Holy forking shirt balls! It’s all speculation of course – but informed speculation! Legal twitter thinks it’s really looking like we will see Jack Smith indict Trump this week. I’m not entirely sure about that because Jack Smith is still bringing people in to testify in front of the grand juries.
We seem to be building to a major crescendo this week, including with the Meadows thunderbolt. Thanks very much as always @NicolleDWallace for having me at the table. https://t.co/55ExibbIzL
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 6, 2023
This seems like a big deal to me. The DOJ’s head of counterintelligence is questioning the person in charge of Trump’s super PAC. I hope all of Trump’s minions are squirming like the little worms they are.
Significant. DOJ’s head of Counterintelligence is handling questioning of Trump super PAC chief. Unlikely this is just about obstruction: Multiple witnesses subpoenaed in Florida in Trump Mar-a-Lago case | Donald Trump | The Guardian https://t.co/BHZHAfh764
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) June 7, 2023
As I understand it, they don’t have “targets” testify before a grand jury, so Meadows doesn’t appear to be a target of the investigation. His comment that essentially said “I tell the truth when I am required to by law” leaves me thinking that he was not taking the 5th, and that he was actually testifying.
What say you all? Has Meadows been cooperating all along?
Update: This is NOT good news for Donald Trump!
1. Mark Meadows to plead guilty to lesser federal crimes in exchange for testimony under limited immunity.
2. Federal grand jury to vote on a Trump indictment on charges of Obstruction of Justice and Espionage Act violations.
Buckle up.
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) June 7, 2023
— Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) June 7, 2023
BREAKING: Jack Smith is prepared to ask a grand jury to CHARGE TRUMP with ESPIONAGE and OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE as early as TOMORROW, and MARK MEADOWS HAS FLIPPED and will plead guilty to several lesser charges in exchange for limited immunity. https://t.co/RNC7flxm6K
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) June 7, 2023
Open thread.
Baud
This one’s for you, Hillary.
Trivia Man
Edging isn’t always fun
Bring
It
On
Jackie
@Baud: 👍🏻
Bill K
After all this time I’ll believe it when I see it. It’s like George R.R. Martin’s final Game of Thrones novels – the hope has given way to exhaustion.
Frankensteinbeck
The indictment could be tomorrow. It could be six months from now. Probably not more than that, but I mean, who knows? Smith is still interviewing people and the appointment was made at the request of Trump’s lawyers, who must operate based on what Trump wants, which is based on what Trump knows, which is just the dumbass fantasies and paranoia bouncing around in his head.
Scout211
Many commenter s downstairs are posting about Meadows pleading guilty. I need more info here. Popcorn shelf is bare.
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
Let the speculation commence!
I appreciate the professionalism on display. DOJ and SC Smith are tight lipped, and letting their actions do the speaking.
Jackie
If Meadows flipped, will we be seeing TWO INDICTMENTS??? Stealing classified documents AND inciting an insurrection against the USA???
Omnes Omnibus
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here. It’s speculation at this point.
bbleh
Has Meadows been cooperating all along?
Being neither a lawyer nor particularly well informed beyond MSM stories (plus of course the deep insights of Balloon Juice), but noting that Meadows is represented by George Terwilliger, who apparently has a serious Washington rep, my guess would be that Meadows has been playing coy, hinting, saying as little as possible, and letting his lawyer work the best possible deal for him, which might well include immunity, in which case he’s singing because he’s obliged to. The only question then is, what is he still holding back or shading, and I would guess not much because there are so very VERY many witnesses and sources of information in play, and once one has promised to sing, it’s rather a bad idea to be caught in an omission or lie.
Suzanne
I bought popcorn on Monday. Still have champagne in the fridge. Ready to go.
Jerzy Russian
Lock him up!
UncleEbeneezer
WaterGirl
I also liked this tweet:
WaterGirl
@Omnes Omnibus: Speculation is my middle name!
