Trump appeal denied.
Crime-fraud exception holds.
DOJ to get Corcoran documents*
*includes meeting notes & call transcripts b/w Corcoran and Trump. https://t.co/r8BdyT29pR pic.twitter.com/moSmkCEPI0
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) March 22, 2023
BREAKING: Evan Corcoran to testify before the federal grand jury within 48 hours.
This Friday.
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) March 22, 2023
BREAKING: Corcoran scheduled to testify before the Grand Jury FRIDAY. Trump's side is not expected to appeal to SCOTUS (per sources. not me. sources.) https://t.co/p1fgax0Mht
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) March 22, 2023
Chief Judge “Howell found that prosecutors showed ‘sufficient’ evidence that Trump ‘intentionally concealed’ the existence of additional classified documents from Corcoran, sources said, putting Corcoran in an unwitting position to deceive the government.”https://t.co/AG01TYhVwK
— Pete Strzok (@petestrzok) March 21, 2023
Open thread.
Jeffro
yeeeeeaahhhhhhhhh boyeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Just sitting here imagining the level of criminality it takes for the crime-fraud exception to kick in…
bbleh
CACourt of Appeals having none of the Trumpists’ BS. Good on themNow, can we speculate further on what’s happening in NY? Did they not meet because they want as many of them present as possible when they discuss whether to INDICT? Or did they not meet because the DA has already decided to put it to them but needs another day or two to polish their presentation? Or have they finally persuaded Deep Throat to testify?
(Sorry if I missed out on earlier speculation…)
WaterGirl
@bbleh: CA?
bbleh
@WaterGirl: Court of Appeals. Sorry. Edited.
JPL
There is no reason not to appeal. The attorney’s testimony would be delayed at best.
BTW Peter Strzok tweeted this With focus on the NY DA and classified docs at Mar-a-Lago, you might have missed the news about the federal criminal investigation of Trump Media and $8 million of shady loans with connections to a Russian oligarch.
We are going to need a cheat sheet to keep track of all the investigations.
WaterGirl
I haven’t seen yet whether they also get Corcoran’s recordings, does anyone know?
WaterGirl
@bbleh: Thank you for clarifying.
WaterGirl
@JPL: I know, I wanted to include that tweet but I couldn’t without including the GIANT promotion of Allison Gill’s podcast with him.
I was trying to figure out how to include that manually when I saw your comment.
narya
WG, get baking!! I suggest cupcakes, so you can freeze them and take them out as needed. And here’s hoping you need a LOT of them.
MattF
Make Attorneys Get Attorneys.
Scout211
@WaterGirl: CNN says:
Soprano2
I’d be interested in hearing from the attorneys here, but if a court orders you to testify against a client and break the attorney/client privilege, doesn’t that mean the client is pretty much fucked?
UncleEbeneezer
So far Jack Smith is living up to his reputation as an aggressive litigator. Please proceed :)
Baud
Everything is coming up Milhouse.
CaseyL
I’ve seen speculation that TFG will wait until the last possible moment to appeal to SCOTUS, hoping to delay things to over the weekend.
Roberts is apparently the Justice who hears appeals from the DC circuit court. Not sure if he’d want to touch this one, since he’s soooo concerned about SCOTUS’ reputation and all. Running interference for the perp on an espionage case would seem to be a little too much.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@bbleh: They did not meet. And they may not meet tomorrow.
Here’s a hopeful take on what may be going on, from someone pretty knowledgeable (former #2 of the Manhattan DA’s office). She says that the negotiated date for Trump to come in is sometime next week (not sure how well-sourced that is) and the DA would want the time between indictment and arrest to be as short as possible to minimize the chance and the damage from possible leaks.
And I think we can guess who the most likely leaker would be.
UncleEbeneezer
@bbleh: I believe I read that they have another potential witness they want to have an opportunity to testify before asking the GJ to make their decision. Not sure if that witness WILL testify, but I think the DA wants them to get their chance.
Raoul Paste
@Baud: this really made me laugh
WaterGirl
@Scout211: Yeah, that’s what they are referencing, but Howell included the recordists in her ruling, and if her ruling was upheld, as it appears it was, then I would think they would be included.
Especially since the reporting isn’t saying that they disallowed the recordings.
That’s why I’m hoping there’s something explicit out there that will clarify that one way or another.
