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tblue37

(68,385 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:29 AM Feb 3

Trump team to start "daily" meetings to focus on prosecuting his political adversaries, according to CNN

BREAKING: Trump team to start “daily” meetings to focus on prosecuting his political adversaries, according to CNN

Looks like Susie Wiles’ efforts to “limit” Trump’s focus on retribution has failed spectacularly.

www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...

Miles Taylor (@milestaylor.bsky.social) 2026-02-02T16:19:15.809Z
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Trump team to start "daily" meetings to focus on prosecuting his political adversaries, according to CNN (Original Post) tblue37 Feb 3 OP
Well, it's not like they have anything more important to focus on. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 3 #1
Our tax dollars at work. n/t forgotmylogin Feb 3 #19
I thought Rebl2 Feb 3 #44
This will not go over well.... Lovie777 Feb 3 #2
I think he has received a very poor prognosis about his health Skittles Feb 3 #3
Not One Human Being Other Than Himself. Literally...... ColoringFool Feb 3 #11
His "care" for her is very much like most incestuous parent's "care." Maru Kitteh Feb 3 #23
absolutely correct Skittles Feb 3 #38
Also to do as much damage as he can before the midterms. tanyev Feb 3 #12
well it's pretty obvious they intend to steal them Skittles Feb 3 #39
Except this is precisely why Republicans voted for a agingdem Feb 3 #5
"I am your retribution." Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 3 #20
This is absolutely the dumbest thing they could do, and, is accelerating their downward spiral. Oneironaut Feb 3 #22
Oh my gawd BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 3 #4
More bad news every day. mucifer Feb 3 #6
Bondi is in the top 5 to be prosecuted if we ever survive this mess Chasstev365 Feb 3 #7
Didn't some of these people swear in their confirmation hearings, under pain of perjury, Alice B. Feb 3 #10
They all believed they would be getting blanket pardons that cover their testimony and Maru Kitteh Feb 3 #24
Ugh just ugh :( Alice B. Feb 3 #47
In his post about Trevor Noah he said something that stood out: IcyPeas Feb 3 #8
So affordability no longer a priority? Johonny Feb 3 #9
I thought affordability was a new made up term? IbogaProject Feb 3 #30
It's not like he has anything else to do. Swede Feb 3 #13
Should TACO go after Barack and Michelle Obama, LOOK OUT!!! ProudMNDemocrat Feb 3 #14
As do Hillary and Bill Clinton (Yale) niyad Feb 3 #45
I can see it now maxrandb Feb 3 #15
He needs to name a Grand Inquisitor dalton99a Feb 3 #16
Someday we will use this as textbook evidence of what we don't want in a president Baitball Blogger Feb 3 #17
So how is he going to act when they tell him that 77 million plus people hate the adjudicated 34 count convicted turbinetree Feb 3 #18
Isn't there a statue on the law books stating malicious prosecution is illegal ? kimbutgar Feb 3 #21
It's not technically illegal, but can be both grounds to throw out the case... Ol Janx Spirit Feb 3 #32
Perhaps "immunity from malicious prosecution"... GiqueCee Feb 3 #43
Trump wants indictments before the midterms Jersey Devil Feb 3 #25
He needs twice daily meetings with a team of psychiatrists. milestogo Feb 3 #26
They can't get a dictatorship, but they can get revenge. tinrobot Feb 3 #27
This is News? Harris, Pelosi, HRC told us flat out that Donald was a Russian agent and he had enemies Botany Feb 3 #28
Isn't targeting people with all these frivalous doc03 Feb 3 #29
No, but that is a claim the defendants can try to make at trial--well, not the contempt part; but... Ol Janx Spirit Feb 3 #34
They're meeting daily about this, not just weekly! tblue37 Feb 3 #40
Sorry, yes, daily! That just shows how desperate they are to come up with... Ol Janx Spirit Feb 3 #41
Grand Juries will not indict. If they do... Justice matters. Feb 3 #31
More taxpayer money being wasted. mdbl Feb 3 #33
Propaganda, page 2: Conduct ongoing "Show Trials" Duncan Grant Feb 3 #35
That's not fascist at all! sakabatou Feb 3 #36
Need more concentration camps. moondust Feb 3 #37
Witnessing Trump's staggering stupidity... GiqueCee Feb 3 #42
He will not live to see any of these play out. I predict that his passing will be sudden and unexpected. QueerDuck Feb 3 #46
They are losing their focus and striking out randomly. A good sign that they are losing control. Martin68 Feb 3 #48
That's rich Grim Chieftain Feb 3 #49
Not sure how this will lower or grocery prices or deal with the affordability crisis Scott Alan Swaggerty Feb 5 #50
How to tell if a corporation is failing: mandatory daily meetings looking for enemies. marble falls Feb 5 #51

