Chronicles of a Stillborn Zombie Coup

[Brian Peacock]

The MAGA will not respect him for this, nor vote for him next time round. In terms of the criminal justice system's integrity it seems rather self-defeating, but I can't see the political reasoning for doing it either - unless there's money involved somehow?

[Svartalf]

When maga leaves the red side to form their own party, they could call themselves the grifters, that's apparently what they do most, if they are not necessarily the best at it.

[L'Emmerdeur]

The MAGA will not respect him for this, nor vote for him next time round. In terms of the criminal justice system's integrity it seems rather self-defeating, but I can't see the political reasoning for doing it either - unless there's money involved somehow?

Trump has already denied some federal funds to Colorado and has threatened to deny more.

[Brian Peacock]

Ah. He displeaseth the King.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Been sticking Giuliani news in this thread, the zombie lurches on ...

Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to prepare for trial after he failed to silence “sordid” sex claims hurled against him — and a lawyer made famous by a movie took up his accuser’s case.

The disgraced former New York City mayor and Donald Trump lawyer must sit for a deposition before the end of January next year — and be ready to go before a jury by the end of March, according to a judge's order filed in New York Supreme Court this week.

It follows a 3-year fight by Noelle Dunphy, who claims she was subjected to booze-and-Viagra-fueled sexual harassment, including being forced to have sex, while working for Giuliani between 2019 and 2021. She claims to have recordings of many of Giuliani’s demands.

The order from Manhattan Judge Nicholas Moyne quashes efforts by Giuliani’s legal team to have the case thrown out — and brushes aside arguments that he’s too sick and poor to stand trial.

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Dunphy’s lawsuit is seeking $10 million in damages. In it, she claims she was hired by Giuliani for “business development work and other work,” but he harassed her and demanded sex until he fired her, owing $2 million in unpaid wages.

“Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former US Attorney, once hailed as ‘America’s Mayor,’ is a sexist sexual predator and abuser,” she said in the lawsuit.

The suit added, “Giuliani threatened [Dunphy] with further retaliation if she did not stay silent, stating that his private investigators and political connections to President Trump enabled him to retaliate in other ways, express and implied."

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“The challenge with Mr. Giuliani in the last year or so,” said Robedee, “Is that he seems to be very ill and, at the same time, he seems to be flying all around the world.

“... In July, he addressed the Italian parliament. The day we were in court, I believe the same day, he was at Castel Gandolfo for a conference and was photographed with the Holy Father. … He was in Bulgaria, he had a big birthday party at our embassy in Greece.

“And, you know, for a guy who’s not working and is poor, who pays for these private jet flights? … I think there’s a lot of question marks around what the true state of Mr. Giuliani’s health is and what the true state of his income and asset status is.”

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[Brian Peacock]

The disgraced former New York City mayor and Donald Trump lawyer...

That's enough to hang him, surely?