How stupid is Trump?

Federal judge rules that Trump can be sued over the Capitol riot and does not have absolute immunity
Source: Business Insider

A federal judge ruled on Friday that former President Donald Trump can be held civilly liable for the deadly Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.

Trump's speech before his supporters stormed the Capitol, during which he called on them to "fight like hell" against the 2020 election results, "can reasonably be viewed as a call for collective action," US District Judge Amit Mehta wrote in a 112-page ruling. He pointed to specific statements in which Trump used the word "we," including:

"We will not take it anymore."

"We will stop the steal."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/federal-judge-rules-that-trump-can-be-sued-over-the-capitol-riot-and-does-not-have-absolute-immunity/ar-AAU2U1d

Judge rejects Trump effort to toss lawsuits accusing him of Jan. 6 conspiracy

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Tweet text:Kyle Cheney
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Feb 18, 2022
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Takeaways:

1) A judge determining a president is subject to be sued for condcuted *while in office* is remarkable.

2) The judge says there's a plausible (perhaps likely) case that Trump was aware of what he was unleashing at the Capitol — and approved.

politico.com
Judge rejects Trump effort to toss lawsuits accusing him of Jan. 6 conspiracy
In a 112-page ruling, the judge said the evidence suggests Trump assembled the crowd and then instructed the rally goers to march on the Capitol.

Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney
3) Trump's team, voracious media watchers, clearly knew election officials had been threatened, Proud Boys/Oath Keepers were responding to Trump's calls to action and Nov/Dec Stop the Steal events had turned violent.

4) He called supporters to DC anyway

politico.com
Judge rejects Trump effort to toss lawsuits accusing him of Jan. 6 conspiracy
In a 112-page ruling, the judge said the evidence suggests Trump assembled the crowd and then instructed the rally goers to march on the Capitol.
1:46 PM · Feb 18, 2022


https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/18/trump-january-6-lawsuit-00010249

A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s effort to dismiss multiple lawsuits accusing him of bearing legal responsibility for the violent Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

In a 112-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said the evidence suggests Trump assembled the crowd and then instructed the rally goers to march on the Capitol, despite knowing that the crowd likely included violent and destructive elements.

And Trump’s Twitter attack amid the violence on then-Vice President Mike Pence, who was presiding over the counting of electoral votes that would finalize President Joe Biden’s victory, suggests a “tacit agreement” with those who stormed the Capitol and sent Pence and lawmakers fleeing for safety, Mehta wrote.

“It is reasonable to infer that the President would have understood the impact of his tweet, since he had told rally-goers earlier that, in effect, the Vice President was the last line of defense against a stolen election outcome,” ruled Mehta, an appointee of President Barack Obama.

*snip*

Prescient.

Judge says Trump could be culpable for January 6, lawsuits against the former President can proceed

Harry Litman @harrylitman
Had a chance now to read the 112-page opinion saying civil case by Swalwell et al can go forward against Trump. This one is potentially even worse for him than the NY action.
3:24 PM · Feb 19, 2022


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Judge says Trump could be culpable for January 6 and says lawsuits against the former President can proceed
Updated 10:55 AM ET, Sat February 19, 2022

(CNN) Civil lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump accountable for the January 6, 2021, insurrection can move forward in court, a federal judge said Friday in a ruling outlining how the former President could conceivably be responsible for inciting the attack on the US Capitol.

Trump's statements to his supporters before the riot "is the essence of civil conspiracy," Judge Amit Mehta wrote in a 112-page opinion, because Trump spoke about himself and rallygoers working "towards a common goal" of fighting and walking down Pennsylvania Avenue.

"The President's January 6 Rally Speech can reasonably be viewed as a call for collective action," Mehta said.

Democratic members of the House and police officers who defended the US Capitol on January 6 sued Trump last year, claiming he prompted his supporters to attack. Friday, Mehta wrote that the three lawsuits could move to the evidence-gathering phase and toward a trial -- a major loss in court for Trump. [more]

Great news!

It is finally collapsing. It will be epic. I honestly felt we would have been at this point six months ago, but I am pleased he's finally on his way to facing some degree of serious justice.

Nail that orange ass to the wall, and his kids' asses, too!

I knew Jarod was facing problems of his own outside the 45 family saga, but I was really surprised how much trouble Ivanka was facing. I don't think its out of the question that the whole pack of them will face some jail time - all except Tiffany and Barron.

No, no -- I see it now! The big orange bumpkin will see light, falls on his sword and takes the fall for his entire family.......

Yeah, right - get real. He will plead they made up the schemes and made him do it!!!!!

Something Went Wrong': Trump's Twitter Ripoff Suffers Botched Launch
Bahahaha! Who had "first half hour" in the "When Will This Thing Break Down" pool?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-twitter-ripoff-truth-social-suffers-botched-launch?via=Twitter
Team Trump has been cooking up its own social network ever since the then-president was thrown off all major platforms for his posts inciting the Capitol riot—but, even though what they came up with is just a ripoff of Twitter, it seems a year wasn’t enough time to make a useable product. CNET reports that Truth Social went live on Apple’s App Store on Sunday night, but would-be users immediately ran into glitches. Some people who tried to create accounts were repeatedly met with a red error warning that said: “Something went wrong. Please try again.” Others were told that the app was simply too popular for them to join it, with a warning that read: “Due to massive demand, we have placed you on our waitlist.” On Sunday, Devin Nunes, the former Republican congressman and CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group, said that he hopes the new app will be fully operational by the end of March.

C'mon, Bobsal...you can do the re-sizing yourself. It is a simple procedure.
You can easily see the way I did it for your cartoon by simply hitting the REPLY button. Look at what I did to the first [img] in YOUR post. You simply go to the end of the "g" in img, enter a space, enter the comment "width=500" and the image will be re-sized.

Best I could do.