Edition · April 2, 2022
The Daily Fuckup — April 2, 2022
1 verified report published on April 2, 2022.
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Closing take
The headline on April 2 was less fireworks than trajectory: Trump was digging in, the investigators were pressing harder, and the court calendar was moving toward consequences. That is often how his worst messes begin — not with a single exploding moment, but with a refusal that makes the eventual blowback inevitable.
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Legal defiance
Confidence 5/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
By April 2, 2022, Donald Trump had already blown past an extended March 31 deadline to turn over documents in New York’s civil fraud investigation, after an earlier March 3 deadline was pushed back.
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