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If he were smart enough to listen to anyone he would be in this position.
Keep on talking buddy!
His lawyers need to STFU fr.
This is the real Superbowl. A coworker of mine told me he treated Election Day as the super bowl each year, taking the day after off so he could stay up and watch the content all night.
I'm starting to see his point. I have paid attention to so much more political news the last couple years than I ever did before, and I'm really looking forward to this conference and the coverage of it afterwards.
True story coming up. I had a pretty major surgery the night of the Georgia run off election. The very first thing I asked when I remembered how to talk was "did Herschel lose?" I don't live anywhere near Georgia, but I just really had to know if that stupid fucker ended up losing. Last I knew when I got put under was it was pretty even, but way too early to call.
I woke up and after seeing all my siblings come to visit, I asked about politics. None of them had a clue what I was talking about. But I finally got motor control back and turned the room TV on to check on it. I don't think it was yet called at that point, but it was soon after. I was so happy. I don't know much about Warnock, but at least he won't be trying to join werewolf committees.
It was still way closer than it any business being.
Sorry about the random rant, that memory just hit me while I was typing.
Well I mean he is their client so technically, legally they have to do everything they can to the best of their ability to win. That said, they are fucking stupid for taking him on as a client. I can't believe he can even still get lawyers. Knowing how badly he's scraping the bottom of the barrel, all I can assume is that he is finding the most desperate, pathetic, trash lawyers in the entire system at this point. The ones who scraped through school with a C- average.
For the first time in my life, I want to watch Trump's press conference, and I really, really hope he actually does it. Seems weird for him to chicken out now.
Be right back. I'm creating 50 truth social accounts and messaging him to show us what a real strong leader he is and go through with it.
Be sure to say something about how DeSantis would do it
Bonus points if it's in front of Four Seasons Lawn Care.
What do you think they are stupid? They have booked a venue at Ritz-Carlton..s Tire and Lube.
Oooooohhhh you wanted The Ritz. I booked a Ritz. You'll be standing in front of a giant cracker.
GODDAMN LAWYERS DON'T YOU TAKE THIS FROM US
Don't worry, Trump can be counted on to not follow his counsel's advice
The headline reads: "Dumbass stomps on his own foot, blames Biden".
And suddenly there are1,000s of Truth Social posts talking about the "Shoe Deepstate"
This isn't a trump 5d chess thing or whatever but it might honestly be the smarter move for him to just keep riling up his base and make it a guarantee riot if he gets jailed.
Seems pretty likely he's fucked legally so he's put in a situation that breaking law and order is probably his best move.
give your enemy a golden bridge to retreat across
I'm fearful we are backing him into a corner and his only option is to order his tens of millions of rabid followers to create chaos.
I’m fearful we are backing him into a corner and his only option is to order his tens of millions of rabid followers to create chaos.
It didn't take him being backed into a corner to do that on Jan 6th. Since he's done it before and you're positing he'll do it again when threatened legally, there's no difference in outcome. The legal structures and framework should be followed through with the arrest and trial as planned.
Isn't he being prosecuted for doing exactly that already?
I don't disagree with the message and hope he gets what's coming to him, but what is this source? To quote:
Trump’s Lawyers Ask Him to Cancel Press Conference on Georgia Election Before He Makes Matters Worse, Jon Karl ReportsKarl noted that between Trump’s enraged reactions to his fourth indictment, Trump announced on Truth Social that he would hold a press conference on Monday where he would produce a “Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable Report” that will supposedly prove he was right that Georgia’s 2020 election results were “rigged” by mass voter fraud.
That's a one sentence paragraph with the nineteen-word title (from another source perhaps?) injected as the subject.
Is this what AI-driven journalism looks like?
I'm utterly convinced he wants to run from prison. His cult followers would worship him more
LMAO I hope the court trial is televised. I don't think he can contain himself when he knows he has an audience.
It will be. Only federal court blocks cameras
"Never interrupt your enemy's foot in mouth disease" - General Tso Chi Kin
I feel like we should all make accounts on true social to triple dog dare him to ignore the lawyers, and do the press conference. I'll pop the popcorn.
Don't worry, there's probably plenty of real supporters doing just that.
Dang! They are killing all the fun! I would have loved to see him either lying with more invented "evidence" and get slapped by the court for this, or just spewing stupid nonsense that makes him even more of a laughing stock.
Bonus: He could have threatened even more people he shouldn't, getting him a nice "Go To Jail Go directly to Jail. Do not pass GO, do not collect $200" card.
Good if his lawyers are actually competent. Maybe he'll listen to them this time. A good trial requires a good defense.
Donald Trump hasn't listened to anyone (who doesn't already agree with him) since his father died. These lawyers are smart enough to know that. This leak is all about making sure that when Trump does the dumb thing anyway, they don't get disbarred over it.
This leak is all about making sure that when Trump does the dumb thing anyway, they don’t get disbarred over it.
Why even represent him in the first place if he is such a massive risk?
Money. Then again, he doesn't pay. If they're smart, they will have somehow accounted for this.
Because everyone needs representation, and they probably convinced him to pay up front.
This might be a little bit reductive, but I'm pretty sure you can tell that they're not competent lawyers because they are Trump's lawyers.
He's known to ignore his lawyers, lie to them, refuse to pay them, and throw them under the bus. I can't imagine a competent lawyer wanting that client. Maybe someone just looking to get their name plastered everywhere, aka some kind of grifter, but definitely not a competent lawyer.
I'm not interested in a 'good' trial. This isnt a netflix drama.
Bruh. Whats so great about this is the schism that’s appeared between Trump supporters and literately everyone else.
You should be. Otherwise there's grounds for a mistrial and we're right back where we started.
Trump's only chance is probably to foul the magisterial process as much as possible to prevent it from holding him accountable. It's worked for him so far, and even if he is taken into custody, that will only increase his popularity and stoke outrage. There's nothing for him to lose.
"I'd love to show you the report, it's beautiful, and perfect, and it shows in so many ways how I'm innocent of all charges. My lawyers wept when they, true story! My lawyers were VISIBLY WEEPING as they read it. VISIBLY! But now, on the advice of those lawyers, I can't release it to you. I CAN'T! I want to, but I can't. They tell me it would tell these evil, nasty, prosecutors too much about our defense, so, you know, we can't have that."
Please let him ignore rational advice again this time.
All day long, all we do as a nation is stare into the swirling toilet, unable to look away
I think he should weave as much rope as he wants.
No let this train wreck continue. If he has evidence to exonerate himself he would have never been indicted in the first place
Don't listen to them, Donny Doo-doo. You just keep dribbling that shit from your pie-hole...there are starving dung beetles in Africa, dontchaknow!
Great legal advice, I'm sure he'll prudently adhere to their suggestion.
Image him skipping the republican debate, interviewing with Tucker, threatening witnesses during the interview, and being thrown into prison the next day.