Reading the Georgia indictment today (and these god damned things keep getting longer and longer), it reminded me of one of the things I just do not get about these fucking guys, primarily, HOW THE FUCK DO THEY FIND THE TIME TO BREAK THIS MANY LAWS?
At this point, Trump has so many god damned charged against him that just one of the, if they stick, will land him in prison. And there are more to come. How do they find the time?
If Trump had read 1/100th of the briefings he needed to do to be an actual informed President, he would have not had the time to commit half these crimes. Who was actually running the country? Breaking this many fucking laws is a full time job.
I just do not get it.
BellyCat
Jobs are for little people.
BigJimSlade
Well, duuuh, the deep state was running the country. ;-)
The Kropenhagen Interpretation
When Government is the enemy and you’re the President, breaking the law is the job.
Villago Delenda Est
John, you know the answer. How much of your life do you devote to the care, feeding, and rescuing of cats and dogs? Lots, because it brings you joy. The PAB is the same way, except his hobby is flouting norms and the law. He MAKES time for it.
cain
He didn’t run the country – that was everyone else. He mostly read fox news and reacted to that or called his friends. This is the guy that mega churches across the country say his name with reverence.
Alison Rose
Breaking laws WAS how he ran the country. It was part and parcel of the whole job for him.
MisterDancer
We are VERY lucky that we have such a deep bench of civil servants and laws/regulations managing many aspects of this country, regardless of who’s in the Executive Branch. It’s also a mixed blessing how much power devolves to states, in our system. And that Trump and cronies were, indeed, so damn busy scheming for money and power they failed to dismantle a lot of those processes when they were in power.
It should really be scarier that America can kind of run for so long, with so little leadership and care.
Odie Hugh Manatee
I think the reason TFG has pushed the “Biden Crime Family” bullshit is that he wanted to get ahead of the news eventually figuring out that he leads a family of criminals. I think “Don Don”, like the head of a mob family and my mind then goes to an orange, fat Jar-Jar Binks type of toy that says “Send me money!” when you smack it.
I just wanted to say that after years of abuse from TFG and his supporting polyps, I am loving every single minute of this Summer of Indictments.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
With 4 indictments Dump now receives free tire rotation
Ishiyama
“Each Lord of Ruddigore, despite his best endeavor, shall do one crime or more, once every day, forever.”
wjca
Well, the Judiciary was being run by Leonard Leo….
Mike S
91 felonies isn’t that much, is it?
I am fond of this headline and story. Trump stiffed his alleged co-conspirators, whose false claims brought in $250 million.
HumboldtBlue
They all have 10 days of more criming before they get booked into county jail.
Jess
I once had a boss who used to say that anyone can do any amount of work…as long as it’s not the work they’re supposed to be doing. I wonder if that applies here.
wjca
That’s what makes DeSantis so scary. He seems likely to be vastly more competent as (mis)managing the country.
Although it’s possible that folks who want the same will brown-nose their way close enough to TIFG to hand him those kinds of disasterously destructive things to sign. Unread naturally.
Dangerman
Running the Country? Like flying the plane? We were on auto pilot for 4 years. Shit, only thing he cared about was how to profit from the post and how to spend more time with the love of his life (and I’m not talking Melania).
I hope I don’t offend given the horror of this disease, but Trump is a cancer on the Republican Party and they need to excise him (relax Donald, NOT exercise, you fat piece of shit). Excise. Yes, the Republicans Party will get boned for a few election cycles but that day is coming anyway. Pay me now or pay me later. Kinda like Fram instead it’s Flim Flam.
neabinorb
The don has thousands of fools more than willing to part with their money, and these hangers on were all feeding from the same trough. When you have that kind of money, you can fuck around. These people hardly work for a living. They’ve got the time.
Scout211
I am not sure if this has been posted here yet.
Mark Meadows seeks to move Fulton County election interference case to federal court
RSA
I take this to be a positive reflection on the U.S. justice system.
Imagine some amoral asshole who wants to accumulate as much wealth and power as possible as quickly as possible. It turns out that some of the easiest paths involve actions that have been made illegal by legislatures, typically upheld by courts. But of course he doesn’t think the laws apply to him.
It surprises me that this description fits not only Trump but apparently some of his lawyers.
HumboldtBlue
Also, can we set up a betting pool for Trump’s height and weight when he gets his mugshot taken and fingerprinted?
