QOTD -- A Lonely, Troubled Man

 

"...During his Mar-a-Lago address, Trump insisted, 'There’s no case. There’s no case!' Retreating into projection, Trump claimed the prosecutor was the one who should be on trial: 'The criminal is the district attorney,' Trump insisted, alleging that Bragg 'illegally leaked grand jury information' and should resign.

Cutting his speech short after just half an hour, Trump seemed absorbed by the trauma of the day’s events. When he railed against the 'crippled economy,' the shame of the Afghanistan withdrawal, and a nation 'going to hell,' he seemed lost in the darkness, a lonely troubled man sunk in his own emotional well. He wants Americans to make him president again." -- Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone ($$), commenting on the Malignant Loser's "address" to cult members at Mar-a-Lago yesterday after his arraignment on 34 felony counts of business fraud.  Expect more of this, and worse, unless Judge Juan Merchan slaps a gag order on his orange puss.

The Indictment: 34 Felony Counts For Trump! (UPDATED)

 

It's happened:

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony charges he falsified business records to hide hundreds of thousands of dollars in hush money he paid in the last weeks of his 2016 presidential campaign ― payoffs that could well have swayed the outcome of that election.

Trump surrendered at the Manhattan Criminal Court early Tuesday afternoon and was placed under arrest.

Trump, who is also facing other criminal investigations, including two into his failed coup attempt to remain in power despite losing reelection in 2020, is now the first president in American history to be fingerprinted and face a judge in a criminal prosecution.

A New York City grand jury handed up the indictment against him last week after hearing months of testimony about Trump’s successful efforts to prevent Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal from revealing their claims that they’d had affairs with him.

Here's the 16- page indictment. 

Apparently the shitstain was fingerprinted but there was no mugshot taken.

UPDATE:  Here's the Statement of Facts (pdf) that summarizes the basis for the charges.

(Photo: The Malignant Loser and his mouthpieces at his arraignment today/Seth Wenig,AP)