Trump 59: The Walls Are Closing In, So Naturally He's Running Another Grifting Scheme

[47of74]

3 hours ago, GreyhoundFan said:

Oh please:

 

Yeah. Hope life terms. At a certain place near Florence, Colorado. 

[fraurosena]

"tiny"   

 

[fraurosena]

We could be eating cake today!

Trump indictment could land as early as Monday, sending law enforcement scrambling

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Law enforcement officials are meeting at NYPD headquarters in lower Manhattan on Monday afternoon to plan for a possible indictment of former President Donald Trump on charges stemming from payments to a porn star, a person involved in the planning told POLITICO.

An indictment by a grand jury is expected late Monday or Wednesday, according to three people involved in the deliberations. “We’ll be discussing how we bring Trump in,” the person involved in the planning said, adding, “No decisions have been made yet.”

The meeting will include members of the NYPD, the U.S. Secret Service, court officers and officials from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, the person said. Bragg convened the grand jury investigating the payments.

A court spokesperson said there’s nothing to report since no charges have been filed. Spokespeople for the Secret Service and District Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. “The NYPD’s state of readiness remains a constant at all times, for all contingencies,” an NYPD spokesperson said. “Our communications and coordination with our partners in government and in law enforcement are fundamental tenets of our commitment to public safety.”

Attorney Robert J. Costello, who once advised former Trump lawyer Michael D. Cohen, is scheduled to testify before the grand jury Monday afternoon. Cohen has said he will be a rebuttal witness to Costello, who may question Cohen’s credibility.

Once the sealed indictment is delivered to the judge, the DA’s office would discuss Trump’s surrender with his counsel, according to a court official who, like the others, was granted anonymity to discuss internal planning procedures. If Trump were to not surrender, a warrant would be issued for his arrest.

Whether Trump would be handcuffed is a decision that would be made by the district attorney, the court official said. He would be finger printed and a mug shot would be taken, though he is not expected to be “perp-walked” or paraded before the public in handcuffs, the official said.

The Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, a 17-story Art Deco building that sits just northwest of the Brooklyn Bridge, was surrounded by over a dozen news vans Monday morning. Security was heightened as police officers and court officers set up barricades outside the courthouse. There was no sign of protesters.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Monday he has not met with Bragg on the situation, but is prepared for any contingencies. “We’re monitoring comments on social media, and the NYPD is doing their own roll in making sure there’s no inappropriate actions in the city. And we’re confident we’re going to be able to do that,” Adams said at an unrelated City Hall event.

The New York Young Republican Club, a Manhattan-based group that’s supported far-right figures, plans to hold a 6 p.m. rally Monday near the courthouse. “We wanted to make sure our voices were heard,” the group’s president, Gavin Wax, said in a phone interview. Wax said he expects 150 to 200 of his members to attend the demonstration. He stressed that it would be peaceful. “We think this is, no pun intended, a trumped-up political prosecution of the former president,” Wax said.

While the New York Young Republicans planned for peaceful protests, more sinister messages were posted on conservative chat sites. On the site patriots.win, once TheDonald.win — a site which lawmakers said played a significant role in organizing January 6th — users called for a “nationwide strike” and for “all patriots” to “bring society to a halt.” The arrest of Donald Trump and calls to protest was the top post section in the chat site on Monday.

A leading Republican elected official in the state said he did not expect large, pro-Trump protests.

“You’ll get the same crazy couple dozen people and that’s it,” said the Republican official, who was granted anonymity to speak frankly about internal party dynamics. “There’ll probably more counter protestors than protestors,” he said.

 

Why not Tuesday is a mystery...

[formergothardite]

He is going to lose his tiny little mind at having to take a mugshot. But he will bounce back and probably get his supporters to pay him for signed copies of his mugshot.

[fraurosena]

Trump is in a world of trouble. 

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BREAKING: Georgia prosecutors are moving toward bringing additional racketeering and conspiracy charges against Trump for his 2020 efforts to overturn the election in Georgia. The move is important for several reasons. Namely, it reveals that investigators have a large volume of substantial evidence related to a possible conspiracy from inside and outside the state, including recordings of phone calls, emails, text messages, documents, and testimony before a special grand jury. Trump can’t catch a break, and he deserves it.

Of course, he's desperately attempting to quash this:

Better (bigger) view under spoiler.

Spoiler

 

[fraurosena]

If this isn't an indication that something's about to happen in New York, I don't know what is...