I’m going 5’10, 260.
Dangerman
I feel like Bob Barker. Higher (not his height).
ETA: Do they let you wear 5 pounds of makeup in a mugshot? I don’t think so.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
@Scout211:
He was just following orders
Betsy
Exactly. Thank you!!
Urza
There was a new impeachment worthy offense just about every single day he wasn’t off golfing, and most of those anyway. There should have been 1000 special investigators each on a different case. But he had Congress those first 2 years and after that everyone was just so used to it.
mrmoshpotato
Haha, like Putin’s Puppet The Pussy-grabbing Pile of Shit ever wanted the job part of the office. :)
BR
@Alison Rose:
When you put it that way, wow, yes.
Alison Rose
@Scout211: I just saw someone discussing this on MSNBC and she noted that while he does have a good chance of getting it moved, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s Georgia law undergirding it, and Willis and her team would still prosecute the case. It also would not mean that he would be eligible for a federal pardon, even if it’s moved to a federal court.
mrmoshpotato
@Dangerman: The orange shitstain was who the Rethuglican party was working on electing for 40+ years. Or really electing for 40+ years – scumbag conmen.
They’re just pissed Dump’s not a team player but is only in it for himself.
kindness
Who worked for Trump? People who were grabbing everything that wasn’t nailed down, and that they couldn’t pry loose.
BruceFromOhio
Being a two-bit ratfuck soulless criminal transcends mere mortal constructs like the passage of time. And you have your liege lords paying all your bills and maintaining your bubble, that’s a force multiplier. Think of it as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, with someone else taking care of all that mundane shit so you can self-actualize your badass fascist criminal self, rapidly and efficiently.
Jackie
@Mike S: That’s gonna come back and bite him.
It’s got to be difficult to continue defending someone whose refusal to pay you, denies you the finances needed to defend him – much less the finances needed to defend yourself!
Jackie
@Scout211: Moving the trial from State to Federal is his ONLY chance for a pardon. My guess is this is going to be a popular request!
Sister Golden Bear
<chef’s kiss>
Trump stiffed his alleged co-conspirators, whose false claims brought in $250 million
includes: Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, John Eastman.
That money is now helping Trump pay a small army of lawyers defending him against criminal charges.
Alison Rose
@Jackie: See my comment above — he would still not be eligible for a federal pardon because it’s still state law and state charges. Discussed on MSNBC here.
wjca
I’ll go with 5’9″ A guy with a hair piece, and fake tan makeup, seems like a sure bet to have lifts in his shoes. If only as part of his inescapable lying reflex.
H.E.Wolf
“When in crime one is fully employed, your expression gets warped and destroyed; it’s a penalty none can avoid.”
Mike in NC
Was it Grover Norquist or some other turd who said that all Republicans really needed in the White House was someone to hold a pen? Thus we got Fat Bastard, a functional illiterate whose mentors included Roy Cohn, Roger Stone, and Newt Gingrich.
wjca
@Sister Golden Bear:
And if those lawyers aren’t bright enough to insist on cash in advance, they are probably as incompetent as the earlier batch.
Noskilz
Probably through the magic of delegation to all his flying monkeys.
Still, it puts me in mind of an old Gowan song: “criminal mind”
Odie Hugh Manatee
Tonight I went to pick up my wife from work and had some fun on the way to get her. I came to a four-way stop with another vehicle on my right coming to a stop at the same time (he was taking a right). I waved him on as he had the right-of-way and he tried to wave me on instead. I waved him on again and he insisted that I go first. I gave it one more shot and looking exasperated, he finally took his corner and went on his way. I immediately noticed the “LET’S GO BRANDON!” in white letters high up and centered on his rear window. Above that is a shiny new sticker that says “CIVIL WAR!” and other assorted virtue-signaling stickers littering the tailgate (Older Explorer-type vehicle).
The road is two-lane at that point but opens up to four-lane (2 ea. way) after a few blocks. He took the outer lane at that point and I took the inner. He signaled and slowed to take a right turn so I timed it just right so that I was passing his open window just as he was starting his turn, slowing myself as there was nobody behind me. Just as our windows lined up I yelled “TRUMP LOST!” as loud as I could.
