This has always been true. For years he was desperate for affirmation from and positive coverage in the NYTimes for his business success, despite his professed contempt for the paper. He really is nothing but an arrested-development pathetically insecure teenager.
Is the island of Elba available? For purchase, maybe? Once it was explained to him, it’s something Trump might go for. True, it would make French heads explode…
I gotta believe Special Council has mixed feelings about protective orders to get Trump to shut up. On the one hand, they really don’t want him intimidating potential witnesses or poisoning the jury pool, but on the other hand, it seems every day he opens his mouth he either finds a new way to confess to crimes, or destroys potential defenses.
He might enjoy being crowned El Presidente In Absentia.
Although he would probably ask to have a nice palace in the capital city of Absentia.
Already been done, albeit with British citizens.
Narrator: What Trump doesn’t realize is that he’s not a citizen of France.
Actually there is: the chain of custody forestalls any “Fake! Forged screenshot!” defenses.
I have a mental image of Chump adding a nitrous oxide booster tank to his golf cart for that extra burst of speed.
The Fat and the Furious part 77?
Yes, though there are exceptions on both sides that can lead to long delays or complete refusal.
In 1997, Einhorn was arrested in Champagne-Mouton, France, where he had been living under the name “Eugène Mallon”. The extradition process, however, proved more complex than initially envisioned. Under the extradition treaty between France and the United States, either country may refuse extradition under certain circumstances, and Einhorn used multiple avenues to avoid extradition.
Homestead ARB still has F-16s, doesn’t it?
Moderating:
We’re getting pretty far afield. Let’s get back to discussing the actual investigation, please.
I am WAY below an Article 3 judge, but on the very rare instances (2 or 3 in 13 or so years IIRC) that boneheads made even a vague threat against me, I was impressed at how seriously the Federal Protective Service took them.
Similar to the way the Secret Service takes seriously even pretty clearly meaningless threats against any sitting President.
Trump is a private citizen. I hope he is treated as one.
BREAKING:
Nice Christmas present.
That timing seems fair. I wonder if the judge will go along. I’m sure Trump’s team will cry and wail.
Wouldn’t it be sweet to get the verdict Jan. 6?
Just caught up to all 1,057 posts. Yay!
re: trial date. I’ve previously read that DOJ would propose a Dec 2023 trial date (they did Jan 2, 2024) with the goal of the Judge issuing a March 2024 trial date. Alvin Bragg in the NY state case has pretty much said he would move his March 2024 trial date to accommodate a federal trial.
All to say, this is a negotiation and getting something within a few months of Jan 2024 should be considered a win.
That’s ahhh… optimistic. 
But maybe it’s a good start date for jury selection to commence?
In the courts I worked in, jury selection in a case like this would probably take up to a month. @Procrustus has said it moves much quicker in federal court, so let’s say two weeks. That would mean a trial start date in mid to late January. Time estimate for trial, 3-6 weeks. So erring on the side of longer rather than shorter, verdict by the beginning of April.
I can live with that. 
But the schedule @JohnT shared has jury selection starting Dec. 11, with the trial starting Jan. 2. Are you saying that will all be pushed back?
(I realize the trial will probably take longer than 4 days, so Jan. 6 isn’t realistic. Jan. 20 would also be sort of fitting.)