The Malignant Loser's day in court (another one) --
NBC News: Donald Trump will undergo digital fingerprinting as part of the booking process at the courthouse today, but no mugshot will be taken; the court will use an existing photo of Trump in its place, according to a U.S. Marshals Service spokesperson. @MSNBC
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 3, 2023
I’m going to say this loud and often: It’s ridiculous how little visibility the public will have into the most important federal criminal proceeding in US history. Only a handful of reporters will bear witness in court today and no cameras. It doesn’t have to be this way.
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) August 3, 2023
216 yrs ago today Aaron Burr’s treason trial for plotting an insurrection against the United States began in Richmond, Va, presided over by Chief Justice Marshall. The only reason it wasn’t televised is that television hadn’t been invented yet. There’s no such excuse today!
— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) August 3, 2023
Decoding the January 6 indictment and a "notable cameo" --
Here’s your decoder ring for the indictment.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) August 2, 2023
Every time an important official is mentioned by their Title in Capital Letters, and that person was not a Co-Conspirator — then that person probably testified to the grand jury.
This includes Mark Meadows.
And Mike Pence.
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson makes a notable cameo in the 45-page Trump indictment.https://t.co/LvlPJQCH2J
— The Nation (@thenation) August 3, 2023
Fascist Ron "Bootsie" DeSantis threatens civil servants with murder. Totally normal --
Ron DeSantis, in New Hampshire, discusses his plans for the federal workforce:
— alexander nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) August 3, 2023
"We are going to start slitting throats on Day One."
(via @joshrogersNHPR) pic.twitter.com/H7pm9gTnda
The cynical pontifications of Bill "Low" Barr continue --
That takes a lot of nerve to say after what he did as attorney general. https://t.co/vtxhAgwh0J
— Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)🌻 (@AWeissmann_) August 3, 2023
Collins: What’s your advice to his attorneys?
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 3, 2023
Barr: Get a lot of insurance. They’ll be spending a lot of time themselves at some point before a grand jury or answering questions or witnesses in investigations pic.twitter.com/82q9z7NZHk
Meanwhile, House MAGAts continue to faceplant "investigating" Hunter Biden --
House Republicans have finally released the transcript of their own witness’ testimony — and guess what?
— Ian Sams (@IanSams46) August 3, 2023
He confirms President Biden was not involved in his son’s business.
Q: “Did you have any knowledge of Joe Biden having any involvement with Burisma?”
A: “No.” pic.twitter.com/wnhn2QqKBm
"Only the best" for Trumpworld --
Audio transcripts were filed on Tuesday by Noelle Dunphy, who is suing Rudy Giuliani for sexual harassment.
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 3, 2023
According to the transcript, Giuliani told her: "Come here, big tits. Your tits belong to me...I want to claim my tits. These are my tits."
Story: https://t.co/jg5nGuP5SW pic.twitter.com/9ThSXpAG3w
And here's Rudy Giuliani telling Jews to get over Passover https://t.co/nLO6s4Awfx
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) August 2, 2023
Add to Russian war crimes the destruction of part of the world's grain supply --
Russia is attacking Ukrainian grain storage facilities on purpose in order to raise global food prices.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) August 3, 2023
This way, Russian authorities expect to profit from selling their own grain at a higher price and eliminate Ukraine from the market.
Since Russia withdrew from the grain… pic.twitter.com/Cg7675JkUQ
🎼 For Pete's sake get me to the church on time 🎼 --
— Out of Context Human Race (@NoContextHumans) August 3, 2023
