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Holy Hell, Trump Did Use Twitter Direct Messages, There Were "Many" of Them, and the Special Counsel Now Has Them

From Daring Fireball:

Katelyn Polantz, reporting for CNN:

The special counsel's investigation into Donald Trump and the aftermath of the 2020 election sought the former president's Twitter direct messages, of which there were many, federal prosecutors and lawyers for Twitter revealed in newly unsealed transcripts from February court hearings about the search warrant. […]

A lawyer representing Twitter, now called "X," similarly confirmed in court that Trump's account had several private messages between users on the platform. "X" was able to find both the sent direct messages and deleted messages for prosecutors, according to the transcripts.

"We were able to determine that there was some volume in that for this account. There are confidential communications," a lawyer for Twitter said about @realDonaldTrump's direct messages.

Alan Feuer and Maggie Haberman, reporting for The New York Times:

While it remained unclear what sorts of information the messages contained and who exactly may have written them, it was a revelation that there were private messages associated with the Twitter account of Mr. Trump, who has famously been cautious about using written forms of communications in his dealings with aides and allies.

The papers included transcripts of hearings in Federal District Court in Washington in February during which Judge Beryl A. Howell asserted that Mr. Smith's office had sought Mr. Trump's direct messages — or DMs — from Twitter as part of a search warrant it executed on the account in January.

In one of the transcripts, a lawyer for Twitter, answering questions from Judge Howell, confirmed that the company had turned over to the special counsel's office "all direct messages, the DMs" from Mr. Trump's Twitter account, including those sent, received and "stored in draft form."

The lawyer for Twitter told Judge Howell that the company had found both "deleted" and "nondeleted" direct messages associated with Mr. Trump's account.

I am not at all surprised that "deleted" DMs are not in fact deleted, but rather hidden. I am slightly surprised that Trump — famously averse not just to using email and text messages, but even to his own lawyers taking written notes in meetings, so as not to leave a chain of evidence for his lifelong criminal activity — would use, of all things, the infamously unencrypted direct messaging feature on Twitter. To be clear, this is a pleasant surprise.

Kyle Cheney, reporting for Politico, "Special Counsel Obtained Trump DMs Despite 'Momentous' Bid by Twitter to Delay, Unsealed Filings Show":

Among the data the search warrant commanded Twitter to produce:

    • Accounts associated with @realdonaldtrump that the former president might have used in the same device.
    • Devices used to log into the @realdonaldtrump account.
    • IP addresses used to log into the account between October 2020 and January 2021.
    • Privacy settings and history.
    • All tweets "created, drafted, favorited/liked, or retweeted" by @realdonaldtrump, including any subsequently deleted.
    • All direct messages "sent from, received by, stored in draft form in, or otherwise associated with" @realdonaldtrump.
    • All records of searches from October 2020 to January 2021.
    • Location information for the user of @realdonaldtrump from October 2020 to January 2021.

As I speculated last week, nothing you do on Twitter is private. Not your DMs, not your "deleted" DMs, not your searches, not your location (if you're foolish enough to grant Twitter/X access to it), not your draft posts.

Elon Musk comes out of this looking like he'd happily fellate Trump:

Ultimately, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell held Twitter in contempt of court in February, fining the company $350,000 for missing a court-ordered deadline to comply with Smith's search warrant. But the newly unsealed transcripts of the proceedings in her courtroom show that the fine was the least of the punishment. Howell lit into Twitter for taking "extraordinary" and apparently unprecedented steps to give Trump advance notice about the search warrant — despite prosecutors' warnings, backed by unspecified evidence, that notifying Trump could cause grave damage to their investigation.

"Is this to make Donald Trump feel like he is a particularly welcomed new renewed user of Twitter?" Howell asked.

"Twitter has no interest other than litigation its constitutional rights," replied attorney George Varghese of WilmerHale, the firm Twitter deploys for much of its litigation.

