The Trump Post-Presidency and Insurrection

From various news reports it looks like there are significant additional interest and penalties, with lots of different amounts reported.I find myself continuously astonished at the level, quantity, sheer volume of crimes committed by Trump that until now have had almost no consequences.Considering what an incompetent manager he has demonstrated himself to be, on the global stage, he's been an amazingly successful crook, until now. And now, he's too old to get the punishment he truly deserves.

It is a requirement. Amount of judgment plus 9% interest. He could get a bond, but who would guarantee it? Also, he will need 10-20% to pay the bondholder. Then again maybe someone will invest $1B in his company.

Ooooh, right by the short hairs!

Or, maybe Rudi can help...

The nail that sticks out gets hammered. Commentators were saying this very thing when he ran for pres in 2016. All he was doing was putting a spotlight on his finances and opening himself up to prosecution.

Whats scary is that one name pops to mind that could pay it...Putin. Just another crime
at that point. Though I have no evidence, I suspect that Putin helped Trump in the past and has dirt on him.They would have to get real slick in order to pull that one off. World War III would be a likely consequence if the Czar helped him.(and assuming he won the election)

Yep, and he is a prosecutor's dream, in one sense, he just can't keep his mouth shut, he just HAS to boast about his crimes. He also seems oddly unaware that all his public utterances have been recorded and documented and can be used to prosecute him. He seems to think that his financial activities are way too complex to analyze let alone follow the money trail of his crimes. After the 2016 election, well before he took office there was already a huge list of Trump's financial conflicts of interest and it sure looks like he violated them all and created a bunch more that hadn't been predicted.I wonder how much cash he had to pay up front to get the lawyers to defend him in this last year. Based on the things we've been able to watch in their courtroom behavior, they really do seem like the bottom of the barrel. I would never hire one of them for myself, no matter how cheap they were or how much money I had. These guys really do give lawyers a bad name!Does anyone know where we can order some cheap tennyrunners decorated with spray paint, glitter, and duct tape?

At least for legal fees, Trump is using PAC money. You would think that a political movement that speaks out against the elites wouldn't have poor people donating to a billionaire, but here we are. Cognitive dissonance doesn't seem to be a feature of MAGA.

It’s hard to say how much of it is good lawyers shunning Trump (because that’s good sense) and how much of it is that he wants his lawyers to act like Habba - and a good lawyer wouldn’t.

Yeah, smart lawyer can see that money will never be enough to feel good about themselves after they tanked their career for Trump. Habba slipped my memory as her name, so I googled Habba and got:

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Habba syndrome is an association between chronic diarrhea and a dysfunctional gallbladder, which produces an abnormal amount of bile. This condition is responsible for symptoms that are usually very distressing and may cause social embarrassment and interference with daily activities.

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I can't give you a name, but I recently read about one of his lead lawyers who demanded $3 million up front because of Trump's history of not paying his bills.--Percy

Chris Kise who was one of the fine lawyers at the recent fraud trial.
Save America PAC pays $3 million to Trump lawyer | CNN Politics

As long as the lawyers stick to the law, I don't think any lawyer working for Trump should be looked down on. As a matter of basic rights, every defendant deserves the best defense they can get. To their credit, many high-ranking law offices take on the most heinous defendants in murder trials, and they often do it pro-bono in the name of fair justice.It's the lawyers that turn into propogandists that end up with egg on their face.

This is true. The problem for Trump is finding attorneys who want to associate with him enough to represent him. Also true, but even crappy attorneys, recognize that Trump cannot be defended, only represented. Trump is a criminal, we have watched him repeatedly commit crimes, he thumbed his nose at all of us, because he thought he was untouchable, I hope he's wrong!What kind of fucking idiot insults multiple judges on national television right outside the judge's courtroom?On a side note, I read that the interest on Trump's fines is a couple hundred grand per DAY!

There are two other issues. First, he is known for not paying his legal bills. Two, he is likely to sink his entire defense strategy by what he says at rallies or on social media.I also wouldn't be surprised if Trump demands his lawyers to break the law on his behalf.