Edition · October 13, 2021
The Daily Fuckup: October 13, 2021
A backfill edition on the day Trump-world’s January 6 legal shield started looking a lot more like wet cardboard, while the New York fraud case kept tightening around the Trump Organization.
On October 13, 2021, the Trump orbit had a lousy day in court and in the public record. The January 6 committee moved to widen its subpoena net while Steve Bannon stayed in open defiance, and New York’s fraud investigation kept pressing Donald Trump’s business empire with sworn testimony and filings that made the family’s usual bluster look thinner than ever. The result was a clear pattern: Trump-world was not containing the fallout from the 2020 election or the business side of the brand. It was accumulating it.
Closing take
The common thread here is simple: the Trump operation kept betting that delay, denial, and spectacle would outrun the record. On October 13, 2021, the record was winning.
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Fraud pressure
Confidence 5/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
By Oct. 13, 2021, the New York attorney general’s civil fraud inquiry into the Trump Organization was still centered on subpoenas and court orders, with officials pressing the company to turn over documents tied to its financial dealings. The public record at that point did not include Donald Trump’s deposition in the civil case, but it did show a widening fight over compliance and the business records at the heart of the investigation.
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Jan. 6 subpoena enforcement
Confidence 5/5
★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5
Major mess
The House Jan. 6 committee moved on Oct. 13, 2021 to press its subpoena fight, including a subpoena for former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark. Steve Bannon, meanwhile, was already refusing to comply with his own committee subpoena, putting him on a path toward possible contempt proceedings.
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