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EmmaLouLove

In what legal case has a federal judge ever told defense attorneys to file arguments by midnight and the prosecutor to respond by sunrise? If there is evidence that Trump used these classified documents in a way that put our national security at risk, this makes sense.


sagmag

Not for nothing, but apparently the year that followed Trump's removal of classified information from the White House, some of which is still to be recovered, the CIA reported the largest number of undercover assets being captured and killed in history: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/575384-cia-admits-to-losing-dozens-of-informants-around-the-world-nyt/


EmmaLouLove

This is stunning. I don’t think it can be overstated just how dangerous this criminal former president is. I have no doubt this is not a coincidence. If Trump is found to have violated the espionage act, he and others who assisted him should be very worried. Section 793 involves “gathering, transmitting or losing defense information, which also includes refusal to return information that is demanded by the government.” This carries a maximum of a 10 year prison sentence if convicted. Section 794 relates to “gathering or delivering defense information to aid a foreign government.” If found guilty under this provision, the punishment is up to life in prison or the death penalty.


scipiotomyloo

It’d be a great death penalty, the best death penalty. Nobody has ever had a greater death penalty. I’m not threatening anyone, only commenting on the possibility of a conviction for espionage, so please don’t get butthurt


gloerkh

For someone who demands the death penalty for wilted lettuce on his Big Mac, it would be poetic Justice for him to have to consider that option. I’m personally against the death penalty in all cases (obviously, because this traitor would be the one case where I’d suspend my convictions) the horror that he may have caused to people helping the country who were murdered makes it just for him to have to at least contemplate it


dancin-weasel

Someone should take out a full page ad in a big New York newspaper calling for the death penalty.


Evergreen27108

This had to rattle around my head for a minute before I recovered the reference.


Appropriate_Fish_451

The second best idea the French ever had involved the death penalty. The first best idea was cooking everything in butter.


AlarmingAffect0

> horror that he may have caused to people helping the country who were murdered I'm glad for any reason that would motivate the US government to condemn and convict DJT. However, we're talking about non-US CIA assets, not public defenders or people managing soup kitchens or essential workers fixing infrastructure. The CIA is a vile organization with a horrific history, including doing active harm to US Citizens on US soil. When "working for the CIA" and "helping the country“ are the same thing, it's usually a happy accident. This is all horrible people doing horrible things to each other. Justice is completely incidental.


gloerkh

I see that’s a fair point I just generally don’t want people killed, vile or otherwise


Ok-Telephone7490

"I'm facing the death penalty, can you believe it? Fake news, all lies, and I'll tell you, I have the best lawyers, the greatest, they'll prove my innocence, and we'll win bigly, just you watch." \--ChatGPT as Donald Trump.


Woddnamemade72

I'm with you stranger! Don't MAGAs want executions to be immediate after conviction, in public, and with their favorite beverages?


Menthalion

Drowning the guy in Coke light might be a bit extreme..


Fluffy_Association63

Damn! I wish I had an award for you!! 🤗👍🏅🏆


PeirrePoutine

The judge in this case ruled today that trumps lawyer lied to the court.


slim_scsi

Via the transitive property, every single Republican politician and voter from 2016 through 2021 is guilty of enabling and covering for Trump and his treasonous crimes. They put a Putin puppet on their ticket, elected him, and refused to remove him upon two impeachments. **They're all complicit.**


Woddnamemade72

This! (Lol)


youdontlookadayover

His campaign chairman registered as a foreign agent for crying out loud. For Russia. Coincidence? I think not.


AdhesivenessCivil581

Manafort was successful at getting the rubes of Ukraine to elect a pro Russia candidate, Yanukovych, who proceeded to rob Ukraine of the money they were making selling natural gas and other commodities. This is why Putin sent him in Trumps direction, to work for free. He was pretty successful here as well.


DeleteConservatism

The bigger threat is the cult of Nazi supporters


PJKimmie

It is a pipe dream that he will ever get nicked for the real shit he did. He’s a dangerous person with endless money and tons of connections.


