Mar-a-Lago raided
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@George-K said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
One of the serious attorneys on his team demanded and received a $3MM retainer.
Wouldn't you?
Absolutely. The amount is impressive. That’s a lot of legal services, even at these guy’s rates. Obviously he’s baked in an indictment and trial.
@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
@George-K said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
One of the serious attorneys on his team demanded and received a $3MM retainer.
Wouldn't you?
Absolutely. The amount is impressive. That’s a lot of legal services, even at these guy’s rates. Obviously he’s baked in an indictment and trial.
For a sense of perspective, though, the Johnny Depp v Amber Heard defamation trial which lasted 6 weeks, and discovery took years, cost between $6 and $8 million.
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@Axtremus said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
Whatever. It’s not Trump’s money, some donors paid for it through some PAC.
Let me know where to send the check.
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@Axtremus said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
Whatever. It’s not Trump’s money, some donors paid for it through some PAC.
Let me know where to send the check.
@Jolly said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
@Axtremus said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
Whatever. It’s not Trump’s money, some donors paid for it through some PAC.
Let me know where to send the check.
It’s the “Save America PAC” :
https://secure.winred.com/save-america-joint-fundraising-committee/s-america-fund/
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Special Master wants proof that Trump declassified the documents in question.
Trump attorneys had told the judge in a letter Monday night they didn't want to disclose that information yet because it could force them to prematurely "disclose a defense to the merits of any subsequent indictment. "Dearie (the SM) said, "You can't have your cake and eat it too."
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/20/politics/trump-save-america-pac-legal-payments-surge/index.html
Spending by Donald Trump's Save America PAC surged in August to more than $6.3 million -- its highest monthly total of the year -- as the former President waged court battles over the FBI's search of his waterfront Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
More than $3.8 million of that money -- or more than $6 out of $10 spent by Trump's leadership PAC last month -- went to legal fees, according to filings Tuesday night with the Federal Election Commission. The largest legal expense was a single payment of $3 million to the trust account of a West Palm Beach, Florida, law firm.
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@jon-nyc said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
What an idiot. Why didn’t he just turn over the documents when asked? Or even subpoenaed?
Yes, I agree. I am trying to think reasonably, and having trouble coming up with a reason why he would not do it, other than him having a "god complex" and thinks he is above everybody else.
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The story! The story!
He's doing the same thing he did in 2015. He knew he was not a big known, so he made his own publicity, threw his stunts to capture press attention. He didn't give a crap about John McCain, but you couldn't put a price on the outrage factor when he ridiculed his POW history. He did that enough until he had his audience, and then he milked it with messages they wanted to hear.
He isn't a master salesman for nothing.
Has anyone in the media speculated (or showed that they knew) why Trump took the documents in the first place?
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The story! The story!
He's doing the same thing he did in 2015. He knew he was not a big known, so he made his own publicity, threw his stunts to capture press attention. He didn't give a crap about John McCain, but you couldn't put a price on the outrage factor when he ridiculed his POW history. He did that enough until he had his audience, and then he milked it with messages they wanted to hear.
He isn't a master salesman for nothing.
Has anyone in the media speculated (or showed that they knew) why Trump took the documents in the first place?
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@Catseye3 said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
I bet somebody somewhere knows.
I had dinner last night with a friend who is…well connected at DOJ. Like really well connected. First thing he said was joking-serious…don’t ask him about what he knows about mar-a-lago.
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@Catseye3 said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
I bet somebody somewhere knows.
I had dinner last night with a friend who is…well connected at DOJ. Like really well connected. First thing he said was joking-serious…don’t ask him about what he knows about mar-a-lago.
@89th said in Mar-a-Lago raided:
don’t ask him about what he knows about mar-a-lago.
You shouldn't ask me what I know, either.
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You know you're in a cult, when you don't care that your nation's justice system has been perverted.
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You know you're in a cult, when you don't care that your nation's justice system has been perverted.
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It’s now in Jedi mind trick territory!
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Speaking on Fox News’ “Hannity,” Trump declined to point to specific evidence of that declassification. But, in a pre-recorded interview, he told host Sean Hannity that evidence was not needed."There doesn't have to be a process, as I understand it," Trump said. "You're the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying it's declassified, even by thinking about it."
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