As #Trump’s motorcade arrived at court just before 9 a.m., a group of a few dozen people demonstrating against him blocked traffic. They stretched a banner across Centre Street that read “No One Is Above the Law.” They sang out, “Trump is not above the law.” Police monitored, & the demonstration was orderly.
Because #Pecker had such a hard time getting #Trump to reimburse him, he was later unwilling to buy a third story, #StormyDaniels's story of having had sex w/Trump. Thus, #MichaelCohen bought her story instead, leading us straight to the #criminal charges at issue.
#Trump may enlist #PaulManafort
…While no formal decision has been made, 4 people described the hiring as expected & said Trump was determined to bring #Manafort back into the fold.
Manafort worked for Trump in 2016 before being ousted & later #convicted of tax & bank #fraud#felonies as part of Robert #Mueller’s investigation into #Russia’s 2016 #ElectionInterference. He served time in #prison before receiving a #pardon in the final days of Trump’s presidency.
In a normal universe, this would not be the description of a fortunate man.
But we do not live that universe, & we must consider the very real — & infuriating — possibility that #Trump is the single luckiest politician who ever lived.
For almost a decade (though it feels even longer), we’ve watched him trip through minefields, totter on the edge of sinkholes & step on trapdoors, each time thinking: This is it. Now he’s going down.
It has become a mantra of dashed hopes: The walls are (once again) closing in on #Trump. He’s on the brink, desperate. This time, surely this time. And yet, somehow, he escapes.
…In his oddly charmed #political life, Trump has benefited mightily from what political scientist Brian Klaas calls the “banality of crazy,” as the body politic has grown increasingly numb to Trump’s fire hose of malice.
In a stmnt posted to social media, Rifle, #Colorado PD said officers arrested #TylerBoebert at 2:30PM on Tues “after a recent string of vehicle trespass & property thefts in Rifle.”
He faces 4 #felony counts of #criminal possession of ID docs targeting multiple victims, a single felony count of #conspiracy to commit a felony & >15 #misdemeanor & petty offenses. Some of those misdemeanor charges include 1st-degree criminal #trespass & ≥3 counts of contributing to the #delinquency of a minor. #law