It startled the shit out of him, or at least the expression on his face indicated it…lol! Made my day…
Sister Golden Bear
@wjca:
“You fucked up… you trusted us.”
brendancalling
@HumboldtBlue: I’d love to see these people frogmarched out of their gated communities. I’d also be fine seeing them go down in a hail of bullets. But I’d prefer to see them face the charges and go to jail.
Some of those fuckers have gotta be panicking like Ray Liota in “Good Fellas” right now.
Mr. Bemused Senior
@Sister Golden Bear: reports indicate Chris Kise got $3M up front. Then his advice to settle the documents case was rejected. I won’t link to the NY Post article. sigh I remember when it was a newspaper and featured Art Buchwald columns and Herblock cartoons.
brendancalling
@wjca: he’s also old. People shrink as they age. My dad used to be a hair taller than me when I was in my 30s. Im 53 now, and he looks up at me when we talk.
5’7” tops
mrmoshpotato
@Odie Hugh Manatee: Nice! Well done!
wjca
@Ishiyama:
“When a man has been a naughty baronet,
And expresses deep repentance and regret,…”
Oh wait, that won’t fit will it?
MinuteMan
One action can result in a dozen or more charges and the tactic, at least with the Feds, is usually to charge their target with enough crimes to potentially incur a multi-century jail term—shock and awe, don’t you know. That gives them room to plea bargain down.
SFAW
@brendancalling:
Hell, why not go full detached-from-reality? Why not say he’s 5’3″? Or say that he’s half-a-head shorter than Muggsy Bogues?
Look, I hate that asshole as much as anyone here does, but while he may not be as tall as Obama, he ain’t 5’7″
Alison Rose
@brendancalling: I’m gonna be hobbit-sized by my 70s.
Alison Rose
@SFAW: Yeah, according to Google (and I don’t know how it knows), Pence is 5’10”, and Trump was at least a couple inches taller than him. Even lifts aren’t gonna give him that much.
Omnes Omnibus
@Alison Rose: How do we know that you aren’t hobbit-sized now?
Burnspbesq
@Scout211:
Trump tried that in New York; it didn’t fly, and I don’t expect the Second Circuit to disturb Judge Hellerstein’s well-reasoned opinion.
You don’t need to be burdened with a law degree to figure out that crimin’ isn’t part of the duties of the President or his chief of staff.
Terwilliger is a skilled and experienced white-collar defense lawyer, and he’s playing the lousy hand he has been dealt as best he can; methinks this is a settlement ploy. He’ll withdraw the removal notice in exchange for getting the felony charges reduced to misdemeanors, and trade Meadows’ testimony for no jail time.
Mr. Bemused Senior
@Burnspbesq: what? Criminal activity is not part of official duties? Nobody told him that before he took the job.
Alison Rose
@Omnes Omnibus: I am 5 whole entire feet tall! Ask my mom! I’m sure she remembers the last height she measured for me on the kitchen wall when I was 12.
Omnes Omnibus
@Alison Rose: Okay. since the tallest hobbits were about 4′ 6″, we can say you are not yet hobbit-sized.
Ken
Practice, practice, practice.
Omnes Omnibus
@Ken: But that also takes time. You see the dilemma here?
NotMax
Imagine if he didn’t golf.
//
NotMax
@HumboldtBlue
6′ ½”, 292 lb.
Alison Rose
@Omnes Omnibus: Ahem ahem:
This is why I’ve always said that the fantasy world I’d want to visit would be The Shire. It’s beautiful and (usually) chill, and plus…for the only time in my life, I’d be the tall one in the room. I’d be the one everyone else would come to and ask “could you get that down for me”. Mind-blowing.
NotMax
Alison Rose
Banging your head on the upper door sill gets old real fast.
;)
Omnes Omnibus
@Alison Rose: The Bullroarer was famously 4′ 5″ and Merry and Pippin ended up taller than him.
NotMax
@Omnes Omnibus
Remember reading about Japanese high schools having to make classroom doors higher because students on a modern diet were significantly taller than when the schools were built.
Kent
Can you name one competent thing he has done?
Was it taking on Disney? Or maybe his response to the insurance crisis? Or maybe taking on the College Board?
Kent
@Sister Golden Bear: Well, if Trump never paid Giuliani and the other lawyers involved in his conspiracy, can they still claim to have been his lawyers?
