Jack Texeira did basically the same thing Trump did on a smaller scale, and he's been in prison since he was arrested.

I can't state my true opinion of Merrick Garland's conduct and foot-dragging over the past 2.5 years because I'll be scolded and warned about dissing Democrats.

to think he hasn't sold anything for profit by now is naive in the extreme.

I reached my limit in Nov 2002. Bye..

Hello DU.

TFG attempted a coup on our country. That should be included in every single mention of him in any news media.

However, in our house we do listen regularly to Rachel Maddow, Laurence O'Donnell, and our newest addition--Ari Melber. All of whom are appropriately critical of the iDJT.


Hope you're doing well, Cha! (At least well as can be expected in these times, anyway!)

And, a lot of times We the People get those Elected who Support Our Democracy In Spite of the RW Enemy of the State "media" in our Country.

It's Surreal what we have to go through to Fight the Fascist Overtaking.

Doing well as can be expected.. yes.. Thank you and I hope you and yours are, too!

he had them

they are worth a shitload of money to some really bad actors

he knows this

he is good buds with those same people

his son in law got an inexplicable financial windfall from, wait for it...those same people

he sold nuclear secret to the saudis, maybe others, but definitely the saudis.

no way he didn't

and should have been indicted a LONG time ago - now who is responsible for dillydallying? We all know the answer to that. The trial regarding the stolen documents might have been over by now. Who knows?

he has the potential to do untold damage to the country. Letting him walk out of that courtroom tomorrow is a huge mistake.

I wonder whether the US will ever recover.

treasonous fool.

I think DOJ is being Cool but have been building a solid Steel Trap for him.

Brilliant minds devising a trap that is inescapable.

It is a difficult concept to remember, but it explains everything he does. There is no doubt in my mind that he has sold out to the Russians and Saudis. Notice that he keeps referring to "my boxes", not "the boxes".

This is the dark side of the German temperament. I know my relatives are all German.

The old European joke holds true: Heaven is where the police are British, the cooks French, the mechanics German, the lovers Italian, and it is all run and organized by the Swiss. Hell has German police, British cooks, Swiss lovers, French mechanics and is organized and run by Italians.

We are hard wired in certain ways. When growing up in an environment that encourages emotional control, a stubborn desire for order, and working hard, it is difficult to go against the tide. We are complicated. It has always been interesting to me that a society that could produce magnificent composers such as Bach, Brahms, Beethoven and Mozart could also produce the Master Race theory resulting in the holocaust.

JS Bach said "My music is better because I work harder. Anyone who works as hard as me will write music that is just as good."

I think it only takes a couple of generations to break free of the cultural stereotypes.
Especially when various cultures combine.
Also, living in the USA sets one mostly free of the old world cultures.


I'm not sure if you mean genetics when you say "hard wired". Although, most agree, things are a combination of genetics and environment.

I think the traits you mention are almost entirely environmental, by the way.


I have thought long and hard about how the German's could have followed Hitler.
I now know, having experienced Trump.

And at a certain point, almost all would be to afraid to speak up against the group. And it would be like being swept along by a fast flowing current.

That has long been a European/American distinction, even if less true today than in the past... European countries tended to be insular and largely homogenous, compared to the American "melting pot." There wasn't so much combining of various cultures. So it would have been easier for certain cultural norms/behaviors/priorities to persist.

Did I miss something?

Does she think that will erase all connections to her monster father?

When Jared is busted for his many crimes. I feel sorry for their children

That would put him away for good.

+100

...if he gave/sold some documents to Putin (and they could have just been "just in case" documents). Which prompted him to start the war.

Is that a quote or an interpretation?

I just find it difficult to believe that someone with Mary Trump's background would publicly engage in such shallow second-guessing of DOJ.

Do people post sources anymore? There was a time here when you couldn't type a word without backing it up. I'm old. I'm pissed and I don't want to read through an entire thread to see if this has been substantiated.

Last night.

Without a verifiable source, I generally assume almost everything is at least somewhat wrong.

TFG was negotiating for a price.

Once they were on to him, he sold the most important documents before they could be discovered.

All these speculations about his holding onto the docs in order to sell their valuable information doesn't explain why he couldn't have returned the docs and merely kept copies. It's the info that matters. A copy is as good as an original. It's not like they're Picassos.

The MOST talked about all the time.

I really hope Nicole Wallace talks about this.

Our country's crypto secrets to Russia in1985. It was plastered everywhere.

Regan got caught in the process of selling materials to China, Iraq, and Libya for $13 million. In 2021.And that was plastered all over the news.

So little poopy pants Donnie should be treated the same way. But for some reason DOJ has said nothing about who he sold the documents to. Nor has our corporate monopoly media seemed to care.

This is sounding more and more like the Mueller case. Where only a few pardoned coconspirators will be successfully prosecuted. I hope not.

But from sitting on juries myself, I always want to know why a person committed a crime and profit in a capitalist system is a huge motivator. Him wanting to hold them, love them and keep them just doesn't wash.

He will be also charged in relation to the classified documents case in DC at a minimum. I've heard mention there may be as many as six in the pipeline. The next most likely would be in New Jersey (home of Trump National in Bedminister NJ.)

The other classified documents cases don't involve J6 which is hugely complicated and involves dozens (hundreds?) of participants so the trial would take much longer in court and be much more difficult for the average citizen to grasp. Smith won't go ahead with J6 until he has it nailed down as thoroughly as he has the case that starts today.

I'd be shocked to learn Trump didn't sell top secret documents that endanger national security and may have resulted in the deaths of CIA agents or their sources.

I think Jack Smith may be releasing documents related charges a little at a time to allow the American people to get acclimated to the idea of the most serious crimes Trump committed. (Only my opinion). We here at DU would have no problem believing he sold secrets but the majority of citizens are probably not at that point yet.

The south Florida case should be a slam dunk and could get him a maximum of 400 years in prison. So that would take him out of circulation until the other cases can get going.

Make sure you stock up on popcorn. It could be scarce in stores for a while.

I had forgotten there were more indictments in the pipeline.

From your keyboard to god's ears hopefully.

Link to tweet

Has he ever done that before? I know a tiny handful of folks like Tom Hartmann, David Cay Johnston, and Alan Grayson have accounts here and I think Rachel & Keith may have referenced DU way in the past. But Weissmann was a surprise.

I really enjoy his appearances more than any of the other legal experts.
I can't recall when he's been wrong.
He keeps it accessible. Plenty of insight. Great examples one can relate to.
He presents very understandable points of view on what is taking place.
It is balanced. A little left leaning but he tries to take no sides.

It is wonderful he linked the thread.

in advance of the indictment and he is on there now.

major party and treating him like the deranged traitor he is.

..mind that the goal was to get an indictment but only show the full scope and details of all the evidence at the actual trial. It's a common strategy btw.

I have no doubt that TFG sold some of these documents

She's opening herself up to civil, or even criminal, charges of making false statements unsupported by facts.

She can say stuff like "...in [her] opinion Donald would be capable of something like that...". But she can't say "of course he did" unless she was a witness to it or has evidence of it.

We Donald detractors have got to toe a somewhat fine line so as not to give the other side ammunition to throw at us - especially legal ammo.

The last thing I want is for Mary Trump or other critics of the Orange Goblin to be silenced or penalized for over-exuberant opining.