Someone at the Post or Times needs to do a story on how Trump is “paying” for all of this legal work done on his own behalf—and how much it’s cost so far. He’s going on a 16-day vacation so lots of air time for cable news to fill up.
This damned well better be done by a lawyer paid by him, and not by a White House lawyer paid by me and you and other taxpayers.
Actually, we taxpayers are already paying huge amounts for salaries of White House lawyers to defend Trump from stuff he did before he was elected, or during the transition – all when he was still a private citizen. Enough!
I sure hope that this attorney, William Consovoy, is being paid for out of his own fucking pocket for a change, but I somehow doubt that’s the case. CREW should get right on that before they find a way to hide where the money is coming from.
I’m sure at some point, like everything else this nimrod does, our tax dollars will be paying for his personal defense of his business decisions out of DoJ, after all according to this poor excuse for a Pr*sident, he thinks they’re there to represent him in all matters.
ETA: Seems like we all have the same concerns so far looking at the comments. Its so obvious that this is the first thing we have to concern ourselves with, even before the actual case is tried in court on appeal.
It’s not going to work this time.
One can just see into the future when the government brings suits against tRump for using gov’t. money to defend himself in all the law suits. You know that’s what he’ll be trying to do. It’s either that or he’ll be bankrupted from all the lawyers he’ll need to defend endless court cases.
President Trump is appealing a lower court’s decision not to throw out one of the emoluments cases against him.
“One of.”
The Emoluments violations, the Inauguration fund looting…they’re just the new Trump Foundation and Trump University. Once a scam artist, always a scam artist. But he may have taken his seedy act too far this time.
He will continue to try to bilk and sneak money as long as he possibly can. That’s in his DNA. The next two years will be an enormous waste of time, resources, and money for all of us. And the Democrats will still be accused of doing “nothing.” I also think the inauguration stuff might just get through to some of his idiotic base. Keeping money donated for inauguration: that’s as straightforward stealing as you can get.
Think everyone here has waited for all the unraveling and now that it’s happening it’s a bit much to keep up with. This will go on for years and we’ll all be going, ho hum another court case for tRump. It’s going to get really, really old but I hope there are severe consequences for he and his mob family.
Next up, how has the Trump 2020 reelection campaign been spending the $100 million plus it has raised.
Trump’s latest tweet on this issue:
“I don’t even use Emoluments! My skin is naturally like this. WITCH HUNT!”
I feel like I had a dream a few years ago where people were carrying around constitutions in their back pockets and were forcefully pushing some strict-constitutionalist talk. It must have been a dream because these people don’t seem to exist anymore.
Damn. Beat me to it.
Of course Trump would appeal.
He sought the presidency specifically to make a lot of money.
Why else would Trump conspire to covering up the murder of a US resident for Saudi Arabia if they hadn’t booked up blocks of his most expensive suites at his hotel for weeks at a time ?
Our founding forefathers wisely wrote teh Emoluments Clause in our Constitution in order to diminish the influence of foreign countries on our president.
Go to bed tonight knowing six ways to Sunday, Donald Trump is a felon.
So what’s the latest running total on Dotard lawsuits?
Bueller?
Trump thrives on the white-collar symbolisms which can and have been used by respectable polticians.
denials
lawsuits
appeals
motions
For the GOP base, no matter what or how many the charges, convictions and corruption, the mere appearance of Drumpf “fighting-back” using the above-first-mentioned white-collar expressions equalizes everything. For them, all is the same as it has always been when the enemy hurls allegations against the Leader and he always fends them off and keeps the Presidency.
The first concentrated energy of journalism and law-enforcement against Drumpf began in the first months of his term. But Drumpf’s still the president
Throughout Drumpf’s term to this minute, this reality of his life has not altered in any appreciable way.
He is President
His enemies are against him
He is fighting back
Such was the reality for his base in March of 2017
Such is the reality for his base in December of 2018
I am struck (and overawed, in fact) by Drumpf’s ability to normalize criminality, using the words, ceremonial devices, leverages and symbolisms of being president.
As a PRESIDENT he wants to give his followers his alternative reality:
In his mind, he and the Office of President ARE ONE
For those of us in sane America, our reality is this: Getting this mutherfucker our of office will be exponentially more difficult than for any other living human in similar circumstances.
In that vein, my main interest (all while applauding all who are focusing on Drumpf) has been those AROUND him, ESPECIALLY the GOP Congress. Get the GOP Congress you get Drumpf. And until there is comprehensive, substantive and meaningful action taken against the CORRUPT GOP CONGRESS, efforts against Drumpf will be incomplete.
It is the GOP Congress which is holding up Drumpf. Once they are neutralized, the usage of high-flown bullshit white-collar terms by Drumpf will have truly lost their meaning as an energizer for his followers
Trump could have avoided this and hope the Courts keep that in mind. All he had to do was inform visiting dignitaries and their escorts that staying in his hotels is not kosher in the USA. That’s it. But he chose not to and money is the reason.
Yes, so we are told, but Consovoy had better get his fees put into escrow in advance!
Yes, yes and yes.