Actually, speculation was word #7 of this post. :-) But it would be irresponsible not to!
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus:
C’mon man, the special prosecutor is tweeting the information in real time.
Frankensteinbeck
@WaterGirl:
“I’m not a puppet, you’re a puppet!” My god, that man is so stale. It’s the level of wit Republican primary voters respond to, though.
zhena gogolia
@Baud: Hell, yeah! 🥳
Jackie
Reposting this gift article from the WaPo here:
What to look for if Trump is indicted by the DOJ
https://wapo.st/45QAHqg
Suzanne
@Omnes Omnibus:
Aren’t you always trying to get me to be more optimistic and fun?!
WaterGirl
@UncleEbeneezer:
Frankensteinbeck
@WaterGirl:
It’ll be tomorrow unless it’s not!
zhena gogolia
@Suzanne: Yeah, he’s being very inconsistent here.
Geoduck
@WaterGirl: Interesting that he’s ditched the ALL CAPITALS SCREAMING thing he was doing for a while.
WaterGirl
Meadows pleading guilty to “several lesser crimes”… does not sound like good news for Trump.
Jackie
@WaterGirl:
“WHY DID YOU START CAMPAIGNING RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF MY INVESTIGATION?”
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Jim, Foolish Literalist
that’s been my hope/hunch for a while, as Meadows was the lapdog that wasn’t barking for quite some time now, that Terwilliger was guiding him through hoops so that he could cooperate reluctantly and get every concession out of the DoJ
Also, as evidence suggests Meadows is one of the dumbest members of trump’s inner circle, I wonder how much Terwilliger, as an old school Bush Republican, has been manipulating Meadows into being only a semi-witting, partially willing weapon against trump. At least that’s how I’d write it in a novel.
bbleh
In all seriousness, and wishing no ill at all, if this story/rumor about Meadows is true, I hope steps are taken to assure his physical safety. He’s going to figure prominently in news stories, and I fear MAGAland will not react well.
lowtechcyclist
Who knows? But checking the popcorn supply just in case.
Westyny
I seem to recall a phrase of Yarrow’s that maybe pertinent here. What was it again?
rikyrah
Are we sure Meadows plead guilty?
Dorothy A. Winsor
I just saw my cardiologist today and he ordered a stress test. So, be still, my beating heart! But wow, this is delicious.
Tony Jay
That Trump whine.
“Waaaah! You’re still investigating me for criming while I’m running for President! You’re not supposed to be able to investigate my criming while I’m campaigning! That’s why I’m campaigning! Waaah!”
Fuck off, Donny. You can run for President from a jail cell. That’s all you get.
Nukular Biskits
I fully expect to see MS’s GOP delegation to go into full deflect/attack mode over the next couple of days or outright defending Donald Trump.
dmsilev
Legal experts, can we get some opinions on this Post article?
If Trump documents probe leads to charges, bulk of indictment would be in S. Florida
Would have obvious implications for things like jury pools.
WaterGirl
Can someone please remove Bill Barr from the Internet? He is clearly making the rounds for whitewashing his role – again! – and I can’t bear to see his smug face. Lock him up!
Jackie
WaterGirl, I hope you have your special cake baked and ready!
WaterGirl
@Frankensteinbeck: That about sums it up!
M31
Whomp whomp
ticktock motherfuckers
Whomp whomp
ticktock motherfuckers
fuck’em
doot – do – doot doot
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: I don’t think so. “Don’t assume the worst” and “don’t count your chickens before they hatch” do not seem to be mutually exclusive.
WaterGirl
@Jackie: I know, I love that so much!
JaySinWA
@Frankensteinbeck: Tomorrow, tomorrow🎵https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KahOD-93D7U
Jeffro
please, FSM, pleeeeeeeeease let the whole counterintelligence angle pan out BIGLY!!
The whole country (well, 73% of it) could unite and purge this orange shitstain and his vile enablers from every aspect of our battered democracy, if not our memories.
Princess
Espionage.