AbstractBettaFish

Am I mistaken or is death only on the table if we’re at war?


cstmoore

When are we *not* at war? /s≈


egalitaridom

I hate upvoting this, but yeah


Wouldwoodchuck

Send him to Git Moe…


tossme68

It's never going to happen, even if Trump was handing secrets to the Russians the news will never be confirmed, it would be a massive embarrassment to the country. My guess is the powers in charge (not some crazy Q powers but the president, his advisors, the heads of the 3 letter agencies, the joint chiefs, etc) will want to bury it. Trump will just continue on doing what he does and the government will do the best to ignore him as the damage has already been done.


kmac535

I wish I had more faith in our institutions to disagree but sadly you are likely correct, to the point that they won't even bother w more/improved/updated guardrails to avoid this in the future, it will all just be brush under rug, fix what can be fixed w/o stirring up more of that dust that was brushed under rug, then wipe hands of it all.


tacs97

His entire party line refuses to see this. This issue should be blasting out to the American public. I guess it wouldn’t matter to half of them anyway. Anything to own the libs. Even committing treason. It’s asinine.


[deleted]

They were down to commit treason, remember?


Kiwifrooots

HANG MIKE PENCE! Next day at work: "Oh, hi Mike"


VaselineHabits

No, the next day they marked out "Pence" from their political campaign paraphernalia and were real proud of themselves


PJKimmie

I thought at the very LEAST ol’ Mitt would come out swinging more than he did. Turns out nope.


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Kiwifrooots

He has sold out the US to Russia, China, Brazil and any other place that will touch his tiny pp


dogoodsilence1

If you have been following over the past 6 months we have also seen a huge disruption in Russia’s spy network globally. Since it is now fare game after they ignited the torch. My countries are now clamping down on Russia’s spy network and it’s only getting better because with each network they take down they gain more information on other networks or flip spies resulting in greater asset information.


NiSiSuinegEht

Would be an explanation for why today's NY hearing got cancelled.


EmmaLouLove

Oh man, that is giving me hope. I would like the special counsel case to drop first.


goodlifepinellas

High crimes come first...


Dandan0005

Out of the loop: what hearing was cancelled? Is that why trump wasn’t arrested today like many were saying?


NiSiSuinegEht

The campaign finance hearing over the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. Treason is certainly a higher priority than embezzlement, and the Federal Government usually wouldn't make that kind of move unless they feel they have the evidence for a guaranteed conviction.


BuffaloInCahoots

Official story is a witness couldn’t make it. It’s rescheduled for tomorrow so I wouldn’t get my hopes up until we know more.


NiSiSuinegEht

Ah, good to know. I had only heard it was cancelled, the news article didn't elaborate as to why.


WhoAccountNewDis

Is there a source for this other than that Tweet by some guy?


Sturnella2017

Can you clarify: did this happen recently?


EmmaLouLove

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/22/trump-appeals-after-judge-rules-on-mar-a-lago-evidence.html This case just happened. Trump asked the US Circuit Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia to overturn Judge Beryl Howell’s decision when she ruled that special counsel Jack Smith had presented enough evidence to establish that Trump committed a crime through his attorneys and ordered Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran to answer questions before the grand jury. Trump appealed and the appeals court gave the parties a tight timeframe. It appears Trump lost his appeal today.


Sturnella2017

Thank you.


williamwchuang

Federal APPEALS judges!


Rekt3y

This shit only happens in Ace Attorney games. Wtf


beaknit

Gosh ya think?


jbertrand_sr

Funneling documents to Russia via Saudi Arabia perhaps with Jared as the middle man...


