DJT's "leadership" style (and I use that term VERY loosely) is transactional. Tit-for-tat. He chose no one for his cabinet, inner circle, or bench appointments without expecting something to personally benefit him in return. I am convinced DJT has 'the goods' on many if not most of these people. Which explains the illogical loyalty (to a degree).
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Just like his friends in Congress, the Senate, the Supreme Court and everywhere else? It’s never ending with these people! IMO
I have no doubt that the trial will be delayed... MOO.U.S. judge sets mid-August date for Trump trial in classified documents case • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Former President Donald Trump is now scheduled to stand trial Aug. 14 on charges of mishandling classified information.
Former President Donald Trump is set to face a jury trial on federal charges of mishandling classified information, after the Miami judge overseeing the case signed an order Tuesday scheduling the trial to begin Aug. 14.
U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, whom Trump appointed to her seat on the federal bench in the Southern District of Florida, signed an order calling for the mid-August start date “or as soon thereafter as the case may be called.”
It will be the first time a former U.S. president is tried on criminal charges.
Delays in a trial are not uncommon, and Cannon said Trump’s case, which is relatively complex and will require security clearances, could be pushed back.
All pre-trial motions must be filed by July 24, according to the order. The trial’s start date is subject to change, and Cannon scheduled a calendar call for the parties to check in on Aug. 8.
The trial is expected to take two weeks, she wrote. If the schedule holds, Trump’s trial would likely end well before the Republican presidential caucuses and primaries, in which polls show Trump is the leading candidate.
Cannon’s order also means the federal trial could occur before Trump’s separate New York state trial for felony business fraud, even though a New York state grand jury indicted Trump three months before the federal indictment was unsealed.
The state trial, in which Trump is accused of illegally using campaign money in 2016 to pay hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, is expected to begin in March.
Fat chance of Mr Trump sticking to that.
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BBM. Who the heck keeps a MASSIVE amount of paper and magazine stories about themselves? He's an incredible narcissist who apparently has never learned how to use a computer.Trump responds to alleged recording of him showing off 'secret' government information
Despite what prosecutors claim in Trump's indictment, he said on Fox News on Monday he hadn't shown a classified document to someone else after leaving the White Houseabcnews.go.com
The former president was interviewed by Fox News' Bret Baier, who pressed Trump on one of the most notable parts of the indictment that outlines the 37 federal charges against him.
Prosecutors wrote in the indictment that on July 21, 2021, Trump allegedly showed what he called "secret information" to other people at his club in Bedminster, New Jersey, and acknowledged it was still classified and "highly confidential."
According to the indictment, Trump allegedly said the information was "done by the military and given to me" and appeared to indicate it was related to plans for attacking a foreign country.
The alleged exchange was recorded, prosecutors wrote.
On Fox News on Monday, however, Trump pushed back when Baier cited that part of the indictment.
"It wasn't a document, OK? I had lots of paper -- I had copies of newspaper articles, I had copies of magazines," he said.
“There was no document. That was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about Iran and other things. And it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document," Trump said. "I didn't have a document per se. There was nothing to declassify. These were newspaper stories, magazine stories and articles.”
ABC News previously reported that the recording was made during part of a book interview Trump gave and was subsequently obtained by federal prosecutors.
ABC News also reported earlier this monththat Trump's attorneys had not located the material Trump was referencing in the recording from 2021.
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Trump’s comments on classified docs case won’t help his defense
In the wake of his arrest, Donald Trump has the right to remain silent. He probably should've exercised that right before appearing on Fox News yesterday.
The host noted, for example, that National Archives officials wanted Trump to return the documents he took, and when he refused, they went to the Justice Department to issue a subpoena.
The former president quickly interjected, “Which they’ve never done before.” That’s true, but it’s not an argument that helps him: Officials never had to subpoena a former president before because we've never before had a former president who took classified materials and refused to give them back.
When Baier followed up with the obvious question — why not just return the documents? — Trump initially answered:
“Because I had a boxes. I want to go through the boxes and get all my personal things out. I don’t want to hand that over to NARA yet, and I was very busy, as you’ve sort of seen. I’ve been very, very busy.”
The Fox anchor quickly reminded his guest that, according to prosecutors, he proceeded to have aides move boxes around as part of his cover-up attempt, and encouraged his lawyers to deceive federal law enforcement. Oddly enough, Trump didn’t exactly deny the allegations:
“Before I send boxes over, I have to take all of my things out. These boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things: Golf shirts, clothing, pants, shoes, there were many things.”
His latest defense, articulated to a national television audience yesterday, basically comes down to two points:
The first point is untrue. The former president had a year and a half to go through the boxes he took, which was more than enough time. The second point is hilarious, but not much of a legal defense: Trump could’ve complied with the law, but he apparently chose not to because he had clothing “interspersed” with the classified materials he allegedly stole.
- He was busy.
- He was worried about losing some golf attire.
A wealthy man such as Trump, eager to avoid a felony conviction, presumably could've bought new clothes if he’d accidentally given them to the Justice Department. But apparently the “golf shirts, clothing, pants, [and] shoes” that he kept with the classified documents were important to him.
Trump and his allies have come up with some foolish talking points in the wake of his indictment. Last night's arguments were even worse.
So much to cut out, frame and hang in the guest bathrooms, so little time! Just put the boxes in there instead! Brilliant time saving man! Said no one. IMO
And to add your sharpie marks to hide anything BIGLY bad said about you.
I hope his hurricane map made the cut!
