He has all the motivations he obviously has, but he is also speaking with the benefit of knowing what he got asked at the grand jury. Not that it's much of a mystery, obv.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 00:19 (eight months ago) link
'worse candidate than Hershel Walker' lol
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 00:21 (eight months ago) link
rude
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 00:32 (eight months ago) link
Former Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan (R) woke up one morning to discover his political party had transformed itself into a giant cockroach. He had no explanation for this metamorphosis.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 00:48 (eight months ago) link
Of course he can't help reciting the economy-porous border-etc GOP sound bite. Still a party guy.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 01:02 (eight months ago) link
ten indictments
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 01:29 (eight months ago) link
https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:eco%2Cw_760/MTc2MjkyODM2MDk3MDA4ODMw/ten-plagues-of-egypt-things-you-might-not-know.webp
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 01:31 (eight months ago) link
CNN:
Fulton County court clerk Che Alexander confirmed to reporters congregated in her office that there are 10 indictments from the grand jury on Monday night. She would not say who was indicted.
The grand jury's certification, handled in the clerk's office, also indicates that it approved 10 indictments on Monday, according to paperwork signed on camera.
TV cameras captured Judge Robert McBurney signing documents in his courtroom after they were handled in the clerk's office, but the images of the paperwork were captured before the judge gave his signature.
The paperwork indicates the grand jury didn't vote against any of the indictments presented to it on Monday. The paperwork also doesn't list any defendant names.
Before indictments were handed up by the grand jury, Alexander told reporters that it could take her office as long as three hours to process any indictments before they are unsealed and made available to the public.
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 01:31 (eight months ago) link
according to paperwork signed on camera.
erm, in camera innit?
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 01:43 (eight months ago) link
grammar policing is classism FYI
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 01:46 (eight months ago) link
so you think I'm a classy guy? thx
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 01:48 (eight months ago) link
Some talk/clarification that not all of those 10 indictments handed down today were necessarily about the Trump stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 02:35 (eight months ago) link
give meone more 'dictcos I can't wait forever
― earosmith (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 02:50 (eight months ago) link
curious if they got any other big names in this. like idk Lindsey Graham :)
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 02:52 (eight months ago) link
BREAKING: Donald Trump has been charged in Fulton County along with:
-JEFF CLARK-MIKE ROMAN-DAVIND SHAFER
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 02:55 (eight months ago) link
THE CHARGES AGAINST TRUMP: pic.twitter.com/OcUqGTI4r4— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 15, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 02:56 (eight months ago) link
So, "13 felony charges against Trump, including RICO, conspiracy to commit forgery, filing false documents, Solicitation of Violation of Oath by Public Officer and more."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 02:57 (eight months ago) link
Buncha other names here, too:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23909543-23sc188947-criminal-indictment
Rudy, Eastman, Chesebro, Meadows, Jenna Ellis ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 02:59 (eight months ago) link
Rico, whoah ohh whoah oh whoah ohh
― henry s, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 03:01 (eight months ago) link
They got the whole gang! Just the thought of all of those idiots lawyering up against each other is delightful.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 03:04 (eight months ago) link
Reportedly 30 unindicted co-conspirators.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 03:04 (eight months ago) link
Sidney Powell charged too
― earosmith (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 03:09 (eight months ago) link
Per NYT and of course
Trump is already sending fundraising emails about the indictment.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 03:16 (eight months ago) link
The Fulton Co. GA District Attorney's Office should set up a GoFundMe account. I'd be willing to help defray their expenses in pursuit of this nationally important case to the tune of, oh, at least $100 or thereabouts.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 03:19 (eight months ago) link
amazing all that dumb bullshit he was saying when calling into OAN is listed on the indictment
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 03:26 (eight months ago) link
Well, there you go: a RICO conviction in GA imposes a mandatory 5 year sentence not subject to probation.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 03:49 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73GefWWmSBo
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 03:54 (eight months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_f3kJOX_8
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 03:56 (eight months ago) link
currently singing "Lido Shuffle" to the tune of "RICO Shuffle"
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 03:56 (eight months ago) link
Once the flames begin to catchThe wind will blow it higher
Oh RICO, RICO, because RICOOh RICO, RICO, because RICO...The man is dead
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 04:00 (eight months ago) link
just a reminder the first Republican debate is in 9 days and even though Trump says he's not doing it you know he can't resist
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 04:00 (eight months ago) link
Trump probably couldn't make a RICO UNSUAVE reference.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 04:01 (eight months ago) link
I like the way that ILX posters often respond to events with good-natured puns involving old rock song lyrics, even when I often don't know the songs (and I don't know what RICO means here either).
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 10:22 (eight months ago) link
you need to start following some US youtube true crime accounts to complete your education!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 10:24 (eight months ago) link
one thing I have learned is that Epshteyn is pronounced the same way as Epstein.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 10:32 (eight months ago) link
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, August 14, 2023 10:04 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
❤️
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 10:42 (eight months ago) link
Christmas all year! And all next year! And probably the year after that, and …
amusing word-choice in the (first) giuliani section of the wikipedia article on the RICO act: "The Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano evaded conviction when he and his underboss, Thomas Bilotti, were murdered on the streets of Midtown Manhattan on December 16, 1985"
― mark s, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 11:02 (eight months ago) link
*fingers crossed* obviously
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 11:09 (eight months ago) link
it is pretty wild that rudys getting ricoed
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 11:17 (eight months ago) link
meanwhile this is my truth what's yrs: J6 was foiled by DC's system of ROUNDABOUTS, which terrified and confused the insurgency
― mark s, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 11:28 (eight months ago) link
("traffic cicles" for those who terrified and confused by the word roundabout)
― Chevy Chase drumming mystery (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 11:51 (eight months ago) link
Not every insurgent got stuck in a DC traffic circle, but every one of them that did formed a band.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 11:51 (eight months ago) link
― Chevy Chase drumming mystery (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 11:52 (eight months ago) link
Heh.
BTW, the expensive icing on this indictment cake is that while Trump may have an army of fundraisers paying his legal fees, most of the other assholes indicted along with him (and in allegiance to him) don't have deep pockets. Someone like Trump makes even criminality seem mundane, but for normal people it's generally a good rule of thumb to not get indicted.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 11:56 (eight months ago) link
I see this batshit MAGA opera ending with Trump besting Giuliani in a duel (w/45s) on 5th Ave. and then, course, winning the election.
― avoid boring people, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 11:58 (eight months ago) link
^^^Is “boring” an adjective, a verb, or a proper name.
― Chevy Chase drumming mystery (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 12:16 (eight months ago) link
Heading to Georgia now. See you soon!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2021
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 13:06 (eight months ago) link
alright man have a great time
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 13:07 (eight months ago) link