Edition · December 26, 2021
The Daily Fuckup — December 26, 2021
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Closing take
Christmas may have come and gone, but Trump’s best holiday tradition remained intact: turning ordinary governance into a legal mess, then acting shocked when the mess stayed messy. The problem for him was that the scrutiny in New York was not a random nuisance; it was a long-running investigation with receipts, subpoenas, and now a fresh court fight. If 2021 was supposed to end with the Trump orbit catching a break, December 26 offered the opposite: another reminder that the bill was still coming due.
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Legal retreat
Confidence 5/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
Trump’s decision to sue New York Attorney General Letitia James on the eve of the holiday week was a blunt attempt to halt a sprawling investigation into his business dealings. The filing did not resolve his problems; it advertised them. It also gave the attorney general a fresh opening to argue that Trump was trying to use federal court as a shield against a lawful state investigation.
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