The Daily Fuckup — December 24, 2023

Edition · December 24, 2023

The Daily Fuckup — December 24, 2023

1 verified report published on December 24, 2023.

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Closing take

Christmas Eve is a strange time to ask the public to forget the difference between governing and trying to stay in power. But Trump’s legal team keeps acting as if the right filing, in the right court, at the right time, can turn a political disaster into a constitutional principle. So far, the courts look unimpressed.

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Trump’s Christmas Eve immunity dodge tried to turn coup-talk into presidential duty

Immunity dodge Confidence 5/5

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

Trump’s lawyers filed a new round of arguments on December 23–24, 2023, telling a federal appeals court that his pressure campaign around the 2020 election was part of his presidential job. The filing came right after the Supreme Court declined to fast-track the case, leaving Trump to keep pushing delay while insisting the indictment itself threatens the republic. It is a bold argument, but it is also a deeply revealing one: the defense is no longer just about innocence, it is about laundering alleged election subversion through the language of official power.

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