Fuck Trump, fuck the GOP, and fuck the national media who completely failed to do even minor diligence on him, and delivered him to us.
Espionage. Wow.
The Moar You Know
Oh boy. There’s only one reason that would happen. How much did Vlad send?
WaterGirl
@Nukular Biskits: MS?
WaterGirl
@dmsilev: That’s very different from what I have been seeing from legal twitter in the past couple of weeks.
Jackie
Nicole Wallace is great today! Chris Hayes and Lawrence O’Donnell are gonna be Much See TV tonight!
WaterGirl
@Jackie: You read my mind! I just had a thought about the special chocolate cake when I was maybe 10 comments in on reading the thread.
Jeffro
@Geoduck: I just want video of when he tries to beg cut a plea deal with Jack Smith.
I mean, SB LIV and LVII highlights? Who needs THOSE anymore?
Just gimme a few minutes of trumpov semi-hysterically weeping “I’LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING! PUTIN, the MONEY LAUNDERING, the J6 PLANNING, ALL OF IT!! JUST. DON’T. SEND ME. TO PRISON!”
and I’ll put it on a loop for the next five or six years!
(sorry, career! sorry, family!) ;)
dmsilev
@WaterGirl: I know. It’s way out of my area of expertise, but since we have some fine law-talking folks here, thought I’d ask for their thoughts.
HumboldtBlue
@Jackie:
Thank you.
Suzanne
Maybe I should make a TRUMP IS FUCKED cake. Or needlepoint.
Scout211
So you’re new here.
JaySinWA
@WaterGirl: I think there’s been too much made of the Florida / DC Grand juries. It would seem like the long running DC GJ is not going to fold up and everything go to Florida, OTOH there are a lot of things that happened in FL and may be better filed there, maybe more people and cases than come out of DC, but not necessarily bigger in terms of charges or impact.
H.E.Wolf
Just logged in and read this post.
Hot diggity. :-)
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: That’s just what I would expect from a crypto-Republican.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Bill K:
The more I’ve read about that man and the ASOAIF series, the less I like about him. I don’t think he has any idea how to get to the ending we saw at the end of season 8 of GOT. Prior to ASOAIF, he really only ever wrote short fiction and Hollywood scripts, aside from his A Thousand Worlds series and another one I can’t remember. I think the guy’s checked out to go back to what he really loved all along, which is producing TV shows. I’m sure it’s much easier for him than trying to finish a giant book series that’s spiraled out of control a while ago. He can do whatever he wants with his life, but I think it’s pretty shitty of him to leave his book fans hanging for literally decades, all the while promising that “Winds is my top priority!”
He also showed his ass at the 2020 Hugos as the MC, praising the likes of John Campbell and misprouncing the names of several winners who were POC. Keep in mind, thanks to the pandemic, that segment was pre-recorded, meaning he could’ve done multiple takes if he needed to. He (and everyone else involved) apparently didn’t care enough to do that.
JaySinWA
@WaterGirl: Does the cake freeze well? just in case?
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
And/or the Royal House of Saud…
OzarkHillbilly
I say, “I’ll believe it when I see it.” but that only applies to WHAT trump is charged with, not whether he is charged. Ever since Jack Smith got appointed I’ve had no doubt trump would be.
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus:
Wait, me or Smith?
WaterGirl
@dmsilev: Oh, yeah, I didn’t mean to head that discussion off at the pass. I was just sharing what I knew. :-)
Old School
Fake News! Witch Hunt! They are all fascists!
Baud
Maybe the orange cloud that has descended over the East Coast is a sign.
WaterGirl
@Suzanne: I would happily post photos of cakes and other food items decorated to celebrate this turn of events.
Omnes Omnibus
@zhena gogolia: Not at all.
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@Baud: OMG, that’s darkly hilarious.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Baud: some demonic orange force has come back to look for its spawn, and didn’t get the change of address?
Or is The Beast in New Jersey for the summer?