Baud
@CaseyL:
To my knowledge, there’s no legal issue for the Supreme Court to decide. The only issue is whether the facts demonstrate that the crime-fraud exception applies. The Supreme Court doesn’t usually review factual questions.
WaterGirl
@Baud: I don’t understand that reference? Nixon? In what way?
Ceci n est pas mon nym
An idle thought that hit me this morning: Since Putin is now on the ICC Wanted list, wouldn’t it be sweet if after Jack Smith finishes grinding TFG into the dust, he goes back to the ICC and prosecutes Putin? Nice and symmetrical.
JPL
@CaseyL: I hope that Corcoran has good security. He might need it, but the DOJ already has his notes.
smith
I keep hoping for a money laundering for the Russian mafia case. Could this be it?
WaterGirl
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: I keep hearing about the former #2 from that office – is that the woman who quit in protest along with the fellow who wrote the book?
If so, I will take her info with a grain of salt.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
Simpsons.
JPL
@Baud: Let’s hope not, because that would freak me out.
I’ve been busy waiting for Godot today.
Mr. Bemused Senior
@JPL: cheat sheet? We need an Excel file and it may run out of rows.
WaterGirl
@JPL: It was interesting that Howell last week ordered the notes etc to be turned over to the DOJ immediately. My totally uninformed speculation is that her decision was related to personal safety of Corcoran and wanting to be sure nothing happened to the materials before he can testify.
Is that too tin foil hat?
WaterGirl
@Baud: No wonder I didn’t get it.
WaterGirl
@JPL:
moops
Remember when Congress handed over everything to Garland to prosecute Trump for trying to overthrow the government?
oh well. I guess we’ll take what we can get.
JPL
@WaterGirl: She was trying to preserve the documents in their original form. One or two of the documents could go missing.
WaterGirl
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: I suspect that whoever is in that position at the ICC now does not think of themselves as the seat warmer until Jack Smith’s return.
Just guessing!
CaseyL
@Baud:
Well, I supposed they could try to say that attorney-client privilege is absolute, and do away with the crime-fraud exception. That would knock the legs out from under quite a few criminal prosecutions, though, and SCOTUS has no particular reason to do that in order to protect TFG, who is no longer of use to them. (Though they might be looking ahead to potential prosecutions of other GOPers).
But even if SCOTUS refuses to touch the issue with a ten-foot pole, I think just filing the appeal gets TFG his delay.
WaterGirl
@moops: I don’t understand your point. congress did hand over everything to Jack Smith.
Old School
@WaterGirl:
Everything’s coming up Milhouse.
WaterGirl
@JPL: Ah, that makes sense.
Just like losing coins in the seat cushions! :-)
bbleh
@WaterGirl: clarity and transparency are in the interests of the American People™, so of course we work hard to be as clear as possible! My opponent, however …
[lightning bolt strikes, leaving only charred and sparking microphone stand]
JPL
@WaterGirl: I didn’t see Truth Social on it.
It might be easier to have an all things Russian category.
UncleEbeneezer
@WaterGirl: No. In fact, she had some pretty blistering criticisms of those attorneys, especially the main book-author and shit-talker, Mark Pomerantz. She had worked with Dunn (the other attorney who resigned) and was frankly surprised that he went along with it, since her experience was that he was very professional.
WaterGirl
@Old School: Was that Milhouse in the flood pants? I would presume so from the context.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@WaterGirl: I don’t know the answer to that…
Google tells me she was the deputy to Cy Vance during that investigation. Google also tells me the two prosecutors who resigned in protest when Bragg expressed doubts about the investigation were Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz.
I know she seems to be pretty pissed at Pomerantz and the things he said in his book.
OK, found this. She left Vance’s office in early 2021. The resignations were a year later after Bragg took over.
Perhaps you’ve been hearing her mentioned because she’s one of three legal commentators on the Meidas Touch YouTube channel: Ben Meiselas, Michael Popok, and her, Karen Friedman-Agnifilo and Meidas Touch seems to generate videos featuring one or more of those people about every five minutes. And admittedly I’m listening to a lot of those videos, so I’m hearing a lot of commentary on minutiae of all of TFG’s legal troubles.
narya
For those who need a cheat sheet, I think Marcy Wheeler has one on her site.
