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Adversarial Process or Oppo Research? Judge Agrees To Release More Trump Material Before the Election

It appears that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan and Special Counsel Jack Smith are not done yet in releasing material in advance of the election. In a previous column, I criticized the release of Smith’s  180-page brief before the election as procedurally irregular and politically biased, a criticism shared by  CNN’s senior legal analyst and other law professors. Nevertheless, on Thursday, Judge Chutkan agreed to a request from Smith to unseal exhibits and evidence in advance of the election.

The brief clearly contains damning allegations, including witness accounts, for Trump. The objection to the release of the brief was not a defense of any actions taken on January 6th by the former president or others, but rather an objection to what even the court admitted was an “irregular” process.

As discussed earlier, Smith has been unrelenting in his demands for a trial before the election. He has even demanded that Donald Trump be barred from standard appellate options in order to expedite his trial.

Smith never fully explained the necessity of holding a trial before the election beyond suggesting that voters should see the trial and the results — assaulting the very premise of the Justice Department’s rule against such actions just before elections.

To avoid allegations of political manipulation of cases, the Justice Department has long followed a policy against making potentially influential filings within 60 or 90 days of an election. One section of the Justice Department manual states “Federal prosecutors… may never select the timing of any action, including investigative steps, criminal charges, or statements, for the purpose of affecting any election.”

Even if one argues that this provision is not directly controlling or purely discretionary, the spirit of the policy is to avoid precisely the appearance in this case: the effort to manipulate or influence an election through court filings.

With no trial date for 2025, there is no reason why Smith or Chutkan would adopt such an irregular process. The court could have slightly delayed these filings until after the approaching election or it could have sealed the filings.

If there is one time where a court should err on the side of avoiding an “irregular” process, it is before a national election. What may look like simply an adversarial process to some looks like oppo research to others.  Delaying the release would have avoided any appearance of such bias.

For Smith, the election has long been the focus of his filings and demands for an expedited process. Smith knows that this election is developing into the largest jury verdict in history. Many citizens, even those who do not like Trump, want to see an end to the weaponization of the legal system, including Smith’s D.C. prosecution. Trump has to lose the election for Smith to be guaranteed a trial in the case.

Chutkan has given the Trump team just seven days to oppose her order. That would still allow the material to make it into the public (and be immediately employed by the media and Harris campaign) just days before the election. The move will only increase criticism that this looks like a docket in the pocket of the DNC.

It is telling that, once again, the timing just works out to the way that is most politically impactful. Many are left with a Ned Flanders moment of “well, if that don’t put the “dink” in co-inky-dink.”

 

243 thoughts on “Adversarial Process or Oppo Research? Judge Agrees To Release More Trump Material Before the Election”

  1. So, allowing the voters to know all the facts surrounding the post-2020 election skullduggery Trump desperately prefers to keep COVERED-UP is “trying to influence an election”?

    The “consent of the governed” expressed through voting was assumed by the Founders to be informed consent. I’m growing very angry with those in powerful positions who treat the voting public as an object to be manipulated — by withholding relevant info, or pushing out alternative realities via sympathetic media. We’re surrounded by conniving elites who simply cannot view their fellow citizens as a font of wisdom to be trusted with with full disclosure of factual information. The pre-election infospace is a daily grind of infowarfare — a contest of who can better deceive us.
    Assuming the voting mechanics are are trustworthy and reliable, deceptive opinion-shaping detracts from a free and fair election — it can easily lead to regrets later on when facts that got delayed finally emerge.

    The Founders foresaw the need for a culture of truth and trust to keep this Republic. Neither political party, and neither candidate/campaign buy into that culture. We’re in for some truly ugly times, no matter who wins.

    1. Release of grand jury testimony, which is not subject to cross examination or rebuttal, has, until now, always been considered unfair to the Defendant.

      1. Edward Mahl,
        Didn’t the Democrats run on “bringing back norms,” and “adults in the room,” in 2020? As the good professor and many others note, this is anything but “norms.”

    2. You misunderstand. These are not FACTs. These are only accusations. That’s the problem. During a trial Trump’s lawyers can present counter evidence, counter witnesses; cross examine witnesses, etc. The outcome may even be a verdict of innocent. In the meantime, by releasing these still unproven accusation, Smith and Chutkan clearly try to put Trump in a bad light with voters. The judge should be impeached.