And DeSantis won't lift a finger to help Trump either.

 

[onekidanddone]

38 minutes ago, fraurosena said:

We could be eating cake today!

Trump indictment could land as early as Monday, sending law enforcement scrambling

 

Why not Tuesday is a mystery...

Perhaps I need to bake a cake later. Or pie, we have a blackberry pie in the freezer. 

[Shrubbery]

I‘ve already had dinner but indictment ice-cream sounds superb …

Alas, I fear that like the maniacal cult leader that he is, Mango Mussolini may try to create a siege situation, where his loyal followers whom he called to arms defend him in his bunker … do we know whether he’s still in Mar-a-Lago at the moment? I’m crossing my fingers that if he tries to evade arrest it’ll be OJ Simpson-style and not Waco Siege 🤞

[Dandruff]

1 hour ago, formergothardite said:

He is going to lose his tiny little mind at having to take a mugshot. But he will bounce back and probably get his supporters to pay him for signed copies of his mugshot.

He won't like that camera but he likes other cameras.  I think he'll try to twist it into a campaign event.

Hope passports are confiscated and any bail is set through the roof.

[fraurosena]

It really isn't a good day for Trump today. The hits just keep on coming.

 

[livinginthelight]

Can it be true? Is something actually going to stick?

🙏 Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease let it be so!!!

[onekidanddone]

17 minutes ago, Dandruff said:

He won't like that camera but he likes other cameras.  I think he'll try to twist it into a campaign event.

Hope passports are confiscated and any bail is set through the roof.

Hopefully he is held without bail. 

[thoughtful]

25 minutes ago, Shrubbery said:

I’m crossing my fingers that if he tries to evade arrest it’ll be OJ Simpson-style

Oh, I just had a great image pop into my mind - a very, very low-speed chase, across the links at Mar-a-lago, in golf carts.

I don't have any cake in the house. Must get some. Carrot cake, I think - it's my favorite cake anyway, and the fact that it is made from something orange seems appropriate.

[Shrubbery]

4 minutes ago, thoughtful said:

Oh, I just had a great image pop into my mind - a very, very low-speed chase, across the links at Mar-a-lago, in golf carts.

Thank you for sharing that grand image! It is now also in my mind and it is glorious. 

[Loveday]

4 minutes ago, thoughtful said:

Oh, I just had a great image pop into my mind - a very, very low-speed chase, across the links at Mar-a-lago, in golf carts.

I don't have any cake in the house. Must get some. Carrot cake, I think - it's my favorite cake anyway, and the fact that it is made from something orange seems appropriate.

Dang it. I was just at Kroger a little while ago, and they had two little carrot cakes on the clearance rack. Still totally in date, so no idea why they were marked down, they looked delicious. I should have bought one to celebrate The Arrest. Just wasn't thinking!

[NotQuiteMotY]

1 hour ago, fraurosena said:

 

And DeSantis won't lift a finger to help Trump either.

 

Why would he? Trump gets arrested, he might be down a primary opponent.

[fraurosena]

Methinks the Trumpian protests are going to be somewhat underwhelming...

 

[fraurosena]

Trump has to endure yet another hit. 

 

[fraurosena]

Finish the wall, they say... standing behind one.

[Shrubbery]

He has the bigliest anti-indictment demonstration of any President, ever. 

Look, it’s almost as many people as came to his inauguration! 

[fraurosena]

It did not go as well as Trump wanted. Cohen was there and available, but in the end his rebuttal was not needed. And Trump’s reaction says it all:

Edited March 20, 2023 by fraurosena

[AnywhereButHere]

2 hours ago, thoughtful said:

Oh, I just had a great image pop into my mind - a very, very low-speed chase, across the links at Mar-a-lago, in golf carts.

I don't have any cake in the house. Must get some. Carrot cake, I think - it's my favorite cake anyway, and the fact that it is made from something orange seems appropriate.

It's perfect! Orange, and full of nuts!

[formergothardite]

46 minutes ago, fraurosena said:

It did not go as well as Trump wanted. Cohen was there and available, but in the end his rebuttal was not needed. And Trump’s reaction says it all:

 It sounds like things went poorly for Trump. It is hard to believe he will suffer any consequences, but perhaps finally this nasty person will get their comeuppance. 

[onekidanddone]

🤞 here’s hoping FJ doesn’t crash when the indictments come down.

[GreyhoundFan]