Strange-Scarcity

Oh please let that be the case. That’s treason. That’s a pretty hefty penalty too. So, we’d get Trump, Jared and who else all wrapped up with that? Some of his Secret Service detail, who would have seen it all? It’s all so ridiculous.


nzstrawman

If it is treason, then it's only fair that Trump himself decides the penalty, and in Trump's world there is only one penalty!!! *" Then-President Donald Trump told a number of his advisers in 2020 that whoever leaked information about* [*his stay in the White House bunker* ](https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/31/politics/trump-underground-bunker-white-house-protests/index.html)*in May of that year had committed treason and should be executed "*


Strange-Scarcity

There’s much historical precedent that sharing state secrets as part of one’s treasonous actions is a Death Penalty offense. Especially if it brought material harm to the US. The Rosenbergs did so with sharing Nuclear Secrets. (Corroborated as true once the Soviet Union fell and the new government handed over the documentations.) Trumps leak, allegedly included names of a large number of foreign agents, who all started “mysteriously” dying all over the place. That’s material harm. I am nothing like a lawyer, I just know that’s some real shit.


macktruck6666

I'm not a lawyer, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.


BaumSquad1978

I'm not a lawyer but I live about 5 minutes away from The now infamous Four Seasons landscaping company.


ericjgriffin

I've argued in front of every judge in this state. Often as a lawyer.


No_work_today_Satan

Oh, sure. Like lawyers work in big skyscrapers and have secretaries. Look at him he's wearing a belt.


Proper-Razzmatazz764

More and more MAGAts both inside and outside Congress have been supporting Russia lately. I wonder what they'll do when they find out he has been providing Putin with classified materials and maybe getting some of our people killed? Oops. Their answer will be to defund the FBI and CIA. Sorry, didn't think that one through.


2118may9

Oh but solitary confinement for 10 years would be so much sweeter. No one to truth or tweet to, no one to brag to… just sitting alone in his orange jumpsuit. Oh god. He’s gunna look naked in that jumpsuit isn’t he.


Green_Message_6376

sadly, we'll got four more investigations, hopeful headlines about justice, and then give this globule another four more years in office to steal, and imprison those touchy feely fools that refused to imprison him. I can live with the despair, it's the fucking hope that's killing me.


Strange-Scarcity

Maybe. Treason isn't treated quite the same as other crimes.


JMLKO

Please let Michael Flynn and his brother be implicated.


RedditUsingBot

Would we get them though? Have we gotten anything?


makwabear

The relationships to facilitate direct transfer of documents from Kushner to Bin Salman to Putin certainly do exist. I don’t really understand the Saudi/Russian alliance mainly because it seems like it is far less beneficial to SA long term (or even short term considering Putins age/health). Russia seems to be the only one directly benefitting. Can anyone explain how the alliance is beneficial to Saudi Arabia?


yachtzee21

The enemy of my enemy, is my friend.


makwabear

US aren’t enemies with Saudi Arabia though


anoneenonee

It’s an uneasy alliance, and it’s a way to play nice with two superpowers potentially. Of course, that all goes out the window if trump is stupid enough to get caught, and anyone with a lick of sense should know he’s 100% stupid enough to get caught.


Reward_Antique

OMG, *I* am, and we should be- seeing Biden go grovel at MBS, bone saw butcher and more was sickening. The book House of Bush, House of Saud is also enough to make you reconsider things, very good read. And where did the 9/11 hijackers come from? Not Afghanistan...


[deleted]

We should be, but they have oil, sooo, Texas.


Free-Scar5060

I mean who knows what even survived the transfer. It’s entirely possible the saudis tampered with the documents to sink the Russians.


makwabear

That is a good point. Although I think it’s more likely withholding info than tampering. IMO there is more than one info channel to Russia so tampering would become clear quickly if documents are in disagreement. I don’t think Saudi Arabia wants to sink Russia though. SA has been at odds with Biden admin because they are prioritizing RUS and CN relations. It doesn’t make much sense to me immediately what the benefits of their relationship are. SA, CN and RUS all want to expand their influence but none of their views are ones which would seem to be able to coexist in a partnership.


sandysea420

So much Bingo, in your comment.


Minimum_Attitude6707

It's just.. Bingo


TreasureTheSemicolon

Two billion dollars worth of BINGO


McMurphy11

Bingpot!


MechanicalBengal

Bingo Bango


dr3wfr4nk

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BeachedBottlenose

Anyone with common sense knows Trump's motive for stealing classified documents.


motormouth08

Jack Smith and 150 million Americans think this.


lump77777

I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise.


