TOP TWEETS THIS WEEK
The seditious conspiracy trial that starts today is problematic for Trump, because the expected defense of Rhodes et al is that they believed Trump was going to invoke Insurrection Act and they were showing up as loyal citizens.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) September 27, 2022
To clarify, Trumps reckoning day with Dearie is next Friday b/c moved from this Friday b/c of the delay in finding a vendor, none of whom would agree to work with Trump. That’s the put up or shut up day on executive privilege and possibly on whole Cannon misadventure.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) September 28, 2022
The one credible lawyer that Trump has hired in years, Chris Kise, paying $3M up front, now has been demoted and is no longer leading the MAL defense. Must be Trump's payback for the fix he's now in w/ Judge Dearie. He thinks he's Goldfinger/Dr.No but he's really Austin Powers.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) September 27, 2022
DOJ appeals Cannon's order on the merits, and proposes expedited schedule. Also adds new argument - that needs there rest of the 11,000+ docs to ascertain what happened to the classified ones. If they win, it's Goodnight, Aileen...
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) October 1, 2022
