Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

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.

according to paperwork signed on camera.

erm, in camera innit?

grammar policing is classism FYI

so you think I'm a classy guy? thx

Some talk/clarification that not all of those 10 indictments handed down today were necessarily about the Trump stuff.

give me
one more 'dict
cos I can't wait forever

curious if they got any other big names in this. like idk Lindsey Graham :)

BREAKING: Donald Trump has been charged in Fulton County along with:

-JEFF CLARK
-MIKE ROMAN
-DAVIND SHAFER

THE CHARGES AGAINST TRUMP: pic.twitter.com/OcUqGTI4r4

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 15, 2023

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."

Buncha other names here, too:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23909543-23sc188947-criminal-indictment

Rudy, Eastman, Chesebro, Meadows, Jenna Ellis ...

Rico, whoah ohh whoah oh whoah ohh

They got the whole gang! Just the thought of all of those idiots lawyering up against each other is delightful.

Reportedly 30 unindicted co-conspirators.

Sidney Powell charged too

Per NYT and of course

Trump is already sending fundraising emails about the indictment.

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.

amazing all that dumb bullshit he was saying when calling into OAN is listed on the indictment

Well, there you go: a RICO conviction in GA imposes a mandatory 5 year sentence not subject to probation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73GefWWmSBo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_f3kJOX_8

currently singing "Lido Shuffle" to the tune of "RICO Shuffle"

Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher

Oh RICO, RICO, because RICO
Oh RICO, RICO, because RICO
...
The man is dead

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

Trump probably couldn't make a RICO UNSUAVE reference.

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).

you need to start following some US youtube true crime accounts to complete your education!

one thing I have learned is that Epshteyn is pronounced the same way as Epstein.

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), Monday, August 14, 2023 10:04 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

❤️

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"

*fingers crossed* obviously

it is pretty wild that rudys getting ricoed

meanwhile this is my truth what's yrs: J6 was foiled by DC's system of ROUNDABOUTS, which terrified and confused the insurgency

("traffic cicles" for those who terrified and confused by the word roundabout)

one thing I have learned is that Epshteyn is pronounced the same way as Epstein.

Not every insurgent got stuck in a DC traffic circle, but every one of them that did formed a band.

meanwhile this is my truth what's yrs: J6 was foiled by DC's system of ROUNDABOUTS, which terrified and confused the insurgency

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.

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.

^^^Is “boring” an adjective, a verb, or a proper name.

Heading to Georgia now. See you soon!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2021

alright man have a great time

LAW & ORDER!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2020

xxxp - I use boring as verb and adjective.

Hahahahahaha

The January 4, 2021 tweet

Given that we're at the point where the notion of a non-teflon human being circumventing this shit strains credulity to the point of structural meltdown, I am entertaining any and all theories on how ol' DT manages to wriggle his way out of this one. I mean, I assume it'll happen, I just don't understand how.

Maybe on a technicality, like how Bill Cosby got let out of jail? But there seem to be so many moving criminal parts here - has he hit 100 indictments yet? - that it's just as likely he dies before really paying a legal price, like Roger Ailes did.

And, well, more charges and indictments will probably follow. I can’t imagine how exhausting staying on top of all the legal stuff is if you have to do to for a living.