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Bahara: Trump Investigations Not Unprecedented

March 27, 2023 Buck Banks

“You can argue about whether or not it’s appropriate to bring such a case. You can argue about the optics of it. But the idea that this is unprecedented is just false. It’s just wrong.”

— Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, on NBC News, on the hush money probe into Donald Trump.

Bahara: Dowd Says ‘Ludicrous’ Things

December 4, 2017 Buck Banks

“I have a lot of experience with John Dowd … in cases before my office, and he said then – as he’s saying now – a lot of incorrect, mistaken and on occasion ludicrous things. So I wouldn’t put a lot of stock into it.”

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Bahara: Trump Investigations Not Unprecedented

“You can argue about whether or not it’s appropriate to bring such a case. You can argue about the optics of it. But the idea that this is unprecedented is just false. It’s just wrong.”

— Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, on NBC News, on the hush money probe into Donald Trump.

Bahara: Dowd Says ‘Ludicrous’ Things

“I have a lot of experience with John Dowd … in cases before my office, and he said then – as he’s saying now – a lot of incorrect, mistaken and on occasion ludicrous things. So I wouldn’t put a lot of stock into it.”

— Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, quoted by NPR, on Donald Trump’s lawyer claiming the president cannot obstruct justice.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black people haven’t been appointed to key positions.”

— ABC News

“If you defended the 34x felon, who committed sexual assault, stole national security documents, and tried running a coup on his country… you can sit out the Hunter Biden pardon discussion.”

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), on X.

— Benjamin Wittes</h2>

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“Are soldiers sometimes wild childs? Yeah, that can happen.”

— Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), quoted by NBC News, on Pete Hegseth’s nomination of to be Defense Secretary.

— The New Yorker

Numerati

$30 million

$3.04

$353 billion

Elon Musk’s net worth is now estimated at $353 billion, up $91 billion over the last month, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

22%

$4.6 trillion

“You can argue about whether or not it’s appropriate to bring such a case. You can argue about the optics of it. But the idea that this is unprecedented is just false. It’s just wrong.”

— Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, on NBC News, on the hush money probe into Donald Trump.

“I have a lot of experience with John Dowd … in cases before my office, and he said then – as he’s saying now – a lot of incorrect, mistaken and on occasion ludicrous things. So I wouldn’t put a lot of stock into it.”

— Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, quoted by NPR, on Donald Trump’s lawyer claiming the president cannot obstruct justice.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black people haven’t been appointed to key positions.”

— ABC News

“If you defended the 34x felon, who committed sexual assault, stole national security documents, and tried running a coup on his country… you can sit out the Hunter Biden pardon discussion.”

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), on X.

— Benjamin Wittes</h2> Comment »

“Are soldiers sometimes wild childs? Yeah, that can happen.”

— Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), quoted by NBC News, on Pete Hegseth’s nomination of to be Defense Secretary.

— The New Yorker

Numerati

$30 million

$3.04

$353 billion

Elon Musk’s net worth is now estimated at $353 billion, up $91 billion over the last month, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

22%

$4.6 trillion

— Benjamin Wittes</h2>

Comment »