Donald Trump has been in a New York court today to defend himself against charges of longtime financial fraud, but during a recess in the proceedings, he targeted the judge hearing his case with a livid, deluded eight-minute rant.
… He ruled we lost a big part of the case because he’s a Democrat club politician. He’s a Democrat operative. And he’s a disgrace to people that call themself judges. And I hope my lawyers go in, and I hope they fight him very hard. ‘Cause this guy’s getting away with murder. And his clerk should not be allowed to be in his ear on every single question. You take a look at what’s happening with her. She hates Trump more than he does. […]
This is a judge that should be disbarred. This is a judge that should be out of office. This is a judge that some people say could be charged criminally for what he's doing. He’s interfering with an election, and it's a disgrace.
Referring to Judge Arthur Engoron, who will decide the financial penalties that Trump might owe, Trump repeatedly referred to him as a “rogue judge,” an “operative,” and a “disgrace.”
At other points in the rant, he snarled that the attorney general overseeing the case, New York’s Letitia James, is “a corrupt person, a terrible person driving people out of New York,” and said that “people” saw this “egregious trial, this horrible, horrible trial going off, while at the same time people are being murdered outside on the streets and nothing happens to those people that do the murdering.”
As usual, Trump’s speech was laced with apparent threats aimed at his judge.
And somebody has to fight because if you don't fight, our country is just gonna go down the tubes. This is election interference. This guy's a highly partisan person, and we can't let this stuff happen.
Members of Trump’s base have regularly taken this “fight” language as permission to mount harassment campaigns and death threats against Trump’s enemies of the moment, whether they be public figures or private citizens.
“I’ve been going through a witch hunt for years, so this is really now getting dirty between Jack Smith and between all of these DOJ people helping them along. This is a pure witch hunt for purposes of interfering with the elections of the United States of America,” Trump falsely claimed before storming off. "It’s totally illegal. This judge should be disbarred. He shouldn’t be allowed to be a judge.”
Is he looking to add contempt of court charges to the pile too? IANAL, but this seems clear-cut.
They also forgot to request a jury which means the judge will be the decision maker in all of this
They did not “forget” to request a jury. This is all intentional.
You overestimate the competence of an attorney that knows they won’t get paid.
while at the same time people are being murdered outside on the streets and nothing happens to those people that do the murdering."
Isn’t this the guy that referred to himself as “Teflon Don” because he could “stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters?”
What a chump.
Realistically, how many people would still vote for him if he did?
All of them.
Too many
Chump of the Week for uncountable weeks in a row
Bad strategy. Even if he got off with a $2 fine, he’d call it an “injustice”. He’s gonna go off the rails no matter what, so might as well nail him to the wall.
He’s interfering with an election, and it’s a disgrace.
This statement is so dementedly ironic that I think it may have damaged the time-space continuum.
This statement is so dementedly ironic that I think it may have damaged the time-space continuum.
Why do people continue to be surprised or appalled at whatever Trump has to say? We already know his game. Tomorrow he’ll say that Biden personally slapped him at the oval office while declaring that he got away with stealing the election. He of course slapped him back. It was the best slap.
You may as well sit down and listen to the rants of the neighborhood crazy homeless person in the 7-eleven corner.
Good question.
By the time I get to the end of an article about him, nothing he says or does surprises me. Then I’m sick of hearing about him for a while, and avoid stories about him. In the meantime, I get used to normal people again and partially “reset”. Then I’ll come across another article that’s really more of the same, but it seems a bit different. Wash, rinse, repeat.
It’s unsatisfying and irrational, but it’s also the best explanation I have.
As soon as I see “Donald Trump said…” somewhere, or if I hear his voice in the news, I mentally check out and replace my capacity to process language with sounds of a tuba playing the Macarena.
The one good thing about this trial is that America is realizing how chronically inadequate its laws are for expecting people in political office (or campaigning for) to behave within the law. Everyone is human and bound to abuse and the law should set clear boundaries to prevent that abuse.
The laws aren’t really inadequate, it’s the will to enforce them. On anyone but poor minorities anyway…
Just end the sentance with poor. It doesn’t matter if you are white, if you end up in the system and have no money you will be fucked.
It’s part of the reason republican voters are such morons, they think the system will just hurt the “right people”, when in actuality it fucks every non rich person.
From healthcare to education to prison, you will be fucked if you are poor.
Except you are far more likely to end up on the court system to begin with if you aren’t white. It’s statistics.
Dividing the working class against each other like that isn’t productive. We are all getting fucked one way or another by the 1%
Your right we should just ignore racism, it’s not real. My eyes have been opened.
But nothing about how his ability to hire the best people resulted in no jury for this trial because his attorney is repeatedly incompetent.
