It’s been a bad week for the Trump family, with Mueller doggedly closing in and a guilty plea from Michael Cohen, an immunity deal with the Trump Organization’s Chief Financial Officer and the publisher of the National Enquirer, and of course the guilty verdict for campaign manager Paul Manafort on eight counts. I wonder if Trump wishes he had never run for president.
Now starts the next Manafort trial.
The Washington Post writes:
“The Paul Manafort trial set for September in Washington is expected to last three weeks and, on the basis of a list of 1,500 possible exhibits, will delve far more deeply into how he operated as a lobbyist and consultant than was done in his just-completed trial in Virginia.
“The estimated trial timeline and exhibits were included in a joint filing Friday night in federal court in Washington by Manafort’s defense and prosecutors with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. The required filing is a road map of the next trial facing President Trump’s former campaign chairman, convicted Tuesday in federal court in Alexandria on eight of 18 tax- and bank-fraud charges after a trial that focused on Manafort’s finances.
“Manafort’s trial in the District, set to begin Sept. 17, will cover much of the same ground but will scrutinize more closely his political work from 2006 to 2017, during which he allegedly reaped $30 million as a consultant for pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine.
“Manafort, 69, has pleaded not guilty to charges related to his advising of then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. In his upcoming trial, the list of prosecution exhibits suggests how Manafort became an architect of Washington’s modern-day influence industry, gaining access to foreign influence and foreign money. “
Remember those chants of “drain the swamp” and “lock her up?”
Amend that to “Hire the swamp” and “Lock him up.”
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Amend that to “Hire the swamp” and “Lock him up.”
A good one.
That’s good.
Richard Painter, who was the ethics lawyer for George W. Bush administration, had a good line on Twitter. He said that MAGA means My Attorney Got Arrested.
As long as corporations, Wall St. banks, and the war-profiteering Death Merchants are allowed to make U.S. domestic and foreign policies, “democracy” here is a Big Lie, inequality will never cease, the U.S.’s endless wars of aggression will continue, and the rapidly-accelerating Climate Catastrophe will never be mediated (it is too late to stop it now).
BOTH corporate parties profit handsomely from the immense corporate power over U.S. government, from the White House, through the Congress and the Supreme Court (see Santa Clara v.County Southern Pacific RR, 1886 [corporations have the same rights as humans]; Buckley v. Valeo, 1976 [money equals speech]; and Citizens United, 2010 [corporations can give unlimited amounts of $$ to political campaigns]), down to state and local governments.
NOVEMBER IS ALL THAT MATTERS.
the stars are lining up… but the president is not literally on the ballot.
Make the incumbants and candidates – they are on THE BALLOT declare their position on things that matter to THEIR base!
As tempting as it is to talk about Impeachment or ICE and our overt liberal issues – –
the AUDIENCE that must switch are GOP voters – hard core voters and on-the-fence who still (sorry) cringe when they hear about liberal views on immigration, abortion, lgbqt rights, and even NFL protests.
Vulnerable GOP and on the fence voters like their conserative values. Stay away from them.
ANd we MUST pin down the candidates on why they aren’t angry, do they or do they not support the president ‘no matter what’ — and MAKE THEM ANSWER.
Dear Incumbant and Candidate
Every person close to the president (literally – First people to endorse him, first people to be hired by him..) have either been indicated, fired, or resigned. DOZENS.
***DO YOU SUPPORT a president who is INCOMPETENT and will not deliver on your issues?
He lies. It’s on tape. It’s in tweets. I didn’t know … well, I knew. It was about adoption, it was about Russia….
***DO YOU SUPPORT a president who lies and who lie to you about immigration, trade, and other things YOU CARE ABOUT?
He is a racist. He demeans women, all women. He disrespects the military.
It’s on tape. It’s in his tweets.
***DO YOU WANT TO BE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS SUPPORTING A RACIST PRESIDENT?
He wants to privativze everything.
*** DO YOU WANT A PRESIDENT WHO WANTS A BIG CORPORATION RUNNING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL
YES OR NO?
Watching Trump and company reminds me of an episode of “The Sopranos.” The main characters have the same criminal mentality. Trump announces that Manafort is a “good guy” because he didn’t flip. This is language more appropriate for the jailhouse yard than the White House. I find the whole outlandish mess disgusting. I would like the entire basket of the deplorables to get dropped on their heads There’s not a shred of morality in the whole basket.
Yes, it’s shocking that the media has allowed Trump’s behavior and language to become normalized.
As true as everything said here about Trump is, I doubt that “Trump wishes he had never run for president.” Being President brings him too much glory and attention to ever have regrets, no matter what befalls him (and even then, he will continue to deny that he did anything wrong, and blame others for his misdeeds). In short, his ego is too YUGE, no matter the price.
As Trump often says, “let’s see what happens.”
I don’t think he enjoys being mocked and humiliated by every media outlet but FOX and Breitbart.
It will only get worse now that the CFO of the Trump Organization has made a deal for immunity.
Melania won’t leave because she probably doesn’t have a pre nup.
He and his family will be prosecuted in New York and presidential pardons don’t work at the state level.
Actually, even several Fox people are calling Trump a liar: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/08/25/fox-smith-cavuto-baier-turn-trump-nr-vpx.cnn
” If Trump wanted to see Hillary locked up; he should have given her a job”
If the focus stays on him and then he’s out at least hope everyone from “Leader” McConnell to these empty vessel candidates go down with him.
But I will continue to push that the Democrats better not screw this up in November. As long as Congress is a majority of white gop men in both houses – the next two years are deadly.
Roger Cohen’s nyt column reinforces that the president’s base does not care about Russia, trade, or payments to women. Don’t be naive thinking indictments are his downfall.
“His supporters, and there are tens of millions of them, never had illusions. … They’ve known all along that he’s a needy narcissist, a womanizer, a lowlife, a liar, a braggart and a generally miserable human being. That’s why the “Access Hollywood” tape or the I-could-shoot-somebody-on-Fifth-Avenue boast did not kill his candidacy.”