Rebl2

(17,594 posts)
44. I thought
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 05:45 PM
Feb 3

they were going to concentrate on bringing the price of everything down. Oh wait that was last year. Guess it didn’t work, so they are moving on.

Lovie777

(22,480 posts)
2. This will not go over well....
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:38 AM
Feb 3

with American public. Healthcare, economy are in shambles but oh no, shithole’s administration purpose is to go after people that shithole doesn’t like.

DOJ sucks and so do the US AG along with ICE and the DHS and the Republicans.

Skittles

(170,549 posts)
3. I think he has received a very poor prognosis about his health
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:46 AM
Feb 3

he's going for broke (let's face it, it's not like he ever gave a shit about WE THE PEOPLE)

ColoringFool

(507 posts)
11. Not One Human Being Other Than Himself. Literally......
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:26 AM
Feb 3

No, not even Ivanka. The thought he cares is risible, the way he has spoken practically obscenely about her.

All others exist solely to serve Trump---body, soul, mind, and money. If you offer none of the above, he would just as soon have you killed.

Maru Kitteh

(31,494 posts)
23. His "care" for her is very much like most incestuous parent's "care."
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:53 PM
Feb 3

He sees her as just another part of his body, there for his use and satisfaction. So he “loves” her in that he finds her gratifying, even though she is now relegated to a fantasy object. It’s revolting, to be sure.

Skittles

(170,549 posts)
38. absolutely correct
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 03:49 PM
Feb 3

and honestly, in my lifetime, his narcissism is the worst I have ever seen

agingdem

(8,820 posts)
5. Except this is precisely why Republicans voted for a
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:18 AM
Feb 3

Last edited Thu Feb 5, 2026, 05:15 PM - Edit history (1)

a malicious revenge-fueled psychopath….his enemies were their enemies..black people/brown people/immigrants, gay/trans people/drag queens, educated women (particularly black women), Democrats.. punish them/hurt them/ deny them the right to vote..yes!!..that’s what his voters wanted.. and they turned a deaf ear to his promises to gut the economy, trash the Affordable Care Act, destroy the environment, reward his mega donors with obscene tax cuts, shut down the government, fire career government officials/air traffic controllers, send armies of ICE agents to harass and kill American citizens/tear children from their parents, declare the Constitution all but dead, decimate the White House, and anoint himself emperor..

So now that their guy delivered on his promise to inflict pain, they’re shocked to discover they are in pain, and their lives are shit..no jobs/no healthcare/astronomical food prices/no way to educate their kids) and they’re wailing “This isn’t what we voted for!”..well, yes it is..

Oneironaut

(6,257 posts)
22. This is absolutely the dumbest thing they could do, and, is accelerating their downward spiral.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:43 PM
Feb 3

But, I think the saying “never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake” applies.

Chasstev365

(7,489 posts)
7. Bondi is in the top 5 to be prosecuted if we ever survive this mess
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:40 AM
Feb 3

The C WORD is an awful ugly word, but if anyone deserves to have it used to describe them, it's Pam Bondi.

While most of the men on the right wear a perpetual smirk on their faces, Bondi always emits pure hatred in her every action

Alice B.

