What stupid shit has Trump done today?

[krtek a houby]

Not a chance. Trump will never do a day inside.

 

[High Voltage]

As I've said many times. The States of America have one of the best legal systems that money can buy

 

[existentialist]

Not a chance. Trump will never do a day inside.

Traditionally, it'd start looking like he was going to do a day inside, then he'd suddenly jump on a plane and reappear in some dubious third-world country. Russia might be a good candidate.

 

[teqniq]

Oops:

Trump call on Jan. 6 to 'walk down to the Capitol’ prompted Secret Service scramble

 

[Calamity1971]

Committee is live on news from capitol hill and is revealing new unseen footage and timelines. That orange fucker has to do time for this.

 

[David Clapson]

Lots of detail on the NYT site https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/09/us/jan-6-hearings They're really gunning for him. Hard to see how he can run in 2024.

But it's America, so he'll probably be able to run and he'll get squillions in donations because of his victimisation at these hearings.

 

[krtek a houby]

Quite something, though.

• Trump supported the assasination of Mike Pence. When he learned supporters were chanting “hang Mike Pence,” Trump said “Maybe our supporters have the right idea,” Liz Cheney revealed on Thursday. “Mike Pence deserves it,” the president added.
• Congressman Scott Perry, a Republican from Pennsylvania, inquired about a pardon after the 6 January riot. Perry played a key role in efforts to overturning the election.
• Ivanka Trump told the committee she was persuaded by Attorney General William Barr’s statement that there was no widespread fraud in the election. “I respect attorney general Barr, so I accepted what he was saying.”
• Jared Kushner dismissed the White House counsel’s threats to resign on 6 January, saying it seemed more like whining to him
• Attorney General William Barr told Trump his claims of a stolen election were “bullshit”.
• A Trump campaign lawyer told Mark Meadows in November that they weren’t finding widespread fraud. “So there’s no there there,” Meadows told the campaign lawyer.

January 6 hearing: hard-hitting evidence puts Trump at heart of assault on democracy – as it happened

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Committee is live on news from capitol hill and is revealing new unseen footage and timelines. That orange fucker has to do time for this.

He won't.

 

[Calamity1971]

He won't.

I know. Let's hope it stops any chance for him in 2024 though.

 

[krtek a houby]

I know. Let's hope it stops any chance for him in 2024 though.

It'll be a badge of honour for him. He'll be surfing on the whole witch hunt/victim wave for years to come.

 

[two sheds]

Hopefully to an ever dwindling fan base. Won't hold my breath though

 

[Yossarian]

I know. Let's hope it stops any chance for him in 2024 though.

By 2024 these hearings will be a distant memory and Republicans in the House will have impeached Biden over Afghanistan or whatever else they come up with - if Trump doesn't win the Republican nomination, it'll be because of the rise of some younger and even more Trumpy rival.

 

[krtek a houby]

Hopefully to an ever dwindling fan base. Won't hold my breath though

Far right is growing in the US and so is the number of domestic terror plots, there's an appetite for what Trump and his pals offer.

It's the next GOP leaders to be wary of. They might be more competent. And more inspirational.

 

[Nylock]

I know. Let's hope it stops any chance for him in 2024 though.

It won't

 

[teqniq]

This looks to be a fairly apposite analysis:

 

[two sheds]

Trump's Behavior on Jan. 6, Explained by Expert on Fascism

"If you're having a coup and summoned everybody and you expect to be anointed as the head of a new illegitimate government, you have to be there."

www.newsweek.com

On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that the Secret Service was preparing a motorcade route on Jan. 6 for Trump to enter Congress with his supporters storming the Capitol to demand he stay in power.

According to two unidentified people briefed on witnesses' accounts to congressional investigators mentioned by the Post, Trump had put pressure on the Secret Service to find a way for him to reach his supporters from the park near the White House where he planned to hold a rally.

At the rally attended by thousands, Trump told the crowd: "We're going to walk down to the Capitol." After those remarks, Secret Service agents contacted D.C. police about blocking intersections, witnesses told the House Jan. 6 committee, but D.C. police declined.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Trump's Behavior on Jan. 6, Explained by Expert on Fascism

"If you're having a coup and summoned everybody and you expect to be anointed as the head of a new illegitimate government, you have to be there."

www.newsweek.com

The Secret Service has been a rogue agency for quite a while. There's been several scandals with them including agents who partied with prostitutes, agents who hung out with women later determined to be foreign agents, agents who have been arrested in child predator stings, sexting with minors, drinking on the job, etc. Drinking and hiring prostitutes just seems to be a day on the job for them.