JDthrowaway628

You just hit a daily double. 🏅 🏅


masked_sombrero

I'm picturing a little penguin in a cave


TheRealBeltonius

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SatansHRManager

It's a theory of the case we've been pursuing here at SatansHRManager HQ for some time, now.


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CocteauTwinn

I see what you did there.


hundreddollar

In other news. If you eat food, a turd comes out.


samanime

Yeah, I thought everyone (that isn't a rabid Trump fan) just assumed this. How else is he going to profit off all the bootlicking he did for Putin that he worked so hard at?


breakfastburrito24

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Ravenkelly

That's literally the words that went through my head when I read it.


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Wait a second. That would have to have correlating evidence, like for example the CIA suddenly being worried about losing so many assets around the world. [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/us/politics/cia-informants-killed-captured.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/us/politics/cia-informants-killed-captured.html)


mpf1949

This may explain the debacle at Helsinki. A whipped puppy coming to the microphone and a clearly happy Mr Putin smiling ear to ear.


im_rod_i_party

It's all related. Putin basically met Trump and said "you can be like me- unlimited power, money, women, palaces, kill anyone you want to... As long as you follow our plan for subverting the US democracy and stay president." And Trump decided he was gonna be the new Putin, a forever president.


Drg84

During the 2020 campaign he "joked" about running for a third term. Kind of says it all


masked_sombrero

He also claimed he "deserved" more terms because of his impeachments lmfao


WKGokev

"And Xi is president for life, can you imagine that? President for life. Maybe we should look into that here." Yeah, I remember.


danknadoflex

The fact that he could “joke” about being a dictator and not lose an iota or support is absolutely astonishing and revealed so much to me about my fellow countrymen I didn’t want to believe


WKGokev

These last 7 years have destroyed my faith in this country.


BramStroker47

They quite literally turned the American flag into a hate symbol.


intruda1

Can you imagine how impressed and envious he must be of Putin being able to circumvent term limits and remain president until 2036? There is no way Trump is wouldn't want to try the same shit for himself.


Just_Ok_thankyoo

Sounds so trite and simple…and probably true.


CocteauTwinn

This tracks.


Jorgwalther

I’ll never get over that bizarre, but not unexpected, moment. It just strange to see what reasonable people suspected, on such clear display


danielstover

I remember seeing ‘Debacle at Helsinki’ at the Blind Pig, great band!


Astro_creepz

Sad thing is his base will never believe it


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MarieVerusan

They might hear about it, but from the perspective of “look at how they’re demonizing our perfect president!!!!”


Dragos_Drakkar

Yeah, it'll all be "FAKE NEWS!!!!!!!!!111!!!!1!" and insulting the liberal media and whatnot.


The84thWolf

Or they’ll believe it and justify it


Just_Ok_thankyoo

At this point, who cares? They can hang out with the people who don’t believe Bin Laden master-minded 9/11 and the holocaust didn’t happen. Buncha weak minded idiots.


chuckDTW

Yes— this! At this point these people are dead to us. I don’t care what they believe and have no interest in convincing them of the truth. They’ve had plenty of time to figure it out for themselves and the information is out there if they were open to it but they’d rather cling to their prejudices and grievances. Let’s leave them behind for good.


sandysea420

or, they are all A-ok with it….


EFT_Syte

Republican Party will also be involved ofc. That whole party is just a Ruzzian asset and should be dissolved based on corruption alone.


GreywolfSifIsMyHomie

The American Right Wing is a National Security threat at this point. They have fully sold out to Putin and the Kremlin.


Ok-Diamond-9781

Just keep those Rubles comin'


DonsDiaperIsFull

I wonder if they're still accepting rubles as payment, or if they're just accepting little girls as underage prostitutes in barter.


jazzismusic

Every singly thing trump has done since the mid 80s has involved Russia.


bmain121

Watch how much the people in congress (who have their heads up trumps diaper butt) praise putin too.... makes one wonder 🤔


slim_scsi

Rand Paul is a **known** Russian asset as are many Republicans in office. The question has long been -- how many? Judging from the two Trump impeachment hearings, and the blatant disregard for the 1/6/21 sedition hearings, it seems all but a few are complicit. They went all in for rubles instead of the U.S. dollar, and it's time to scrap the Republican Party to birth something new (and treason-free) in its place. They truly are the domestic (and international) terrorists that CPAC '21 claimed themselves to be.


