Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week’s events begins tonight at 7:00pm PDT. Hope to see you then!
AdLib3 hours ago
I am early….now, there is something to mark in your diaries….
MurphTheSurf3
2 hours ago
Heh!
AdLib2 hours ago
First time for everything though I think you’ve been first before.
AdLib2 hours ago
Hi Ad
MurphTheSurf3
2 hours ago
Hey TW!
AdLib2 hours ago
TW….good to be with you.
MurphTheSurf3
2 hours ago
Hi CL!
AdLib2 hours ago
He everyone!
choicelady
2 hours ago
So much has happened this week!
AdLib2 hours ago
Murph – this IS a momentous event. Great to see you.
choicelady
2 hours ago
Good Evening My Lady! Slight bow follows.
MurphTheSurf3
2 hours ago
Hey everyone, well it’ another Friday and not so good day for Frump and I love it.
twilson117
2 hours ago
This has been hard on the poor Orange Man, hasn’t it?
choicelady
2 hours ago
TW – Every bad day for Trump is a good day.
AdLib2 hours ago
What do you all see as the worst of the “Bad News” for Trump…..
MurphTheSurf3
2 hours ago
Ad, if we were having a drinking contest for everytime Trump had a bad day we never be sober.
twilson117
2 hours ago
Poor little monster, he tried so hard to stop the Bragg case and it’s all being shot down. His trial/jury selection starts in 10 days!
AdLib2 hours ago
Hi TW! Hope you got my update that my whole trip east went flooey. So I won’t be able to see you after all. Maybe next year when we plan to come just to visit.
choicelady
2 hours ago
TW – At least we’d become drunkards for a good cause.
AdLib2 hours ago
TW – I shudder at the alcohol bill from Trump Drinking Game! Not to mention the state of our livers.
choicelady
2 hours ago
Ad have the TV on in the background and one of his lawyers didn’t sign on to a brief he filed. Name Susan, didn’t get last name but Andrew seems to think that may not be good for Trump.
twilson117
2 hours ago
Did anyone see he’s calling for drug testing before any debate? Whoops. He did NOT think that through…
choicelady
2 hours ago
TW – I can’t remember her last name, but she is an actual criminal trial attorney w a good rep. If she’s out, he’s in trouble.
choicelady
2 hours ago
CL I did, sorry I did get back got caught with some writing, but understand completely perhaps next time when you’re out this way
twilson117
2 hours ago
I want to be out there. It would be great to see you, but time just doesn’t work since Greg’s schedule got changed.
choicelady
2 hours ago
CL don’t know if she is out, she didn’t sign on to brief but agree every time I see her she never seems to look very happy with what Trump is doing, There has to be a breaking point for at some time I would think.
twilson117
2 hours ago
Murph – Good question. My choice is that Trump has had all his delay tactics shot down in the Bragg case and it is about as certain as things can be that he will be the first ex-president tried for being a criminal in just a week and a half. Many Repub voters have said they wouldn’t vote for Trump if he was convicted of a crime, that looks likely and the drip-drip-drip of all that Trump did in committing crimes will fill the media (aside from Fox News). So indie voters and non-MAGA Repubs will be further pushed away from him too. And he will receive a criminal sentence if found guilty, hopefully prison time.
AdLib2 hours ago
TW- I think she can’t tolerate his press to do illegal things.
choicelady
2 hours ago
Ad…thanks for the thoughtful narrative.
MurphTheSurf3
2 hours ago
CL if that’s the case why is she still there?
twilson117
2 hours ago
TW – That’s hilarious! Trump’s lawyer didn’t sign a brief and his bonding company may not even have enough money to cover the bond…which sounds like committing a fraud on the court over a bond about Trump committing fraud! What happens then?
AdLib2 hours ago
TW – there are lots of reasons you can dump a client such as non payment, but she’s in difficulty asserting he’s pushing for illegal things. There’s confidentiality etc. She tried to thread the needle w him. She got stabbed.
choicelady
2 hours ago
CL – Maybe Trump thinks that whoever has the most drugs in his system wins?
AdLib2 hours ago
CL I understand
twilson117
2 hours ago
Ad – wouldn’t surprise me. He has rather weird standards.
choicelady
an hour ago
TW – To anyone who knows the law, I think Trump looks too guilty not to convict. He’s lost or had to settle EVERY case against him so he has the track record of a dumb criminal. Maybe that lawyer doesn’t want this historic first conviction of an ex-president staining her rep for the rest of American history.
AdLiban hour ago
Murph – Thanks for your thanks!
AdLiban hour ago
Ad – if the bonding company isn’t coughing up backing for the face amount ESPECIALLY after it was reduced, then he MAY have that revoked, the original amount restored. AND he could be charged with criminal fraud.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL So she is under contract/retainer so unless Trump does something that so outrageous she has to stay is that it?
twilson117
an hour ago
Ad – I don’t get why Susan Whoever took the case in the first place. She had nothing to gain from it.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL – That’s what I would think, the appeals court that made this questionable decision to reduce his bond will be left with egg on their faces and it at least seems to me that they shouldn’t bend over backwards again to let him commit another bonding fraud on the court.
AdLiban hour ago
TW – he has to overtly commit an act or express a desire that is so outlandish she can reveal it. But she knows she skirting ethics v proof of what he says. She made a huge error here.
choicelady
an hour ago
Ad yes that is funny James is looking into them to see exactly that, which I would guess if they don’t Trump might be back where he started. Wouldn’t you think?
twilson117
an hour ago
Really? My understanding is that any lawyer can bail on any client but when they are in the midst of a criminal trial, I think the judge has to permit it.
AdLiban hour ago
CL can’t she just leave and say it’s for personal reasons?
twilson117
an hour ago
Ad – I think the court knew he couldn’t do it and set him up AND looked like they did him a favor. It’s actually important to uphold the legitimacy of what comes next. “We gave you beneficial options and you blew those.” I think it’s masterful.
choicelady
an hour ago
TW – no. The two reasons you can dump someone IN trial are NON payment and illegal actions. That’s about it. Well, you can be hospitalized or die, but that seems excessive.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL – I don’t know, I don’t see any reason why they had to slash the size of his bond, even if they thought it would corner him into a bogus bond stunt. How could they have known that and more importantly, why would they need to go through this whole situation when they are the appeals court and don’t have to worry about being appealed?
AdLiban hour ago
CL yeah dying would be sort of tough,
twilson117
an hour ago
I’m not saying reducing the bond requirement was a set up, but it WAS a fully knowledgeable move that, with his track record, had the high probability of his rat f**king. “Give him enough rope…” sort of thing.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL – But technically, Trump is not at the trial phase yet. Why couldn’t an attorney leave a client before the trial starts?
AdLiban hour ago