Seems like I remember from TV shows that you have to at least pay them $1 for their to be an attorney-client relationship. Instead they were just co-conspirators working for free!
Hah…
JGreen
@wjca: I know it’s late to the thread, but how about this?
Coward, poltroon, shaker, squeamer,
Blockhead, sluggard, dullard, dreamer,
Shirker, shuffler, crawler, creeper,
Sniffler, snuffler, wailer, weeper,
Earthworm, maggot, tadpole, weevil
Mart
@wjca: I shrunk a couple inches over the past forty years. Weight is the same but my BMI is going to hell. Think he is listed at 6’1″ so I go with 5′ 8″ since he is in his late seventies, and 265 lbs.
piratedan
well, when your entire life is breaking the law and shafting anyone who has a sense of ethics; by this stage you have to really love your work. Can you imagine the change of venue bonus, he could expand from just screwing over people dumb enough to associate with him, now he could fuck over millions of people and take no responsibility for it… I imagine its been the sweetest supercharged influx of pure narcissistic joy he’s ever imagined. Cruelty on a massive scale and for all intents and purposes, the political party allowed it, hell they encouraged it and the media coverage was breathless, what outrage will he do next, what norm will be broken… it was a televised crime spree, that was aided and abetted by a craven political party and a media circus that basked in the ratings.
Alison Rose
@Mart: If he’s 5’8″, that would make Pence like 5’5″. People, we can hate the guy without being silly.
NotMax
@JGreen
Too bad Vermin Supreme is already taken.
;)
Alison Rose
@NotMax: I thought that was a Taco Bell item.
Edmund dantes
@Alison Rose: yeah I don’t get this. He’s right around if not above 6. I’d even say 6’1”. But he’s definitely doing lifts to get himself on level with the people that are 6’3”. He’s probably over 3 bills but the man does so much speed that he might be just under it at 299 lbs but I wager over.
Alison Rose
@Edmund dantes:
Uh what? Are you thinking of his son?
SomeRandomGuy
You know what bugs me? I know a nurse, and her standards for reporting bad situations are very tight. She could lose her license, for failing to call in a report of someone, whose only crime was an excessively long timeout of a child.
Where are the mandatory reporters in the executive branch? You know, “I’m sorry, TFG ordered me to violate the law. Again. Well, I’m sorry, I could be charged with a serious crime if I don’t report, and if *I* have to report, *you* will have to listen! Now, here are the details….”
JWR
@Alison Rose: Nah. I think @Edmund dantes is referring to Adderall.
Height and weight? I’ll guess 5′ 11′, 288lbs.
As far as the mug shot, he’ll insist on all the movie makeup, thinking all the while about how the image will look on a flag or a Free TFG T-shirt. One thing I’m not sure about is what expression he’ll wear. Happy face or sad? Smiling or a frown? Hmm, ’tis a conundrum. ;)
Citizen Alan
@mrmoshpotato:
This. The reason I have absolutely no use for Liz Shaney, even though she was ostensibly on our side, was that I still think her sole objection to Donald Trump was that he was not interested in sharing the power of fascist autocracy with her faction of the GOP. If President Jeb Bush had staged an insurrection to remain in power, she would have been fine with it.
NotMax
@Alison Rose
Known to be a voracious user of Adderall.
Bruce K in ATH-GR
How did he find the time?
I’m pretty sure he viewed the Presidency as a prize, not a job. Which it is, a hard one, that takes its toll on people, visibly aging them.
(Which probably also explains, partially, why he was resistant to the concept of leaving the White House: his prize was being taken away from him. Of course, there’s the small matter of the power of the Presidency protecting him from the consequences of his myriad crimes.)
Ishiyama
@JGreen: Basingstoke!
Mai Naem mobileI
@Citizen Alan: i have no love for Liz Cheney(don’t even ask me about Dick Cheney) but I think she could see TFG’s actions at some point down the road letting a Dem president do the same thing.
Kind of OT, Charles McGonigal the FBI guy who was in charge of counterintelligence in NY took a plea deal for part of his criming. He’s got another plea deal they’re a working on. I really want more details on what he did. All it says is he took bribes to get sanctions taken off Deripaska. Amazing that a higher up in the FBI sold out his country for less than $250K. I am assuming he had been making at least $125K with good benefits for many years and he sold out for $250K.
NotMax
Will it be a slap on the wrist or a spell in the slammer?