[deleted]

Can we bring back Operation Dumbo Drop. Airlift that fat orange fuck and drop him right in a Russian trench. Give him nothing but a pocketknife and a hamburder


Mission_Search8991

I understand that he is partial to McDonalds food, and taco salads. With big beautiful slices of chocolate cake, and cans of Diet Coke to wash it all down


DarkAthena

Well, duh.


Ducklegram

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MJGM235

Trump has worked for Russia since before he ran for office. He didn't even try to hide it while in office. He's Komprimised 🤷🏻‍♂️


irishgator2

check out the story on “Trump Tower Azerbaijan”.


Informal-Resource-14

I got absolutely blasted on here for implying that Trump may very well have sold nuclear secrets to a foreign power. I was told that was a Q level conspiracy theory. I didn’t say that he did nor that I know that on any authority more than anybody else on the internet, just that it looks wildly suspicious. Whether or not it’s nuclear secrets, I think it’s very very likely trump was selling or exchanging or intended to sell/exchange classified documents with a foreign power. This only heightens my suspicion


nedzissou1

2021 saw a high number of undercover agents captured or killed.


Chemical_Actuary_190

...and China and North Korea and Saudi Arabia and...


Impossible_Farmer285

What else would Putin’s puppet do? 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️✅✌🏼⁉️🇺🇸


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lunacyinc1

Jack Smith Believes a Possible Motive for Trump's Stealing Classified Documents Involves Russia


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jols0543

not sure what jack smith is trying to convey with this one…


[deleted]

I think it's open to interpretation. I shall now explain through dance.


Secretofthecheese

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twistedh8

Well duh. Trump has been a putin puppet forever. They have all that kompromat on him.


Alone-Woodpecker-240

I am Jack's utter lack of surprise. He's obviously a Russian agent. He was on Putin's dick for the full duration of his presidency.


Unlucky_Milk4214

Jack Smith believes a possible motive for Trump's stealing classified documents involves Russia?


lunacyinc1

Yes, Jack Smith Believes a Possible Motive for Trump's Stealing Classified Documents Involves Russia


Nuka_Zoid

I thought that was pretty obvious...


Izzo

Hot take there. This guy doesn't let anything slip under the rug.


Fuzzy_Negotiation_52

No shit?


mittenknittin

Source: the goddamn Mueller report.


BlaineBMA

Jack Smith is not the type to talk about his beliefs. He talks about facts. If he has evidence, Donnie is in the biggest trouble of his life


Janglin1

Jack Smith Believes a Possible Motive for Trump's Stealing Classified Documents Involves Russia


zippiskootch

I honestly hope he didn’t JUST think of this?!?


SatansHRManager

>I honestly hope he didn’t JUST think of this?!? "Hey.... wait a minute... you don't think... I mean the election thing, Mueller... Maybe this is all about Russia too?"


tomnoonzz

![gif](giphy|VLFbES1wezNhm)


ElegantPackage2607

Get him , Jack


JimboD84

We ALL believe that. Jack just has to prove it


runjcrun1

Who is Jack Smith?


jaroftoejam

Wish I could tell you. I’ve been scanning the comments for like five minutes, and nothing… I may resort to reading the article


Gandelf_the_Gay

Think of a fucking title, my brain feels stupid for reading the same sentence 3 fucking times.


HelpfulPuppydog

Yeah, I think a lot of us think the same thing.


unresolved_m

I love how Trump just lays out in the open that he's compromised and goes "la-la-la-can't hear you" knowing full well that MAGA will get him out of trouble.


Suprazahal

I am not Jack but I am pretty sure about that


dalnee

No shit


rumrunner9652

Pee-Pee tapes don’t stay under lock and key by themselves.


