I expect that avant-garde legal theorist and performance artist Rudy Giuliani will soon proclaim this a ātotal vindicationā for his client.
Once again Donald Trump, the man, gets a pass. This time for the sake of expediency? I guess this is how one earns a nickname like āTeflon Donā. Once again, the benefits of wealth and station make themselves apparent. Would any average citizen ever get so much leniency and consideration?
It does explain why it seemed like the DOJ had been āacting on Trumpās behalfā. It hasnāt. Itās defending the office, not the man.
OK. Whatever. After the wholesale dismissal of the āseriousā ethics complaints against Kavanaugh, and now this on top of everything else, Iām beyond disgusted, and becoming irreparably jaded about it all.
22 Months. We have 22 months to stop the bleeding and maybe put an end to all the carnageā¦ until then I think it may be necessary to find happiness elsewhere. Politics just isnāt fun anymore.
Sadly, the question answers itself. My fear is that the end game becomes a Grand Bargain in which Trump and his co-conspiring criminal family all walk in exchange for his resignation, a scenario heāll promptly attempt to monetize.
Itās a clever legal move, since any emoluments clause violation claim necessarily needs to show Trump took money as āpresidentā from foreign entities and special interests. On this claim, the State AGs have a slam dunk case.
Trump canāt evade state law proceedings and ambitious AGs in New York, Illinois, California, and Maryland have no reason to stop their cases.
Il Giuliani will, however, as usual, prove to make unsound performances choices.
For example, whereas he could elect to convey his perspective through interpretive dance, even mime, or attempt something truly ground- breaking with New Media, say with solid state qualities in exotic materials or exploiting some of the innumerable opportunities still unexploited in motion or even quantum physics, we should instead expect him to stick within his āsweet spotā of sub-textual illiterate gaffsnabble, audaciously-put assertions that patently rely on the viewer having an infantile attention span and still easily distracted by hurled equine excrement.
Thatās a concept I think Chris Matthews trotted out not long ago. Plead out and resign, in order to protect himself and his family from further legal action. Iām not actually convinced Trump would hang himself out to dry just for his kids. But if he gets to walk, sure. Maybe.
And who knew teflon was made of equal parts dishonesty, Trump grease and snake oil?
The āviewerā youāre describing here is his client, right?
PS: extra points for the highly evocative non-word āgaffsnabbleā. Iād love to appropriate that one!
I totally appreciate (and cling to!) those efforts on a rational level, but until I see a Trump wearing orange, I canāt help but fear the worst. There are laws, and there are āthe benefits of wealth and station,ā as @tribalogical puts it. Iām rooting hard for the laws, but to use an old term, Iāve seen things.
He wears orange every day. I want to see him in stripes, maybe with a decorative ball and chain.
Someone needs to grow the balls to actually uphold the concept that the president is not above the law and prosecute this fucker for his crimes!
As a government official, the official capacity claim is treated as a lawsuit against the government that Trump represents[.]
The official capacity claim is a government official?
Is there a site listing all the civil and criminal cases against the Trump Crime Family?
Yeah, Iām not clear why he was named in his personal capacity in the first place. Unless they were illegal payments like money laundering (which may be happening, but is a separate case from emoluments), itās strictly an issue of Trump receiving payments as President.
Oh that was good. āsub-textual illiterate gaffsnabbleā
I donāt know the finer points, but if they go after his business or Trump Org or Trump Foundation or Hotel Chainsā¦Trump canāt jump up and start yelling about being president or confidentiality or not indicting a president. Instead it will be his instruments they go after and all of Trumps delaying and obfuscation and being able to claim personal/presidential privilege evaporates. The AGs still get him (his assets), but by dropping him personally it probably removes most of the ridiculous roadblocks that Trump throws up.
So this (eternally uncaptioned) pic must be āGeneric State Attorney Generalā
He doesnāt get a walk. Itā a legal definition. A leader of an organization (POTUS, CEOā¦) can be sued in the capacity as leader and sued personally as an individual. By removing the personal individual aspect of it, a lot of legal gas-lighting and pointless debate gets squashed. The core accusation is that the POTUS grifted while on duty. Thatās what the AGās claim and now have a clear path to go to. DJT can now no longer hide behind his personal excuses for non-cooperation (IRS tax auditā¦etc) as this is a suit againt the Office of the President and not DJT personally.
Itās a smart move to counter CIC Blusterās playbookā¦
Yeah, theyāre out for blood. They donāt want a resignation, they want him in jail