JaySinWA
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon: We’ve already seen a couple of Billion from the Saudi’s plus a buy in to the golf circuit. My guess is that they pay better than Vlad, plus the poisoning is probably less fear inducing than the vivisection options.
Dangerman
Espionage. Wow.
I’ve long thought Donnie was selling shit to the Saudi’s for a pile of money and, of course, all sorts of Hummers (I mean the vehicle, dammit). Did people really think that piece of shit would have had something worth untold millions (billions?) and not try to get a taste of that treasure?
I hope the fucker gets remanded.
Frankensteinbeck
@Jeffro:
Alas, I don’t think knows how to beg that way. If he actually sees he’s screwed, his known reactions are:
Threaten.
Try to make a deal where he wins and they lose, based on his belief he’s a genius businessman.
Blame someone else while insisting he is completely innocent.
Rant in an angry, abusive way.
Run away.
WaterGirl
@JaySinWA: It might freeze well if I didn’t eat it all first!
Actually, I have made the cake as cupcakes and then frozen them so I can take them out one at a time and eat them. :-)
I am also thinking of maybe switching it up – Southern Cobbler with sour cherries (too early for peach season) – which could be a celebration of summer and indictments.
Baud
@Formerly disgruntled in Oregon:
Klaatu, Barada, Nikto
Comrade Scrutinizer
Blah, blah, blah, Fitzmas, blah, blah, blah…
Gravenstone
OSHICA, Donnie….
WaterGirl
@Baud: Obama and Biden get rainbows. Pence gets a fly and Trump gets an ugly orange cloud.
Sounds about right.
Hilbertsubspace
I genuinely thought Georgia charges would be first. I am unsurprised, but pleased that appropriate charges are finally coming.
An acquaintance said that Smith was dissatisfied with the investigation’s progression when he took over, perhaps that was true rather then just wishful thinking/guessing.
Unrelated: Can espionage lead to a sentence of death?
zhena gogolia
@Baud: it’s more of a yellow
cain
@Jackie: What to look for is the press whining that it isn’t as interesting of a horse race.. or..waitminute.. it might be! They’re gonna keep going folks!
Jackie
@WaterGirl: Hereafter aka Indictment Cake!😁
Baud
I think the Espionage Act covers more than espionage. Don’t get your hopes up there.
Tom Levenson
I’m no Missourian, but I’m very much a show-me guy on this kind of stuff. I really don’t care what Twitter folks or legal observers outside the Special Counsel’s office have to say. We will know what we know when we know it and not a moment or fact before.
/pedanticdowner
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
Pee tape!
JaySinWA
Make that an ugly toxic orange cloud. Fire smoke is nasty stuff. Just like T.
Baud
@Tom Levenson:
That’s how I feel about sports. Just tell me the final score.
Lacuna Synecdoche
Watergirl @ Top:
Speaking or miracles:
Jesus Croc!
Omnes Omnibus
@Baud: If the foo shits…
Math Guy
@Hilbertsubspace: Yes – see Rosenberg trial. But in this case, I want him to rot in prison.
Ryan
Donald Trump is going to jail! That’s what I said about a year ago once the search warrant was served on his resort.
Snarki, child of Loki
Trump should be JAILED before trial, since he’s clearly a flight risk.
Unless Trump wants to escape to Russia, in which case, fine. His pal Vladimir can show him around Moscow’s high-rises to see which one Trump wants to stay in, and find out if Trump *really* is a “flight risk”.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
IANAL but my understanding is that a violation of the Espionage Act does not necessarily fit with the classic/popular understanding of espionage/spying, it relates more to mishandling of classified documents or a violation of the Presidential Records Act
@Hilbertsubspace: I’m extremely skeptical that anyone who actually knows about Jack Smith’s thinking is sharing his opinions
Baud
Y’all gonna be disappointed when Hunter Biden is indicted tomorrow.
