Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

If only that Glock had gone off.

Apparently, and I am a little embarrassed not to have known this, but there have been large numbers of whales beaching themselves lately.

One of those lives in Mar-a-Lago.

got him

heh

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6-9AsIWgAAlZF3?format=jpg&name=large

wow think of the property taxes

C-Hutch is coming up on MSNBC with Dullard O'Flannel.

In her defense, she made an OK, well, defense in a clip I saw of her Maddow interview. She basically conceded she drank the Kool-aid in supporting Trump Inc., but pointed out that if she is dismissed and ridiculed after coming forward and admitting her mistakes, then no one is going to come forward. Though no doubt this is still just a preamble to the public speaking / talking head money train, like fellow mea culpa miner Miles Taylor.

are there any praqctical implications of this for the NYS real estate the trump org owns? e.g. are they forced to divest assets in NYS?

praqctical

are there any praqctical implications

i can't imagine that forcing the Trump Organization or its subsidiary LLCs into receivership wouldn't entail divestiture of assets to non-Trump-managed entities. If he tries to recoup his properties via a dummy corporation I'd expect the independent receivers and the court would take a very dim view of the subterfuge.

btw, praqctical is my new favorite word

Praqctice makes perfect

i assumed he could just redomicile the company and continue owning NYS real estate but apparently not?

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/nyregion/trump-james-fraud-trial.html

The decision could terminate his control over a flagship commercial property at 40 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan and a family estate in Westchester County. Mr. Trump might also lose control over his other New York properties, including Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan and his golf club in Westchester.

so his disgorgement fine is going to be at least $250m, lol this is going to be one almighty kick in the bollocks!

"I'm sending you to a jail that I'd say is valued at... 800 million dollars."

5 of Trump's lawyers have been sanctioned by the judge and each got $7.5k fines for persisting with timewasting bad faith defense arguments that had already been dismissed by him.

So what happens when he doesn’t pay?

I assumed he could just redomicile the company and continue owning NYS real estate but apparently not?

Typically LLCs domesticated in another state are required to obtain a certificate of authority to do business in a non-domicile state if they have a sufficient nexus with the non-domicile state. What is sufficient for nexus with a non-domicile state varies slightly from state to state, but typically ownership of property is sufficient for nexus.

Having employees located in a non-domicile state is also a common way nexus is created.

he will appeal until long after his own death. barron will be appealing this case as an old man.

Barron still has time to perfect his scowl.

https://townsquare.media/site/34/files/2022/06/attachment-Screen-Shot-2022-06-20-at-8.02.48-AM.jpg

What a little darling!

Who's the tall guy on the right?

EW! Is that really him?

You can't escape your genes.

probably has the clap already

Golf clap

Kise cautiously asks:

"Don't take this the wrong way: What in the court's mind does this trial look like?"

Justice Engoron already found Trump liable for fraud on the first count—and granted relief.

"What's the point of the other six [causes of action]?" he asks.

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) September 27, 2023

stophittinghimhesalreadydead.gif

A useful breakdown from Klasfeld as well:

https://themessenger.com/politics/trump-organization-fraud-lawsuit-ruling-annotated

Hasn’t he suffered enough already now that he lost one legal case no one really cares about

Don’t let’s be beastly to the guy who led a mob to try to violently overthrow the government.

Who are you directing that to?

I believe it's a riff on the tweet Josh linked to above

Just heard some law professor talk about Trump & Sons' hopes for a successful appeal in the property valuation ruling: not very good at all

They have to make the point that something was amiss in the actual trial process, rather than just repeating their already debunked legal arguments... I know he's the Teflon Don, but it's looking increasingly likely that he'll have to sell off everything: golf courses, privates jet, the works

In the meantime, he's technically out of business

I wonder at what point his disciples will get tired of the grift machine once it grinds into motion to pay for it all. Maybe never!

One thing is unclear: whether they can transfer assets to a different holding company outside of NY.. I'm sure they will try

I believe it's a riff on the tweet Josh linked to above

I'm honestly wondering how he is going to have an actual campaign if all his funds are going to legal bills

The only solution is to send him more donations.

Yeah wait til you see the new round of NFT's, here's a couple for free

https://e3.365dm.com/23/04/2048x1152/skynews-trump-nfts_6126860.jpg

One thing I will never underestimate about Trump is his ability to bleed his marks completely dry. They will shove that cash into his teensy little hands if they have to sell their kids to get it.

If they ain't broke they must be woke.

The fact that they can seriously buy NFTs of Trump as a superhero or a rock star with no irony astounds me. If Obama would have marketed himself in that way the right wing blogoshere would have flamed him to death.

iirc the last set of Trump-sponsored NFTs sold as fast as dead armadillos

presumably by dormant shell companies

The fact that they can seriously buy NFTs of Trump as a superhero or a rock star with no irony astounds me.

it's fascism. it has little truck with irony at its own expense.

Now camp, on the other hand…

it's kind of amazing just how camp the GOP has swung.. besides Boebert, Santos & Trump, DeSantis sounds just like Paul Lynde on Holiday Squares with his kooky, forced laugh

Curious to see where this trend goes