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It is going to be very interesting to see the AG's tack on revising the DOJ's legal position on Trump's collusion with Russia and obstruction of the Mueller enquiry and the subsequent neutering of its final report. An ongoing case building effort to try Trump on both accounts would be an interesting background for 2022 especially if New York can get their tax and fraud case together by then. At the same time Trump will have $400 million to repay to his Russian "benefactors" and probably a $100 million IRS tax charge to fund....with only his political funds to help him as the Deutsche Bank has dropped him like an offending smell. Of course this will fuel the "political process" chants of the trumpite faithful...but the sight of the Orange blimp's businessman image going down in flames is going to make a lot of them think twice about going through the last 4 years again and thereafter perhaps for ever more with his distinctly dictatorial tastes.

With this in mind I wouldn't give Guiliani much hope for help from Trump for his legal costs. I think his old fixer/lawyer will be told to keep his mouth shut, take his medecine and look for rewards if he is a good boy in 2024. I'll be waiting for the book as Guiliani does a Micheal Cohen and shafts his former partner in crime. Guiliani and his book will not be alone out there on the bookshelves vying for media coverage. The French expression "Sauve qui peut.....(save yourself if you can)" seems appropriate.....and I don't think it will be "women and children first" to the lifeboats as this Titanic goes down.

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Robert Wilkanowski1 min ago

I couldn’t agree more. The democrats are governing responsibly, and competently. They need to keep their focus on doing that, and to keep telling the American people what they are doing and how it helps them (us). The big “if” here is whether or not the ongoing investigations into the insurrection, state voter suppression legislation (hopefully), and inevitable indictments will make the difference in the midterms.

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Agreed Stuart, which is why Liz Chaney grabbed a lifeboat first. She comes from a family who know how to survive.

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Giulani’s penchant for vocal diarrhea should be interesting. Would love to see him turn on Trump, who is not going to life a finger for him.

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G already said awhile back that he had the goods (on TFG)

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"I'm melting, melting! All my beautiful wickedness -- gone!!"

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I agree that Guiliani won't see a dime from Trump, Stuart. He will be like the scores of Trump Organization laborers who got stiffed when his businesses failed. Trump feels loyalty to no one, which is part of his narcissistic personality disorder.

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This is exactly what the Republicans don't want us talking about.

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I like your thinking, Stuart. Hope you're right.

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So do I. 🙏🏻

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Well said!!!

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