Our man, Donald Trump employed a unique defense in the case being leveled against him by the DOJ this weekend at a rally in Arizona. When it comes to all those document he ran off to Mar A Lago with, he told an audience, "They should give me immediately back everything that they've taken from me because it's mine--it's mine."
Debatable syntax aside, I believe that is the same argument used by my three year old granddaughter last week when her older brother took a ball she was playing with. It didn't matter it actually was his soccer ball she was holding--she had it at the moment--so to her, "it's mine."
One of the media's premier Trump haters, Lawrence O'Donnell immediately claimed Trump's complaint was an admission of guilt to a federal crime. While it might be a little more complicated than that, O'Donnell did accurately point out Trump, for some reason, seems to be daring the U.S. Attorney General, Merrick Garland to indict him.
While no one can truly analyze the motives of a lunatic--which Donald Trump is--one can take a guess. It could be he really believes if he is indicted hundreds of thousands, if not millions of his supporters will take to the streets, launching a second American civil war. It is a war they will win and after the traitors are executed he will triumphantly re-enter the White House as the American version of Vladimir Putin. If that is the plan it faces long odds, not to mention if things continue the way they are in Ukraine there might not be a Russian version of Putin for very much longer.
While all that is pure conjecture, we do know Mr. Trump is continuing to claim the FBI, "planted," evidence at Mar A Lago. Which begs the question, if they did is the planted evidence his too? Or, does he get to look at it then send back the stuff that wasn't there to begin with.
El Donald also maintains everyone from George Herbert Walker Bush, to his kid, and Barack Obama kept, "millions," of presidential documents for themselves. He says the unsecured locales they were stored at included a former bowling alley, a shuttered Chinese restaurant, and a deserted car dealership. The National Archives refutes the claim, saying the former presidents were never in personal possession of the papers, that they were all stored at secured facilities manned and administered by Archive personnel.
Meanwhile Trump's lawyers have made an emergency motion to the Supreme Court asking that all documents seized by the DOJ be turned over to the Special Master and them for review. Every legal expert featured on CNN and NSNBC believes the Supremes will deny the motion based on current law. None of them take into account Donald John Trump also believes the Supreme Court is, "mine." He may not have appointed them all, but he considers that court a wholly owned subsidiary of Trump Enterprises. It's the only reason he could possibly have for running to them so quickly.
Most of the legal eagles on cable news believe Garland will indict. It isn't a matter of if, but when. Some say he is simply waiting to get all his ducks in a row on the Mar A Lago documents. Others say he is waiting until the DOJ gets all the January 6th Committee evidence so he can combine both cases.
The AG might want to hurry. Even though Biden's job, in theory, is good for another two plus years if the GOP wins both houses of congress, by the middle of January, 2023 they will be impeaching everybody in the current administration, including him.
It is what happens when you're dealing with slugs who value power over democracy.
sic vita est
10-12-22
I believe Trump's state of mind is in an unhealthy place after several years of his You against Me politics. I think he has talked himself into believing his own nonsense. It's sad, but also very dangerous for our country.
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