Odds and Ends — 22 November 2023

Donald Trump had his worst day yet in his ongoing civil fraud trial in New York on Tuesday, and at the hands of his own key witness, a former Trump Organization executive who linked the former president directly to the fuzzy math at the center of the case.
The witness was Jeffrey McConney, Trump Org’s ex-comptroller and spreadsheet czar. McConney had been called to the witness stand by the defense, but on cross-examination by lawyers for the state attorney general’s office Tuesday, he linked Trump firmly to the conspiracy and fraud counts that have yet to be decided in the non-jury trial.

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1726759436272677129?s=20

Judge declines to revoke bond of Trump Georgia co-defendant

Here’s the bulletproof appellate brief challenging the CO trial court’s “preposterous” (the court’s own word!) holding exempting Presidents and the Presidential Oath from the vital constitutional safeguard of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment: https://t.co/hzoLBlK6tT
— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) November 21, 2023

https://twitter.com/judgeluttig/status/1727063384166908081?s=20

Jan. 6 rioter who used sovereign citizen ‘gobbledygook’ at trial is found guilty

https://twitter.com/lindyli/status/1726846844939256067?s=20

Mike Johnson Kisses Trump’s Ring

https://twitter.com/Mylovanov/status/1726711715591819740?s=20

House Conservatives Have Won Nothing

…a small group of far-right lawmakers forced the longest speaker nomination contest in U.S. history, paralyzed legislation on the House floor, threatened to breach the U.S. borrowing limit, then deposed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for working with Democrats to fund the government.
And yet for all that, the federal government is currently spending the same amount as it did before House Republicans took office.

https://twitter.com/MelissaJPeltier/status/1726670633927672119?s=20

Hijacking Government For Personal Vendettas Not Going Over Well Back Home

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is experiencing some political repercussions for dumping gasoline on his fractured party’s descent into dysfunction when he ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for the sin of keeping the government open. While the congressman is still popular in his Panhandle home district, his standing in Florida overall is in a state of disrepair.

https://twitter.com/acnewsitics/status/1727159386597101671?s=20