Shalimar
@HumboldtBlue: I have been booked before. There was no scale, they just asked weight. Most likely won’t make him take off his shoes with the lifts and heels either. I would not expect height and weight to necessarily be accurate.
Mai Naem mobileI
@brendancalling: there is no way he’s only 5’7″. My sister’s 5’7″ and there is no way he’s shorter than my sister. I figure 5’9″-5’10”. IIRC he was a but shorter than Obama and that’s with lifts. Despite what the sheriff says, I actually don’t think they’ll humiliate him with shoe and make up and hair removal. I think the mugshot will be humiliation enough for right now.
lowtechcyclist
@Alison Rose:
I’m personally all for being silly. Ask my wife and son.
But speaking of being silly:
@NotMax:
@Alison Rose:
Win! And nice job by NotMax of handing you the set-up line.
Bugboy
“I just do not get it.”
There are a gazillion terms for it, for example: high on their own supply, or stupid is as stupid does. When you spend all day performing with the clown posse, pretty soon everyone looks like a clown.
Tony Jay
Australia vs England Women’s World Cup Semi-Final is taking place as we speak.
0-0 so far. England are dominating possession and have had the best chances, but Australia are defending well and making the very most of the referee’s tendency to listen to the rowdy home crowd before deciding whether or not a foul has occurred.
Good game.
raven
@Tony Jay: This is the soccer thread.
https://balloon-juice.com/2023/08/01/fifa-womens-world-cup-4-teams-2-matches/#comment-8931405
NotMax
@lowtechcyclist
Silly?
Five minutes ago, seen in the closed captioning for a biographical documentary.
Dialogue: “Oh, I’m for women’s lib.”
CC: “Oh, I’m four women limp.”
brantl
Really, JC? These people are so crooked they’re busy dreaming of buggaring themselves, in the middle of the night.
Tony Jay
@raven:
Oh, I’m there, but it’s just me.
England 0-1 up over the Aussies after 45 mins. Absolute bloody thunderbastard of a right foot shot from Ella Toone from the left hand side of the penalty area.
Still anyone’s game this. The Aussie’s have 12 1/2 players on the pitch and the world’s best striker up front, while England are keeping the ball and gradually turning the screw.
Frankensteinbeck
@Mai Naem mobileI:
You’re probably right, which is a shame. I want makeup removal more than I care about height and weight. I suspect he looks haggard as Hell under all that. Hideous and visibly a very old man. I saw a photo of him a year or two ago where he was pale, and he looked like that. I was never sure if it was just incredibly unflattering lighting.
catclub
Read Michael Lewis’s book “The Fifth Risk” on all the important things government does. And how incompetent the Trump transition was.
Tony Jay
This referee is about three toes and a bent knee over the line separating ‘a bit of a homer’ from ‘shockingly in the tank for’ where the Aussies are concerned. Bronze just got barged into by an Australian player and had a foul given against her.
If this keeps up there’s going to be a – very – controversial card or penalty before this game is over.
Tony Jay
Screamer from Sam Kerr. 1-1.
Allowed to run at the retreating back line, player free to her left, but “Nah, just wellie it.”
Great goal.
Matt McIrvin
@MisterDancer: These people who keep the lights on in times of bad politics ARE what Trump’s people call the sinister “Deep State”. They have far more ambitious plans to destroy it next time. Newt Gingrich has wanted to roll back Chester Alan Arthur’s reforms and bring back the spoils system for decades; he thinks this is a wonderful idea.
K-Mo
5’ 11.75”
251
Tony Jay
Mmmmmm. Now that it’s 1-1 the referee is suddenly giving England free kicks and denying them to Australia. The Aussies look baffled, but I guess you can get too used to a good time.
England getting closer and closer to retaking the lead.
Tony Jay
England 1-2! Hemp! Ball over the top, got between the defenders, too strong and finished well.
Will this go to VAR? She was within ten feet of an Australian defender and touched one.
Nope. It stands.
Chris Johnson
@brendancalling: The danger there is a danger that I think McConnell also faces, but it’s not as big a danger as I used to think it was.
My concern is that the Russian mob puts somebody in there to straight up kill Trump in order to turn him into a martyr. He could face that hail of bullets because it’s convenient for Putin to fling the US into chaos. BUT, Putin is overextended and just doesn’t have the control people used to think he had.
