I was distracted when I heard it, but something about Fulton County publishing 13 indictments of Trump and then yanking it back down crossed my radar. Any one got any info on this?
Rumor Mill
by John Cole| 32 Comments
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Ronno2018
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-state-georgia-appears-set-file-charges-against-donald-trump-court-document-2023-08-14/
kindness
They posted it then immediately pulled the post. There are screen shots floating around though.
Frankensteinbeck
They said it’s not merely not released, it’s not real.
Villago Delenda Est
Supposedly the Judge is giving reporters chips and saying he’s been asked to stay another hour. So we shall see.
bbleh
Speaking of rumors, I heard people are saying Jared was caught in a kindergarten bathroom again.
Villago Delenda Est
@bbleh:
At least his laptop isn’t broadcasting dick pics to preschoolers.
bbleh
@Frankensteinbeck: I kinda wonder about that. I read that they said it’s not real because it didn’t have this signature and that stamp and so on, but that sounds like a bit of a dodge to me. Yes it wasn’t formally filed and it was posted in error, but I don’t think it’s fake.
dmsilev
Court officials have said that it was a fake or something like that. In the meantime, the judge has been dropping some pretty broad “stick around this evening” hints to the reporters.
bbleh
@Villago Delenda Est: How do we know it’s not? Has anyone looked at his laptop? Where’s the Special Counsel? Sounds like TWO STANDARDS OF JUSTICE to me!!! And has he offered to let the police look at it? Why not? WHAT HAS HE GOT TO HIDE?!?!
Baud
@bbleh:
We’ll find out when we see the real thing.
dmsilev
Post liveblog:
That was about 20 minutes ago, so 40 or so minutes left. (cue “Final Jeopardy” music on loop…)
dmsilev
@Baud: The real thing is the indictments we got along the way.
Or something like that.
brantl
I hope the dildoes of consequences are un-lubed and rolled in ground glass, before application.
brendancalling
@Baud: The indictment or Jared’s tiny instrument?
Jackie
TIFG said it’s Fake News.
dmsilev
@Jackie: That’s a pretty good indication that it’s real, right there.
Betty
Someone suggested it was a draft. Republicans are having hissy fits claiming foul.
The Kropenhagen Interpretation
I’m not one to believe rumors, but that’s as close to confirmation that it’s true as one could ever want
@dmsilev: Jynx
Ken
@dmsilev: I’m still leaning toward the explanation that the judge got irritated with all the reporters camped out on the front steps, and decided to give them a few hours of empty podium footage.
bbleh
@Betty: Republicans are having hissy fits
Must be a day ending in ‘y’.
bbleh
@Ken: Also the potato chips are dusted with a strong laxative.
cain
@Betty: I claim fowl!
The Kropenhagen Interpretation
Proven to be more newsworthy than a Clinton policy speech…
oatler
The Guardian ran the story this morning, but I couldn’t find any other sites to corrorrborate with it . S
schrodingers_cat
Nope! I sense another indictment coming and Orange Error going for a century of charges.
OT: Happy Birthday India.
This must be one of the best renditions of the national anthem, Jana Gana Mana penned by Rabindranath Tagore, music arranged by the one and only A. R. Rahman. (known in the US for his Slum Dog score among other things.
It is from the mid aughts and many of the artists featured here have passed on.
Nina
I read that it’s quite possible that it’s somebody’s rough draft. could have some elements of reality but we don’t know how many elements of reality.
ghost cat
On MSNBC Ari Melber is reporting that the jury stayed late & is now voting. There were 2 witnesses that were supposed to testify tomorrow (George Chidi is one) but were called in early today. But then the jury decided they weren’t needed.
wjca
@Betty: Of course they’re having hissy fits. No way they’ll let an opportunity to do so slip past.
PaulWartenberg
Saw a tweet where the guy theorized the sudden rush of grand jury activity today was that trump was threatening witnesses and telling them not to testify, and they made the decision to get that all done before trump could intimidate anyone else.
Gods. To my knowledge, even mob bosses were more discreet than trump.
PaulWartenberg
@bbleh:
that could actually help. a lot of these reporters are too stressed out from waiting to have decent bowel movements.
sab
@schrodingers_cat: Thank you for that. I love listening to national anthems, although I really hate the Star Spangled Banner with it’s unsingable tune and appalling lyrics.
LiminalOwl
@schrodingers_cat: That was beautiful. Thank you.