MattF
It’s quite a joke that TFG is now yelling about ‘fascists’ coming after him. Except that it’s also moronic and bizarre. So, some court will conclude that he’s non compos. And, truth to tell, he is.
Omnes Omnibus
@Hilbertsubspace: Smith has been silent about everything outside of court filings. I would take any gossip with a grain of salt.
schrodingers_cat
@rikyrah: I have only seen rumors. Nothing official yet.
MomSense
All the knitters at craft night are click clacking with excitement over indictments!
JaySinWA
@Jackie: We once had election cake. Indictment cake should be a thing
Although it would be rarer and less predictable. Needs to be either quick to make or have a long shelf life. Maybe a Twinkie cake?
With any luck there will be a cake with conviction as well, unlike the impeachment cakes of yore.
JPL
@Suzanne: omg you could auction it off on this site with proceeds going to Biden.
Not the cake, the needlepoint.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Baud:
I have it on good authority that you’re going to be indicted tomorrow, Baud. The indictments have been under seal. It’s not looking good for ya pal. I think your best shot to avoid prison is to flee to Mongolia
Baud
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
Are you joking? I fled to the U.S. to escape the Mongolian police!
Philbert
@MattF: Exactly. The day Trump is scheduled to appear this time for sure, starts the wheels that he is incompetent.
Major Major Major Major
Ugh, this is going to be a disaster. I can already play out every pundit’s commentary for the next two years in my head. There’s probably going to be delay after delay and motion after motion before an eventual mistrial. Not that I’m saying they shouldn’t indict, but… blech.
karen marie
@Jackie: Have you submitted this as a rotating tag?
Jackie
What would otherwise be Headline News:
Kevin’s House of Disarray
“A conservative rebellion has the Republican-led House of Representatives completely paralyzed for a second day in a row as the leadership remains unable to bring anything to the floor,” Punchbowl News reports.”
“This is the most serious challenge to Speaker Kevin McCarthy since January’s grueling floor drama to win the gavel. And how the standoff is decided will have a big impact on McCarthy’s relationship with his right flank – and his leadership of the House.”
“Let’s be clear about this: If the leadership can’t even bring up bills on the House floor – like right now – it’s a crisis for McCarthy, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer.”
“McCarthy and his leadership team are engaged in a furious round of finger pointing.”
Also gift WaPo for their perspective:
https://wapo.st/3Nfh2cn
Baud
@Major Major Major Major:
Apples $3500 VR is looking like a deal now.
karen marie
@JaySinWA: I was reading earlier on Mastodon that the PGA/LIV merger is not a done deal. Apparently there’s a board comprised of top players that has to vote on it. The deal could yet be scuttled.
JaySinWA
@Baud: see https://balloon-juice.com/2023/06/07/holy-forking-shirt-balls/#comment-8863325
Tomorrow’s a brand new day♩.
JPL
@Jackie: I’m okay with that, are you?
lol So the grand imps are spending the night tomorrow, so I’m okay chilling the champagne until Friday night. Just sayin
Could it be? Yes, it could
Something’s coming, something good if I can wait
Something’s coming, I don’t know what it is
But it is gonna be great
Jackie
@karen marie: Ooooh it should be!
Hey WaterGirl!!!!
karen marie
@Tom Levenson: Imma sit next to you.
JaySinWA
@karen marie: I saw that as well. With any luck the deal will get scuttled. But it’s been rolled out as a done deal. I think it will be hard to undo it.
OGLiberal
@Baud: Jack Smith is also holding sealed indictments of Hillary Clinton, George Soros, the Podesta brothers, and Colin Kaepernick.
The storm is coming…release the Kraken!
Jackie
@JPL: Oh, hell yeah! Jake Sherman (Politico) was reporting about this on MSNBC and a small chortle escaped him. Very unprofessional!😂
Any time Kevin isn’t happy means happiness for me!
