# 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:** 365
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7287 "2022-10-13T19:37:31Z")
Bad day for Donnie. SCOTUS has denied his appeal of the 11th circuit court decision, and the Jan 6 Committee voted unanimously to subpoena his testimony. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7288 "2022-10-13T19:39:41Z")
Unfortunately, the reality is that those thumbnails WORK. Even the creators themselves may find them stupid, but they generate views, so they have to use them. Same with click-bait titles. For a breakdown on the silliness of it: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/S2xHZPH5Sng/maxresdefault.jpg "Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2xHZPH5Sng) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7289 "2022-10-13T19:43:15Z")
Fair enough but it is actually a really detailed and professional look at what is happening (by actual legal professionals). If you are interested in the topic then it is well worth a watch. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7290 "2022-10-13T20:08:15Z")
I bet the ketchup is flying today. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7291 "2022-10-13T20:22:01Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Fair enough but it is actually a really detailed and professional look at what is happening (by actual legal professionals). LegaEagle is great. I subscribe to Devin Stone’s channel. He has a mix of silly topics. things like reviewing a TV show or movie to judge how well they get the law right, or ranking fictional lawyers. (Even those silly topics have a lot of good legal info in them.) And then there are topics where he straight-up talks about the ramifications of real world legal situations, and he has had some great videos specifically about the Trump cases. What Devin is good at, is giving you a lot of solid information, making it entertaining, and not wasting time. (He has a fast delivery but he’s easy to understand.) I have watched other legal videos and usually they are boring or take forever to get to the point. I will say this latest video doesn’t feature Devin as much, but this other guy is okay. I remember he and Devin teaming up to talk about the original _Top Gun_ film and how much they got wrong from a legal perspective. (Spoiler: a lot.) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7292 "2022-10-13T20:33:09Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > And then there are topics where he straight-up talks about the ramifications of real world legal situations, and he has had some great videos specifically about the Trump cases. I like that while he seems to have a liberal bias his legal analysis is what the law says and how it is used by the courts. He is less about what you want the law to be and more about what the law is (currently). ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7293 "2022-10-13T21:03:18Z")
Thanks for that link, Kron. I subscribe to Veritasium, but don’t watch nearly as much as I should. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7294 "2022-10-13T23:03:33Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I remember he and Devin teaming up to talk about the original _Top Gun_ film and how much they got wrong from a legal perspective. (Spoiler: a lot.) You mean A Few Good Men? I don’t remember law being any part of Top Gun. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7295 "2022-10-13T23:07:04Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > You mean A Few Good Men? No, I mean Top Gun. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sTx_qZL3tqM/maxresdefault.jpg "Military Laws Broken: Top Gun (with real JAG)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTx_qZL3tqM) It covered a ton of laws that were broken in the original film. “Scowl Owl” was a Judge Advocate in the Marine Corps, so Devin brought him onto the video to discuss military law. Maverick would be in a LOT of trouble if that film was real life. Or as they put in the video description: > Maverick is in the legal…DANGER ZONE. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7296 "2022-10-13T23:13:14Z")
It came out around the time Top Gun: Maverick was in, or about to be in, theaters, which is when I saw it. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7297 "2022-10-13T23:46:50Z")
Cool. I wonder what their take was on A Few Good Men. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7298 "2022-10-13T23:47:18Z")
I haven’t watched it yet, but I have it queued up now. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SfZrnoo1GPM/maxresdefault.jpg "Real Lawyer Reacts to A Few Good Men (with Real JAG!)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfZrnoo1GPM) ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7299 "2022-10-14T00:00:45Z")
Another lose for the looser. > **[Judge denies Trump request to delay deposition in E. Jean Carroll rape...](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/judge-denies-trump-request-to-delay-e-jean-carroll-rape-defamation-case.html)** > > The writer E. Jean Carroll says Donald Trump raped her in the mid-1990s in a New York City department store. The former president says she's lying. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7300 "2022-10-14T06:56:36Z")
And some more losing for Trump: > **[Supreme Court denies Trump bid to void ruling in Mar-a-Lago raid documents case](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/13/supreme-court-denies-trump-bid-to-void-ruling-in-mar-a-lago-raid-documents-case.html)** > > Donald Trump is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice over his removal of government documents when he left the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7301 "2022-10-14T10:33:44Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > If you want 35 minutes of details about Letitia James’ civil action against TFG, his kids, company, et al, Devin the Legal Eagle turns it over to his pal Spencer, aka the Scowl Owl. Haven’t had time to watch this, but I was both amused and exasperated to read that the reason James is moving to block Trump Org from moving assets and continuing bad practices is that they have created Trump Org II. So Trump’s lawyers are all “We promise Trump Org isn’t doing the bad things!” while omitting to mention that this is because Trump Org II is doing them instead. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7302 "2022-10-14T14:27:20Z")
Don Jr. is running scared. > **[Deposition excerpts of Trump and Trump Jr., in NY fraud probe released, Trump...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/13/politics/donald-trump-jr-deposition-new-york-attorney-general-investigation/index.html)** > > Donald Trump Jr., a top executive at the Trump Organization, told New York investigators that he was not involved in preparing the real estate company's financial statements at the center of a $250 million lawsuit and that his knowledge of accounting... ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7303 "2022-10-14T14:43:17Z")
> Donald Trump Jr., a top executive at the Trump Organization, told New York investigators that he was not involved in preparing the real estate company’s financial statements at the center of a $250 million lawsuit and that his knowledge of accounting rules is limited to a college course, according to excerpts of his deposition released Thursday. Huh, that means I literally have as much expertise as Junior. I majored in Business Administration (switching from Computer Science) and took one course in Accounting 101. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7304 "2022-10-14T15:12:59Z")
Quothe the Genius Businessman - “I dunno. I just sign whatever they put in front of me.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7305 "2022-10-14T15:50:02Z")
Now _that’s_ due diligence! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/7306 "2022-10-14T18:45:37Z")
His review of the movie _The Rainmaker_ made me watch it. And I’m glad I did. Good movie! [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=364) [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=366)