Edition · December 13, 2023
The Daily Fuckup — December 13, 2023
2 verified reports published on December 13, 2023.
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
Trump spent the day buying time in one case and losing ground in another. That is not exactly the profile of a man cruising toward legal vindication. If 2023 had a theme for him, it was that nearly every road to November ran through a courthouse, and the courthouse kept asking for receipts.
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Immunity rejected
Confidence 5/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
A federal appeals panel shut down Donald Trump’s attempt to use presidential immunity to block liability in the E. Jean Carroll defamation fight. The ruling kept alive a major legal and financial threat tied to his 2019 attacks on Carroll and undercut the broader Trump strategy of arguing that nearly anything he said while in office should be untouchable. It was a bad day for a campaign already trying to turn courtroom delay into a political asset.
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Trial paused
Confidence 5/5
★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5
Major mess
Judge Tanya Chutkan paused the federal election-subversion case on Dec. 13, 2023, while Donald Trump’s immunity appeal moved forward. The case had been scheduled for trial on March 4, 2024, and the order put that timetable on hold.
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