Edition · September 24, 2021

The Daily Fuckup — September 24, 2021

2 verified reports published on September 24, 2021.

This edition is the complete daily record. Reports remain separate so readers can see each claim, source set, correction, and update without one article being mislabeled as the entire edition.

Closing take

The day’s Trump story was not a single explosion. It was a drip of institutional skepticism, the kind that turns into something worse only because the paper trail keeps getting longer. That is how a lot of Trump screwups work now: not with one giant collapse, but with a stack of smaller defeats that make the next one easier.

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Judge sets Sept. 30 compliance report in Trump Organization subpoena case

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

A New York court order unsealed on Sept. 24, 2021 required the Trump Organization to file a Sept. 30 report describing how it preserved, collected and produced hard-copy and electronic records tied to New York attorney general subpoenas. The order enforced compliance in the subpoena proceeding and did not decide the merits of the investigation.

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Trump tries to keep Twitter case in Florida, loses on the venue clause

★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5 Major mess

Donald Trump asked a federal judge in Florida to keep his lawsuit against Twitter from being moved to California, arguing that Twitter’s forum-selection clause should not control because the account activity at issue happened while he was president. The Florida court later granted transfer on October 26, 2021, sending the case to the Northern District of California.

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