Well, at least the blow dry of the floofy hairdo came out decently today. When you’re sitting in court, abjectly miserable, you need to be thankful for whatever small things go well, amirite? Donald Trump is sitting at a bench trial in the Trump Organization fraud case in New York City, because he was properly denied a jury trial. That’s because Alina Habba decided not to ask for one. As I’ve said here numerous times, that is an eff up of epic proportions. Things like that simply do not happen in the legitimate legal world. But they happen in Trump world. This clip is before he walked into the courtroom.
Donald Trump at NYC courthouse: “We have a rogue judge…We have a racist attorney general…It's a scam. It's a sham. Just so you know my financial statements are phenomenal. pic.twitter.com/3zNo5HwFRr
— Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) October 2, 2023
The usual set up, Trump’s innocent, the judge and jury are corrupt. Except in this case there’s no jury, so it’s just the judge.
Donald Trump says the judge presiding over his NY civil fraud trial should be investigated:
“He should be investigated for what he has done. What he did…is a disgrace to our nation.” pic.twitter.com/EgWPYAddG1
— Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) October 2, 2023
I don’t know what this photo is. It puts me in mind of Rudy Giuliani’s COVID-laced farts, to be honest.
👇😂Habba thinks something stinks… pic.twitter.com/6MC3T4gE8d
— EverStarDust (@everstrdst) October 2, 2023
The expression on Trump is one of sheer misery, let’s not mince words.
Wincing as reporters call him Mr. Trump instead of Mr. President.
— Allen Weisselberger (@weisselbergers) October 2, 2023
And now it gets bat$hit.
Well – his own attorney is smiling too! Does that mean his attorney is “in on it”?! GEEZUS! These people! pic.twitter.com/chLAnna0wF
— MetalassicalGal 🟧🟦🌈 (@cw_janene) October 2, 2023
Here’s an interesting Freudian slip.
Freudian Slip or Simple Mistake?
Last night, after Trump plead "not guilty" to 13 felony counts in Fulton County, and after Governor Kemp dismissed the GOP's attempt to punish Fani Willis, Trump's legal spokesperson Alina Habba appeared on Newsmax and slipped up:
"Elected… pic.twitter.com/zMXH3wLDeL
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) September 1, 2023
Trump basically prosecuted himself by running his mouth. He admitted to putting a "buyer beware" clause in his contracts, which essentially says that he is not responsible for any fraud or misrepresentations that may be contained in his financial statements.
This is a very…
— 𝕏not (@_paulsandman) October 2, 2023
Trump knows he’s screwed. Initially the judge said that this trial could go on until December and it would be wonderful if it did. Think of the volumes of evidence that would be revealed. But the way things are going now, this may be a short trial. And then we’ll see how much damages are assessed and more importantly, how Trump’s going to pay for those damages.
Oh, those financial statements are phenomenal alright. Really good fiction always is.
Seeing pictures here and in your earlier article as well as footage on MSNBC Trump is clearly in a worse mood than usual. Angry & embarrassed about where he is and why and so on. Maybe his bad mood is a function of having spent the night in his old Trump Tower dwelling. If you recall one thing that bugged him back in 2016 was that he’d have to move to the WH instead of being able to “rule” from Trump Tower because to him the WH was a “dump” compared to his “beautiful” Trump Tower and (fake) gilded apartment he’d spent so many years coating with fake gold leaf. And furnishings and fixtures. He changed his opinion of course after settling in at the WH, which even though he wasn’t allowed to cover in gold he would learn is a truly marvelous place. Full of priceless stuff (that he could begin to afford to purchase!) and lovingly maintained at the highest of standards – and better yet all that care was paid for by taxpayers instead of him having to do it! A HUGE place. And a night back in his old digs at Trump Tower looking at what he had thought was the ultimate living quarters and how tacky it actually was would be more than enough to sour his mood.
If not for the humiliation of seeing those big gold painted letters spelling out his name being taken off part of him would probably be glad to be rid of Trump Tower which is by NYC luxury building standards not so much. He knows that now. I hope that humiliating realization (even though he’ll never admit it to anyone else) causes him continual pain to his eggshell thin ego.
ROTFLMAO!! The man who prides himself on finding every loophole and nook and cranny in every law and every legal document is adamant that his made-up non-responsibility clause is airtight!! Insane!! Is there a clause that can help Trump with this insanity? I doubt it and, since this judge is fond of quoting the Marx Brothers, he should use this one: (paraphrase) “Come on now, Mr. Trump, everybody knows there ain’t no Sanity Claus!!” 🤣🤣 (Sorry, I just had to go there!)
Most of what his lawyers are saying is already discussed and refuted in Engoron’s Summary Judgment from last week. Everybody should read it. I have a couple of times and it keeps bringing a smile to my face! 🙂
It would’ve been nice if one of those reporters hearing Trump declare that his “financial statements are phenomenal” had asked, “Then why wouldn’t you release your tax returns during your 2016 campaign? Even if you were being audited, YOU still had the right to release the information–it’s the government that can’t release the information.”