“Any lawyer who takes a TRUMP CASE is either ‘CRAZY,’ or a TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT,” Trump wrote

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced on social media he’s searching for a new law firm to represent him in an appeal against last week’s jury verdict awarding $83.3 million to writer E. Jean Carroll.

He left a message to prospective hires in the Truth Social post, writing: “Any lawyer who takes a TRUMP CASE is either ‘CRAZY,’ or a TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT.” The former president’s announcement follows his vow to appeal the jury’s decision last Friday, predicated by the presiding federal judge’s September ruling finding him liable for defamation.

  • 4grams@awful.systemsEnglish
    52·
    11 months ago

    It is this kind of news that has allowed me to catch my breath. I no longer see a turnip dictatorship as an inevitability; a real and immediate danger, but one that feels less and less likely.

      • 4grams@awful.systemsEnglish
        21·
        11 months ago

        Agreed, 100%. Why it’s still real and immediate, feels like there is some hope. We gotta work for it though.

        • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
          7·
          11 months ago

          It just has to get through the Supreme Court, not overturning a fundamental building block of the entire US justice system. Or more likely, stating that the reward “was too much.”

          And 3 of them seem to be on his side hell or high water; with a fourth being apparently really quite cheap to buy the loyalty of.

    • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      23·
      11 months ago

      It’s still a very real and persistent threat. Recent polls put him dangerously close, and he did alarmingly well in 2020.

      Do not get complacent. We can win, but it is certainly not guaranteed. Stay active, and even contribute (time, money, etc) if possible.

      • MagicShel@programming.dev
        7·
        11 months ago

        I live in one of the handful of “states that matter” in the electoral college and in 2022 we broke so blue it’s amazing. The GOP here is dead broke and has fallen to infighting. I’m not even sure they’ve worked out who’s in charge after the former leader refused to accept the validity of the vote kicking her out. We are prosecuting fake electors.

        It’s almost ridiculous how hard Trump is going to lose Michigan. That’s not the whole election, but it’s a big piece.

        • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          It’s certainly looking positive up there. But those Trump voters are still there, and will still go vote for his fascism. You may not see them until then, but they are there. They also tend to not be involved in the rest of the GOP.

          All that he needs to do to win Michigan is convince enough people that he can’t/won’t win.

      • 4grams@awful.systemsEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        100% true. I just am feeling more like the efforts will pay off than usual. Might just be the good day I’m having :)

      • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        11 months ago

        And the “vote third party” trolls are out in way more force than they were in 2020 for whatever reason. It already feels worse than peak 2016. I really hope people are inoculated to this shit by now, but I’m not super confident.

        • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee
          5·
          11 months ago

          I’m almost convinced we’re seeing a targeted misinfo campaign coming from some .ml and Lemmygrad users. The brainworms are severe.

          • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            11 months ago

            There is absolutely no question about this. These users are repeating right wing talking points almost verbatim and these “leftist” spaces protect them by removing anything which challenges their nonsense. We have literally seen this play out once already.

            • Gork@lemm.ee
              2·
              11 months ago

              What is their motive for doing so? Having anyone other than Biden winning is a loss to all left leaning agendas nationwide, including theirs.

              (And yes I know Biden isn’t very leftist himself, he’s practically a Republican in my mind but he’s the only thing keeping the country from further regressing into an ultraconservative pit of despair.)

              • half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                1·
                11 months ago

                Russia… Their campaign interference has been targeted to rile up both the far right and the far left. And of course the beauty–if you can call it that–of all their psyops bullshit is that it convinces real people to push these talking points and carry on the momentum organically.

                By very wary of any so-called leftists who are so dogmatic they refuse to understand that plugging your nose and voting for Biden is the option to prevent a terrifying loss to the progressive agenda. They are either accelerationists like the other poster said or are spouting Russian talking points (regardless of if they’re a real person or not.)