But Howell returned to the theme repeatedly during the proceedings, wondering why the company was taking "momentous" steps to protect Trump that it had never taken for other uses. In the hearing on Feb. 7, 2023, Howell referenced Musk, asking: "Is it because the new CEO wants to cozy up with the former president?"

The unsealed court filing (PDF) is here, for your reading enjoyment. Hope you stocked up on popcorn, like I did, for indictment season.

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He Just Can't Help Himself

After being admonished by the judge for yesterday's threat on social media, he's back at it tonight. It's like he's daring the judge to throw him in jail, thinking he's untouchable; like a three year old testing the limits of his parents' rules.

LOCK HIM UP.

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The Girls are BACK!

From Margret & Helen:

TRUMP IS A HEMORRHOID

Margaret,

What the hell is wrong with the Republican Party?  I mean, fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me.  Fool me for three indictments and 78 felony counts… and we haven't even heard from the Georgia DA yet. Surely I am not the  only fat lady dying to sing.

McCarthy and company are the largest group of asshats on the planet. And that is saying something considering they share the planet with Elon Musk and his Musketeers. Please, for the love of God, you need to pull your heads out of your asses and finally start acting like the political leaders you were elected to be. The man lied to you. But it's always about money and power. Always. How are we supposed to unite as a country if you bozos can't even unite against that lunatic?

Honey, I get it. I really do. Trump has the right to say whatever he wants.  He has the right to lie and scream and cry that he didn't lose the election. That's his First Amendment Right. In fact, he's lying all the way to the bank using his unsuspecting supporter's donations to pay for lawyers. Trump lies all day, every day.  It's what he does. And he does it because you let him. You shouldn't hate a dog for having fleas. It's what they do. But you should at the very least expect better from your party's leader.

And yet, you are sticking with him.  Defending him even. A liar. And not just any liar, but one willing to break the law in an attempt to justify his lies. That is your candidate for President? Are you kidding me? He might build skyscrapers, but his elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor.  Being rich doesn't make you smart. And being Trump doesn't make you anything other than annoying as hell.

Trump is a hemorrhoid.

Let me explain. Hemorrhoids, also called piles, are enlarged veins in your rectum and anus. They can lead to itching, burning, bleeding, and discomfort, especially when sitting down.  A hemorrhoid is something that annoys you for doing nothing more than simply sitting down. That is Trump.

When he mocked a disabled person years ago, we had to stand up. We had to say something because you paragons of morality wouldn't. Making fun of the disabled is wrong. Everybody knows that. You learn that in kindergarten. In fact, everything you need to know about being a decent human being, you learn in kindergarten. Trump clearly never went to kindergarten.

When he called nations shit-hole countries simply because they are filled with predominantly darker-skinned people, we had to stand up because you Trumpers wouldn't.

When he lied to everyone about the pandemic, we had to stand up because you Trumpers wouldn't.  For crying out loud, we all heard him suggest drinking bleach.

Seriously. What is wrong with you?

We had to stand up, because a criminal was elected to our highest office and you all set idly by in Congress. You are supposed to be the check and balance for exactly this kind of shit. You kept a lying, thieving, narcissist, adulterer in the White House. The moron cheated on his first wife with his second wife and then on that wife with his third wife and then on that wife with a beauty queen and then a porn star while the third wife was pregnant. Did you really think he was going to be honest with you? Seriously? The grab them by the pussy guy. The sharpie pen weather map guy. The rolls of paper towels throwing guy. The stare at the sun guy. The racist are very fine people guy. The if she wasn't my daughter, I would date her guy. He's a grown man who still thinks name calling is how you win a debate.

In 2020 more than 81 million of us stood up and did your jobs for you. We voted that clown out of office. And then we made the mistake of sitting down thinking we had successfully given you a hemorrhoidectomy. But that God damn hemorrhoid came back. And you cowards welcomed him with open arms.

He led an insurrection against our nation. You had to flee the Capitol. I'm looking at you Josh Hawley. His supporters showed up with a noose. They literally took a shit in the halls of our nation's Capitol. And you just sat back down regardless of how much that hemorrhoid was burning you.

He was indicted for the first time, and all of you stayed seated.

