While the Epstein issue for President Trump is escalating, the  life of those cronies he pardoned for helping him attempt a coup in January of 2021 has also worsened . The Georgia election interference case against President Trump just appointed a new prosector for that case. Peter Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, headed a nonpartisan state agency to select one, and he was chosen. He replaces Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. As you know federal pardons don't apply to state crimes. The judge remains the same, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee. Remember this? A Fulton County grand jury    indicted   Trump in 2023 when he was out of office along with 18 others who allegedly formed a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, which Trump narrowly lost to President Joe Biden. Following the loss, Trump had   famously called   Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and asked him to “find” the...

 Donald Trump again, but first, a few newsworthy developments: Mega Millions  selected a winner last night for $1.55 billion, from Florida.  Until last night, there were 31 straight Tues-Fri failed drawings.  Victor can get $783.3 million if the lump sum option is selected. Now, the jackpot   resets to a lousy $20 million .  Abortion-rights advocates in Ohio prevailed , the #2 reason why Democrats will win in a landslide on 5November2024.  From the  New York Times  this morning: More and more of these will begin to appear, but just revealed was a  secret memo  from a Trump lawyer providing details of faking key state electoral votes  to overturn his 2020 election loss. That headline look familiar?  On to The Donald, for these indictments remind me of  Watergate half a century ago , which was  televised and became a huge hit .   Three out of four homes in the USA watched .  I did.   N...

Well, the day finally came, for former president Donald Trump was arraigned in a Florida court, indicted, electronically fingerprinted, plead not guilty to everything, released, should get $2 million at a fundraiser and will  give a speech tonight  at 8:45PM EDT from his Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey.  On what, who really knows.  But his judge has not limited what he can say. You can read the details  here .  Some might want to watch the analyses on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow and her cohorts at 8PM EDT. Here is my take: The court cases are getting more and more serious for Trump.  Sure, "stealing"  15 boxes  of  more than 300 ( 325, actually ) confidential files  and  11,000 records  from his office when he left the presidency was a concern.  Worse was his effort to defy the government which tried to get those papers back.  This was nothing like Biden and Pence embarrassingly returning mostly trivial infor...

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