Worst Person, RICO, Years Totaled, Threats, Meadows Marked, Rudy

Thirty seconds of fun

  • Green Eagle mixes, matches, and considers the worst people in our nation’s history.
     
    Key run-on quiz:
    Can you think of anyone in our history who was a cheating builder, a thief that stole from sick children and veterans, a con man who ran a fake university and other phony schemes, a rapist accused of sexual assault by multiple women, a traitor who betrayed our country to a foreign dictator, a spy who stole national security documents, a gross tax cheat, a mass murderer who precipitated hundreds of thousands of Covid deaths in an attempt to win re‑election, someone found guilty of open racism in his apartment rentals, a compulsive liar, a bully who threatens anyone who stands up to him, a destroyer of democratic government, all in one package?
     
    Me (frantically waving my hand):
    Oooh… I know!
    Pick me, pick me!!
     
  • At The Moderate Voice, policy analyst Kathy Gill provides a good explanation of Georgia’s version of the RICO act and, as is required, how RICO ties together all those charged.
     
  • Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger, doing more than simply reading the new Georgia indictment, presents the 19 alleged conspirators and which of the 91 charges applies to each.
     
  • Tommy Christopher totals all the charges within the four indictments. Maximum sentences for mr Trump add up to 712 years and 6 months.
     
    Reminds me of the old story of an elderly criminal convicted of something horrible. The sentence is 50 years.
     
    “50 YEARS!” protests the old man. “Your honor! I won’t even LIVE long enough to do that much time.”
     
    The judge speaks gently. “Don’t worry about that”, he says. “Just serve as much as you can.”
     
  • The Onion helpfully lists everything Trump did in Georgia to try to overturn the 2020 election.
     
  • What’s with mr Trump’s last presidential Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows? He is very much a well positioned witness, or a key participant in alleged criminality.
     
    Bill Palmer, of the Palmer Report, relates the evidence. One aspect seems a bit contradictory.

    • Federal prosecutor Jack Smith does not list Mark in those to be charged with conspiring to overturn the election.
      So it is apparent that he is cooperating with prosecutors.
    • This past Monday, he was among those criminally indicted by the Fulton County grand jury in Georgia.
      So it is crystal clear that he is NOT cooperating with prosecutors.
       

    Key puzzle:
    Did Meadows make the bizarre decision to cooperate with Jack Smith but not Fani Willis? Or is Meadows also getting indicted by Jack Smith?
     
    Key conclusion:
    In any case, what we’re seeing tonight is what we’ve been consistently seeing for a very long time: Mark Meadows is an idiot.
     

  • Hackwhackers seems to have momentarily lost the gift of empathy as mr Trump doesn’t pay what he owes to Rudy Giuliani, leaving poor Rudy with a ton of his own legal bills.
     
    Key counter-intuitive:
    One would think that the Malignant Loser would have quickly agreed to help out his former lawyer, who likely has extremely damaging evidence…
     
  • Disaffected and it Feels So Good sees grand jurors turned into targets of threats as right wing sites post home addresses.
     
    Key posted threat along with names and home addresses:
    These jurors have signed their death warrant by falsely indicting President Trump
     
    Key prediction:
    Death threats and on-line terrorism are de rigueur for conservatives, but thus far few have acted upon them. That’s going to change.
     
  • This week, as mr Trump is indicted for the fourth time, the Georgia case does look serious.
     
    But, lest we forget, last week mr Trump was indicted for the third time in the stolen documents case.
     
    News Corpse reminds us how he responded with implicit threats:
     

    So Judge Tanya Chutkan admonished the Trump legal team that any further threats or other inflammatory statements about prosecutors or potential witnesses could cause her to overrule their attempts to delay the trial.
     
    Her legal reasoning is that public attacks would necessitate an early trial date to prevent tainting the jury pool.
     
    Instead, mr Trump attacks the judge herself.
     
  • Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit carries the sad tale of Sam Bankman‑Fried who had his bail revoked, was handcuffed, and now resides in a cell for trying to influence witnesses.
     
    Reminds Comrade Misfit of someone else.
     
  • Indictments swirl, but tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors notices that Donald has class ‑‑‑ and grass.
     
    Donald promises a public presentation that will clear him of all charges…

    …and tengrain notices the usual:
    “Riggers” that’s cute. Dog whistle heard, Stupid.

2 thoughts on “Worst Person, RICO, Years Totaled, Threats, Meadows Marked, Rudy”

    1. With you.
      The self-described Apple of Putin’s Eye does seem to keep digging.
      Kari Lake insists he is playing chess while the rest of us, including the justice system, are still into checkers.

      Possible, I suppose.
      Could be a brilliant strategy.

      Every seemingly stupid message, every self-incriminating public statement, every court-defying threat, might be part of a grand plan…
      …to make prosecutors over-confident.

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