    3. So letting the voters know of the election interference unleashed during the pre 2020 skullduggery surrounding the Hunter Biden laptop and Joe Bidens complicity in corruption… Had the deep state entities allowed the truths to be presented, Trump would be ending his second term, we wouldn’t be on the precipice of WW3, massive inflation, DEI military, and Pence would be getting ready for his first term. Instead we got Obama for 12 years, failed leadership, raping of the treasury, two wars and a fully divided nation. Had the media reported truths instead of propaganda, our nation would stand as one. Get ready for what is coming either way.

    4. “So, allowing the voters to know all the facts surrounding the post-2020 election skullduggery Trump desperately prefers to keep COVERED-UP is “trying to influence an election”?”

      @ Pbinca: These are not new facts being published. Instead, they are the wet dream accusation of a prosecutor who wants to win his case based only on his non-existent prejudicial evidence without the defendant being able to respond. The case is ridiculous, and all of them represent lawfare. Trump is winning all, and in the end, he will prevail. These prosecutions apply to almost all prominent Democrat figures of today.

      In other words, this is a show trial that we see in North Korea, Russia and China, and the purpose is openly political in front of the public so that only one side gets to be heard. Justice is done after-the-fact

      Take note of how this prosecutor’s prior cases led innocent persons to jail and the destruction of a company. This was only partially rectified when a higher court found the decision wrong because the prosecutor did not follow the rules of law. What about people and their families who lost part of their lives? How does one fix that problem? They can’t, but they could stop doing the same thing repeatedly and with the same prosecutor. Are you unconcerned about this type of lawfare when you repeatedly request something be done about misinformation? You know what I am saying is true based on the Steele Dossier, Ukraine, the laptop, impeachment #1 and #2, and the cases already thrown out. How can you stand there attempting to portray a righteous face and permit this while writing how much you hate disinformation?

      “was assumed by the Founders to be informed consent. ”

      You know as well as I that this new complaint adds nothing of value to the case. It has been heard by the people before, but this is a rewrite with the potential of false claims planned and constitutes election interference, something you complain about.

      “was assumed by the Founders to be informed consent. ”

      You agree with the use of false information intentionally timed right when people are voting. You are saying the right words, but you are willing to give up on the rule of law and the intent of law only to see the end you prefer. That is the mindset of an autocrat or his supporters grabbing for power. You are becoming what you hate the most.

      1. Mr. Meyer
        This is truly the most hypocritical thing I’ve ever seen. The DNC subversion for four years, fraudulent Russia collusion, impeachments, civil suits, and suppression of the Biden corruption laptop in front of an election. Now Jack Smith has rewritten his indictment to include “election interference?” We’re in the Twilight Zone!

  2. “Nevertheless, on Thursday, Judge Chutkan agreed to a request from Smith to unseal exhibits and evidence in advance of the election.”

    – Professor Turley
    _____________________

    The singular American failure that has undermined the Constitution and America since 1860 has been and remains the judicial branch, with emphasis on the Supreme Court.

  3. Are you aware that Facebook is censoring this article, threatening those who try to post it with disciplinary action for “violating the rules” against “spam.” I tried this myself after a friend alerted me to this fact and it’s true.

    3. @Scott

      Though I don’t disagree with your sentiment, Facebook (aka Meta) has been censoring for years, and they have been scraping your personal data for far, far, FAR longer than that, no matter what ‘privacy’ controls you may have enabled in your profile. None of that protects you from Facebook themselves, and it is in the TOS.

      A better question is, why in the holy heck is anyone still using Facebook in 2024? Really. I deleted my profile in 2015. And if you want to permanently delete your profile, rather than simply temporarily disabling it, you are going to have to do this:

      https://deletefacebook.com

      https://www.facebook.com/login.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhelp%2Fdelete_account%3Fshow_form%3Ddelete_account

      And really, you have to leave it *completely* dormant for the entire time, or they will, against your will, sign you right back in as though nothing ever happened.

    4. Maybe it is spam. How would you know. Gigi and George are computer generated spam.

  4. This is nothing but the release of information related to a month’s old case. Glad Chutkin believes an ex president who tried to overthrow a presidential election should be held to at least a sliver of accountability before the next presidential election. Treason is treason after all and I’m glad Chutkin isn’t aligned with those trying to squash the relevant information as you clearly are, Turls.

