Any lawyers who aligns themselves with Trump already should know they're destroying their careers - and not getting paid. I can't understand why anyone does it though he is scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Wow! tRump is up there on "Let's Make A Deal"....which door will he pick??? A, B or C? I still, in a way, want him to pack a bag and make a break for it, probably to Russia, but he is still loved in China. I want all the yahoo's who have been sending him $$$ with every con/grifter email/tweet/or video, to finally see how he stole from them, not only money, but any belief that they are patriots, marking them with a large T on their chests, for traitors. As much as I also want to see him in a striped outfit, without his firm holding hairspray, in a jail cell....I also want him to find out, that once he fails to meet Russia and China's ranking of being a useful fool, that he is a nobody, a irrelevant nothing, who will be dropped, thrown away, as popping his bubble of self-importance would be grand. Boy, am I in a nasty mood this morning, LOL.
As soon as Trump announced his imminent arrest, I immediately predicted he would want to be perp walked in handcuffs to mobilize his base. Now, I'm thinking the photo-op will be used to sell autographed, framed photos of the event that he can sell for $99. Super hero goes to court for arraignment. I am trying to imagine how the historians will be analyzing this in 50 years. Yes, we've become a shit show.
If *trump wants Tacopina to represent him in any other case, then fine - but not in this one. There's no way he can unhear or unsee what confidential material he heard and saw during his legal consults for Stormy. There is no reasonable way a judge should allow him to represent *trump in this case.
Hmm. Not quite the tsunami the Republicans had planned is it. Seems as if the dam has broken on legal actions. I wonder if the presence of Jack Smith has reinvigorated other proceedings.
“But the Trump team got a bit unlucky. The appellate court panel they drew, in a circuit that has a good number of very conservative Trump appointees, happened in this case to be all Biden- and Obama-appointed judges. And they seem not in a mood to countenance delay.”
Judges are accountable to their peers and higher courts for their decisions. I know it sounds quaint in today’s “no law, just vibes” atmosphere created by the Supremes, but judges are worried about professionalism, too.
I wrote that but didn’t include helpful context. A conservative panel of appellate judges has been sitting on the Scott Perry privilege question for so long that it is seriously hindering the investigation. While some Trump judges apply the law fairly and correctly, some do not (as we learned with Judge Ailieen Cannon and as we are about to learn with Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas, who has the mifepristone case and is about to undo the FDA approval on it after 20 years of use.
I saw that the Grand Jury wasn't meeting today and probably not tomorrow. No reason given, but trump was all over it saying it proved that Bragg's case was weakened by the witness who supposedly countered Cohen's testimony.
I heard that as well, but that news came out yesterday. There could be many reasons why DA Bragg canceled the meeting today, from illness to who knows what.
Besides mention of one more witness, there is the issue of Tacopina's possible conflict of interest possibly disqualifying him from this case. Bragg has to play as fair as possible on this one.
If Trump is indicted this week, what are the odds that the case concludes before the 2024 election? Delaying has been a major legal strategy for DJT in the past, and I'm curious to understand how that could work here.
Another complicating factor on timing is that there may be several indictments, all with different schedules, venues, witnesses, and possible consequences. It’s pretty difficult to game out how this will play out.
Andrew Weissman said yesterday that a reasonable expectation for the trial to begin would be about 16 months. Which opened a can of worms in a discussion I was having this morning with a friend who is convinced they need to go to trial yesterday. I pointed out that TFG's team had a right to discovery and visa versa, there were only so many judges in a particular court, there are plenty of other cases deserving close attention, and the legal work of the filings with appropriate citations . . I got no where.
He was convinced (confusing apples and oranges, I think) that if the trial were to happen near the elections it wouldn't happen. I'm tired of explaining this to folks. Jay a handy little essay on why the wheels of justice turn so apparently slowly from the outside, but are the opposite on the inside would be oh, so helpful. :-)
Any lawyers who aligns themselves with Trump already should know they're destroying their careers - and not getting paid. I can't understand why anyone does it though he is scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Wow! tRump is up there on "Let's Make A Deal"....which door will he pick??? A, B or C? I still, in a way, want him to pack a bag and make a break for it, probably to Russia, but he is still loved in China. I want all the yahoo's who have been sending him $$$ with every con/grifter email/tweet/or video, to finally see how he stole from them, not only money, but any belief that they are patriots, marking them with a large T on their chests, for traitors. As much as I also want to see him in a striped outfit, without his firm holding hairspray, in a jail cell....I also want him to find out, that once he fails to meet Russia and China's ranking of being a useful fool, that he is a nobody, a irrelevant nothing, who will be dropped, thrown away, as popping his bubble of self-importance would be grand. Boy, am I in a nasty mood this morning, LOL.
