Donald Trump urges Republicans to shut down government to STOP the prosecutions against him.

[Rhiannon12866]

Donald Trump may be trying to set the record as the defendant who made the greatest number of incriminating statements in the history of American defendants. His latest incriminating statement, as reported by NBC News: "Trump demands Republicans shut down government to 'defund' his criminal prosecutions."

There are several problems with Trump's recent latest hair-brained scheme: first, law informants, including prosecutions, are considered "essential governmental functions" and are exempt from federal government shut downs. Second, Trump's statements may actually constitute an attempt to obstruct justice. Third, even if not technically a violation of federal obstruction of justice laws, his statements are powerful and admissible consciousness of guilt evidence.

Finally, Trump even throws in a little aid and comfort to the insurrectionists by urging Congressional Republicans to shut down government to stop the prosecutions against him "and other patriots," an obvious reference to other January 6 defendants.

Trump has created and handed to prosecutors so much incriminating evidence that, once his criminal cases move into court proper, Trump is toast. - Glenn Kirschner - 09/24/2023.

[ancianita]

1. Can't wait to see if Jack Smith files a superceding indictment with further counts against tfg

for this public treachery.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Now that would be so well deserved!

[elleng]

2. HA!

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Good luck with that!

[MagaSmash]

5. Because Justice....is slower than a paraplegic snail.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Yet TFG persists in incriminating himself with every demand and statement

[RockRaven]

6. If you had a dollar for every time TFG said "do X to cause Y" where X *doesn't* cause Y, you'd

have a fat wad of cash if not a fortune. This fucking guy does this all the damn time. Sometimes he's ignorant as sin, sometimes he's just stirring shit for the sake of stirring shit.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. And this is a sneak peek at what he'd do if he was ever in power again

To hell with the people of this country, never mind the laws and norms, the only issue he cares about is what will benefit him.

[T_A]

7. Donnie's Gonna Be

SOOOOOOOO disappointed.

As Bugs would say, "What A Maroon".

[Rhiannon12866]

9. And well deserved.

As usual, he thinks of his own needs and wishes rather than the welfare of the country.