    1. What a stupid comment. How sad and pathetic your life must be, how will you ever survive when Trump is elected? No God, no family, no children, no real friends…how sad, I will pray for you.

      1. Glad you can type with one hand while fisting yourself with the other while reveling in your idolatry you diesel powered f#$k widget.

        1. Hey, remember when you posted I should take my own life and do you a favor? What a pathetic thing to say, no God, no family, no life, just you and your TDS. I will pray for you! What is fisting and what in the world is a diesel powered f#%k widget?

          1. Wasn’t me that posted that in particular, although it’s probably what you’ll feel like doing in november. Probably a good idea to post the suicide hotline in here. Also good for you to seek out some feminine opinion on how the election will turn out rather than just listen to a convicted felon that wants to knock 45 million people off their health insurance, put in place a national abortion ban, plunder the government for his own personal gain and let Russia blitzkrieg through Europe since trump licks Putin’s ass.

    2. All you say here is not the job of a judge. These are only accusation and until he is convicted, any statement about treason on the side of Trump and his efforts to overgrow the government are premature and unproven. Publishing one-sided evidence is also a no-go for the judge who through her actions demonstrates that she is unfit for her position and should be impeached.

  5. Trump’s lawyers should file a one-sentence opposition “We oppose this for the reasons stated in our objection to the public release of the prosecution brief, which this Court completely ignored and we expect it will again.”

    1. They were supposed to explain precisely why their objection is valid. They did not do that. They chose to whine and complain about how unfair it is for Trump. Twice, they have done that. Turley knows Trump’s lawyers did not do what the court required. He doesn’t want to say it out loud because his MAGA readers, who are too dense to understand how courts work, will turn on him like rabid dogs. It’s better to appease them and give them “hope” by giving them a false narrative.

      1. By George, another piece of BS garbage and the fatal disease of TDS and insulting his supporters. By the way, this MAGA supporter/reader does understand how the court system is “supposed” to work. The entire point is that the court system has been used as lawfare against Trump in any way possible to keep him from running for POTUS. Thus, the futility of trying to obtain justice via the “court system” in the selected jurisdictions where the legal actions have been filed and in some instances, adjudicated in favor of the prosecution’s case that was completely political in nature, we know that trying to obtain justice is a total waste of time for the moment. The BS in Manhattan in both cases was specifically chosen due to the deep blue make-up of the residents of the borough. One case used some of the worst and twisted forms of any logic in order to shoestring an accounting posting error, using a thief who stole several hundred thousand from Trump, and a campaign promise to “get Trump”. The other case was brought after the Manhattan district changed the statute of limitations for a supposed rape that took place over 30 years ago, in a crowded high end department store, no witnesses who could testify, and even her memory of the “incident” was foggy and full of speculation from an imagination using an episode of a television series, Law and Order SVU as the basis of the lawfare lawsuit. Both will be overturned and when they are, will “George” offer an apology for being a……… – never mind, the sensible posters know who you are.

        1. So, you just said that you also don’t understand how the court system works. Our judicial system IS based on an adversarial relationship with the defendant. Prosecutors are supposed to argue any way they can that you are guilty of the charges. That’s why they are called ‘defendants.’ In the judicial system, the prosecutor is always your adversary. The judge is the only neutral entity.

        2. bart 44: you say there’s something dreamed up by MAGA media as “lawfare” used against Trump “to keep him from running for POTUS”? He IS running for POTUS. So, are you saying that Trump is entitled to: 1. falsify business records to cover up payments to a porn actress and nude model as “attorney fees” to prevent voters from knowing about his extra-marital wrongful conduct while pandering to Evangelicals?; 2. lie about the value of collateral on loan applications and financial statements to an extent found by the sitting judge to be “shocking to conscience”? This includes tripling the size of his apartment from less than 11,000 sq ft to 33,000 sq ft, to qualify to borrow more money and on better terms than if he hadn’t lied. 3. steal classified documents, store them in unsecure locations, lie about returning all of them, move them around to prevent his lawyer from returning them, lie about mentally “declassifying” them and lie about Joe Biden sending the FBI with a search warrant to kill him, even though his attorneys were told they were coming and he wasn’t home? 4. lying, even before Election Day that the election would be “stolen” because he was behind in the polls, then going on “Stop the Steal” tours to spread the lie that his “victory” was “stolen by election fraud”, exhorting his fans to come to Washington–promising “it will be wild”, telling them he hoped Mike Pence “would do the right thing”–which was refuse certified vote results (which he had no authority to do), and telling fans “if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country any more”. Then, sitting by for over 3 hours while his fans hunted for Pence with a noose, shouting “Hang Mike Pence”, after they stormed the Capitol, broke into offices, stole items and did millions of dollars of damage while he refused the requests of family members and staff to call off the violence. All of this is apparently OK with you–did I get that right?

