Mastodawn

U.S. Politics in Real Time Jan 10, 2024

Trump’s Idiot Lawyer Just Blew Up His Own Absolute Immunity Argument

https://newrepublic.com/post/177937/trump-presidential-immunity-claim-could-cover-murder-rivals-defense

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Trump’s Idiot Lawyer Just Blew Up His Own Absolute Immunity Argument

Donald Trump’s lawyer tried to argue that his client is immune from charges—and instead undermined his whole defense.

The New Republic

U.S. Politics in Real Time Oct 9, 2023

Team Trump Is Using ‘Fyre Festival Strategies’ in NY Fraud Case

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-team-new-york-fraud-case-media-circus-1234848510/

#TeamTrumpFraud #NYFraudCase #FyreFestivalStrategies #MediaCircus #TrumpLegalTeam #NewYorkLaw #Politics #News

Trump Team Has No Plan to Actually Win His New York Fraud Case

There’s no chance of actually winning on the merits. So Trump and his lawyers are hoping to score some PR points, kick up as much dirt as possible, enrage the judge, trash some of the witnesses, an…

Rolling Stone

U.S. Politics in Real Time Sep 18, 2023

Legal Experts Say Donald Trump Just Threw His Own Legal Defense ‘Under The Bus'

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-defense-doomed_n_65081c16e4b0fa756c766c4f

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Legal Experts Say Donald Trump Just Threw His Own Legal Defense ‘Under The Bus'

“He just said it on air to NBC."

HuffPost

U.S. Politics in Real Time Sep 16, 2023

Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis turns on ‘malignant narcissist’ ex-president

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/15/trump-lawyer-jenna-ellis

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Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis turns on ‘malignant narcissist’ ex-president

Ellis, one of 18 Trump associates charged in Georgia election subversion case, says she ‘simply can’t support him’ again

The Guardian

U.S. Politics in Real Time Sep 4, 2023

A Harvard Law professor says it was 'unbelievably juvenile' for Trump's legal team to cite the infamous 'Scottsboro Boys' case as they pushed for a federal election interference trial in 2026

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-federal-election-interference-scottsboro-boys-2020-presidential-race-2023-9

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Harvard professor: 'Unbelievably juvenile' for Trump to cite 'Scottsboro' case

District Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected the Trump legal team's arguments for more time, and set the federal election interference trial for March 2024.

Insider

U.S. Politics in Real Time Aug 29, 2023

Retired Judge Spots ‘Stunningly Stupid’ Move From Trump's Legal Team

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/judge-spots-stunningly-stupid-move-trump_n_64ed8aace4b01777090b8a40/amp

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Retired Judge Spots ‘Stunningly Stupid’ Move From Trump's Legal Team

It is "absurd" and a surefire way to “alienate” the judge, argued LaDoris Hazzard Cordell.

HuffPost

U.S. Politics in Real Time Aug 14, 2023

Trump’s legal team connected to Georgia voting system breach: report

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4151137-trumps-legal-team-connected-to-georgia-voting-system-breach-report/

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Trump’s legal team connected to Georgia voting system breach: report

Prosecutors involved in the Georgia investigation into former President Trump’s attempts to stay in power in 2020 have obtained evidence showing a 2021 voting machine breach was part of a “top-down push” by Trump’s legal team to access sensitive voting software, according to a new report by CNN. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reportedly…

The Hill

U.S. Politics in Real Time Aug 6, 2023

Judge denies Trump legal team's motion to extend deadline over protective order dispute in election subversion case

http://www.cnn.com/2023/08/04/politics/trump-truth-social-smith-evidence-2020/index.html

#CNN #TrumpLegalTeam #ProtectiveOrderDispute #ElectionSubversionCase #DeadlineExtension #JudgeDenial #Politics #News