(724 posts)
10. Didn't some of these people swear in their confirmation hearings, under pain of perjury,
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:25 AM
Feb 3

That they wouldn’t participate in this kind of thing? Political retribution?

Speaking of prosecution.

Maru Kitteh

(31,494 posts)
24. They all believed they would be getting blanket pardons that cover their testimony and
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:55 PM
Feb 3

everything else they do in office, and they may.

IcyPeas

(25,252 posts)
8. In his post about Trevor Noah he said something that stood out:
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:11 AM
Feb 3

The last line of that rant:

Get ready Noah, I'm going to have some fun with you!

I mean WTF? He really gets off on this shit. He's cruel and all his hired cronies are cruel. He finds it fun. knowing his victims have to lawyer up and it will cost them... . He's still going after comedians and tv shows FFS. He doesn't do any actual work. He has "teams" researching everyone who ever said a bad word about trump. Who are these people who do this work for him? He does these pressers from his office with people lined up behind him and he sits there while the press scream questions at him. Its embarrassing. He loves the spectacle of it all. Eat 💩 💩 💩 💩 💩 8647

Ha! It looks like Trevor Noah touched a raw nerve at the Grammy Awards. Trump is such a snowflake! 🤣🤣

Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) 2026-02-02T13:00:14.853Z


IbogaProject

(5,751 posts)
30. I thought affordability was a new made up term?
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:53 PM
Feb 3

Really hard to keep up with their Gish-Gallop style of "thinking".

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,756 posts)
14. Should TACO go after Barack and Michelle Obama, LOOK OUT!!!
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:14 AM
Feb 3

They are both Harvard Grads who graduated at the top of their respective classes.

Both know the Donald for who he is.

Baitball Blogger

(52,009 posts)
17. Someday we will use this as textbook evidence of what we don't want in a president
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:03 AM
Feb 3

and hopefully we'll get a Congress with 3/4 members ready to make the appropriate changes in the Constitution.

Seriously. Can anyone not see that he's been attacking blue States with ICE and the military from the beginning?

He has been conducting a war against Democrats, abusing his power to do it and the Republicans in Congress are complicit.

turbinetree

(27,331 posts)
18. So how is he going to act when they tell him that 77 million plus people hate the adjudicated 34 count convicted
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:14 AM
Feb 3

fraudster, convicted of molesting a woman in department store and must pay 5 million dollars in that crime and then pay over 65 million for defaming her..........

He really is just a small person............literally.............to keep the Epstein deflecting on going...........at taxpayer expense......

kimbutgar

(27,065 posts)
21. Isn't there a statue on the law books stating malicious prosecution is illegal ?
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:35 PM
Feb 3

Or a Supreme Court ruling against it?

Ol Janx Spirit

(898 posts)
32. It's not technically illegal, but can be both grounds to throw out the case...
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:26 PM
Feb 3

...or for the victim to sue later.

It is an interesting statute that really tends to favor the prosecution as it basically requires that the case run its course and result favorably for the defendant.

To succeed, a plaintiff must establish that a state actor initiated a criminal proceeding without probable cause, acted with malice, and the proceeding ended in the plaintiff's favor.

Getting a grand jury to return a true bill on a case gives the prosecutor the cover of probable cause. After that they are basically immune to any repercussions.

Federal prosecutors generally possess absolute immunity from malicious prosecution claims for actions taken within the scope of their prosecutorial duties--even if they act in bad faith, knowingly prosecute innocent people, or withhold evidence.

But, as in all things law: it is complicated at both the state and federal level.

So, what do these federal prosecutors really have to lose? They get to take the trial all the way to the end and maybe convince a jury that the defendant is guilty, and the worst case for them is that the case is resolved in favor of the defendant.

You can do a lot of damage to a person's reputation and bank account along the way to that end.



GiqueCee

(3,753 posts)
43. Perhaps "immunity from malicious prosecution"...
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 05:40 PM
Feb 3

... is something that should reconsidered when decent people regain control of the Department of Justice. The very thought of it is repugnant on every conceivable level. Then they can abolish Civil Asset Forfeiture, which is an obscenely obvious violation of the 4th Amendment.