          Then, there’s the civil case of E. Jean Carroll–Trump was represented by counsel and the jury chose to believe Ms. Carroll. She is not the only woman who has accused Trump of sexual assault, either.

          So, according to you, bart 44–bringing Trump to justice over these incidents could only be wrongful use of the criminal and civil justice systems–or the MAGA-cointed word “lawfare”. Did you consider that the only way that could be an abuse of the legal system would be if Trump didn’t do the things alleged? We KNOW he DID steal classified documents and lied about them stored them where anyone could get into them, we KNOW he DID falsify business records, we KNOW he lied about losing in 2020 and sent the mob to the Capitol believing his lie, we KNOW that the loan documents contained lies, despite being sworn to as accurate, and we all saw what happened on January 6. Most Americans are not OK with these crimes.

          1. He did not falsify biz records since he paid out of his own pocket and his office labeled it lawyers fees since they were paying an invoice from his lawyer. Legal nda and not required as an election contribution

            He did not lie about the value of his collateral as the lender did their own research and gave the loan, which was paid back. There can’t be fraud if there is no party claiming fraudulent activity. This was a business transaction between 2 sophisticated entitities

            Omg, a whole 3 hours elapsed on Jan. 6, while ignoring democrats watching riots in multiple cities that occurred over multiple days, causing far more death and damage

            Try this- go into a major department store mid day and scream help, rape, and then try and claim no one showed up to help

            If he stole classified docs, why are they charging him with stealing.

            You are the type of fool or claims Fox is misinformation while spouting bs talking points

      2. “Turley knows Trump’s lawyers…”

        You mean trump still has lawyers working for him that have not been disbarred? How many is it now? 6? I lost count

  6. The prejudice against Trump by the courts is so obvious as to be laughable. The appeals court reduced his exorbitant bond from half a million dollars to 175 million. Get the right judge and a prosecutor who was part of a previous Democratic administration, have a trial in a place where ninety five percent of the jury pool votes Democratic and poof you’ve got an open and shut case. The left may love the Machiavellian thumb on the scale of justice but the American people aren’t buying it. You can see it now. Pulling their hair out maniacally screaming why won’t they believe me! Why won’t they believe me! All the sound emanating from the cuckoo’s nest.

  7. Again, there goes Turley framing content to suit his base Trump followers. Any violations of the law by Trump is perceived as persecution by Turley and the right-wing. And any persecution of Trump is the ultimate vindication of their beliefs in their preconditioned view that Trump is above the law. And Turley has made it very clear, Hillary and Hunter should go to jail but someone who tried to overthrow an election, well then, the law is just picking on Trump.

    1. Fishy
      As usual you are not following the truth. The J6 committee is being exposed for perjury, falsifying documents, destroying evidence all led by the Pelosi subversion being exposed full face. Lies are like Onions (I’ll use that analogy because I am sure you watch Shrek cartoons and relate) they are layered, pull back one layer and you expose the next.

      1. ” The J6 committee is being exposed for perjury…”
        Really? Only in your dreams.
        You are so far down the trump cult you can’t see daylight.
        How many bankruptcies has trump gone through? How many millions did he pay out for his fraudulent trump U?

        Believe what you will. It does not make it fact.

        So many people who formerly worked for trump say he should never be allowed near the White House ever again. Those viewpoints mean nothing to you?

        1. So pathetic, no God, no life, no family, no friends. Just you and your TDS. Most legitimate committees destroy their records of testimony. This isn’t about Trump you foolish heathen. I will pray for you though, whatever good it may do.