WaterGirl
@Lacuna Synecdoche: LOL
JaySinWA
@Jackie: I don’t understand why McCarthy brought this back a second time. He’d have been in a much stronger position if he said fine, this was a stupid performative package anyway. Of course that wouldn’t portray the rest of the caucus that voted for it in a good light.
I wonder if someone played Lucy with the football just to further humiliate him.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Tom Levenson: I’ll one up (one down?) you: if trump is indicted tomorrow, all he needs is one juror. That hipster dingbat from Georgia did not give me warm optimistic fuzzies about the jury pool, and if the (hypothetical) trials are moved to Florida… Oy
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
@Major Major Major Major: Does it eat up airtime that would be otherwise devoted to important topics like President Biden’s age and high prices at the pump? No huge loss, IMO.
Suzanne
Imma be in Philly next week. Will have one work dinner, but could meet up, if anyone else is down.
WaterGirl
@karen marie: I added it.
persistentillusion
@JaySinWA: I have a recipe for Schadenfreude Cake. I believe John Scalzi was the OP.
Kayla Rudbek
@Princess: that would explain the mood on the DC Metro the day after the 2016 election…
WaterGirl
@Jackie: Like they actually have any meaningful goals for legislation that would even have a chance to pass the Senate.
Once again, the media is treating them as if they are an actual political party the wants to do meaningful things.
Delk
Mark Meadows
Snap into position
Bounce til you ache
Step out of line
And you end up in jail
Edited for formatting
UncleEbeneezer
WaterGirl
@JPL:
Mike in NC
Espionage Act violations? Another first for Trump! So much winning we’re sick of it.
Frankensteinbeck
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
With a Trump voter on the jury, the rape trial still found him guilty. I don’t know why, but the ‘one voter spoils the verdict’ thing has not been paying off for Trump or Trump World so far.
zhena gogolia
@Baud: Haha, that’s it
DaBunny42
Yeah, it’s Newsweek, but this doesn’t sound good. No reliable news outlets are reporting on the plea…
Mark Meadows’ Lawyer Denies Report of Plea Deal (newsweek.com)
Let’s not get our hopes up too high.
Baud
@DaBunny42:
Aww. I’ll keep my fingers crossed.
WaterGirl
oops, I embedded the wrong song.
japa21
Generally, agree with Omnes on this, I’ll wait to see just what happens. Timing is not crucial to me, but if I see that Meadows does plead guilty to minor charges then I will feel very optimistic. One has to wonder what charges they could have brought against him that would be so bad that the minor charges are okay. And not only that the charges would be pretty major, but his lawyer would have to believe that there is a decent chance of conviction.
And those charges would almost definitely also apply to Trump.
Nukular Biskits
@WaterGirl:
Well, everywhere else too, probably. LOL
Omnes Omnibus
@japa21:
Thinking that the DOJ is being thorough and will eventually bring some charges is where I have always been on this. Charging in the next day or so would be great, but I am not counting on it. At the same time, I am not saying it won’t happen.
ETA: Everyone needs to take a few deep breaths.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@Frankensteinbeck: My guess is that it’s because DOJ has been so thorough about evidence.
Was it the Manafort trial where a juror said “I really wanted to find some way to find him not guilty but there was just too much evidence”?
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@Suzanne: (Waves hand) I’d be up for a Philly meeting.
BTW we’re starting to get socked with the Canada smoke. The city of Philly has been under air warnings all day but things weren’t too bad here in the burbs. Now the sun is a weak orange and there is a definite haze in the air at ground level.
karen marie
@JaySinWA: I don’t know but it sounds like a pressure campaign that the people being pressured might not like, especially as they were not given any advance notice of the proposed deal that’s being presented to the world as a done deal.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I sort of agree but the involvement of counterintelligence officials means that somebody is at least concerned that foreign intelligence agents were in the pipeline.
WaterGirl
@UncleEbeneezer: Why is that breaking news?
