Costello was there, and heād actually have a better argument that there was a contract between him and trump. If he didnāt immediately go back and send a letter to trump saying Iām not your lawyer but youāve agreed to pay me on behalf of my client heās kind of an idiot.
Of course he is representing Giuliani.
Hawley grandstands and filibusters about Israel during his questioning of DHS Sec. Mayorkas.
https://x.com/therecount/status/1719395281039487122
Durbin let Mayorkas have time to respond once Hawley had run out his clock.
https://x.com/MollyJongFast/status/1719396158919913833
I think someone needs to call CSI: DC, because thereās been a murderā¦
Harlan Protass is a Fargo S5 character and you cannot convince me otherwise
Translation: āfuck off Josh you nazi cowardā
https://x.com/SundaeDivine/status/1719370190301933576?s=20
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Mike Johnson is freaking out - the war in Ukraine is going so poorly Putin may have to lay off a dozen Republican Congressmen.
Google New York Statute of Frauds. It will tell all you want to know about the requirements for an enforceable oral contract.
Happy āDon Jrās Time in the Barrelā Day for all who celebrate.
Nothing to see hereā¦
He has all of his money in coins. Nickels to be exact. Theyāre buried in an undisclosed location near Natchitoches.
His wife runs a ministry of sorts. I wouldnāt be surprised to seem them both grifting off this, tax-free a la Olsteen.
Fun Fact: Mrs Johnsonās ministry recently did an emergency scrub of its website to remove potentially problematic content, such as the ministryās support for gay conversion therapy.
And all in Folgers Coffee cans.
There were two witnesses scheduled today ahead of Don Jr. The defense attorneys are trying to filibuster the second of those two witnesses, to push off Jrās testimony as long as possible.
Iād wonder what they think this will achieve, but this is Trump, and heās never seen a can he didnāt want to kick down the road. Even if itās only by a couple of yards.
The GOP plan - to offset $14.3 billion of aide to Israel by cutting the IRSā budget by the equivalent amount - has been assessed for its impact on IRS collections.
Iām sure this is a feature, not a bug.
Jr takes the stand. Let the air-quoting begin.
Jr. testifies that he was running the company - with Eric - from Jan 2017 onwards. Also, Jr testifies that he did fuck all and knew fuck all of the running of the company. This all sounds like heās lying to cover his ass, but then itās Don Jr. weāre talking about. He could be telling the Godās honest truth.
Other things Jr didnāt know today included which Trump org company was his employer, and whether a special entity set up specifically to pay royalties to him and Eric, paid royalties to him and Eric.
Johnson on the scoring of his spending shenanigans:
Only in Washington when you cut spending do they call it an increase in the deficit.
Tell me you donāt know how the deficit accumulates without telling me you donāt know how the deficit accumulates.
From what I have seen, this is a representative example of how Jrās testimony went.
Again. Itās entirely plausible that it is true that this a document that Jr. signed giving him control of billions (allegedly) of his fatherās assets, and that this is a document that Jr. has no fucking clue about.