A couple of interesting developments today and they’re related insofar as all legal roads lead to Donald Trump these days. First, on the E. Jean Carroll front, Trump has been ordered to deposit $5.5 million with the court, as a means of paying the judgment that Carroll has already been awarded against him. And that number may change significantly. The blogosphere is humming today with speculation with the price of Trump keeping his mouth shut might be as high as $100 million.
Carroll is taking Trump back to court for defamatory comments he made in the CNN town hall a few short days after judgment was rendered against him.
Then, CNN is reporting that Jack Smith “has compelled at least two Republican fake electors to testify to a federal grand jury in Washington in recent weeks by giving them limited immunity, part of a current push by federal prosecutors to swiftly nail down evidence in the sprawling criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.”
The compelled testimony has allowed the special counsel’s office to lock in witness statements and potentially information that other investigators who have looked at the aftermath of the 2020 election couldn’t obtain.
At least one other witness has spoken to investigators in the past two weeks outside of the grand jury with an agreement the person would be protected from potential prosecution, another source said.
At least half a dozen witnesses have testified before the federal grand jury in Washington over four days in the past two weeks, with many of the sessions focused on the fake electors’ plot orchestrated by attorneys assisting the Trump campaign in 2020. The numbers, profile of the witnesses and prosecutor tactics suggest a probe picking up its pace, several people familiar with the investigation said.
And if that wasn’t stressful enough, here’s a meme that is going around the internet again. The text is a quote from John Bolton’s memoirs.
This is a man who spent his life making fun of women who did not meet his standard for beauty. Even going so far as to tell many of them to their face .One girl wanted to talk to him and he said "why should I talk to someone who looks like you? When there are beautiful women here
— Caroline Snow🌻🌻🌻🌈🦋🐦🏳️🌈 (@Carolin21440680) June 23, 2023
That’s absolutely true that Trump tells women to their face how ugly they are. Ask E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan. Trump went out of his way, during a deposition no less, to tell the lawyer that she is somebody that isn’t Trump’s type, either. The hilarious part is that Trump thinks it’s meaningful information to a woman to know whether she’s the “type” of a fat old orange man with a ridiculous combover.
But that’s Trump. That’s the guy who’s polling at 62% in the latest Emerson poll on the GOP primary.
As the old slogan had it, “The Republican party; leadership you can depend on.” Yep. This is what it looks like, too, at least in the year 2023. Say what you will about Reagan or the Bushes. They didn’t look like they were half a minute away from having a stroke, nor did they have so many lawsuits pending against them that it was difficult to keep them all straight.
Carroll, Smith or maybe, and this is just a crazy guess, he’s in his seventies and has done nothing his entire life to take care of himself-diet, exercise, nothing.
It’s a combination. I don’t know how he lives with the stress, although being out of touch with reality must do wonders.
I agree Ursula, with all the stress he’s under, it’s amazing the old ticker hasn’t given out yet! I guess when you don’t have a conscience or a heart, the ticker just ticks on!!! :/ (I’d like to say more, but i’ll just leave it at that!)
Tick. Tick. Tick.
The whole ‘appearance’ thing really is quite laughable, specially coming from ‘manly admiring’ magats. Someone his age should look it, he must spend more on his hair and makeup than Hilary ever did-and, of course, she’s a woman.
https://i.redd.it/zbnzwmw7n6f21.jpg
my narcissistic brother in law is on total disability due to his mental health issues. He dyes his hair weekly if not more so he will look ‘younger’.
Hello there Ursula,
Seems the dung heap known as the orange shitgibbon’s mouth has NOT disappointed us yet, He has eliminated virtually ANY back stories or excuses that could be woven into at least a delaying tactic once again …
He has, without thinking about his blab fest interviews as anything that was wrong for him, based on his insane need for direct explanations to the interviewer, [Yes, I am guilty, taking a large number of boxes of documents to Mar-o-golf for hiding from the DOJ and FBI], mistakenly thinking it was HIS to take and see how much he could sell the info for …
Reading back his OWN words, have video cued up for International reviews … Geese!, He will be putting on the bright orange jump suit before he can go home to throw some catsup bottles around …
After active investigation results, (with actual video playbacks), since his jaws have been flapping continuously from the actual release of the indictments, there should be enough charges to present a danger to himself and others, he SHOULD be locked in temporary custody, NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW, a personal message from Trump himself, back in the early days … An option for minimum custody, should be THAT rule tattooed on his forehead with the addition of, “Except ME.”
Sliding Trump along side a bunch of 01-06 actors sent to prison, because of their part in the damage to our Capitol and injuries to the police … the tattoo on his forehead could be a temporary, wear and wash off one … I wonder what those,(about 600) inmates would want to say to their coward leader, up close with hands grabbing the front of his shirt …
Only Trump can say those incriminating statements in real time … Har Har 🙂 🙂
The House full of rotten Republicans, better watch their step, because I’m absolutely sure their antics will cost them dearly later …
Feds: “You have the right to remain silent”
DJT: “NOBODY tells me what I can or can’t do!!!!!”
Looks awful, like he’s a couple of cheeseburgers away from a heart attack. The stress and diet could do him in faster than Jack Smith.
Spontaneous human combustion? (clearly the human part is speculative at best) and it might be like a tire fire in Springfield à la Simpsons.
Superman? Sir…I know Superman, and YOU’RE NO SUPERMAN! Diaperman? Sure. By the way…who’s the pig in the red hat?
my narcissistic brother in law is on total disability due to his mental health issues. He dyes his hair weekly if not more so he will look ‘younger’.
A pig lover upset I disparaged pigs by comparing them to that grotesque face. Sorry to pig lovers everywhere! Maybe it was one of his brain dead cult members. I’m sorry you worship such a pile of dogdoo who looks worse than Jesus after the Romans were finished. Phucking idiots.
In case of accidental poisoning, stare at picture above for three seconds to induce vomiting.