Burnspbesq
@dmsilev:
I’m hearing that Florida-not-DC thing in a number of places, but I’m not fully convinced. Trump’s authority to possess classified documents ran out at noon on 1/20/21, and at that time both he and the documents were in D.C. The offense of illegal retention was complete at that time, so venue should be proper in D.C.
There are likely persons other than Trump who committed acts that constitute obstruction, or participated in a conspiracy to obstruct, in the Southern District of Florida.
Kirk
I will cheer, a bit, if he is indicted.
I will withhold my celebrations, however, till I see if he is convicted.
Please, all gods and goddesses, let me have this party.
WaterGirl
@Nukular Biskits: I don’t know what MS stands for? It could be a dozen things.
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: Mississippi
different-church-lady
We’re all supposed to be cowering in fear right now, because this just makes him stronger. Right?
[stares into space]
[sips coffee]
different-church-lady
@DaBunny42:
I can’t really say I have hopes to heighten anymore. I’m just rely on the occasional pleasant surprise to get me by.
hueyplong
@Burnspbesq: I don’t know much about criminal procedure. Is it like civil procedure, where you can move to change venue to another place (SDFla) where venue is equally applicable but you can make a case for it to be preferable there?
And if so, win or lose on that motion, are you cool with the delay inherent in such a thing? Because most people aren’t.
different-church-lady
Am I crazy or did there used to be a “request deletion” button somewhere?
Nukular Biskits
@WaterGirl:
Oh. MS = Mississippi
Both my US Senators voted to acquit Trump during both impeachment trials and, along with the rightwing US Rep I now have, were very, very concerned about the “unprecedented raid” on Mar a Lago.
MomSense
@different-church-lady:
Good news for John McCain?
JPL
@WaterGirl: Actually this one is better. The acting is shaky but he has an amazing voice .. link
different-church-lady
@Nukular Biskits:
As in, “MS, GD!”
Timill
@Burnspbesq: Wasn’t AF1 wheels down in WPB FL before noon, so it was still AF1 at the time?
different-church-lady
@Burnspbesq:
Completely confused by what you’re saying. He most certainly obstructed justice when he hid documents and/or instructed aides to hide documents, and rejected numerous requests to return those documents. All of that took place in Florida.
different-church-lady
I just thought of something hysterical:
* Trump is found guilty over the documents thing.
* He gets a slap-on-the-wrist probation.
* He immediately violates his probation and goes to jail.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
@different-church-lady: This is great news for McCain
Manyakitty
@WaterGirl: ugh, seriously. He can take several seats, preferably somewhere in the darkest part of whatever passes for hell.
scav
@different-church-lady: That’s technically a different crime if I understand it. The illegal possession of them was in DC, certainly aspects of the obstruction were in FL (maybe a few other states? hence some of the interest in the NJ evidence). So a bit of the inevitable hairball.
Manyakitty
@Baud: ope.
WaterGirl
@Nukular Biskits: I hadn’t tracked that you live in MS.
JPL
@different-church-lady: According to the law he has to be placed somewhere to accommodate the secret service. May I suggest Guantanamo or another military base.
Manyakitty
@persistentillusion: oh, right. Maybe I’ll whip one of those up tomorrow.
WaterGirl
@JPL: I couldn’t get audio to play.
JPL
@WaterGirl: youtube
JPL
@WaterGirl: unfortunately you get to look at a brick screen but he has an amazing voice.
on bing I just click back to the beginning and it brings it up.
Dan B
@karen marie: That would be nice. PGA has been LGBTQ friendly. lIV has been hostile. But there have been top players who are also very hostile.
Shalimar
@Snarki, child of Loki: Flight risk to where? The guy with 24/7 secret service protection who famously wouldn’t spend a night during the 2016 campaign anywhere but one of his own properties? I think they might find him if he runs.
Citizen Alan
@Frankensteinbeck: Perhaps because in a jury setting, most Trump voters are forced by the situation to consider the evidence against the SOB dispassionately and can fall back into a Twitter/Facebook driven fantasy about a “deep state conspiracy.” While I believe most Trump voters are, by definition, mentally ill, perhaps not that many of them are so depraved that they literally don’t care if Trump did the crime so long as they can stick it to the libs.
