A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
1 verified report published on November 22, 2023.
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For a day that should have been quiet before Thanksgiving, Trump managed to make a civil fraud case look like a security incident. That is not a winning legal strategy, a persuasive speech doctrine, or a great look for a man trying to sell himself as the victim in every room he enters.
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A New York court filing said Trump’s online blasts at the judge and his law clerk were followed by hundreds of serious threats and harassing messages aimed at court staff. The filing strengthened the case for keeping the gag order in place and undercut Trump’s claim that his comments were just harmless political speech.