There's the Columbian scandal:

Secret Service revokes security clearances of 11 accused of misconduct

11 agents and officers on leave following prostitution scandal; More than 10 military personnel also involved, official says

www.cbsnews.com

Korean scandal:

Two Secret Service members to be sent home for misconduct in South Korea: Report - Washington Examiner

Two Secret Service members will be sent home from South Korea after an alcohol-fueled incident ended with the local police involved and both members being placed on administrative leave, a new report says. An agent and an armed physical security specialist, who had been sent to the country ahead...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

There's this odd incident:

Four U.S. Secret Service agents suspended over ties to phony cops

The U.S. Secret Service has suspended four agents linked to two men accused of impersonating federal law enforcement officers who authorities said gave gifts worth thousands of dollars to agency personnel including one assigned to protect President Joe Biden's wife.

www.reuters.com

Most of those are just sex scandals, but if what the Vice President alleged happened on Jan. 6 is true, we have an agency that's out of control and in need of some serious reorganization, if not dissolution.

 

[NoXion]

Members of the agency responsible for protecting the President have been found to be cavorting with foreign agents? Yep, definitely not fit for purpose.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Members of the agency responsible for protecting the President have been found to be cavorting with foreign agents? Yep, definitely not fit for purpose.

Biden made a few changes to the team that directly protects the President. There was a (not unfounded) worry that the previous agents in charge were Trump loyalists. This still falls far short of what's really needed.

The Secret Service is making some staff changes in the presidential detail that will guard President-elect Joe Biden, amid concerns from Biden allies that some current members were politically aligned with President Trump, according to two people familiar with the changes.

As Biden readies his new administration, the Secret Service plans to bring back to the White House detail a handful of senior agents whom Biden knows well from their work more than four years ago guarding him and his family when he was vice president.

Staff changes are typical with the arrival of a new president and are designed to increase the trust and comfort the incoming president feels with his protective agents, who often stand by the president’s side during sensitive discussions and private moments.

But the shifts underway occur at a particularly contentious time, as Trump has blamed his reelection loss on unfounded allegations of voter fraud and has sought to block his administration from treating Biden as the president-elect. Some in the Secret Service also came under criticism during Trump’s tenure for appearing to embrace his political agenda.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-to-make-changes-to-presidential-detail-to-bring-on-agents-who-worked-with-biden/2020/12/30/d6fb8fe8-49ce-11eb-a9d9-1e3ec4a928b9_story.html

 

[two sheds]

Have the republicans accused him of playing politics with security yet?

 

[spring-peeper]

Analysis: The 22 wildest lines from Donald Trump's 12(!)-page statement on the January 6 committee

In response to the second public hearing of the January 6 committee, former President Donald Trump released a 12-page statement -- yes, 12 full pages! -- seeking to rebut the charges leveled against him.

www.cnn.com

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Have the republicans accused him of playing politics with security yet?

If they haven't yet, I'm sure they will. They'll throw everything at the wall and see if it sticks.

 

[two sheds]

Now Republicans are accusing Republicans of fraudulently stealing elections seven months before the election

"Absolute joke": GOP upset after Nevada primary loser cries fraud

“I smell a lawsuit because this STINKS! I will concede nothing," ranted Capitol marcher Joey Gilbert.

www.salon.com

 

[Nylock]

It's funny but also a worrying portent of what may come. If the repubs lose their shit over failing to win a primary against fellow Republicans, imagine how completely unhinged they're going to be if they lose in a general vs a Democrat ...

 

[deeyo]

sorry.

 

[two sheds]

 

[Raheem]

It's funny but also a worrying portent of what may come. If the repubs lose their shit over failing to win a primary against fellow Republicans, imagine how completely unhinged they're going to be if they lose in a general vs a Democrat ...

Think they probably hate Republicans who believe in science and so on more than they hate anyone else.

 

[Nylock]

Think they probably hate Republicans who believe in science and so on more than they hate anyone else.

There is also an awful lot of loon v loon action going on in their primaries as well. There have been some pretty epic post-primary tantrums from the 'nuttier than squirrel shit' faction.

 

[8ball]

Think they probably hate Republicans who believe in science and so on more than they hate anyone else.

Do you think this is a purity obsession or just bog standard entitlement?

 

[Raheem]

Do you think this is a purity obsession or just bog standard entitlement?

Not sure. Probably the former layered on top of the latter, like icing.