What Exactly Is Going On In The E. Jean Carroll Trial?

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Things Went And Got Weird The cross examination of E. Jean Carroll in her rape and defamation case against Donald Trump is set to…


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1456401

Frist!

How I feel most mornings reading the news …

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Joe Tapioca, you’re no Roy Cohn!!

h/t to someone for the “Tapioca” name…

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TRUMP beINg lied abOUT. HE’s NOt a RApist. WOmEN waNT HIM to fiNGer theM RANDOmLY. She WAs literaLLY asKING for it bY being IN his PResence. MISTRIAL!

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  • Then early this morning Trump’s lawyers asked the judge to declare a mistrial over the judge’s own conduct during the trial. You don’t see this every day:

So from whom, exactly, does the charge of mistrial now get reviewed? The judge himself can’t make that decision, so who gets the decision?

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I read earlier this morning Noam Chomsky had meetings with Epstein then discovered Epstein was donating money (800K) to his University so I doubt there was anything shady going on.

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BREAKING: Former Trump surgeon general says he's struggling to get a job pic.twitter.com/gBFHay4NIK

— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) April 30, 2023
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Joey Tacopina has no defense for Trump and he wants out.

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Yet, there is no global warming.

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ETTD, or for the rest of us, boo fucking hoo.

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Citizen of the world? @RonDeSantisFL describes England as a 'second home'

Reporting by @AGGancarskihttps://t.co/yXpTHq7Tno#FlaPol

— Peter Schorsch (@PeterSchorschFL) April 30, 2023
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Why not

Tucker talks 9/11– What happened to building 7?????

The third building that ‘collapsed’ during the 9/11 attacks…. 👀👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/yz8HZHAUDk

— Scary Election Denier 🇺🇸 (@nomandatesco) April 29, 2023
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He should contact former AG Alberto Gonzales, so that they can start a club for former US cabinet members.

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I believe that he also told Utah and New Hampshire the same thing.

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Mehdi Hasan Reveals How Fox News Reacted To Joe Biden’s Jokes About Them (msn.com)

https://twitter.com/AymanM

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https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1652984463289188353?s=20

To be fair, it is my experience that, if they don’t read carefully, some high school students miss the satire in A Modest Proposal, so perhaps we are being unfair here.
Wait…what? We aren’t talking about careless high school readers? These were his attorneys?
Never mind.

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Funny, according to the Brits they don’t have that view.

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Good video on DeSantis’s travel on Florida’s dime.

Nailed it. This is what DeSantis is passing laws to make sure the people don’t know. Well done @doitfortheusa pic.twitter.com/1jN5Yp5B7H

— PoliticsGirl (@IAmPoliticsGirl) April 30, 2023
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So, you’re sayin’ that he’s puddin’ on airs? :smirk:

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