          1. What’s fisting? What’s a diesel powered f#%k widget? What is the dungeon? What path are you talking about? I’ve gone nowhere…So pathetic, so lost.

    2. This is not hard.
      It does matter a whit if Trump is guilty of anything or not.
      The only thing that matters is the guarantee of a fair trial to which every American, even those named Trump are entitled.
      Once you cross this Rubican there is no limiting principle, trials will be parceled out by prosecutors and judges, with the law honored in the breach.
      In other words no longer a country of laws, but of men.
      This of course will backfire secularly on the left, who will be left screaming “Yes, but Trump”

      There are two phases for each period in history. The first phase is called ‘What Can It Hurt?’ and the second is called ‘How Were We to Know?’
      ~Mark Shea

  8. And the Supreme Court is complicit and part and parcel of this corrupt, partial, and political act.

    1. What? Another stupid comment? Each one topping the next! How sad and pathetic your life must be.

  9. The left wonders why this obvious lawfare is having no effect on the election polling. It’s simple. After the Russia Hoax, the Hunter’s laptop isn’t real hoax and the if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor hoax the American people have come to recognize that what we have here is just more chicanery from the left. All that this release of evidence in an ongoing case will do will be to cement the support of the true believers on the left. Try as they might they will convince no one who has seen what they have been doing to hold onto power at all cost with their multiple conspiracy theories. It’s really just more evidence that they will stoop to any level to further their own career. Vultures picking over dry bones comes to mind.

    1. Once again, Jack Smith ignores the policies written in the DOJ Manual. He and the judge are basically having a trial on paper, presenting so-called “evidence” on open filings and arguing his case on paper. It’s obviously a political move on the part of Smith AND the Judge, almost to the point of collusion. By releasing more of the information, if this went to trial, Judge Chutkan is allowing further poisoning of the already biased jury pool. There was no chance of Trump getting a fair trial too begin with. With these abuses of the Judicial system, Trump should be able to not only appeal, but get a new judge. He should be able to get a change of venue for all the reasons stated above, in addition to the blatant political & election interference by both the judge & Smith.

      2. “Once again, Jack Smith ignores the policies written in the DOJ Manual.”

        How about the SC finding immunity for a President in the Constitution? It’s not there, nada, zip.
        And this coming from a SC that says they only rule on what the Constitution says.
        Please show me where in the Constitution there is an immunity for “official” acts of a president?

        And here you are complaining about a policy of the justice department.

    2. The Socialist Media AI is programmed for truth, justice, and the Anti-American way. It can leap over a censor with a single keystroke, is more powerful than a laptop, and disguised as an innocent computer program for a typical 3rd grade classroom, in its never ending quest for elimination of all of the evil Great Satan Western Civilization, having now even altered the “American Way”, from it’s Supersteel motto. (No more stinking American anthology), it’s now a globalist motto that can be enjoyed by all mankind who seek true equity where everyone wins a participation prize and absolutely no one is the winner – “for a better tomorrow.”

      https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/new-superman-slogan-motto-1235033234/

      Approved by 99% of all fact checkers everywhere.

  11. * You people act like there’s an election. There isn’t. If you really don’t know by now dems stuff ballot boxes then you’re just stupid.

    As for the lgbtq and the rest you’ve found the reason for genocide! Will it be throw all Christians off the rooftops or throw all lgbtq off the rooftops? There’s not a single case of AIDS or HIV in Iran and soon to be no Jewish people anywhere at all.

    Congrats!

    1. It’s the dog eat dog competition for resources. Who’s guarding the food bowl fraud election.

      Trump is waving a Bible. He’s not winning not unless the pubs stuff the boxes , too, in the land of unending crime.

  12. Turley is a lawyer; indeed, he understands that the justice system is always adversarial. That’s why we have prosecutors and defenders. Turley conveniently did not mention that Judge Chutkan gave Trump’s lawyers plenty of opportunities to object to Jack Smith’s motions. So what did Trump’s lawyers do? They wasted those opportunities to object and chose to whine and complain about how unfair Jack Smith is.

    In the latest motion to release the additional evidence, a 1500-page unredacted index, Chutkan gave Trump’s lawyers seven days to object. They are not going to because Trump has literally run out of excuses. He’s already passed two opportunities to object, and Judge Chutkan has noted this. Any “emergency” motions are not going to work.

