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Sarah May 1, 2023

News from the #EJeanCarroll suit: Joe Tacopina has filed for a mistrial. It revolves around the Trump lawyer initially not recognizing, then not understanding a classic piece of satirical #literature. From @emptywheel with an appearance by @KlasfeldReports https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/05/01/joe-tacopina-complains-about-woke-jonathan-swift/

Joe Tacopina Complains about Woke Jonathan Swift - emptywheel

Given Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina's complaint that he's not in on the shared joke of Swift's A Modest Proposal, I hope some nice mother in Florida with a sense of humor will make the Modest Proposal that Swift be banned under Ron DeSantis' anti-woke censorship laws for being -- as a canonical work of English culture -- too woke.

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Dan Sugalski May 1, 2023

@SarahOestreich @emptywheel @KlasfeldReports "I move for a mistrial because I am an idiot" seems like an unusual argument for an attorney to make.

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Robin Bobcat

@wordshaper @SarahOestreich @emptywheel @KlasfeldReports

Lionel Hutz : I move for a 'bad court thingy'.

Judge Snyder : You mean a mistrial?

Lionel Hutz : Yeah! That's why you're the 'judge' and I'm the 'law talking guy?'

Judge Snyder : The lawyer?

Lionel Hutz : Right.