Trump would prefer the court to take up the case after the DC circuit rules – but he can’t oppose it and then make the same request later on

“ The problem for Trump is that his hands are tied. The former president would prefer the court to take up the case after the DC circuit rules because he’s eager to delay his impending trial as much as possible. But he can’t oppose the prosecutors’ request now and then make the same request in several months’ time.”

“And at the heart of the Trump legal team’s filing was the extraordinary contention that Trump both was entitled to absolute presidential immunity and that the immunity applied whether or not Trump intended to engage in the conduct described in the indictment.“

  • Funderpants
    31•1 year ago

    By Spocks Ears, how can any self-respecting person read this kind of thing and think to themselves, ‘yes, this is my guy’.

    I want to say this is fake, and I’ve been fooled, but after years of this stuff I’m fairly certain it’s the real deal.

    • Billiam
      13•1 year ago

      how can any self-respecting person read this kind of thing and think to themselves, ‘yes, this is my guy’.

      My man, you already listed three reasons right there:

      1. “self-respecting” (they’re not)
      2. “read” (they don’t)
      3. “think” (they can’t)
    • spaceghoti
      10•1 year ago

      Because they perceive it as trolling liberals, and they love him for it. He doesn’t have to be coherent as long as he offends the right people.

    • @vividspecter@lemm.ee
      7•1 year ago

      All of the unnecessary capitalisation makes him look like a functionally illiterate elderly person who just discovered the internet. It’s like I’m reading a “forwards from grandma” style email from the 2000s.

    • @Telorand@reddthat.com
      5•1 year ago

      Unrelated, but I’ve been looking for other explicatives besides “by God.” I’m going to abscond with the spirit of that one.