    This may be ‘irregular’ according to Turley, but he knows it’s still allowed, and it’s how the system works. Just because it’s irregular does not mean it’s wrong. It means, Jack Smith is being really smart about it, and he’s doing exactly what the Supreme Court requires, and Judge Chutkan is doing exactly what the Supreme Court requires. Turley, of course, will leave that out.

    2. Hey George, were you in favor of Comey reopening the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email investigation just before an election. The left screamed that it was election interference. I noticed that you left that out.

      1. Thinkitthrough, I’m sure you were. Trump was okay with that, too. There is a difference, though. Comey opened an investigation days before the election. Smith’s investigation was done a year before the election. Releasing this information is not against DOJ policy. This is an ongoing court proceeding that Trump has delayed many times. It’s Trump’s fault for letting things get where they are. Nothing Jack Smith has done is wrong or against policy. Judge Chutkan has given plenty of warning that she will not delay or treat Trump differently than any other defendant. The election has no consequences for her, and she has absolute control over the schedule.

    3. Smith is trying to run around SCOTUS all he did was some linguistic gymnastics in effort to make it look like he is complying with SCOTUS. Smith isn’t smart as much as he is devious and deceptive. He’s trying to circumvent Trump’s right to appeal, just as he’s violated his due process rights. This case is so tainted by Smith and Judge Chutkan, it should be thrown out. I believe Smith is not only trying to beat the clock, not only on the election, but because unedited Capital security videos are making their way into the public square, and things may not be as the J6 Committee manipulated them to be.

      1. Smith is doing exactly what SCOTUS wants, and so is Judge Chutkan. Turley knows this but does not want his MAGA readers to get upset that Smith is doing the intelligent thing while adhering to SCOTUS’s requirements. All Turley has been able to muster is that this is…irregular. It’s not wrong or illegal, just irregular. He’s not saying Smith or Chutkan are wrong, and that’s a clue Turley hopes his MAGA readers don’t end up figuring it out.

  13. People will be voting based on inflation, open borders, crime, and forever wars. This kind of thing will have no effect.

    1. OldManFromKS,
      It has been said, come election day, the voter standing in the both will cast their vote with their pocket book in mind.
      After looking at the recent Bidenflation report, i.e. inflation went up, any sane, normal person would not be voting for Harris. After all, she said she would not have changed anything Biden did.

      1. True, she did confess guilt for all of Biden’s failures. She basically said “you’ll get 4 more years of this,” which even her running mate is on record as saying we can’t afford.

    2. Inflation? You do know inflation is now where it’s supposed to be. Border crossings are down. The economy is still doing good. Jobs increased in the last quarter. Trump still has not made any sense during his campaign. It won’t be long before we find out who ultimately wins. Trump will off course try to overturn results if he does not win.

      1. When good things happen to America under anyone but Trump, it makes his followers angry. They hate America with a passion.

  14. Just when I am trying to control my disgust at the Democrats (and the Press), they start spreading new lies/misinformation/disinformation and attacks. When Dems are in power we truly are my favorite new word: kakistocracy. Maybe it should be Kamalakakistocracy

  16. This is why the Dems are in full panic mode. Soon it will change to the same malaise as before the Biden dismissal. And thats when the numbers will really tank.

    In every state that matters, Trump outperformed his pre-election poll numbers by 3% to 7.5% in 2020 (same as 2016), and it was the worst in the “blue wall” states.

    So, not only does Trump currently lead in 4 of the 5, he will win them easily, and the Dems know it.

    State Lead 2020 Pre 2020 Result

    Pennsylvania Trump +0.4 Biden +7.1 Biden +1.2

    Wisconsin Harris +0.3 Biden +6.1 Biden +0.7

    Michigan Trump +0.9 Biden +6.7 Biden +2.8

    Arizona Trump +0.5 Biden +2.7 Biden +0.3

    Nevada Trump +0.2 Biden +6.0 Biden +2.4

    1. * The only people worried are the bureaucrats who’ll be replaced if Trump wins. He won’t. People underestimate the fraud expertise and polish of the Harris supporters.

