Edition · October 24, 2022

The Daily Fuckup — October 24, 2022

1 verified report published on October 24, 2022.

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 through-line here is simple: by late October 2022, Trump was no longer just fending off criticism. He was living inside a rolling legal cloud that kept producing fresh paper cuts, public embarrassment, and the sort of reputational damage that doesn’t land with one dramatic bang but still bleeds a campaign dry.

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Jury Selection Opens In Trump Organization Criminal Case

★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5 Major mess

Jury selection began in Manhattan on Oct. 24, 2022 in the Trump Organization criminal case, which included charges tied to a compensation-and-tax scheme as well as grand larceny and falsifying business records counts against company entities and Allen Weisselberg. Donald Trump was not a defendant, but the case still put his family business under a fresh round of public scrutiny.

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