He was found guilty of sexual assault, and I so badly wanted to stand up, but I was sure you finally would. That one was hard to stay quiet about. So hard.

He was indicted for the second time, and the itching and burning was so bad, and Margaret and I almost got up. We really did want to stand up again.  But we are old and tired so we stayed on our asses while that orange hemorrhoid itched and burned. We assumed you would do the right thing. But you didn't.  He's the leading candidate in the Republican Party because you refused to tell his supporters the truth.

Let me say that out loud again. Twice impeached, thrice indicted Donald J Trump is the leading candidate in the Republican Party… again.  Bless your hearts. With your heads so far up your asses how do you manage to still drag your knuckles to the Capitol for your next hearing on Hunter?

And did you not think other hemorrhoids wouldn't show up? Did you really not think Trump would give rise to the likes of DeSantis and Greene?

Eventually, a hemorrhoid gets too big, and you can't even sit down anymore. Trump has been indicted for a third time and just like that… we're standing again because you won't.

So here we stand. Margaret and Helen. Two old women who aren't afraid to speak our minds, but who should be allowed to at least sit in peace.  We've never been elected to anything, but we've got Preparation H and a huge hemorrhoid to deal with.

So buckle your seatbelts folks. It's going to be a bumpy ride. This time, we aren't just coming for Trump. Margaret and I are coming for the whole damn Republican Party.

You should have stood up. I mean it. Really.

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Full Text of Trump's January 6 Indictment Document

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CRIMINAL NO.
v. GRAND JURY ORIGINAL
DONALD J. TRUMP, VIOLATIONS:
Defendant. Count 1: 18 U.S.C. § 371
(Conspiracy to Defraud the United
States)
Count 2: 18 U.S.C. § 1512(k)
(Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official
Proceeding)
Count 3: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(c)(2), 2
(Obstruction of and Attempt to
Obstruct an Official Proceeding)
Count 4: 18 U.S.C. § 241
(Conspiracy Against Rights)
INDICTMENT
The Grand Jury charges that, at all times material to this Indictment, on or about the dates and at the approximate times stated below:
INTRODUCTION
1. The Defendant, DONALD J. TRUMP, was the forty-fifth President of the United States and a candidate for re-election in 2020. The Defendant lost the 2020 presidential election.
2. Despite having lost, the Defendant was determined to remain in power. So for more than two months following election day on November 3, 2020, the Defendant spread lies that there had been outcome-determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won. These claims were false, and the Defendant knew that they were false. But the Defendant repeated and widely disseminated them anyway—to make his knowingly false claims appear legitimate, create an intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger, and erode public faith in the administration of the election.
3). The Defendant had a right, like every American, to speak publicly about the election and even to claim, falsely, that there had been outcome-determinative fraud during the election and that he had won. He was also entitled to formally challenge the results of the election through lawful and appropriate means, such as by seeking recounts or audits of the popular vote in states or filing lawsuits challenging ballots and procedures. Indeed, in many cases, the Defendant did pursue these methods of contesting the election results. His efforts to change the outcome in any state through recounts, audits, or legal challenges were uniformly unsuccessful.
4. Shortly after election day, the Defendant also pursued unlawful means of discounting legitimate votes and subverting the election results. In so doing, the Defendant perpetrated three criminal conspiracies:
a. A conspiracy to defraud the United States by using dishonesty, fraud, and deceit to impair, obstruct, and defeat the lawful federal government function by which the results of the presidential election are collected, counted, and certified by the federal government, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371;
b. A conspiracy to corruptly obstruct and impede the January 6 congressional proceeding at which the collected results of the presidential election are counted and certified ("the certification proceeding"), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(k); and
c. A conspiracy against the right to vote and to have one's vote counted, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 241.
Each of these conspiracies—which built on the widespread mistrust the Defendant was creating through pervasive and destabilizing lies about election fraud—targeted a bedrock function of the United States federal government: the nation's process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election ("the federal government function').

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/01/indictment-document-trump-jan-6-pdf/