      As in evolution, adapt. You’ll adapt to a new 3rd world. Famous French chef, Jaques Pepin has adapted. He now cooks hog fat with beans while barefoot on a sawdust floor mixing the beans with his hands.

      Adapt

  17. This IS getting old. And, please, quit using that photo of Jack. He looks like he found a fly in his soup.

  18. Although today’s lawfare is conducted when the people still have the ability to rebel via the voting process, there is a definite need to assure that the process is verifiable and free of fraud.

  19. This is getting so old, and it is so transparent, ugly, and pitiful – these people are children. Might help if the DNC had anything to offer other than, ‘We are your superiors and yet you will not do what we tell you to, so you must be punished or made an example of!’. Pfft.

    At this point, no one is changing their mind, and we can very clearly see the modern left’s idiocy/madness. Pathetic.

  20. Why would the American people want to know how Trump tried to illegally stay in power during an election when he’s running for election?

    1. Te American people already know what happened, and it does not matter.

      So desparate.

      Are you going to curl up into a ball Nov 6th?

          2. Trump can not win, he is ineligible for office. The most likely scenario is Vance becomes president.

        2. That makes zero sense. Even if your assertation that Trump is ineligible is true (it’s obviously not), a judge allowing prejudicial evidence not subject to cross examination into the public does nothing to support your wrong assertion.
          What it does is destroy whatever public confidence remains that judges, and the judicial system, are impartial and fair.

          1. “…a judge allowing prejudicial evidence not subject to cross examination…”

            You don’t understand how it works. This is not a trial. This is merely a submission of the evidence in order to ascertain whether or not it meets the standard the Supreme Court set a few months ago. The Supreme Court ordered the federal court to go through this process before going to trial. The prosecution submitted a brief with the evidence they want to submit in the trial. And the defense is now preparing their brief to reply to prosecution. There’s nothing nefarious going on here. Some of the prosecutions evidence may not meet that standard and the judge will bar it. The question is why are you so bothered by facts being discussed? Why do you want the facts hidden?

            1. 1/100 of the facts of the case are quite bad for Trump. All of them together are absolutely damning for Trump. MAGAs exist in a world without the concept of objective facts, and they will self-implode if facts are acknowledged.

              1. Like these facts,
                Bombshell transcripts: Trump urged use of troops to protect Capitol on Jan. 6 , but was rebuffed
                Key lawmaker says interviews prove Pentagon wrongly allowed optics to overwhelm security concerns in lead-up to fateful day. The Pentagon’s top brass did not comply with Trump’s orders because of political concerns and “optics.”
                Oh, no, Sammy! Your narrative has failed!!
                https://justthenews.com/accountability/watchdogs/bombshell-transcripts-trump-urged-use-troops-protect-capitol-jan-6-was?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=offthepress&utm_campaign=home

      2. Typical continuation of the Lawfare assault. I’ve been telling everyone I know to vote early. They’ve tried to assassinate Trump twice – that we know of – and now have arrested a guy who planned on bombing a polling place. I’d been predicting that this last would be the “last resort” to depress red voter turnout for some time. Like I keep saying, “conspiracy theorist” now means “first with the correct answer “.

    2. RCP now has the no toss ups count at Trump 302 to 236.

      This is going to be a wipeout. Down ballot type numbers.

      Ouch.

    3. @Anonymous

      If that had actually happened, they would, but given that was always a now very verifiable lie and is another DNC myth (Zeus himself is going, OMG, at the modern dems’ myth building), and everyone knows it, and by now, it is very ironically because they have hammered on it so hard, for so long, and prompted people to do their own research – 🤷🏻‍♂️. Boy is your patron’s money being wasted. I could give a toss what comes out of the modern DOJ:

      NOT. VOTING. DEM. FOR. ANYTHING. EVER. AGAIN. Not in 2024, not ever.

      And I am not a ‘conservative’. Again very ironically the dems seem to be the ones behind the times and clinging to a very stale status quo that is like milk sitting in the sun (but only as that naturally benefits them). We are done with this. if any sensible liberal would like to be a part of the conversation, they are going to have to admit they have been largely asleep in their privilege for the past 30 years and create another party.

      And deflective invective (it rhymes) will not work on the people that would like to see whatever the heck the DNC has become burned and forgotten except for as an object lesson of how you do not relate to other human beings.

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