this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
0 points (NaN% liked)

Politics

10167 readers
87 users here now

In-depth political discussion from around the world; if it's a political happening, you can post it here.


Guidelines for submissions:

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.


Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Live blogging of Trump indictment.

top 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] TechyDad@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So his defense is to just say "not guilty - I didn't do anything wrong"? I mean, that's a perfectly valid plea to start with (as opposed to "guilty - I totally did that stuff"), but it's not a legal defense. If all his lawyers can muster during the trial is "our client says that he didn't do this and it's all a witch hunt" then he'll be going to prison for a long time.

[–] WassupButtercup@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think the link is to the wrong update. If you scroll down there is another article stating he's going to say the boxes were planted.

[–] Lockely@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, here's the relevant update:

Trump now claims classified documents were ‘planted’ in Mar-a-Lago boxes in wild arraignment morning rant Former president Donald Trump has now claimed that the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago were “planted” in the boxes after they were obtained by the Department of Justice.

In a Truth Social rant, Mr Trump lashed out at Special Counsel Jack Smith on the morning of the former president’s arraignment at a Miami federal courthouse.

“This is the Thug, overturned consistently and unanimously in big cases, that Biden and his CORRUPT Injustice Department stuck on me. He’s a Radical Right Lunatic and Trump Hater, as are all his friends and family, who probably ‘planted’ information in the ‘boxes’ given to them. They taint everything that they touch, including our Country, which is rapidly going to HELL!” Mr Trump wrote on Tuesday morning.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Radical Right Lunatic" I am so confused haha

[–] TechyDad@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That confused me too. Is Trump trying to pretend he's a progessive now? "You can't arrest 'MAGA Trump' because I'm 'Progressive Trump' now. I'm a totally different person!"

[–] Bautznersenf@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Lol, wouldn't be surprised if it came to that. And his followers will all suddenly be pro BLM

[–] akhenaten0@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Bautznersenf@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Damn, this could be the one.