July 31, 2023

Fulton County Judge compares Trump to Rumpelstiltskin

BREAKING: Judge overseeing the Fulton County special grand jury has *rejected* Donald Trump's bid to quash the special grand jury's report, to disqualify DA Fani Willis and prevent further prosecution.

McBurney's ruling is unsparing. He notes, glancingly, Trump has capitalized on his potential prosecutions despite claims that he's suffering harm from them. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23891541/2022-ex-000024-ex-parte-order-of-the-judge-1.pdf

What a footnote, right on the second page... #AlwaysReadTheFootnotes

"And for some, being the subject of a criminal investigation can, a la Rumpelstiltskin, be turned into golden political capital...."

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1686013349350305792?s=20
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1686013860916965376?s=20
https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1686014481992691714?s=20

July 30, 2023

This is what he got impeached for the first time

Trump calls for conditioning Ukraine aid on congressional Biden probes
The demand echoed Trump’s withholding Ukraine aid to seek an investigation into Biden, leading to his first impeachment
https://twitter.com/postpolitics/status/1685442342000410624?s=20
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/29/trump-ukraine-congress-hunter-biden/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wp_politics

July 30, 2023

After Trump & Nauta were indicted in June-Taveras decided he had more he wanted to tell authotities

From the WaPo, there are new details about the chronology of superseding indictment on Thursday charging Trump, Nauta, and third man De Oliveira with conspiracy to obstruct justice in damaging or attempting to damage surveillance video at MAL. This information answers why these obstruction of justice charges were not brought in the June indictment. The key witness here is so-called Employee 4, not named in the indictment but widely reported to be MAL IT specialist Yuscil Taveras.

For much of the classified documents probe, there did not appear to be a conflict between Nauta and Taveras.

After Trump and Nauta were indicted in June, however, Taveras decided he had more he wanted to tell the authorities about his conversations with De Oliveira, according to people familiar with the investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private discussions.

Taveras offered information implicating all three defendants in an alleged conspiracy to cover up evidence, these people said.

So these new charges were brought quickly, in a matter of a few weeks because Taveras essentially flipped on co-workers De Oliveira and Nauta after the June indictment. The same Trump-paid lawyer Stan Woodward has been representing both Nauta and Taveras. That dual representation cannot continue because Woodward cannot represent one client while cross-examining another client.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/29/trump-lawyers-pac-deoliveira-loyal/
https://www.eschatonblog.com/2023/07/devoting-my-life-to-politics-to-ensure.html#comment-6243308118

July 29, 2023

re: Aliens

Just had to share:

July 29, 2023

Charles P Pierce/Esquire: The Trump Indictments Look More Gravely Serious Than I Anticipated

Don't play chess with Jack Smith under any circumstances—he's 10 moves ahead.

Trump Employee No. 4 is going to be a helluva witness, I'm thinking. And he's at least half-a-hero.

Consider how Smith has played this. First of all, he runs a grand jury in Florida on the Pool Shed Papers completely on the down low while the rest of us were wondering what he was up to in Washington. Then, on the day he has the Trump legal team in Washington in for a chat, his Florida grand jury drops the mother of all superseding indictments. Next he will saw Rudy Giuliani in half and make the 15th at Bedminster disappear.

I no longer have any doubt that the indictments coming out of Washington are going to be more gravely serious even than I had anticipated. After all, I'm the guy who didn't think the whole Pool Shed Papers thing ever would amount to much of anything. I was guessing with Jack Smith, who already was 10 moves ahead of where I thought I was and vanishing over a suddenly brighter horizon.

...........

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a44672287/trump-indictments-jack-smith-new-charges/
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/29/2183802/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Indictment-s-watch-continues

July 29, 2023

Many people are saying it was the best delete ever.

July 28, 2023

NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll-GOP support for Trump softening as he faces another indictment

GOP support for Trump is softening as he faces yet another indictment, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

He lost 6 pts in supt w/GOP & GOP-leaning independents when asked if they were more likely to support him or another candidate in '24.

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/28/1190748917/trump-republican-support-independents-indictment-january-6-poll

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July 28, 2023

For context, De Oliveira is the employee who allegedly drained the pool at Mar a Lago

For context, De Oliveira is the employee who allegedly drained the pool at Mar a Lago and flooded the room that housed computer servers with the surveillance video logs

Carlos Deoliveira, Mar-a-Lago’s head of maintenance, charged in the Trump classified documents case, per @CNN
https://cnn.com/2023/07/27/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-special-counsel/index.html

https://twitter.com/ktbenner/status/1684686035823874048?s=20

more:
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/06/06/the-dog-drained-my-pool-to-try-to-destroy-surveillance-video/

July 28, 2023

EVERY accusation is a projection

Trump accused Hillary of destroying damning evidence

HE did

He accused others of raping women

HE did

He accused others of selling America out to our enemies

HE did

He accused others of stealing the election

HE did

Get it now?

With the GOP EVERY accusation is a projection

https://twitter.com/lindyli/status/1684796625993031680?s=20
https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/1684776974181355520?s=20

July 28, 2023

"Never saw anything"

De Oliveira, the property manager added to the indictment, denied knowing EVEN about Trump moving boxes of clothes.

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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23888947-230727-superseding#document/p52/a2366880

https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1684708713020469249?s=20