Someone in an earlier thread ripped on Moscow Mitch for being in Russia’s corner long enough to get the Republicans the Presidency. BINGO. Exactly. But more recently, McConnell has betrayed his once allies, and appears to be no more faithful to Russia than he was to America (big surprise there).
I would hope the right people are capable of guarding against fuckery and seeing to it that justice is served without undue drama. I just figure that ‘randomly killing Putin’s pawns’ is something to specifically worry about. There are fewer fascist options than there used to be. One of the options for continuing to play the Trump side is just to max out his ability to make right wing nutjobs flip out and wage a civil war, immediately, and one way of doing that is literally killing the man and then claiming it was the Biden Deep State and all that.
But anyone paying attention has to know that, so Epsteining the guy can’t be that trivial. So, boring lawful justice is on the table, and much like indicting any mobster in a tense situation, it should be possible to put Trump in jail and keep him there without incident, if people are paying attention. The Russians aren’t very good. If they were, there’d be a lot more people including McConnell who wouldn’t be walking around freely.
Tony Jay
Ooooh, two good chances for Australia not taken
Three good chances. Would have put money on Kerr getting that on target but she snatched at it
1-3! That’s it! Russo open on the right of the Aussie defence for the little dinked in pass, finished well. Surely England are in the Final now.
Tony Jay
@Chris Johnson:
1) They’re not a majority.
2) Depends on what ‘news’ sources you’re paying attention too.
Other than that, yeah.
Frankensteinbeck
@Chris Johnson:
I think Putin’s ability to kill people outside of his country is vastly overhyped. I seriously doubt he can get to anyone with professional protection, especially the Secret Service. The people he has killed are almost entirely in Russia.
Plus, it’s not his MO. He doesn’t kill pawns. He kills threats to his rule, although he includes vocal critics in this. And they’re other Russians, not foreigners.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
England prevails
Tony Jay
@David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch:
ISWYDT
Kay
Thinking about this as a conspiracy (thank you, Fulton Co prosecutor) organizes it and allows one to perhaps see the planning behind it. So why does Trump intervene personally in GA? Why doesn’t he let the women and men in his mob do the dirty work, as he does in other states? Because GA had Republicans in power – governor and sec of state- and the other states he was contesting did not. GA was their best bet, hence the frantic, desperate attempt to deploy Kanye West’s insane employees to attack the two GA pollworkers and Trump’s phone call. If there had been Republicans (completely) in power in PA, MI or AZ this could have gone very differently. He would have had more weaknesses to exploit.
Kay
And WI. We had a D gov in WI too.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@wjca: Also, he’s old enough that his spine has probably compressed some, making him lose height. I’m 2 inches shorter than I’ve been all my life, making me a really little old lady.
Manyakitty
@Frankensteinbeck: he’s killed people in the UK.
Ruckus
@Alison Rose:
Breaking laws WAS how he ran the country. It was part and parcel of the whole job for him.
ABSOLUTELY THIS.
Ruckus
@Jess:
anyone can do any amount of work…as long as it’s not the work they’re supposed to be doing
A very real truism. I used to say there is a reason it’s called work. So you know to avoid it.
robtrim
@Mike S: This is Trump’s life story in a nutshell.
His entire life is a chronicle of not paying the piper: he evaded the draft; he stiffed all his work contractors; he declared bankruptcy six times, leaving his shareholders holding the bag; he took out bank loans her couldn’t repay; he set up a charity that only benefitted him; he started a “university” that bilked his students; he raped women; he and his family milked foreign thugs (Putin, Gulf state dictators) for big bucks; he’s going to sell out his fellow co-conspirators in the courts.
And only Michael Cohen has had the balls to say the emperor has no clothes.
misterpuff
At least now, we have an epithet that is actually true. For years (and I hate to say this) Both Sides have sparred with the charge that this or that president is the titular head of a crime organization: The Clinton Crime Family, The Bush Crime Family, The Obama Crime Family and now The Biden Crime Family. It was shorthand for the administrations coordinated move toward goals their critics found detestable and maybe criminal.
But none of these administrations have truly propped up the POTUS in indiscriminate criming and then planned an illegal coup when the voters said enough.
The Trump Crime Family stands alone, a corrupt and criminal administration with the added fillup that the President’s family family are also eager crimesters. What an era for the historians.