Edit: fixed Marcy’s name
ETA: actually the spreadsheet of which I’m thinking is about the PB trials, I think.
WaterGirl
@UncleEbeneezer: Thanks for clarifying. What’s the name of the previous #2? I would like to file that away in my “who to listen to and who not to” file.
Old School
@WaterGirl:
Yes.
WaterGirl
@Ceci n est pas mon nym:
Karen Friedman Agnifilo
Wow, I thought my name was hard for people.
edit: Forgot to say thank you!
NotMax
My limited understanding is this does not preclude Corcoran invoking the Fifth Amendment regarding any questions put to him during testimony.
cain
I’m with Baud – there is no constitutional question here. Unless of course, the SCOTUS wants to strike down the law about prosecutors overriding, client-attorney privilege. That should be fun. There is nothing in for Roberts when it comes to protecting Trump anyways, he’s already stuck with the poor choices Trump has put up and he has to deal with at court.
UncleEbeneezer
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: Correct. She had worked with Dunne and respected/liked him a lot. She never worked with Pomerantz but had big respect for him due to his reputation. She was definitely not a fan of the resign, shit-talk about your colleagues, go on book tour behavior that she felt was not only extremely unprofessional but also potentially jeopardized an ongoing investigation.
WaterGirl
@NotMax: Would Corcoran have any interest in going down with the ship?
Since the DOJ has concluded that he was an unwitting participant in the fraud, I can’t think of any reason for him to plead the 5th, unless he’d like to invite the DOJ to indict him, too.
WaterGirl
@UncleEbeneezer: I thought the person who quit with Pomerantz was female? Do I have that wrong?
sdhays
@Baud: I think you’re overlooking the legal principle of “the attorneys of former (Republican) Presidents are exempt from the crime-fraud exception”.
I mean, that’s what the whole “Executive Privilege” BS has become. They have people invoking the right to not testify because someone who is not currently President might want to invoke it in the future. And that hasn’t been laughed out of court, for reasons I can’t fathom. So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
bbleh
@JPL: Lol. Accidental fall from apartment balcony. (Why was he out on his balcony in the middle of March?) Terrible car accident caused by total brake failure. (His car was less than 1 year old.) Found dead by suicide off nearby highway. (Hillary did it!)
UncleEbeneezer
@WaterGirl: Mark Pomerantz is the name to bookmark. He’s the one who really went scorched-Earth on Alvin Bragg only a month into Bragg’s tenure, and wanted to push a case with a completely new/untested legal theory, despite the fact that his own line-attorneys didn’t think it was ready yet.
rikyrah
@WaterGirl:
That is hilarious
Alison Rose
I just wanna know when this fuckin ho is finally going to be indicted.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
Lawyers of BJ: all this talk about grand juries has got me wondering. Since GJs are made up of laypeople, I assume they’re given structure and guidance by the prosecutors so they know what to do?
It’s a big responsibility to be on one
Bill
@Baud: but what would Clarence have thought in 1789 ?
karen marie
@narya: I made my nana’s brownies last night and put them in the freezer. I’m ready!
Later today I’m making nana’s almond cream coffee cake but that will go straight into my gob. I don’t need an excuse.
I’ve been on a real jag lately with baking. I just can’t stop myself!
NotMax
@WaterGirl
Cannot speak for nor to Corcoran or his motivations. Just visiting the margins of the big picture.
JPL
This is interesting
Note that Evan Corcoran isn’t the only Trump attorney scheduled to testify before the Mar-a-Lago documents grand jury this week. Earlier today,
@WSJ
reported that Jennifer Little—one of Trump’s attorneys in the Fulton County probe—is also likely to testify this week.
Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) / Twitter
NotMax
@Bill
“Oh, those wacky French.”
:)
Montanareddog
@WaterGirl: For the BJ lawyers. Invoking the 5th is asserting one’s right not to self-incriminate:
How do bar associations view lawyers taking the 5th?
If a witness takes the 5th to avoid answering questions about the accused, and if it could be proved that is the reason, is that a crime?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Bill:
I don’t think many people would have cared what Clarence thought in 1789 America
Alison Rose
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Hell, they barely believed Black people *had* thoughts in 1789.
HinTN
@MattF:
My Attorney Got Arrested
JPL
@Alison Rose: I predict a long hot summer!
