Shooting some more fish in a 5-gallon bucket ...
Grim Chieftain (2,204 posts)
I can't believe what I just heard on MS NOW
They showed a clip of Trump vilifying Platner, saying he's the most corrupt person ever to run for office. 1. My head absolutely exploded. This orange idiot who has been convicted of thirty-four felonies 2. and sexual assault 3. and is in the Epstein files 4. said Platner is the most corrupt person ever to run for office.
1. OMG!
MesS NOW did not lie about something Trump said? Is that allowed? With allowance for hyperbole, what Trump said is true.
2. Those "34 felonies" were based on a single action by Trump's lawyer, used Federal laws to evade the statute of limitations expiration of a State of New York law, overseen by a judge who had violated NY judicial ethics by donating (a nominal amount) to a political group, an anti-Trump political group, who made prejudicial rulings. Trump's trumped up conviction was appealed, and the State of New York appeals court has SAT on the appeal (probably won't act on it until February 2029 at the earliest).
3. In the real world, Trump was not tried criminally for sexual assault. So the word "convicted" is stupidly false. What did happen is the female sued in civil court, where the burden of proof is 50% + .0000001%
(minor hyperbole) more likely than not. Further, the judge, who had wrongly excluded evidence that the accuser had committed perjury, expressed his personal opinion, not part of the judgment, that despite the female not even "remembering" the year (precluding a "I was not in NYC" defense by Trump), Trump had sexually assaulted her.
4. Tens of thousands of people are named in the "Epstein Files". Some for direct business purposes, some for maintenance at his homes, some regarding social events, some expressing opinions of individuals to third parties ... . So of the claimed # thousand "mentions, how many were:
* Solicitations for Trump to participate in some financial transaction or investment;
* Schmoozing Trump for financial advice on some financial action;
* Invitations to public charity or social events;
* Pictures of/with Trump at some public charity or social event;
* Notes or emails to Trump, "Good to see you at ______'s party;"
* Notes or emails to business or social prospects name-dropping Trump, "I spoke to Donald, and Trump said ...;"
* Notes or emails to various people expressing his opinion of Trump or, after being kicked out of MaL in 2004 and his criminal conviction (2010?), how much he HATED Trump?
As Congress moron-Critter Ro Khanna accidentally and very unintentionally proved, many persons who barely knew - or didn't at all - Epstein and did not partake of Epstein's perversions are mentioned in the "Epstein Files". Tjat Trump was mentioned very often just means Epstein schmoozed Trump in business and socially, and when cut off was vociferous in his Trump-Hatred.
