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Pot, Kettle, Beautifully Spotless Mind Boxes [1]

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Date: 2023-06-16

Mendacious Scumbag Inc.

Lincoln Project gets under Previous Guy’s skin.

Trump's post lashing out at the Lincoln Project comes after the group put out a blitz of new ads overnight. One ad mocks Trump for his Mar-a-Lago Espionage Act indictment, stating, "The rats are everywhere, Donald. And you have no one to blame but yourself. Think hard and long about who you can trust - chances are they've already turned on you." Another lauded a number of reporters for their critical coverage of Trump's arraignment. And yet another touted an interview between Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and Fox News' Sean Hannity, in which Newsom praised President Joe Biden's record. www.rawstory.com/... x EXCLUSIVE: NEW images revealed from Trump's bathroom pic.twitter.com/wIN1q0D9dc — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 16, 2023 x Good morning, @realDonaldTrump. A quick reply to your manic posting this morning on Truth Social. pic.twitter.com/FQSlj9tgvI — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 16, 2023

x Donald Trump: "I did everything right and the system tries to throw me right into a jail." pic.twitter.com/oXdlpAw9Ir — Republican Accountability (@AccountableGOP) June 16, 2023

x Tucker revealed that the woke ladies running Fox sacked the producer who called Joe Biden a wannabe dictator. It won’t be long before the big guy turns into a big Fox News fan. https://t.co/a7CKLG4wlZ — Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) June 16, 2023

Though Trump maintains that he did nothing wrong, often citing the Presidential Records Act, the law establishes that all presidential records belong to the federal government. "He's scared s—less," Trump's former chief of staff, John Kelly, told The Washington Post of the former president's reported nonchalance leading up to his court appearance. "This is the way he compensates for that. He gives people the appearance he doesn't care by doing this. For the first time in his life, it looks like he's being held accountable. Up until this point in his life, it's like, I'm not going to pay you; take me to court. He's never been held accountable before." New York lawyer David Lurie argued in media and politics newsletter Public Notice Wednesday that the viral image of Trump's box-filled Mar-a-Lago bathroom unveiled in the indictment is likely the most politically damaging part of the special counsel's case against him. "It's a deeply embarrassing document that portrays Trump as a weak and incompetent buffoon rather than the valiant warrior against the deep state his followers have so long believed him to be," Lurie wrote. www.salon.com/...

Claims misrepresent 1,850 boxes of Biden documents at Delaware university CLAIM: President Joe Biden withheld 1,850 boxes of classified documents from his time as vice president. THE FACTS: The National Archives and Records Administration says the boxes of files referenced in that figure are actually Biden’s Senate papers, which are housed at the University of Delaware. The federal agency told the AP that the files of Congress members are considered their personal property and are not subject to the same restrictions as presidential records, which are considered government property. While the FBI has searched the Delaware university records as part of a larger search for classified documents, there is no evidence they were withheld from authorities in any way. As former President Donald Trump faces federal charges of illegally hoarding White House documents, he has repeatedly drawn comparisons to the boxes of government records kept by Biden as proof he’s being unfairly persecuted. “By the way, Biden’s got 1,850 boxes,” Trump said at a recent campaign rally in Georgia. “He’s fighting them on the boxes. He doesn’t want to give the boxes and then they say, ‘Trump is obstructioning’.” On social media, supporters have echoed the figure. But the 1,850 boxes referred to in these claims are being falsely conflated with classified documents from Biden’s time as vice president that have been found in other locations, such as one of his former office in Washington and his Delaware home. Instead, the university documents are from the Democrat’s many years serving in Congress as a U.S. senator from Delaware, according to NARA and the University of Delaware. Biden donated the files to his alma mater more than a decade ago... apnews.com/...

N.B. I rarely feature Rick Wilson and the LP because I haven’t forgotten Willie Horton.

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