Soprano2
@Mr. Bemused Senior: New tab. Excel is endless.
NotMax
@Montanareddog
It’s tricky, and mostly hinges (IMHO) on whether he knew at the time he was signing and submitting any documents asserting falsehoods.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@karen marie:
I have to try that brownie recipe, it sounds delicious. Good luck with that almond coffee cake
Recently, I made a two-lawyer strawberry cake with Pillsbury cake mix I got for 25 cents a box. It was a steal and was rich and moist, best cake I ever had
HeleninEire
@Baud: My first thought was Nixon too. He’s got the best Twitter ever!
randy khan
@NotMax:
My limited understanding is this does not preclude Corcoran invoking the Fifth Amendment regarding any questions put to him during testimony.
That’s right, assuming they don’t grant immunity (and I kind of think they won’t, but that’s more a feeling than an opinion). But the Fifth Amendment does not apply to the documents, which are not testimony, so he can’t prevent DoJ from getting and using them (although, as noted above, they apparently already have them).
Burnspbesq
@Soprano2:
Fucked? Not necessarily, but his pants are down and his ass is hanging out. As we’re learning, you prosecutors can get a court to apply the crime-fraud exception based on a prima facie case, which is a much lower bar than having to prove every element of the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Roger Moore
@Baud:
I don’t trust the current iteration of the Supreme Court to keep their noses out of anything that tickles their fancy. They’ve shown themselves to be indifferent to legal precedent and standard procedure, so “the Supreme Court doesn’t usually do” X, Y, or Z isn’t very reassuring.
MisterForkbeard
@Jeffro: I think it’s less about the level of criminality than the explicit criminality.
You can’t say “we have some minor evidence that they could have been criming”, it’s “Look, this guy clearly crimed and therefore we get access to this otherwise privileged data”. It’s a huge fucking hurdle and it indicates that they have a really good case against Trump.
patrick II
I am guessing Corcoran does not mind this decision — as much as he may maintain otherwise. If Trump isn’t shown to be the person hiding documents, Cororan will be left holding the bag. Corcoran knows this which is why he had the lady lawyer (whose name I don’t recall) actually sign the form presented to the feds. She was meant to be left holding the bag. In this one instance, shit is actually rolling uphill.
JCJ
What is Glen Beck doing these days? Wasn’t he the one with the bulletin board and all the yarn connecting random thoughts that appeared in his addled mind?
JPL
@patrick II: Was that Jennifer Little because she is testifying Friday also.
Old Dan and Little Ann
@Baud: My favorite Simpsons quote ever.
Aussie Sheila
I’m getting real vibes re Watergate starting to break here. I think and hope, this might be the legal tipping point on the missing docs case.
If so, it will make the high strikes and fainting couch nonesense about the porn star payments case being low ball, fade quicker than you say ‘which impeachment was that’.
I think trump is starting the browning phase of being cooked. The elites have had enough with him. They got what they wanted, and another arsehole is ready to roll for 2024.
The only tricky bit for them is to keep stum about how much they hope trump is indicted and convicted until the next election. Otherwise the trump base that turned out in 2020 May not do so again.
They are thrilled to think it may be turned out again, and know if it doesn’t, they are done.
Roger Moore
@NotMax:
I’m not sure how relevant that is. On the one hand, he still has to produce documents, which very well might be damning enough that his testimony is unimportant. On the other hand, his testimony is more likely to exonerate him than condemn him.
As I understand the facts of the case, Corcoran signed his name to the declaration that they couldn’t find any more classified documents after a diligent search, which puts him on the hook for perjury. But the theory of the case is that Trump lied to him about the documents. If he testifies to that, it gives him an excuse for falsely signing that declaration.
JPL
@Aussie Sheila: I think several of trump cronies will begin to flip. We live in interesting times. The only thing I wish is that we could bring down the republicans also.
JPL
@Roger Moore: The DOJ has the documents including transcripts of conversations.
trollhattan
@JPL: What floor does he live on?
trollhattan
@Aussie Sheila: @JPL:
DeSantis starting to dance little DeSantis jigs which, if I begin imagining that, quickly becomes really disturbing.