That story gave me the warm fuzzies.
ikr? nothing like giving complete control to the judge who’s already so aggravated by your nonsense that he’s been leveling fines against the attorneys. just the best, most beautiful strategy.
interferes with election
Cries interferece when it’s not even remotely related
Trump losing his shit makes me so happy. I loath that man and his supporters
The MAGA crowd was right about one thing.
Tears are tasty.
Hoping the headlines switch to him being behind bars soon
Well, he will find out soon enough with all these judges he’s insulting and threatening. Maybe even this week
Will he? He’s on gag order from other judges as well and he still didn’t give a fuck or felt any consequences for breaking those.
He shut up about the staff but targeted the judge and the State Prosecutor, so its a game of wack a mole but the natural progression would lead to him being totally gagged or remained which might be his ultimate goal so he can play the ultimate victim card with this brain dead supporters and hope the stink is big enough to break the rule of law? lmao Its gonna be wild, like he himself pointed out.
October 2024 - Former President Trump’s legal team has filed lawsuits against several federal prison employees over complaints that a recent cheeseburger happy meal was tainted, quoting the now incarcerated president, “it taste like boo-boo”.
Sources have confirmed that outside meals are not permitted, including that of McDonald’s restaurants. Further that any alleged cheeseburger was likely smuggled in through something called a prison wallet.
McDonald’s… likely smuggled in through something called a prison wallet
Ok but how would you be able to tell?
It tastes extra shitty.
Cartman’s ass burgers tasted better though.
This is a civil matter as I understand. I don’t think this can lead to bars unfortunately.
Contempt of court could, for violating the gag order against threatening people involved in the trial.
I think it’s possible through contempt of court.
With enough contempt in your heart, ANYTHING is possible! 💫
Cornerstone belief of Evangelical Christianity!
Iiec contempt of court is still a jailabe offence.
Livid Donald Trump….
I like how that sounds.
I’m loving the court phase so far, his dumb stupid grimace says it all.
That he turns to rant just shows that he long ran out of arguments. I hope the court will draw the right conclusions and revoke his bail for threatening the presiding judge.
It’s like getting into an exasperating online debate with someone, and their final post is a rage comic.
Must be rough being a fancy lad born into extreme wealth originally derived from racist opportunist parentage, always getting your way, always having and taking license to hurt others for your own gratification because you can just hide behind a team of attorneys to protect you from the consequences of your own actions.
But enough about Elon Musk…
This comment is brilliant. Thank you!
The judge is corrupt. A summary judgment was made without trial. This is just wrong.
The corrupt establishment is doing everything it can to stop Trump. Hilarious!
The facts are not in dispute, the crazy fraudulent way the trumpet is used to do bussiness is not a secret, he himself said ‘Im very smart’ when asked about not paying taxes. Hillaryous!
I don’t care, and I’m not here to argue your worthless opinion. There MUST be a trial, because that’s everyone’s right. No one is above the law… well, except for the corrupt establishment that finds ways around law.
hillaryous! lock him up! fucken dirt bag is getting his comeuppance and its D-LICIOUS! lmao
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In the event of a civil war, the states that suffer the worst losses from starvation are probably going to be the poorer, landlocked states that run a deficit year after year.
Those would be primarily the red states.
Yes, of course… because we know that SF is all about making food.
I guess we’ll see.
He did get a trial. Not all trials have juries. His lawyer filled out paperwork saying a bench trial was acceptable. This is all legit.
A summary judgment isn’t a trial. You can pull this bs on your fellow teenagers, not on adults.
“This is all legit” doesn’t cut it. The judge can’t make a decision without a lawyer defending his case. This is your kind of bullshit. The teenager kind.
I’m in my 30s.
Not all trials have juries
^ did you read that part?
Your brain is a teenager’s brain if you’re really not lying. You probably believe CNN, don’t you?
I read, but Trump, regardless of how much you hate him, has the right to have a jury of his peers + full trial with witnesses on the matter. Especially on a matter that’s really controversial. This is corruption attempted to destroy him, nothing else. I’m not stupid to believe any of this is done in good faith.
He did have that right. He entrusted his representation to a lawyer. The lawyer waived that right.
It’s not the judge’s fault, nor the plaintiff’s, nor the DOJ’s. It’s Trump’s fault for trusting inept counsel.
The only “corruption” I see here is a conman trying to con the justice system.
thats one dumb talking point son, weak and dumb just like the orange traitor, and I didn’t express any opinion he’s said all those dumb things, and his injury lawyers are exactly what he deserves cause the other ones are indicted in Ga., them walls are creeping in and his desperate grimace outside court is GOLD! not to mention the MAGA tears.
Nice barking. Now back to your cage.
Dogs bark, and the people continue their lives.
‘The judge overruled himself’ - Dumbnald Cunt