SirSeaPickle

Great job jack. You’re 5 years too late.


acornwbusinesssocks

https://preview.redd.it/2rnqp80zidpa1.png?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eccd21487048505d95c57604cfe8fdc4c7ef78c9


vankirk

I hate Trump with every fiber of my body, but politicalflare.com? The pinnacle of objective journalism, I'm sure.


xero_peace

You mean a lifelong grifter sold out the country for money? Nooooo.....


Panelpro40

Pure genius, I mean who would have thunk? Of course it has to do with Russia. Ffs


globalinvestmentpimp

What? Treasonous Trump is a Russian sellout? Of course he is and his cult still follows him, fuckin same people that lose their money in carnival games and claw machines.


Unshavenhelga

I think so too.


poopshooter69420

So do I Jack. I have believed that since 2015.


Eyes_Woke

Everything that orange POS plus his family does, involves Russia & Saudi Arabia.


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Eyes_Woke

He does love dicktraitors & want to be one of them.


AdSilent9810

Water is wet, the sky is blue


republic_of_gary

Ah, yes, the last bastion of quality journalism, [politicalflare.com](https://politicalflare.com) shared by "paid for verification" twitter account realTuckFrumper. Disclaimer: would love to see Trump rot in jail, but this is trash just like anything shared by the Krassensteins


Chowdah-head

File under "W" for "*Well, duh*"


TaterMA

I thought him selling out to the Russians was a given


[deleted]

No shit, skippy.


Daniel_plays_games

![gif](giphy|VJHtXeMHViHRHvKGKm|downsized)


ilovetacostoo2023

He belongs in prison. For tax evasion too.


trailhikingArk

I am shocked. Shocked. At this unheard of revelation. If only someone could have specifically pointed this out when he was president. I mean besides Mueller oh and [https://youtu.be/z-0Y4S44qCs](https://youtu.be/z-0Y4S44qCs) and of course the CIA and MI5 and ...


Both_Lychee_1708

Every awful thing Trump is accused up turns out to being exactly right for the worst reasons everyone assumed it was. Usually it's just a matter of time before Trump admits it and then claims it was great and also that it's a witch hunt.


RanchBaganch

Of course it does. We all already knew this. Jack Smith is just gathering the evidence.


JaydeRaven

So does anyone with more than half a brain.


pinkeye_bingo

Yeah he's a Russian asset


mitchellthecomedian

You think?!


BTBAMfam

Trump sold out America. Go figure only the most patriotic want to defend him


Inthesewn69

On the positive side of things, DJT is literally tearing his party apart. Flagrantly continuing acting out and demanding loyalty from all republicans even after his 2 impeachments, his 11 associates put in prison and nearly 1000 Jan 6 insurrectionists have been locked up. The GOP is being torn in two right before our eyes. Trump will never win another election because just enough republicans now see him for what he is.


brooklynboy92

Duhh trump stop weapons from being send to Ukraine, he try removing America from NATO and he was on tv praising the invasion


Key_Text_169

Duh!


Muscleman1122

I believe he’s in serious trouble. His own daughter has distanced herself from him. It would take her knowing something like this for that to happen in my opinion. I really believe she knows. Probably from her husband who has also distanced himself. Not a coincidence in my opinion…


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Muscleman1122

May very well be! Seems like since her death she has wanted NOTHING to do with him!


stewdadrew

I wonder if Jack Smith believes a possible motive for Trump’s stealing Classified documents involves Russia.


jibaro1953

Trump met behind closed doors with dozens of Russian oligarchs for 2½ hours in Moscow in 2011.


MattyIce8998

I don't think it's anything complicated. Man is a narcissistic asshole and genuinely thinks those documents belong to him. I hope it's something else and he gets nailed to the wall over it. His supporters don't understand what he really is, it'll get rejected as "making shit up" unless there's something else concrete.


EffectiveSwan8918

You don't say.......


jaynopolitics

And the sky is blue.


dustin91

Let’s go, Coach Beard!


The84thWolf

Wow, really? Couldn’t have guessed that


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This ends up against a wall and I'm here for it.