A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
2 verified reports published on December 12, 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.
The through line here is simple: Trump’s attempts to outrun accountability kept colliding with judges, prosecutors, and the public record. On December 12, 2022, that collision looked especially expensive.
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A federal judge on Dec. 12, 2022, dismissed Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago lawsuit for lack of jurisdiction, following an earlier appellate ruling that ended the special-master review of seized records.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team subpoenaed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for records tied to Donald Trump’s 2020-election effort. The subpoena was dated December 9, 2022 and received by Raffensperger’s office on December 12, when the story was reported.