Jersey Devil

(10,810 posts)
25. Trump wants indictments before the midterms
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:03 PM
Feb 3

That way he can focus on that rather than the economy or ICE or his foreign policy blunders. Apparently he is not happy with the current pace of political prosecutions.

tinrobot

(12,032 posts)
27. They can't get a dictatorship, but they can get revenge.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:12 PM
Feb 3

Making everyone else's lives miserable is the only thing that makes him happy.

Botany

(76,906 posts)
28. This is News? Harris, Pelosi, HRC told us flat out that Donald was a Russian agent and he had enemies
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:17 PM
Feb 3
https://www.facebook.com/TheDemocraticCoalition/posts/kamala-harris-was-right-about-literally-everythingtrump-had-an-enemies-list-she-/1222469266742462/

Pelosi to Trump’s face, “with you all roads lead to Putin.”

Hillary Clinton: "Well that's because [Putin would] rather have a puppet as president of the United States.”

Now was Putin sending young girls to Melania (Putin’s Trump Handler) which she passed onto Maxwell
and then onto Epstein so he could use them to get kompromat on rich and powerful men for Epstein and
Musk?

doc03

(38,978 posts)
29. Isn't targeting people with all these frivalous
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:18 PM
Feb 3

and baseless lawsuits in contempt of court or
something? I know if I did it I would be behind bars for something.

Ol Janx Spirit

(898 posts)
34. No, but that is a claim the defendants can try to make at trial--well, not the contempt part; but...
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:35 PM
Feb 3

...the frivolous part.

But that is really for civil actions where anyone can sue anyone else for whatever reason basically.

These will be criminal prosecutions and will have to have grand juries return indictments based on probable cause--which is probably why they need to meet every week to come up with some.

It is amusing however since the political-right before Orange Julius screamed for years about tort reform and how much frivolous lawsuits were costing us.

Times change....

Ol Janx Spirit

(898 posts)
41. Sorry, yes, daily! That just shows how desperate they are to come up with...
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 04:11 PM
Feb 3

...things they can take to a grand jury to establish probable cause.

And they obviously do not care what the "crime" is. Anything will do. None of it will have to do with what Agent Orange is blathering on about constantly.

Justice matters.

(9,627 posts)
31. Grand Juries will not indict. If they do...
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:20 PM
Feb 3

Juries will not find them "guilty" so it's a big bad waste of taxpayers money (on the national debt, of course, what else is new).

It's part of the Fascist propaganda to distract from the 3 million+ hidden documents (against the letter of the Law).

mdbl

(8,423 posts)
33. More taxpayer money being wasted.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:33 PM
Feb 3

This Congress and Senate will go down in history as the worst majority to occupy the Capitol.

Duncan Grant

(8,911 posts)
35. Propaganda, page 2: Conduct ongoing "Show Trials"
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:51 PM
Feb 3

I have come to the conclusion, we are ass deep in alligators — and rural America loves it.

GiqueCee

(3,753 posts)
42. Witnessing Trump's staggering stupidity...
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 05:28 PM
Feb 3

... and mindless malice is akin to watching a tsunami wipe away everything that is good and noble about America. His vindictiveness toward anyone who even dares to correct him is horrifying, and those that continue to enable him deserve to share his pit in Hell. There is no redemption for those who have the power to rein in his insane desire for retribution, but choose not to for their own pathologically selfish reasons.
Trump is a raging psychopath who is determined to destroy America because he couldn't get his own infantile way, so it is time to destroy the cabal of malignant evil that hopes to benefit from his malevolent machinations. No mercy. No forgiveness. Not for these monsters.

QueerDuck

(1,350 posts)
46. He will not live to see any of these play out. I predict that his passing will be sudden and unexpected.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 05:53 PM
Feb 3

But, it could also be drawn out and painful. I'm happy either way.

Martin68

(27,430 posts)
48. They are losing their focus and striking out randomly. A good sign that they are losing control.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:26 PM
Feb 3

Trump is losing his grip.

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