Trump World’s March 1, 2023 Screwups

Edition · March 1, 2023

Trump World’s March 1, 2023 Screwups

A backfill edition for March 1, 2023, focused on the most consequential Trump-world self-inflicted wounds and legal trouble that landed that day.

March 1, 2023 was not a banner day for the Trump universe. The biggest hit was legal: the Justice Department told a federal appeals court that Trump can be sued over Jan. 6 injuries, undercutting his effort to wall himself off from civil accountability. Separate Trump-world headaches were still working through the system, but this date’s clearest through-line was simple: the former president’s attempt to turn January 6 into just another immunity argument kept running into the same wall of evidence and consequences. This edition keeps the focus on what materially moved on that day, not on the broader swamp of Trump-era chaos.

Closing take

The common Trump-world pattern showed up again: deny, delay, lawyer up, and hope the calendar gets tired before the facts do. On March 1, 2023, that strategy took another visible hit.

Ranked by how bad the fuckup was

5 stars means maximum fallout. 1 star means a smaller self-own.

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Justice Department knocks down Trump’s immunity shield in Jan. 6 civil suits

Immunity rejected Confidence 4/5

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

The Justice Department told a federal appeals court that Donald Trump can be sued by Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over Jan. 6 injuries. That is a direct setback for Trump’s effort to make his rally speech function like a legal force field. The filing does not decide the case, but it makes plain that federal lawyers are not buying the idea that his public conduct around the attack should be untouchable.

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