The Donald Trump Score Card

Trump wins Nevada caucus.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/live-blog/nevada-caucus-live-updates-rcna137685

 

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Former Trump official, Navarro, ordered to report to prison.


Trump adviser Peter Navarro ordered to report to prison for four-month sentence

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“If anything, the record demonstrates just the opposite,” Mehta wrote in the 12-page opinion, adding that “Defendant’s cynical, self-serving claim of political bias poses no question at all, let alone a ‘substantial’ one.”

If this ruling keeps its shape, Navarro is positioned to be the first member of Trump's crew to serve time for crimes relating to efforts to overthrow the results of the 2020 election.

 

The same can be said about Trump.

 

After Biden not charged, Trump demands DOJ to immediately drop its charges against him.


Trump demands DOJ 'immediately' drop charges against him in classified docs case after Biden decision

 

A frustrated Rep. Tenney calls for Biden to be removed from office.


GOP lawmaker calls on Cabinet to ‘explore’ removing Biden under 25th Amendment

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"She argued that Biden, who is 81, is lacking the ability to execute his responsibilities as president.

“So it is incumbent upon you to explore proceedings to remove the President pursuant to the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution,” she wrote. “President Biden needs to be charged, or he needs to be removed.”"

 

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Article from July 2022.

Trump defends using Saudi money for golf tour while insinuating conspiracy narratives about the 9/11 attack.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/29/trump-presidential-seal-liv-golf-tournament/

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"In an ad released this week, family members of those who lost their lives in the attacks hold up photos of their deceased loved ones while sharing the pain they still endure more than 20 years later.

“How much money to turn your back on your own country?” one woman asks.

The golf tour is funded by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, whose chairman is Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. U.S. intelligence has deemed him responsible for the murder of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

9/11 families launch ad criticizing Trump for hosting Saudi-backed golf tournament

On Thursday, Trump dismissed criticism that he is being too friendly to Saudi Arabia.

“Nobody’s gotten to the bottom of 9/11, unfortunately,” Trump told ESPN."

 

Trump wants Biden to act like Trump is the incumbent president.


Trump Pretends He’s Still President. Biden Should Treat Him That Way.

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"Donald Trump pretends he’s still the president. You will not find the word “former” in any of his official statements or social media accounts; he is the “45th President of the United States.” When he’s not using the actual seal of the president of the United States, he’s using a strikingly similar one that has been modified just enough to avoid trademark issues. And of course his supporters, allies in Congress, and even lawyers all refer to him as “President Trump.”"

 

‘It’s devastating’: Trump seizes unmatched control over GOP

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“He’s got a stronghold,” said Amy Tarkanian, a former chair of the Nevada Republican Party. “It’s not just on the Republican base, but also in the House. I don’t know how to explain it. It’s completely mind-boggling to me, the type of brainwashing that has been done.”

 

Trump legal news brief: Citing witness death threats, Jack Smith asks Judge Cannon to reconsider ‘clear error’ in ruling

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"Government prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith’s team file papers asking Judge Aileen Cannon to reconsider her “clear error” in granting a request from lawyers for former President Donald Trump to reveal the identity of certain witnesses in the classified documents case. Here are the latest legal developments involving the Republican frontrunner seeking to be reelected to the White House in 2024."
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The slowness of Cannon's pace can cause such motions by Trump to delay the case for months.


Special counsel warns of 'significant and immediate' threat to Mar-a-Lago case witnesses

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"The filing also reveals how Trump's team is seeking to turn over an FBI report of an interview with a former Trump White House official who revealed privileged information about the classification process. Trump maintains that he declassified the sensitive government records that federal investigators seized from his residence after he left office.

The special counsel has sought to block Trump’s legal team from viewing certain information and has gone back and forth with the defense over how much information should be redacted or withheld in full."

 

Stalling arrested in connection to Capitol riot.


Newport News man allegedly assaults officer at Jan 6 Capitol Riot | 13newsnow.com

 

FInney arrested.


Hopewell Junction Man Charged With Civil Disorder For Taking Part In US Capitol Riot

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"Dutchess County resident Christopher Douglas Finney, age 32, of Hopewell Junction, was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges on Thursday, Feb. 8, related to his conduct during the breach of the Capitol."

 

It's an indication of the fringe type of people, like Whatley and Lake, who would populate a second Trump administration if he's reelected.


‘It’s devastating’: Trump seizes unmatched control over GOP

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"In Washington, Senate Republicans backtracked on — and then blocked — the bipartisan border and foreign aid legislation that was rejected off hand by GOP House leadership — at Trump’s demand. And RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel effectively tendered her resignation to Trump following the South Carolina primary on Feb. 24, after he made clear he wanted big “changes” at the RNC. Mike Reed, the party’s chief of staff, also is set to step down from his role later this month."


"After news of McDaniel’s defenestration made headlines, MAGA personalities gathered in an X Spaces to cheer her exit. Kari Lake, a preeminent election denier and candidate running to unseat independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who helped negotiate the border deal, gleefully welcomed changes atop the GOP. Others threw out names of preferred candidates to lead the GOP, including recently deposed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The week was validation of seemingly everything figures like Lake were pushing for.

“I’m coming,” she said, pitching her planned Arizona comeback as being in service to Trump and his movement. “And I’m bringing my sledgehammer with me.”"

 

‘Two men three years apart’: Democrats highlight Trump’s mental lapses after Biden report

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"But despite Trump’s frequent mistakes, polling has consistently shown that more Americans think Biden is too old than think the same about Trump."


"Psaki’s host, Katy Tur, responded: “I covered Donald Trump really closely [in 2016] and when I see him now, he is a lot different than he was eight years ago. He is not the same candidate that he was.”

That seems evident to most observers – and the issue has not been absent from the Republican primary."

 

Three-quarters of Americans say Biden too old for second term, poll finds

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"The AP/Norc poll said: “When asked about the first word that comes to mind when they think of each candidate, 26% of all adults cited Biden’s age and 15% mentioned words associated with being slow and confused, while only 1% and 3% did so for Trump.”"

 

Critics of Thomas want him to recuse himself from Trump's election subversion cases.

Not only was Thomas present, his 'stolen election' conspiracy-enthusiast wife was in the courtroom in the prime-guest section.


jhttps://www.cnn.com/2024/02/09/politics/john-roberts-trump-ballot-supreme-court-analysis/index.html

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"Not since the 2000 case of Bush v. Gore has the Supreme Court been in the middle of an election battle of such potential magnitude. The courtroom was packed Thursday. Several of the justices’ spouses, including Jane Roberts, wife of the chief justice, sat in a special guest section. Lawyer Mark Paoletta, a close friend of Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Ginni, was also in the prime guest section."

 

Analysis: John Roberts has a united court on Trump. Now comes the hard part | CNN Politics

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"The justices seemed united in apprehension for the practical consequences of removing a candidate from the ballot and revealed a concern for the politics of the day."

 

If the Supreme Court rules that it won't allow states to disqualify presidential candidates from the ballot because of pragmatic consequences, the question remains about whether there is any sound legal basis for such a ruling in light of what is said in the 14th Amendment insurrection clause.

Saying that the 14th Amendment clause doesn't apply to the office of the president would be a temporary cheap way out for the Supreme Court, but it doesn't settle the issue about how it could be used for various types of officials. Even Trump's attorneys during their arguments at the Supreme Court acknowledged that there isn't any explicit language that says it doesn't apply to the president.

One of the Supreme Court justices mentioned a federal law that describes how to try someone for allegedly engaging in an insurrection, but the 14th Amendment doesn't say such a law needs to be used first.