WaterGirl
@JPL: Thanks for the link. I listened but I stilll prefer the original
edit: Now I’m gonna go back and listen to the original. I got a phone call just as I put it up and couldn’t listen.
Steve in the ATL
@Citizen Alan:
Steve in the ATL dissents.
UncleEbeneezer
@WaterGirl: Because this is the first confirmation of Smith subpoena to Bannon. We knew Congress had done so but not SC Smith.
Scout211
This new Trump ad is really (unintentionally) funny. Poor, poor, Trump. He is being attacked by rabid wolves!!!
Ken
My god, it all fits together. Q was right, and Jack “Smith” must really be… John Kennedy Junior!
Ken
So the indictments won’t be made tonight, tonight?
JPL
@WaterGirl: Different interpretations of the same song. Both are good.
JPL
@Scout211: So that’s real? omg
JaySinWA
@Scout211: At the end of the ad they claim he “has the courage of his convictions” With any luck we can take courage from his convictions.
different-church-lady
@JPL: “I sentence you to house arrest, in the same closet where you hid the documents.”
different-church-lady
@JaySinWA:
So as of the moment he has no courage at all.
JPL
@different-church-lady: I assume no internet..
cmorenc
If the Trump criminal case gets filed in south Florida, will it be in the same federal district where judge Aileen Cannon might possibly get assigned to it? If so, she could throw lots of sand in the prosecutorial gears. Recall that it was she who tried to hamstring the DOJ / Fed investigation of the classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. She is the poster example of a judge who is a complete political hack.
PaulWartenberg
Anybody remember the days of waiting on Fitzgerald to report on the Plame leaks? Ahhh, good ole Fitzmas. It’s a damn shame he never filed charges on Rove and Cheney as he should have (there was solid evidence Rove lied to investigators, and he should have been charged on that).
Anyway, today’s news reports have a similar vibe, it’s got me singing “it’s beginning to look a lot like Fitzmas” all over again… sigh
https://noticeatrend.blogspot.com/2023/06/this-may-be-for-trump-but-its-feeling.html
Jackie
@Scout211: I saw that ad today and had to back it up and watch again – to see if I really saw what I thought I saw. NOBODY but TFG’s MAGA Deplorables is going to be influenced by watching that tripe. It’s right up there with Godzilla or Invasion of the Giant Ants. Hopefully whoever funded that spends more money making more of the same lol
Omnes Omnibus
@Scout211: I have always liked wolves.
Jackie
@cmorenc: I don’t recall what lawyer said on MSNBC today that Cannon hasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell. She burned her reputation badly – not once, but twice re trying to help TFG.
Maxim
Parts of that ad have been used before — namely, the wolves. Does anyone remember who used them originally?
different-church-lady
@Maxim: Bush ’04.
Steve in the ATL
@Omnes Omnibus:
[repurpose old joke about sharks and lawyers and professional courtesy]
Jeffro
@Scout211: O to the MG
Did I catch a glimpse of Michael Moore there? Jerry Nadler? Surely top-tier “wolves” right there, yes sir! LOL
too much inside baseball, 4/10, would not recommend
Maxim
@different-church-lady: Thanks.
RaflW
@Jackie: Obviously if the paralysis lasts too long, it won’t be good for the country.
But I’m loving that Biden got 95% of what he wanted from the debt deal, the GOP knows their shitty negotiators barely got anything, and they’re having a very public melt down of the sort the Beltway press relishes.
For a man of 117 who no longer owns pants*, ol’ Joe’s doing perty danged good there.
*No facts were involved in making this snarky statement.
Groucho48
@JaySinWA:
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
TerryC
@JaySinWA: Just another death blow to traditional golf. In ten years far more people around the world will be playing disc golf anyway, this will just speed it up.