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.”

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If I pulled this shit on a judge, my bond would be revoked immediately and the bailiff ordered to remand me to custody in a concrete and steel box to await the trial’s completion.

Fuck me, I had a judge threaten to revoke bond because I had the temerity to inquire about a public defender. Last month a judge sentenced (deferred) my ex to 10-days for fucking me on spring break visitation. And she had the fucking sense to STFU for the whole trial! Trump acts like these judges are his personal peons talking back at him.

And yes, I get it. The justice system has to be more than fair in these cases. You have to admit, it’s a wild historical precedent and we must step carefully when throwing a President of the US in jail (yes, I believe he still gets that title). And I’m OK with that! But we can’t get a solid gag order on this animal?!

(Not sure he’s out of bail for this one. FFS, I literally can’t keep up with the charges, courts, etc.)

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Last month a judge sentenced (deferred) my ex to 10-days for fucking me on spring break visitation

Congratulations on the sex

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Goodbye, sexless guys.

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Ugh. Not with a 10-foot frog. Not on a dare. Not even for green eggs and ham.

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Okay, but just hear me out… I’m just throwing this out there…

Would you could you in a boat?

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I wish a judge would just throw the book at him for something minor. Sure it might create some controversy and he will weasel out but the court has every right too and if the only thing stopping them is the presidency… fuck it.

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He literally doesn’t have the self control to comply with a gag order and also he can fundraise off it saying his freedom of speech is being violated

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But we can’t get a solid gag order on this animal?!

How? Trump doesn’t listen to reason and he has been getting away his whole life with stuff less rich and powerful people would have been thrown into jail a long time ago. That’s the only thing he has ever learned. And as long as he keeps getting away with it he will keep doing so.

If we want him to keep his mouth shut and stop interfering into the justice process, he would need to be locked up with no access to any internet.

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the more likely reason they threatened to revoke bond is your insufferable attempts at shoving the thesaurus into every sentence.

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Which word was too big for you? That was written to a 6th grade reading level and it struck you as pretentious? (sorry, big word again.)

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6th grade

explain in a more global context

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Okay I’ll bite, which words in his reply do you think needed a thesaurus?

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Needed a what? You mean a wordy-likey-bookie-wookie, college boy??

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Uh, that seemed like a pretty normal vocabulary, and wasn’t overly flowery.

Maybe you need to brush up.

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Hoping the headlines switch to him being behind bars soon

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Well, he will find out soon enough with all these judges he’s insulting and threatening. Maybe even this week

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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.

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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.

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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.

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McDonald’s… likely smuggled in through something called a prison wallet

Ok but how would you be able to tell?

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It tastes extra shitty.

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This is a civil matter as I understand. I don’t think this can lead to bars unfortunately.

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I think it’s possible through contempt of court.

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With enough contempt in your heart, ANYTHING is possible! 💫

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Contempt of court could, for violating the gag order against threatening people involved in the trial.

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Iiec contempt of court is still a jailabe offence.

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Though it could lead to him penniless. It might not be Trump in prison, but it’ll be a great sight.

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Trump will never pay this fine anyway. Look at Alex Jones: has a billion dollars he has to pay to families but still hasn’t paid a cent and spends 90k a month (on McDonalds burgers by the looks of it)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The laws aren’t really inadequate, it’s the will to enforce them. On anyone but poor minorities anyway…

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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.

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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…

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This comment is brilliant. Thank you!

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“People are being murdered outside on the streets and nothing happens to those people that do the murdering.”

For real, I heard some guy was standing out on 5th Avenue and shot a person in broad daylight and they never did anything about it.

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It’s kind of turning out that way. This shit with legs should be in prison. But rich assholes can pull off staying out of jail.

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