Right there with you. Get him outta here. And the rest of his rotten family with him.
Thank you Jay, for this clear explanation of what’s happening here in tRump Legal Land.
As soon as Trump announced his imminent arrest, I immediately predicted he would want to be perp walked in handcuffs to mobilize his base. Now, I'm thinking the photo-op will be used to sell autographed, framed photos of the event that he can sell for $99. Super hero goes to court for arraignment. I am trying to imagine how the historians will be analyzing this in 50 years. Yes, we've become a shit show.
If *trump wants Tacopina to represent him in any other case, then fine - but not in this one. There's no way he can unhear or unsee what confidential material he heard and saw during his legal consults for Stormy. There is no reasonable way a judge should allow him to represent *trump in this case.
I'm going to need more popcorn.
I think we all will!
Hmm. Not quite the tsunami the Republicans had planned is it. Seems as if the dam has broken on legal actions. I wonder if the presence of Jack Smith has reinvigorated other proceedings.
I forward your updates to my conservative sons. I read it to my husband. You are changing the world!!
Thank you!
one family at a time
So it sounds like they are accepting of the information???
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys has migrated from a cutesy quip to a sine qua non of the Trump legal team.
Judge Howell's parting offering reaffirms faith in our justice system...
If anyone deserves this it is tRump! He has cheated and conned all his life. 🤞🙏🤞
Jay, thank you for keeping us informed on what isn’t clear or never appears in the news. You’re the best!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! This may be some of the best news I see today. I appreciate you, and all of your hard work to keep us informed.
“But the Trump team got a bit unlucky. The appellate court panel they drew, in a circuit that has a good number of very conservative Trump appointees, happened in this case to be all Biden- and Obama-appointed judges. And they seem not in a mood to countenance delay.”
I’m not sure this is a fair and helpful characterization of the court. The legal principles and need for speed seem clearcut here. Just in December, we had two Trump judges apply the law correctly in this case. (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/us/trump-judges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)
Judges are accountable to their peers and higher courts for their decisions. I know it sounds quaint in today’s “no law, just vibes” atmosphere created by the Supremes, but judges are worried about professionalism, too.
I wrote that but didn’t include helpful context. A conservative panel of appellate judges has been sitting on the Scott Perry privilege question for so long that it is seriously hindering the investigation. While some Trump judges apply the law fairly and correctly, some do not (as we learned with Judge Ailieen Cannon and as we are about to learn with Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas, who has the mifepristone case and is about to undo the FDA approval on it after 20 years of use.
This is just too good!!!! Popcorn folks, it's going to be one heck of a day the next few days.
I saw that the Grand Jury wasn't meeting today and probably not tomorrow. No reason given, but trump was all over it saying it proved that Bragg's case was weakened by the witness who supposedly countered Cohen's testimony.
I heard the opposite and that there was one more witness (not Cohen). I wonder if there is any absolute way of clearing these questions up.
I heard that as well, but that news came out yesterday. There could be many reasons why DA Bragg canceled the meeting today, from illness to who knows what.
Besides mention of one more witness, there is the issue of Tacopina's possible conflict of interest possibly disqualifying him from this case. Bragg has to play as fair as possible on this one.
If Trump is indicted this week, what are the odds that the case concludes before the 2024 election? Delaying has been a major legal strategy for DJT in the past, and I'm curious to understand how that could work here.
Another complicating factor on timing is that there may be several indictments, all with different schedules, venues, witnesses, and possible consequences. It’s pretty difficult to game out how this will play out.
Thanks. You and I get it, but hooboy, so many don't. The paths of justice resemble Florida's invasive boa constrictors.
Those are pythons, not boa constrictors.
OK, fine. But a snake is a snake, and this whole mess is full of them.
Agreed. And sorry for the pedantry.
Andrew Weissman said yesterday that a reasonable expectation for the trial to begin would be about 16 months. Which opened a can of worms in a discussion I was having this morning with a friend who is convinced they need to go to trial yesterday. I pointed out that TFG's team had a right to discovery and visa versa, there were only so many judges in a particular court, there are plenty of other cases deserving close attention, and the legal work of the filings with appropriate citations . . I got no where.
He was convinced (confusing apples and oranges, I think) that if the trial were to happen near the elections it wouldn't happen. I'm tired of explaining this to folks. Jay a handy little essay on why the wheels of justice turn so apparently slowly from the outside, but are the opposite on the inside would be oh, so helpful. :-)