support. After all, why shouldn't the money be used to build their beloved wall? If Trump defends them, then he undermines his position.
The timing is excellent. This distracts Trump somewhat from Biden's big night tonight and further casts a shadow on the Republican convention next week.
Trump is in a delimma. He can help Bannon and risk conspiracy and corruption charges in the future (as well as risk losing a few of his Wall supporters) or he can remain silent until after the election and hope Bannon won't flip on him.
Another strike against Trump. Just minutes after Bannon was arrested, the federal judge in his tax case just ruled that Trump's taxes need to be turned over to DA Vance.
What does this change? Probably nothing, as Trump will most certainly appeal. But it is another headache for him, another prolonged legal battle for his lawyers, and yet another small crack in his reservoir of invincibility.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
The dam has sprung multiple leaks, and a blue flood is coming to cleanse the country from the filth!
Sleep well, Trump and McConnell. You will need it in the months and years ahead.
@allyn From your lips to God's ear!!!! Trump has long gotten by by engaging in long drawn out court battles... sooner or later... he WILL run out of motions and appeals and have to stand to FACE THE MUSIC.. He has danced to the music long enough that the piper wants to be paid!!!
T's negative astrological aspects from now through the end of the year have already caught up with him. They indicate major disappointments and feeling frustrated. It will be a miserable rest of the year for him. Karma has arrived.
It couldn't happen to a nicer fascist.
Judge rules against Trump in tax records subpoena fight - CNNPolitics
"The ruling by US District Judge Victor Marrero follows a landmark Supreme Court decision this summer that appeared to set up potentially lengthy delays on subpoenas for Trump's records.
Yet the ruling on Thursday snaps attention back to the ongoing criminal probe of Trump's business dealings, and revives the possibility that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance could reach the records before the presidential election.
"Justice requires an end to this controversy," Marrero wrote."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/donald-trump-new-york-tax-records/index.html
That is why I believe that if there is a large democratic turnout during early voting and if Trump's poll numbers continue to tumble, I believe he very well may quit the election before November 3, 2020.
Now, hear me out. I know he is stupid and stubborn beyond belief, but please consider the following:
1. Trump truly fears being a loser. Probably much more that being a quitter. He has won the majority of his legal battles (mostly contract disputes) because he delays the proceedings for so long that the other side eventually runs out of money and/or quits. Delay is the only way he can truly win. So while he tries to cultivate this persona of him being a fighter, the truth is that he merely delays the case in hopes for a settlement or to outwait the opposition. You will find very, very few case where Trump has actually won on the merits.
Trump hopes to delay the election results somehow, but his efforts keep falling apart. Even his current efforts to hurt mail-in voting will hurt him because it will encourage Democrats to flood the voting booths even with Covid 19. Don't believe me? Look at what happened in Wisconsin, when Republicans tried that this year so they could keep their conservative majority on the state bench. It didn't work out so well for them.
Methinks that if Trump finally sees that he will lose "bigly," then he will make up some sort of excuse (aka-"bone spurs") to try to resign gracefully. This way, he won't be labled a "loser." Also, when the Republicans lose the Senate, he can claim "well, if I was still on the ballot, the Republicans would have won. Too bad I had to resign, of course."
2. Trump may also resign because he believes that he does, then the Democrats won't go after him criminally. Remember when Republicans threatened to investigate Hillary on numerous fake charges then mysteriously stopped mentioning them after she lost (with the exception of the usual "lock her up" chants from the Trump supporters.) Trump may believe that he can pardon himself, his family, and his friends, then resign and the Democrats will lose interest.
NOT. GOING. TO. HAPPEN.
Seriously, with as many enemies as Trump has, do you really think the Democrats and their allies will let Trump get away with anything. First of all, Trump actually committed real crimes, while Hillary did not. Say what you will about her, but if Hillary truly committed crimes, then why did the Republicans drop their investigation? Because it was always meant to slander her, nothing more. (McCarthy actually admitted to this.)
I hope Democrats will be different. I hope they continue to go after Trump and his allies after he leaves office. They need to send a message to Republicans that Congressional investigations are meant to be actual investigations and not a political tool to slander opponents. While some fear that it will become the norm to punish political opponents after they leave, I hope that it will actually send a message to Republicans about the dangers of instigating false political investigations, least your opponent will actually use your own tactics against you when it is their turn. In other words, I hope that Democrats go after Trump and his allies so harshly that Republicans will hesitate to pull another "Benghazi."
But even if Democrats try to do the "let bygones be bygones" approach happen (which I hope they don't), then I hope New York will continue to go after Trump and his allies. Even if they can't go after Trump for some odd reason, they can go after his children and make it to where Trump's financial empire goes bankrupt. Vance seems to signal that he is in this for the long run, and he will not hesitate to take Trump to prison if need be.
3. I am convinced that there is something out there so toxic that it will ruin Trump somehow.
I don't know what it is. It could be his tax records or an incriminating tape of some sort. Maybe proof he really did rape women or something even evangelicals will hesitate to support (like proof he paid for multiple abortions). But Trump will not want that information out.
If Democrats have that information, they will likely release it in October. Probably by mid-October, to take advantage of the early voting and yet leave little time for Trump's allies (aka-Fox News) to come up with a counterattack (aka-lies) to stop the damage.
Trump may find out about this in advance and meet with Democratic leaders. In exchange for not releasing the information to the public, he will agree to resign and not contest Biden's ascension. Pelosi may agree only as a means to ensure that Trump doesn't make it to November 3, 2020 and then try to challenge the results. Remember, the Constitution is very, very clear. If the election is somehow delayed and/or the results are contested, then Pelosi becomes acting President on January 20, 2021. No exceptions.
Now, Trump may try to have Pelosi "removed" (aka-killed) before that happens, but then the Democrats will simply elect a new Speaker of the House, which would be a Democrat. So he is screwed regardless, as Pelosi and any other Democratic Speaker will not hesitate to throw Trump in house arrest while awaiting his trial for treason (which carries the death penalty, by the way.)
So I expect Pelosi may have a card up her sleeve, and Trump might suddenly quit due to health reasons in October. But we will see how it plays out. For the sake of out country, I hope he does, and the long orange nightmare would be over. Recovery will take a long time, of course, and his followers will certainly cause problems, but it would be far better for the country if Trump is not President by election day 2020.