It’s time to Break It Down!

Since 2016, America, also known in some circles as America the Exceptional, or words to that effect, has been confronted time and time again by a now former President executing or undergoing a series of shenanigans never seen expedited by a Commander-in-Chief, or anyone who formerly held the title.

On April 5^th, I posted a blog entitled, Arraigned In Manhattan: Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes (https://thesphinxofcharlotte.com/2023/04/05/arraigned-in-manhattan-dont-believe-your-lying-eyes/). It detailed a 34-count indictment against the former POTUS, by Manhattan DA, Alvin Bragg.

On May 9^th, a NY jury found Mr. Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation and ordered him to pay Ms. E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages. I posted about it on May 10th (https://thesphinxofcharlotte.com/2023/05/10/another-day-another-first-as-usual-not-a-good-one/). Carroll alleged that Trump assaulted and raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store in 1996. The jury, which unanimously found Trump liable on the charges of assault and defamation, did not find him culpable for rape.

Yesterday, Trump breezed into South Florida, where he caught another 37 counts, generated by a federal grand jury in Miami. The charges, which centered on Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, made for another first; a former president being charged with federal crimes. After being arraigned, pleading not guilty to all charges, and spending a couple of hours in a Miami courtroom, he made a pitstop in Little Havana, for a photo-op with supporters, before heading back to New Jersey where he held a fundraiser at his Bedminster Golf Club. Coincidentally, today is Mr. Trump’s 77th birthday. Happy Birthday Don!

After learning he would be required to submit to arraignment Tuesday, Trump found defaulted to his primal tendency and commenced spinning some of his more popular yarns.

In a Georgia speech Saturday evening, he said of a photo included in the indictment, of an overturned box, the FBI may have tipped over the box.

Nope. According to the indictment, the photo was taken in December 2021 by Trump aide and accused co-conspirator Walt Nauta, who the indictment says texted the photo to another Trump employee with the words ”I opened the door and found this…” The FBI did not execute its search warrant at Mar-a-Lago until August 2022, eight months later, so it could not possibly have done the toppling.

Known as the author of the perfect call, Trump also claimed the overturned box held no documents; only newspapers.

Uh, no. Though the photo did show newspapers and pictures among the spilled materials, the photo also clearly showed other unidentified papers in the pile – one of which prosecutors allege was classified and labeled with markings making it clear it was releasable only to the members of an intelligence alliance comprised of the U.S. and four other countries.

Finally, he said, of the 37 federal charges, officials took one charge, and repeated it 36 times.

In actuality, of the 37 charges, 31 are for allegedly violating the same statute each with a different classified document. The other six offenses are different: conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document or record, concealing a document in a federal investigation, scheme to conceal, and making false statements and representations.

More than anything else, Donald Trump tells a story, without merit, and with max defiance, that he’s a victim. He maintains that a Marxist, lawless, Joe Biden is trying to take down a political enemy. He;s arguing judicial misconduct, a deep state conspiracy, etc., etc. All of this belies the fact he’ll ultimately appear in a court, before a judge whom he appointed, in a state he won twice, in a town that has hordes of adoring fans. Moreover, the Justice department appears to have methodically chosen those dynamics, rather than try the case in Washington, DC, where he got only 5% of the vote. Not to mention, a grand jury, comprised of local citizens, not Joe Biden, decided to indict the former president. Methinks, he doth protest too much. Oh yeah, and it doesn’t end here.

There are more pending cases in the queue, including a Georgia case involving allegations of trying to overturn the vote, a NY case on alleged financial fraud, and of course, the potential for a case stemming from the January 6 probe.

There’s more. There is always more. Much more. Hopefully, however, that’s enough to convey the point. Trump was being Trump. “Here We Go Again. Again!”

I’m done; holla back!

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Here We Go Again. Again!