Frankensteinbeck
@WaterGirl:
Thank you. It will take me six months to get it right, tops.
patrick II
@JPL:
From Forbes:
JPL
@trollhattan: omg no. Earlier I mentioned to a friend that if I were trump, I would drop out of the race and support DeSantis if he promised me a pardon.
hah Ron is so trustworthy.
Aussie Sheila
@trollhattan: Yes he seems to be really putting it out there, what with his interview with the execrable Piers Morgan and all.
However, he lacks the arsehole joussiance that made trump so attractive to a certain kind of person.
He is just a Republican scold who hates Disney, gay people and voting rights. There’s a lot there for the opposing campaign to work with.
mrmoshpotato
@JPL:
Are you saying Dump, etal are massive criminal shitstains?
JPL
@patrick II: Interesting. I’m not sure what Jennifer Little has to offer but I guess we’ll find out at some point.
I wonder how many of trump’s attorneys will still be representing him after this weekend.
Frankensteinbeck
@patrick II:
That sounds like the Feds have Corcoran in a vice and he will be desperate to grab the lifeline of blaming Trump. Smith truly is a man without mercy, and he aims at the king.
WaterGirl
@Frankensteinbeck: You’re either the patsy who got duped or you’re one of the crooks who get prosecuted. Door #1 looks like the better choice to me.
sab
@sdhays: When you type the little shrugging guy, how do you get his lopsided smile? I have wondered that for years.
topclimber
@WaterGirl: Corcoran is the guy who went out for coffee now and then.
Baud
@sab:
Foreign language characters. Best to copy and paste a shruggie from a website if you don’t know how to find it using your phone or computer keyboard.
trollhattan
@sab: Do you have Win 10/11?
Win key + . gets you to an emoji menu, also characters. The “kaomojis” reside there.
o(* ̄▽ ̄*)ブ
Alison Rose
@sab: I think it involves Japanese characters. I just copy/paste it when I want to use it :P
trollhattan
@Aussie Sheila: I agree he doesn’t have the easy nastiness of a Trump, nor his ability to read and feed a crowd what they want. I hate to use the term for anything Trump-related, but that’s his genius.
Another Scott
@Mr. Bemused Senior:
Yarn board.
Pepe Silvia (2:19)
;-)
Cheers,
Scott.
Cheers,
Scott.
Roger Moore
@sab:
It’s a Japanese kana character.
sdhays
@sab: I just look it up online and copy and paste, but I think it’s a couple characters from Japanese.
Ken
Hopefully it doesn’t turn out that NBC’s source was this guy at the Guardian, and the Guardian’s source was this guy at NBC….
WaterGirl
@topclimber: So many coffee boys, so little time.
WaterGirl
@Ken: I think we knew all that information already.
The issue is whether Corcoran was lied to by Trump and believed what Trump told him about the documents.
It begs belief that Corcoran would believe Trump, yet not want to sign the letter himself.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
This supreme court is corrupt. While I don’t think they would overturn the ruling I wouldn’t be surprised if they took the case so they could slow it down. That’s what they did with Dump’s tax returns, they held up the release for 4 months, finally declining to hear the appeal after the press finally started to ask why they were sitting on evidence.
Steeplejack
@sab:
The character ツ is from a non-Latin alphabet. (References upon request.)
ETA: One-click shrug emoji is the easiest source.
Geminid
@Aussie Sheila: I think Mike Pompeo will also run, and I would not count him out. Pompeo is certainly evil enough to win that nomination.
JaySinWA
@WaterGirl:
Are you implying they might not all get screwed? ’cause that would be a real shame.
sab
@Geminid: Before Trump I thought he was too ugly and evil to be viable. Hopefully my RWNJ brother’s enthusiasm will jinx him. Bro has been wrong before and hated Trump ( but most likely voted for him.)
Also too, he never had a successful TV show.
I used to worry about Kasich.
New Deal democrat
@sab: “When you type the little shrugging guy, how do you get his lopsided smile?”
Today’s Japanese lesson: written Japanese is a combination of Chinese characters (called kanji), plus two syllabaries, called hiragana and katakana (plus random alphabetic acronyms and Arabic numerals). Hiragana is for native Japanese words, and is usually used for verb tenses, plus things like pronouns and conjunctions. Katakana is used similarly to italics in English, usually denoting foreign words that have been incorporated into Japanese (of which there are *thousands*, usually from English).
The character at issue, ツ, is pronounced “tsu”.
