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Donald Trump stung by court filing on Thanksgiving (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 119 points 10 months ago (4 children)

According to an affidavit cited by the DOJ from Charles Hollon, who works in the Public Safety Department's Judicial Threats Assessment Unit, there are 275 single space pages worth of transcribed threatening messages and voicemails which have been left for Engoron and his court staff since early October.

I can’t understand why these people aren’t arrested and charged with making terroristic threats. They can obviously find them - WE can obviously find them. Letting this flap in the wind like they’ve done for so many years is stupid and dangerous.

[–] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 54 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know the people making terroristic threats to judges don't seem like terrorists. Now those eco protestors trying to prevent the clear cutting of a forest to build a training city for cops in Atlanta. Now those are some really terroristy terrorists.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

I can’t understand why these people aren’t arrested and charged with making terroristic threats. They can obviously find them - WE can obviously find them. Letting this flap in the wind like they’ve done for so many years is stupid and dangerous.

That. and why the fuck is the CHUMP himself not in fucking jail for inciting these threats?

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

That's the key. They will never arrest themselves.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

I can’t understand why these people aren’t arrested and charged with making terroristic threats.

The mentally handicapped are a protected class.

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 57 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Donald Trump’s lawyers on Friday filed a response to prosecutors’ Thursday filing, arguing that any threats the former president could have triggered against Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron or his court staff are ‘irrelevant’ to the need for a gag order in the case Trump faces in Washington, D.C.,” The Messenger reports.

They're actually arguing that he has a right to threaten court staff?

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

They literally have nothing left to stand on and Trump will never go quietly so his dumb ass z-rate lawyers are forced to push this trash

[–] Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 10 months ago

Well, not exactly.

They're arguing that he has the right to incite others to threaten court staff.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

At some point I think the lawyers know it sounds absolutely ridiculous, but they're still obligated to defend their client. This seems like it's past that point.

[–] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

They are saying, “yeah he may have done this but that was over there, we are here now.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Going to try it next time I have a traffic ticket, let's see how that works out.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 41 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Something about filing on Thanksgiving just feels particularly spiteful, and I'm here for it.

I hope he had an awful day, and I hope his servants spit in his food.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He spent all day ranting on TruthSocial. Because he can't enjoy anything,

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that’s a shame

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sort of, but on the other hand, knowing that he's always miserable cheers me up.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Until he takes it out on the rest of us when given any sort of power and/or authority.

[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hope his servants spit in his food

Odds are that whatever he ate yesterday wasn’t prepared by his servants, but rather by employees of the local McDonald’s franchise.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but I bet he had at least one gofer get it and bring it to him. And at some point, they were unsupervised...

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

It’d be real sad to see him go to federal prison for the rest of his life. Really sad.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The poll at the bottom for bias is hilarious...

Especially for Newsweek, I'm sure since it's a right leaning website every poll says articles have a strong liberal bias and Newsweek will use it as an excuse to bring more propaganda onboard so they're "balanced".

Like how the fire department would be "balanced" if they hired as many arsonists as fire fighters...

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/newsweek/

Bias Rating: RIGHT-CENTER Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL

Editorially, Newsweek features a wide variety of op-eds that range from right to left; however, in our review, more aligned with the right, such as this "Kyrsten Sinema Tells the Democratic Party to Go to Hell | Opinion" and this "How Wokeness Hurts Philanthropy | Opinion"

Overall, we rate Newsweek Right-Center Biased based on editorial positions that slightly favor the right. We also rate them as Mostly Factual in reported rather than high due to having to make corrections on false information after publication. (5/18/2016) Updated (M. Huitsing 05/28/2023)

Also, look at what kind of people their leadership is: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/277527/20220703/newsweek-ceo-dev-pragad-faces-lawsuit-for-fraud-and-betrayal.htm

So there you go, makes sense to me

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

I have to gag every time I see his hideous, melting visage so it’s only fair the courts order him to gag.