Since 2016, America, also known in some circles as America the Exceptional, or words to that effect, has been confronted time and time again by a now former President executing or undergoing a series of shenanigans never seen expedited by a Commander-in-Chief, or anyone who formerly held the title.
On April 5th, I posted a blog entitled, Arraigned In Manhattan: Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes (https://thesphinxofcharlotte.com/2023/04/05/arraigned-in-manhattan-dont-believe-your-lying-eyes/). It detailed a 34-count indictment against the former POTUS,
by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
On May 9th, a NY jury found Mr. Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation and ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages. Carroll alleged that Trump assaulted and raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store in 1996. The jury, which unanimously found Trump liable on the charges of assault and defamation, did not find him culpable for rape.
Yesterday, Trump breezed into South Florida, where he caught another 37 counts, generated by a federal grand jury in Miami. The charges centered, which centered on Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, made for another first; a former president being charged with federal crimes. After being arraigned and spending a couple of hours in a Miami courtroom, he made a pitstop in Little Havana, for a photo-op with supporters, before heading back to New Jersey where he held a rally with more supporters at his Bedminster Golf Club.
After learning he would be required to submit to arraignment Tuesday, Trump found his groove and commenced spinning some of his more popular yarns.
In a Georgia speech Saturday evening, he said of a photo included in the indictment, of an overturned box, the FBI may have tipped over the box.
Nope. According to the indictment, the photo was taken in December 2021 by Trump aide and accused co-conspirator Walt Nauta, who the indictment says texted the photo to another Trump employee with the words ”I opened the door and found this…” The FBI did not execute its search warrant at Mar-a-Lago until August 2022, eight months later, so it could not possibly have done the toppling.
Known as the author of the perfect call, Trump also claimed the overturned box held no documents, but only newspapers.
Uh, no. Though the photo shows newspapers and pictures among the spilled materials, the photo also clearly shows other unidentified papers in the pile – one of which prosecutors allege was classified and labeled with markings making it clear it was releasable only to the members of an intelligence alliance comprised of the U.S. and four other countries.
Finally, he said, of the 37 federal charges, officials took one charge, and repeated it 36 times.
In actuality, of the 37 charges, 31 are for allegedly violating the same statute each with a different classified document. The other six offenses are different: conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document or record, concealing a document in a federal investigation, scheme to conceal, and making false statements and representations.
There’s more. There is always more. Much more. Hopefully, however, that’s enough to convey the point. Trump was being Trump. “Here We Go Again. Again!”
I’m done; holla back!
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