I hope we don’t have long to wait to learn which is true (that Meadows did plead guilty to some charges and also squealed on Trump–or that none of that is true).
Meadows, more than any other single person, has the knowledge to sink Trump. He can provide copious evidence of Trump’s intent (probably in both the insurrection/election interference and the documents cases).
Holding one’s breath seems justified, here.
Does he have proof as in documents and recordings or just anecdotes?
This really does make me say, “Hmmm?” I mean, these people obviously have money, but they also, for some reason, really want Santos out of jail.
Who is this guy, who comes out of nowhere, who was immediately found out as a total liar and actual criminal, that he has “friends” who are both willing and able to drop this much money on him? Even if they were just partisan hacks with too much cash, they have to know this guy has no long-term value. Is this one vote in congress, for maybe another year and half, really that valuable to someone?
Yes. Some of the same people that backed Oz, Herschel Walker, and actually elected Tommy (dumb as a box of rocks) Tuberville.
Yes, but in those cases, they probably assumed these people would be in office for a much longer time. I can understand backing a crazy idiot, if you think you can control them, if they’re likely going to be in office for several terms. And that explains why they didn’t look too closely at Santos when he first ran for office.
But now? The guy’s not just a lame duck, he’s a quadruple amputee duck. He’s got essentially zero chance at re-election, and a pretty good chance of actually being in jail in the not so distant future. Why waste money on him now?
Because McCarthy needs that vote!
I’ll laugh my ass off (bitterly, though) if it turns out it was McCarthy who bailed him. It probably wasn’t, but it would be pretty funny.
I agree with your whole post, but didn’t what to quote the whole thing. I agree that the the number of people who would/could invest in him prior to the truth coming out would have expected far more than a single term, especially in the current political climate. But it was baffling, exactly as said, as to why they’d keep throwing good money after bad…
But the nasty suspicious part of my mind says either 1) they’re afraid he’ll incriminate them in some way or 2) the chaos, disorder and distrust was ALWAYS the point. To further undermine trust in our political system. At which point, keeping him up defending himself, and further discrediting everything is a good investment! And we have plenty of enemies that would love that, who would also find a few million to be reasonably cheap for the results.
Yep, and that’s why I really want to know who they are. This isn’t “politics as usual”, even by today’s completely whacked out standards as to what constitutes “usual”.
You don’t know that it was politics that made people want to bail him out. It’s a safe assumption but it could be anyone for any reason. Maybe a couple of wealthy friends.
It’s not like it’s costing them anything unless he flees the country.
His extreme reluctance to have their identities revealed raises some suspicion in my mind. If a couple of friends wanted to bail him out, there’s no reason to be so secretive.
There is no way to apply any kind of logic to that person. I assume nothing.
I’m going to dust off “gropenführer”.
Which reminds of a joke by, I think it was Jay Leno, when Ahnuld was elected Governor of CaleeFORnia: “Finally, someone who can discuss the GOP’s civil rights policy in the original German!”
Do you want to be known as a Friend of George?
Trump says (on his imitation twitter) that he has been summoned to appear at the Federal courthouse in Miami on Tuesday at 3 pm. This was reported on CNN about 40 minutes ago. CNN are reporting that he is charged with 7 counts in the classified documents case. Apparently he is pre-empting the DOJ announcement? I’m watching a video of the reporting on YouTube.
Edited to add: on a search it appears most major US media are reporting the indictment, including NY Times and NBC News and others.
Edited again: the clock on the CNN wall says 8:03 pm (EDT) so longer ago than I thought.
It’s just the classic strategy of “get ahead of the story so you can control the narrative”, combined with Trump’s unending persecution complex, extreme narcissism, and general “HEY EVERYONE PAY ATTENTION TO ME” desperation.
He doesn’t happen to be soliciting funds on Truth Social? I never got around to joining.
That’s truthing funds on Truth Social, thank you very much. Because of all of the not-lies.
On an unrelated note, anybody want some movie recommendations?
I wanted to put together something like that, but then I found this movie and was too gobsmacked to continue.
https://www.christiancinema.com/digital/movie/the-trump-prophecy
What… The… Fuck?! Someone went through the trouble of actually making that shit?!