# 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:** 414
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8267 "2022-12-27T19:41:17Z")
I’m sure he also IS a criminal, in several ways: 1. The check fraud he was caught doing in Brazil, and admitted to to authorities there. 2. Trashing his rented apartment and refusing to pay the many thousands of dollars in damages. 3. Quite possibly, helping some woman get her green card, by marrying her (for a year) under false pretenses. 4. Yes, that 700 K to finance his campaign had to come from someone — it sure as hell wasn’t the “LinkBridge” “work” or whatever crap he pretended to do afterward. 5. That supposed save-the-puppies charity work was a scam, too (starting with how the woman claims she was never paid). ---
**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:** [December 27, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8268 "2022-12-27T19:47:56Z")
> **[Convicted leader of plot to kidnap Michigan governor sentenced to 16 years in...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/politics/adam-fox-sentenced-whitmer-kidnapping-plot/index.html)** > > A Michigan federal judge sentenced a man convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to 16 years in prison Tuesday. As for the others, some kick-ass sentencing IMHO. The judge here should be doing the sentencing for the capitol insurrectionists: ""Another person involved in the plot, Barry Croft, is set for sentencing Wednesday. Croft was a part of the plan with Fox and the others, and practiced detonating explosives in preparation, prosecutors said at the trial. Additionally, earlier this month, three other men involved in the plot – Pete Musico, Joseph Morrison and Paul Bellar – were all sentenced on charges of gang participation, support of a terrorist act and carrying or possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony, according to the Michigan attorney general’s office. Musico and Bellar must serve a minimum of 12 years and seven years, respectively. The alleged “commander” of the group, Morrison – who, according to affidavits filed with the attorney general’s office, went by the online moniker “Boogaloo Bunyan” online – must serve a minimum of 11 years." ---
**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:** [December 27, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8269 "2022-12-27T20:06:47Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Boogaloo Bunyan 🙄 What a joke he is. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8270 "2022-12-27T20:48:48Z")
Santos even stole his “Jew-ish” bit from a t-shirt: > **[T-Shirt Hell :: I'M NOT A FULL BLOODED JEW - I'M jewISH](https://www.tshirthell.com/funny-shirts/im-not-a-full-blooded-jew-im-jewish)** > > I'm Not A Full Blooded Jew - I'm Jewish That shirt has been around for years. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8271 "2022-12-27T21:12:06Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > As for the others, some kick-ass sentencing IMHO. The judge here should be doing the sentencing for the capitol insurrectionists The prosecutors wanted life. Still, 16 years is right ol’ kick in the pants and nothing to sniff at. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8272 "2022-12-28T01:33:40Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I’m sure he also IS a criminal, in several ways: > > 1. The check fraud he was caught doing in Brazil, and admitted to to authorities there. > > 2. Trashing his rented apartment and refusing to pay the many thousands of dollars in damages. > > 3. Quite possibly, helping some woman get her green card, by marrying her (for a year) under false pretenses. > > 4. Yes, that 700 K to finance his campaign had to come from someone — it sure as hell wasn’t the “LinkBridge” “work” or whatever crap he pretended to do afterward. > > 5. That supposed save-the-puppies charity work was a scam, too (starting with how the woman claims she was never paid). In addition, if it’s found that Santos lied on his congressional Financial Disclosure Report–either the one he filed in 2020 or the 2022 one–he could face charges. > [@](#): > > … During his initial, failed bid for Congress in 2020, Republican George Santos of New York signed a certified congressional document attesting to having almost no financial assets and an average income. > > But this year, Santos — now poised to enter Congress after winning the election in November — represented his finances in a profoundly different fashion. … > **[From nothing to millions — incoming Republican Rep. George Santos'...](https://www.businessinsider.com/george-santos-finances-congress-disclosures-questions-2022-12)** > > In his first run for Congress, Republican George Santos reported next to nothing on his financial disclosures. Two years later, he says he's a multi-millionaire. > [@](#): > > … Candidates are required to file accurate reports of their finances with the clerk of the House. If a candidate knowingly files a form that is false, it could violate a number of laws, [according](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/19/george-santos-resume-false-claims-ethics-probe/?itid=lk_inline_manual_30) to the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center. > > The attorney general may pursue civil or criminal penalties against someone who “knowingly and willfully falsifies” financial disclosure statements filed to the House, according to the [instruction guide](https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/documents/FINAL%202021%20FD%20Instructions.pdf) by the House Ethics Committee on filing such statements. Fines can reach up to $250,000 and imprisonment can be as long as five years … > **[Rep.-elect George Santos acknowledges ‘résumé embellishment’ but answers...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/26/george-santos-resume-wealth/)** > > In interviews, the Long Island Republican acknowledged that he never graduated from college and didn't work for Wall Street firms, but he answered few questions about his wealth. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8273 "2022-12-28T16:50:14Z")
That would be funny. Let him serve half a term before sentencing, then jail him for the rest of the term (and when he gets re-elected\*, all of that term!) - - Maybe this time the Dems will fight for the seat. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8274 "2022-12-28T18:20:39Z")
