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Andrea Junker 
The fact that two former Trump attorneys have now confirmed — via guilty pleas — that Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election included criminal acts should be a much bigger story.
Peter Bowden 🚗🔌⚡ 😷💉💉💉💉@Strandjunker So should be the fact that Trump has been found guilty in the áuditing'/loans case and the process is merely to determine the size of the penalty. The reporting feels like a not guilty verdict is possible.
Sex Crazed SaltShaker of Death@Strandjunker
His backers stormed the capitol on national TV. That should have been a big enough story to end trump. The bigger story should be him paying the price for it. Not just delusional lawyers.
His backers stormed the capitol on national TV. That should have been a big enough story to end trump. The bigger story should be him paying the price for it. Not just delusional lawyers.
maya_b 🇨🇦@Strandjunker even without the middle east, the GOP is making enough silly noise in the HoR to bury the news
Riley S. Faelan@Strandjunker Pumpkin has already attempted to unlawyer at least one of them, though.
Which arguably means, she can now testify without having concern for attorney-client privilege, since Pumpkin claims to not have been her client.
Andreas K@riley @Strandjunker Well, has anyone considered, that legally, she never was Trump's "personal" lawyer?
She was Trump's campaign's lawyer, which might make a difference.
Plus there is an exemption for the attorney-client privilege if you engage the attorney to commit a crime/fraud.
@yacc143 It only makes difference in contexts where Pumpkin's and his campaign's lawyering interests diverge. And considering how campaigns are incorporated in USA, that's less likely to happen than an LLC's interests diverging from its sole owner's interests. @Strandjunker
@riley
Yes, but it means that orange ape in a strictly formal sense is not lying, she was not HIS lawyer, she was his campaign's lawyer.
A tiny but relevant distinction, but probably generally beyond mainstream political discussion level.
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Aviva Gary@Strandjunker Well sure... in a functioning country
Thomas@Strandjunker any mob boss knows how to build plausible deniability - it's the pawns who get it.
Nicole ParsonsThe Republican billionaire donors behind an ongoing seditious conspiracy receive even less attention.
Koch, Murdoch, Schwarzman, Yass, Adelson, Ellison, Griffin, Patrick Ryan, Ron Baron, Hendricks, Uihlein, Tim Mellon
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/article/meet-the-billionaires-funding-the-battle-for-control-of-the-house-of-representatives/?sh=54695d2124c9
The zombie money:
1. Trust fund foundations like the Claremont Institute and Bradley Foundation
https://newrepublic.com/article/174656/claremont-institute-think-tank-trump
2. DAF's like Fidelity, Schwab, etc
https://inequality.org/research/donor-advised-fund-numbers/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rfk-jr-anti-vax-orgs-funding-major-charities-1234857214/
Meet The Billionaires Funding The Battle For Control Of The House Of Representatives
Two rival super PACs focused on November’s midterm House elections have raised a total of nearly $100 million from at least 59 of the country’s richest people. But the billionaire donors to the Republican PAC gave nearly four times more than the Democrats.
vox popsicle vox dei@Strandjunker a bigger story for sure but let's not lose sight of the fact that Joe Biden is, and this has been confirmed by multiple sources, getting old.
Wokebloke for Democracy@Strandjunker
It will be.
It will be.
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