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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Trump’s pressure on Pirro is extraordinary because prosecutors are obligated to dismiss cases when evidence no longer supports the charge, regardless of the president’s personal belief. Hearn’s attorneys said the reckless “charge first, investigate later” prosecution damaged an innocent man and renewed their demand for an apology.

Sue the fuck out of them, Olympic guy!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Drunken fascist bitch’s turn in the barrel.

Everyone who works with trump gets shit on. No Exceptions.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 18 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Even if the work hadn't been defective, driving a motorcade over it did not help.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 hours ago

I guarantee all the original damage would have occured no matter the quality of the liner. The Presidental limo is north of a 20,000lb vehicle. It has higher ground pressure than a semi truck, and any amount of low speed turning is going to generate a ton of tire scrub because of the special high load wide handling tires they use.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 11 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Pirro’s office said newly provided Interior Department records showed contractor Atlantic Industrial Coatings improperly installed the lining

Why would she say that? That's crazy. Are Trump's loyalists turning on him?

Anyway, as if you needed more evidence of his narcissism. The mere idea of him being wrong clearly greatly upsets him.

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

She can't lie to court. It's perjury.

It's self interest. She knows she'll go to jail if she lies

[–] artyom@piefed.social 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

...and who's going to hold her accountable for that?

She doesn't have to lie, she can just not say that.

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

If she's asked by the court, she needs to respond honestly.

Trump doesn't control the bar association.

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They know he's disintegrating, and likely only has a few months before he's rendered incapable of functioning. The contractor was a political crony of Trump's who has little to no influence within the Project 2025 framework, and the blatant injustice of the trial was eroding confidence in the DOJ - which Project 2025 needs to push it's agenda.

Pirro will take Trump's heat for a bit until he forgets about it, and then proceed to implement the rest of Project 2025's goals like a good little soldier. The contractor was an easy sacrifice, and Trump cares more about the public embarrassment than bailing out a crony who made him look a fool on the national stage.

Trump's loyalists aren't turning on him. They're waiting out his dementia while they implement the Project 2025 agenda, and making sure he doesn't completely torch the place before the new boss has a chance to take over.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

You say that like his dimentia is new. He's been deranged for at least a decade.

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I didn't mean to imply that the dementia is new, it's just too evident to hide to even the most dedicated of his followers at this point, and this particular case made it very apparent. The Project 2025 bigwigs just want to get the case out of the news cycle because there's no positive way to spin it, and the more attention Trump gives it, the more damage it does to their plans.

Once its out of the news cycle, he'll forget about it, unless they need another distraction from the Epstein files and decide to remind him.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

Kinda like global warming

Been going on for decades, but got really obvious in the last 2 years