I have to wonder: has there been any investigation into the other GOP Reps who won NY districts? What makes you think the GOP vetted them any better than they did Santos? ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8275 "2022-12-28T20:05:19Z")
Yet another conservative app appears to be floundering. The Right Stuff dating app is floundering. App downloads are dwindling and it’s still only available on Apple. Users state that it’s very difficult to get a profile on the site, and they tend to know most of the other users already on it. > **[Peter Thiel’s Conservative Dating App Floundering After 3 Months](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/peter-thiel-s-conservative-dating-app-floundering-after-3-months/ar-AA15JC5s)** > > The Right Stuff, the conservative dating app that went live in November, is already looking like it’s on the ropes. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8276 "2022-12-28T21:02:36Z")
Somewhere, Tom Wolfe is smiling. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8277 "2022-12-28T21:19:02Z")
That’s too bad, because that’s what I’ve always wanted – a dating site where I might be able to hook up with the equivalent of Marjorie Taylor-Greene! 🤮 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8278 "2022-12-29T01:01:52Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Still, 16 years is right ol’ kick in the pants and nothing to sniff at. Doesn’t he have to serve every day of it since it’s in the federal system? > [@Frazzled](#): > > they tend to know most of the other users already on it. The Inbred Stuff! > [@wolfpup](#): > > That’s too bad, because that’s what I’ve always wanted – a dating site where I might be able to hook up with the equivalent of Marjorie Taylor-Greene! Hey, she’s now unencumbered, husbandwise, so you don’t have to go for the equivalent; you can go for the rig…er, the real stuff! ---
**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:** [December 29, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8279 "2022-12-29T22:08:43Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > [https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/rensselaer-county-elections-commissioner-indicted](https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/rensselaer-county-elections-commissioner-indicted) > > > [@](#): > > > > ALBANY, NEW YORK – Jason Schofield, age 42, of Troy, New York, was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with unlawfully using the names and dates of birth of voters to fraudulently apply for absentee ballots for elections held in Rensselaer County in 2021. Update on this clown: > **[Rensselaer County Legislature: Elections Commissioner Jason Schofield resigns...](https://www.wamc.org/news/2022-12-29/rensselaer-county-legislature-elections-commissioner-jason-schofield-resigns-ahead-of-reported-guilty-plea)** > > The Rensselaer County Legislature says it has accepted the immediate resignation of County Board of Elections Commissioner Jason Schofield. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8280 "2022-12-29T23:24:52Z")
It gets deeper for this guy and the GQP. "The Republican elections board commissioner in Rensselaer County, N.Y., is scheduled to plead guilty after he was accused of carrying out a brazen scheme that allowed him to cast votes in other voters’ names, a local newspaper reported Wednesday. Jason Schofield, 43, of Troy, is scheduled to plead guilty on Jan. 11, in an agreement that contains a promise to cooperate with a sprawling federal probe, the [Albany Times Union reported], citing an anonymous source." > **[Upstate N.Y. GOP election official to plead guilty in brazen ballot scheme:...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/upstate-n-y-gop-election-005000533.html)** > > The Republican elections board commissioner in Rensselaer County is scheduled to plead guilty after he was accused of carrying out a brazen scheme that allowed him to cast votes in other voters’ names, a local newspaper reported Wednesday. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8281 "2023-01-01T02:56:43Z")
Too bad it wasn’t in Santos’s district. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8282 "2023-01-01T15:43:27Z")
DJT had some sort of event and invited the press. Not even Fox News bothered to attend. > **[Trump invited the press to a 'media availability' slot at Mar-a-Lago. Not a...](https://www.businessinsider.com/cable-news-skips-donald-trump-nye-media-availability-offer-maralago-2023-1)** > > Donald Trump hosted a "media availability" slot at Mar-a-Lago. Cable news networks didn't cover it and half of his remarks were inaudible. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8283 "2023-01-01T19:51:37Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > DJT had some sort of event and invited the press. Not even Fox News bothered to attend. > > [https://www.businessinsider.com/cable-news-skips-donald-trump-nye-media-availability-offer-maralag](https://www.businessinsider.com/cable-news-skips-donald-trump-nye-media-availability-offer-maralag) Still want to see him ultimately behind bars, but I gotta believe that fading into obscurity galls him even more than imprisonment would. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8284 "2023-01-01T20:03:00Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > DJT had some sort of event and invited the press. Not even Fox News bothered to attend. Well that’s his own fault for failing to use the word “major” in the description of the event. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8285 "2023-01-01T20:33:26Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Well that’s his own fault for failing to use the word “major” in the description of the event. Actually, it was because he failed to use the word “MAJOR” in the Description. Capitalization is Important. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537/8286 "2023-01-01T21:40:09Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Still want to see him ultimately behind bars, but I gotta believe that fading into obscurity galls him even more than imprisonment would. First he fades into obscurity, then he loses his money, then he goes to prison. [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=413) [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=415)