Much more than you wanted to know, but there you go.
Danielx
@trollhattan:
He does have a preternatural ability to read a mark and figure out what appeals to the mark, which is what made him so good at separating otherwise sensible people from their money.
sab
@Steeplejack: Darn. I don’t think my Nook will let me do this. Nook’s software limitations mostly keep me out of trouble, but sometimes limit me.
sab
@New Deal democrat: Sigh. My limitations limit me so much. ( My whole family can type that stuff, but not me.)
Frankensteinbeck
@trollhattan:
DeSantis is calculatedly trying to give the base what they want. Trump is everything they want, and it all came naturally with minimum thought, except now he’s too busy whining.
@Geminid:
He’s also a nutcase who told an audience that his primary foreign policy goal was to bring about the Rapture. What’s crucial is how he’ll campaign, and… who knows?
Iron City
@JPL: The heck with cheat sheets. We need brackets, it IS March Madness.
NotMax
@sab
Continue to maintain it would have sold more if named the Nook-E.
:)
Steeplejack
@sab:
Does your Nook have a “clipboard” to which you can copy text? That’s all that site does—copy the shrug emoji to the clipboard.
Geminid
@Frankensteinbeck: Pompeo’s not a nutcase, he just knows how to talk to nutcases. Pompeo is a cold, calculating opportunist, and I would not take anything he says at face value.
Mike in Pasadena
I apologize if this blog has already discussed the 483-page motion to quash the Fulton County grand jury report. Here is the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s story on the filing. Most the the 483 pages were exhibits attached to the motion. https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/breaking-trumps-lawyers-move-to-quash-special-grand-jury-report/O4NZXUZONNB75CC4HUDJDIRCKM/
In other words, it’s the throw spaghetti (or in TFG’s world, ketchup/catsup) agains the wall. Most non-TFG lawyers would say that a motion to prevent a prosecutor from investigating a person is without merit. More of the same old tactics from TFG.
Bill Arnold
@Geminid:
To get a glimpse of who he is, find his twitter bragathon from January 2021, about all the “good” things he did at the State Department.
https://twitter.com/SecPompeo
Mike in Pasadena
@David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: You are probably right. The Supremes take the matter up and then sit on it for months, years if possible to help TFG delay Smith from proceeding with prosecution.
Geminid
@Bill Arnold: I have been tracking Pompeo for some time now. I do not need a glimpse of who Mike Pompeo is, but that twitter series still provides a good look at how he wants to appear, to Republican voters. I did not see anything they wouldn’t like.
Jackie
@JPL: Little is testifying in the Georgia case.
It’s getting difficult to keep all of TFG’s cases from blurring together.
Philbert
@WaterGirl: “It was interesting that Howell last week ordered the notes etc to be turned over to the DOJ immediately. ”
What does “immediatley” mean in this case? And what does it take to earn a sanction?
Carlo Graziani
@patrick II: Bobb is the witness, then. She was on the hook for signing, and even if she could use the “on information” weasel words to squirm away, she probably feels (a) used by Corcoran, and (b) unwilling to take risks for the Trump legal clown show. There truly is no honor among thieves.
This would explain how the court knows that Corcoran not only has notes, but also recordings and transcripts thereof (nice catch, WG).
Sister Golden Bear
@JPL: Can’t tell your criminals apart without a score card.
KrackenJack
@karen marie: That coffee cake sounds delicious. I’ve been eying some new pound cake recipes, but I do have a soft spot coffee cakes and the many variants (betty’s, buckles, cobblers, crumbles, slumps and crisps). No chance of going on a baking jag since my carb intake is limited. So it’s baking porn for me until I break down and make something – usually cookies since they’re easy to package for distribution.
lowtechcyclist
@JPL:
He sent a message, says he’ll be here tomorrow.
Unless you were waiting for Gal Godot, in which case different pronouns.
lowtechcyclist
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
How do you go shopping for lawyers to put into your strawberry cake? Do they need to be soft or firm or what? And is there a lot of prep involved before putting them into the mix? ;-)
ETA: First thing we do, we put all the lawyers into strawberry cakes!
WaterGirl
@Philbert: Really late back to the thread, but I believe this was the actual “immediately” and not the virtual or hyperbola “immediately”. I believe they were actually in the hands of the DOJ that day.