# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 14, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537 "2020-11-14T00:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 285
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5687 "2022-06-22T15:16:50Z")
Turds bitching at turds works for me. I don’t question their motives. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5688 "2022-06-22T15:47:13Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > So it looks like [Dominion can sue both Fox News and Fox Corp](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fox-news-parent-must-face-defamation-lawsuit-over-election-coverage-2022-06-21/). Noice! I like this part for the massive shade thrown: “Davis dismissed a related defamation claim against another Fox entity, Fox Broadcasting, for posting the challenged statements on [fox.com](http://fox.com), **citing a lack of evidence that anyone there was "subjectively aware of anything**.” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5689 "2022-06-22T16:03:00Z")
They don’t hire ‘em for their wits or morals. Makes the interview process easier. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5690 "2022-06-22T20:11:30Z")
This will probably be paywalled but it looks like the DOJ has started to move on the false electors: > **[Jan. 6 probe expands with fresh subpoenas in multiple states](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/22/jan6-fbi-electors-subpoenas/)** > > Prosecutors appear focused on how political activists supporting President Donald Trump tried to use invalid electors to thwart Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. > [@](#): > > Agents conducted court authorized law enforcement activity Wednesday morning at two locations, FBI officials confirmed to The Washington Post. One was the home of Brad Carver, a Georgia lawyer who allegedly signed a document claiming to be a Trump elector. The other was the Virginia home of Thomas Lane, who worked on the Trump campaign’s efforts in Arizona and New Mexico. > > […] > > Separately, at least some of the would-be Trump electors in Michigan also received subpoenas on Wednesday ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5691 "2022-06-22T20:23:03Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > but it looks like the DOJ has started to move on the false electors Arrests and convictions of these clowns would go a long way to ensure it won’t soon happen again. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5692 "2022-06-23T03:21:55Z")
I really love this. > **[Trump aides shocked by revelation of unseen documentary subpoenaed by Jan 6...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-aides-shocked-documentary-subpoena-b2106297.html)** > > Many of Mr Trump’s top officials had no idea the documentary was being made ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5693 "2022-06-23T06:31:18Z")
Who did they think the dudes with cameras were? I think they are all breaking out in a cold sweat now. “I was being recorded? Holy Shit! “ ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5694 "2022-06-23T08:18:42Z")
> According to Mr Holden, the documentary — titled _Unprecedented_ — was bought last year by a major streaming service and will reportedly be released as a 3-part series this summer. He noted in his statement that he was not paid by Mr Trump, his family, or his staff and that he maintained total editorial control over the project. I have insider information that the streaming service is Discovery+. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5695 "2022-06-23T08:32:57Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I have insider information that the streaming service is Discovery+. Dang. I switched my Discovery+ subscription last year in favor of Disney+ so I could watch _Hamilton_. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5696 "2022-06-23T11:49:32Z")
Yay! I have Discovery+. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5697 "2022-06-23T14:23:17Z")
That’s the same as the guy at the start of the administration running around in the White House taking photos and interviewing the bozos. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5698 "2022-06-23T14:36:58Z")
Just to not seem so coy, my “insider info” is the fact that my wife is what Discovery calls an “[influencer](https://corporate.discovery.com/blog/2012/10/11/discovery-communications-named-the-2012-vision-critical-community-panel-of-the-year/)”. That doesn’t mean she has a huge TikTok following or anything, it means that they’ll send her clips of upcoming shows on their platform to watch and then ask her opinion on various things. Sort of like taking surveys but open-ended. One of the items they asked her opinion on was this documentary. Hence, I know which streaming service bought it. (I asked my wife if they made her sign an NDA and she said they didn’t, so I don’t feel bad about leaking this.) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5699 "2022-06-23T15:18:46Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Who did they think the dudes with cameras were? They didn’t know that the dudes were traitors with cameras. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5700 "2022-06-23T15:20:50Z")
This was just…sad. [RonJohn Fakes Phone Call, Blames Intern For Effort To Send Fake Electors To Pence (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ronjohn-fakes-phone-call-blames-intern-for-effort-to-send-fake-electors-to-pence/ar-AAYK5YW?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=9875957678504996f7739d97e98b29b2) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5701 "2022-06-23T15:33:24Z")
Oh this is marvelous. Mo Brooks of Alabama was one of Trumps’ fair-haired boys during his time in office, but when he committed the sin of not calling the 2020 election fraudulent loudly enough (suggesting Republicans move on from it), he got dropped from the BFF list and while running for Senate here, lost Trump’s endorsement and got blown out in the primary this week, so he won’t be back in DC next year (he had to vacate his Rep seat to run for the Senate). So…[Trump loyalist Mo Brooks — spurned by Trump and reeling from a Senate primary loss — now says he'll testify about the Capitol riot if subpoenaed](https://news.yahoo.com/trump-loyalist-mo-brooks-spurned-035442795.html) > [@](#): > > Rep. Mo Brooks, a onetime ally of former President Donald Trump, said he’s willing to testify before the House panel investigating the Capitol riot if subpoenaed. I would take time out to watch that little piece of Schadenfreude… ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5702 "2022-06-23T15:34:14Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > This was just…sad. MSNBC played this clip repeatedly yesterday. I think they should put in Webster’s as the definition for my new word, ‘hilaritragic.’ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5703 "2022-06-23T16:10:07Z")
They thoughts the dudes with cameras were there to capture their glorious revolution. Instead they were documenting their attempted coup. 🎼you can’t always get what you…🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5704 "2022-06-23T16:18:42Z")
Ah - the Jagger Postulate. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5705 "2022-06-23T16:47:51Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Rep. Mo Brooks, a onetime ally of former President Donald Trump, said he’s willing to testify before the House panel investigating the Capitol riot if subpoenaed. He’s just now getting this??? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/5706 "2022-06-23T17:02:43Z")
No. He was subpoenaed some time ago. The Committee is reissuing a subpoena. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=284) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537.md?page=286)