Welp, today’s the day, folx! What is sure to be the sh*ttiest week of Donald Trump‘s life (so far) begins today, Monday, December 19, 2022.
First, the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection is scheduled to release its final report later today and (spoiler!) make criminal referrals against him to the Justice Department.
NPR reports:
The panel will vote on criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump on at least three charges: insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress and conspiracy to defraud the United States, according to a source familiar with the committee’s plans but not authorized to speak publicly. Insurrection is rarely prosecuted as a criminal charge. Referrals do not carry any legal weight or compel the Justice Department to act.
The hearing, which commences at 1PM ET, is expected to be the panel’s final public meeting, wrapping up its year-and-a-half-long probe that involved speaking to over 1000 witnesses, including several members of the one-term, twice-impeached ex-president’s family and innermost circle.
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?New: The Jan 6th committee will issue criminal referrals for Donald Trump. Donald Trump is about to go through some things.
— Christopher Bouzy (@cbouzy) December 18, 2022
But it doesn’t stop there.
Because tomorrow the House Ways and Means Committee will meet to discuss Trump’s tax returns after Democrats finally won a years-long legal battle to obtain them. The fight traveled all the way up the U.S. Supreme Court, which ultimately rejected the 76-year-old ex-president’s Hail Mary attempt to block the release of his records just days before Thanksgiving.
This resulted in him lashing out at the Court, which includes three of his nominees, on Truth Social, seething: “The Supreme Court has lost its honor, prestige, and standing, & has become nothing more than a political body, with our Country paying the price.”
CNN reports:
The information contained in the returns could be a treasure trove of financial information about the former president who has already declared his intent to run for president again in 2024. The information could give additional insight into Trump’s finance investments and entanglements and provide answers about Trump’s personal wealth and the success of various businesses.
In 2020, the New York Times got its hands on several years of Trump’s tax returns and found that he paid zero federal income taxes in 10 out of 15 years beginning in 2000. The House Ways and Means Committee now has Trump’s personal tax returns from 2013 to 2018, although it’s unclear what information, if any, it will make public.
Today is December 19th, 2022 and Donald J Trump is the WORST criminal in America’s presidential history.
His only so-called accomplishments were massive tax breaks for the wealthy and packing the supreme court with illegitimate, anti-democratic members.
Horrible.
— Herschel broke my tv’s cc ????????? (@BackAvatar) December 19, 2022
And because when it rains it pours, in Georgia the special grand jury that’s been looking into Trump’s alleged effort to at overturn the 2020 election results in the Peach State is said to be writing up its final report.
The report is expected to include recommendations for indictments. Prosecutors will then decide whether to pursue criminal charges and against whom. (Spoiler: They probably will. And the charges will probably be against Trump. And possibly Lindsey Graham.)
Insider reports:
If the regular grand jury returns an indictment, the Fulton County district attorney’s office would typically file it to court under seal. At that point, Carlson said, they’d tell Trump’s lawyers it was filed and give him an opportunity to turn himself in.
The prosecutor’s office might give Trump a few days to make arrangements and fly from his home in Florida to Georgia, according to Dmitriy Shakhnevich, a criminal-defense lawyer in New York who is a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Unlike with some other people charged with crimes, there isn’t an immediate risk that Trump would try to overturn election results again anytime soon.
No word yet on when that could happen, but it will likely be soon. The special grand jury, which consists of 23 jurors and three alternates, is authorized to continue its work until May 2023, but Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has said she hopes to have things wrapped up well before then.
Donald Trump Traiting Card #9 – Captain Assface pic.twitter.com/5dFwwCANe8
— Tim Hannan (@TimHannan) December 18, 2022
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Mister P
I wish him the worst week.
abfab
And get this. A threat from Pencey Poo.
“I think that would be terribly divisive in the country at a time when the American people want to see us heal,” Pence said. “At this time of year, we’re all thinking about the most important things in our lives: our faith, our family. And my hope is, the Justice Department think very carefully before proceeding.”
bachy
Considering his ringside seat at the circus, if anyone should know better, it’s Pence. But then again, if the DOJ is doing its job, he’d probably be implicated.
pjjunk
Dear Queerty — Would you please consider a generic photo for any stories related to DT instead of a picture of the orange twit? I’m sick of seeing his f8cking face and thought that once he was no longer the president I wouldn’t have to see it anymore.
Thank you!
Kangol2
A rotting orange would do the trick!
Jimmynj
Trump and every person who sup ported him in the illegal effort should rot in prison for the rest of their lives (and that includes his demon spawn Jr., Ivanka and Eric). They are all criminals and need to go to prison. I’m waiting for the per walk – I have popcorn ready.