... Now that Dominion has filed a massive defamation lawsuit against her, Powell is claiming that “no reasonable person” should have taken her prior claims seriously.
Powell moved to dismiss the lawsuit on Monday, arguing that “no reasonable person would conclude” that her accusations of Dominion being part of an election-rigging scheme with ties to Venezuela “were truly statements of fact.” ...
... “This is total fraud. And how the FBI, and Department of Justice — I don't know, maybe they're involved — but how people are allowed to get away with this is stuff is unbelievable. This election was rigged. This election was a total fraud,” Trump said.
He later said, “All I can say, is: With all of the fraud that's taken place, nobody has come to me and said, ‘Oh, the FBI has nabbed the people that are doing this scheme.’”
The Department of Justice, he said, in response to a leading question by Bartiromo, is “missing in action.”
Bad former PINO-appointed Christopher A. Wray.
Baaaad Barr.
He also charged news media and social media companies with ignoring what he said was the worst political scandal in American history, and alleged, again with no evidence, that ballots were requested in the names of dead people, and that “many mailmen are in trouble for selling ballots.” He accused two leading Republicans in Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, of failing to properly administer the election. “I’m sorry I endorsed him,” Trump said of Kemp.
Bad Faux Noise.
Bad Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
Bad Brad.
Baaaad Zuck and Kemp (even a broken clock ...).
... He has continued to declare the election a scam even as a series of judges — many appointed by Republicans, himself included — dismissed his lawsuits as baseless. On Saturday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court tossed out a Republican lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of the Keystone State's election.
“They make it like we don’t have evidence. We have evidence all over the place,” Trump insisted Sunday. He went on to complain that some of his own team’s lawyers were threatened — “psychologically and otherwise” — into resigning from the effort.
Bad lawyers and Repug judges.
At the interview’s close, Trump implied that he would not be conce
Spoiler:
ding the election to Biden even after his successor enters the Oval Office.
“It’s not like you’re going to change my mind. In other words, my mind will not change in six months,” he said.
Maybe he'll get the psychiatric care he needs in prison, and he won't be tweeting.
Can the Post Office be saved with the proposed "Delivering Envelopes Judiciously On-time Year-round Act"?
Commonly known as
Spoiler:
The Dejoy Act
Trump: “We had the safest border in the history of our country - or at least recorded history. I guess maybe a thousand years ago it was even better.”
A judge in Georgia has approved a recount in Fulton County as part of a concerted effort by supporters of Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results.
Brian Amero, a judge serving on Henry County Superior Court allowed the recount to go ahead on Friday....
... The May 17-19 national poll found that 53% of Republicans believe Trump, their party's nominee, is the “true president” now, compared to 3% of Democrats and 25% of all Americans....
Translation: 53% of Republicans are too stupid and cowardly to accept reality.
... The US postmaster general is facing a probe from the US Department of Justice and FBI related to his fundraising for political campaigns, his spokesman confirmed to The Washington Post....