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Georgia Judge Sets Trump’s Bond at $200,000

August 21, 2023 Buck Banks

$200,000

A Georgia judge set a $200,000 bond for Donald Trump on Monday in the Fulton County case that accuses the former president and 18 others of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election, ABC News reports.The “consent bond order” bars Trump from intimidating witnesses or from communicating with any of his co-defendants about the case.

Maybe It’s Because Trump’s a Criminal

August 17, 2023 Buck Banks

“Maybe, just maybe, the reason Trump keeps getting indicted for crimes is not that the criminal justice system is in the grips of a vast liberal conspiracy but that he is, in fact, a criminal?”

Trump Has Called for 27 Political Rivals to Be Jailed

July 1, 2023 Buck Banks

27

Although Donald Trump claims his criminal indictments are part of some “political persecution,” ABC News notes that Trump himself has called for at least 27 of his political foes to be indicted or jailed. Not one of them has been charged with any crimes.

Big Majority Thinks Criminal Charges Disqualifies Trump from Running

June 8, 2023 Buck Banks

62%

A new Yahoo News-YouGov poll found that 62% of Americans believe that Donald Trump should not be allowed to serve as president again if he is convicted of a “serious” crime. A slightly smaller majority — 52% — said they believe that Trump has committed a serious crime.

Most Americans Think Donald Trump Committed a Crime

June 1, 2023 Buck Banks

65%

A new Navigator Research poll finds that 65% of Americans now believe Donald Trump has committed a crime — including 68% of independents.

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.

`Cuomo: Trump Investigations Are Political

March 27, 2023 Buck Banks

“I don’t believe a Democratic prosecutor just happens to be attacking a Republican. I don’t believe a Republican prosecutor just happens to be attacking a Democrat. I think it’s all politics, and I think that’s what the people of this country are saying.”

— Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) slammed the New York and Georgia investigations into former President Trump as being part of a “cancer in our body politic,” arguing they are politically motivated, The Hill reports.

Trump Sent $1.1 Million at Trump Properties in Last Days of Race

December 7, 2020 Buck Banks

$1.1 million

“President Trump’s campaign and its affiliated committees spent more than $1.1 million at Trump’s own properties in the last weeks of the 2020 campaign — continuing a pattern of self-enrichment in which Trump has converted $6.7 million from his campaign donors into revenue for his businesses since taking office,” the Washington Post reports.

Shouting Law and Order While Breaking the Law

August 28, 2020 Buck Banks

“They condemn law breakers while breaking the law.“

— Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) noted the contradiction of President Trump giving his Republican convention speech on the White House lawn last night.

To make a fast buck, Donald Trump has always been keen,
But our entrepreneurial president’s latest move is just obscene.
At the height of the pandemic,
His motives were purely economic
When he sought exclusive rights to a German COVID-19 vaccine.

$200,000

“Maybe, just maybe, the reason Trump keeps getting indicted for crimes is not that the criminal justice system is in the grips of a vast liberal conspiracy but that he is, in fact, a criminal?”

— Jonathan Chait

27

Although Donald Trump claims his criminal indictments are part of some “political persecution,” ABC News notes that Trump himself has called for at least 27 of his political foes to be indicted or jailed. Not one of them has been charged with any crimes.

62%

A new Yahoo News-YouGov poll found that 62% of Americans believe that Donald Trump should not be allowed to serve as president again if he is convicted of a “serious” crime. A slightly smaller majority — 52% — said they believe that Trump has committed a serious crime.

65%

A new Navigator Research poll finds that 65% of Americans now believe Donald Trump has committed a crime — including 68% of independents.

“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 don’t believe a Democratic prosecutor just happens to be attacking a Republican. I don’t believe a Republican prosecutor just happens to be attacking a Democrat. I think it’s all politics, and I think that’s what the people of this country are saying.”

— Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) slammed the New York and Georgia investigations into former President Trump as being part of a “cancer in our body politic,” arguing they are politically motivated, The Hill reports.

$1.1 million

“They condemn law breakers while breaking the law.“

— Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) noted the contradiction of President Trump giving his Republican convention speech on the White House lawn last night.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%