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Courtroom squeeze
Confidence 4/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
The Trump Organization was back in New York court on September 20, 2021, and the day did not offer the kind of calm corporate housekeeping people usually want when they are under criminal scrutiny. Defense lawyers for Allen Weisselberg told the judge that more indictments were expected in the Manhattan tax case tied to the Trump company. That is not a sentence that inspires confidence in the whole ‘nothing to see here, just normal business’ defense. The hearing also pushed the case toward a longer runway, with the judge anticipating a trial in late summer 2022.
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Subpoena pressure
Confidence 3/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
By September 20, 2021, the January 6 investigation was clearly moving from broad questions to actual pressure on Trump’s closest aides and allies. The House select committee had already been organizing its first major enforcement steps, and the circle around Donald Trump was bracing for subpoenas and document demands. That is bad news for any former president who wants the story to stay fuzzy, because witness interviews and records requests tend to turn political fog into sworn testimony. The result was a fresh reminder that Trump’s post-election conduct was not fading into history; it was being converted into evidence.
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