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By BRUCE LOWITT New York Attorney General Letitia James denied Thursday she is considering seizing Donald Trump’s assets if the former president is unable to secure the bond he needs to pay the $464-million in a fraud judgment against him by Monday. “What I announced and was obviously misunderstood,” James said, “is that I’m goingContinue reading “Whatever L J wants, L J gets”

By BRUCE LOWITT After prosecutors and defense lawyers submitted their responses to her request for proposed jury instructions, Judge Aileen Cannon added several additional hypothetical questions Wednesday in Donald Trump’s classified documents trial, including how much jurors would be willing to donate to the former president’s legal defense fund or pay toward the $454-million heContinue reading “Cannon’s balls”

By BRUCE LOWITT Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis filed a motion Monday to have Judge Scott McAfee removed from her prosecution of former President Donald Trump for “failing to explain his comment about me and Nathan Wade.” Willis’ ethics were repeatedly questioned during a hearing regarding her relationship with Wade, who resigned Friday as specialContinue reading “Something’s rotten in Georgia”

By BRUCE LOWITT Speaker Mike Johnson said he canceled the rest of the House Republican Conference’s retreat Thursday morning, the second of the scheduled three days, because “the few people who showed up despised each other. And besides, nobody was listening to me.” “Why should we?” Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Pomade, said in a telephone interviewContinue reading “GOP: Retreating”

By BRUCE LOWITT Dan Snyder, professional putz and former owner of the Washington Commanders, made a surprise $250-million offer to buy the suddenly-available naming rights to the NFL team’s stadium, causing a stampede of season-ticket holders demanding refunds. “I can’t give you an exact number because the line outside our office is about a mileContinue reading “If Snyder’s back in, the fans back out”

By BRUCE LOWITT Partial transcript, recorded by a U.S. Supreme Court clerk who provided it on condition of anonymity, of the conference in which the justices decided to hear former president Donald Trump’s immunity appeal: Chief Justice John Roberts: “Now before we …” Associate Justice Clarence Thomas: “Not guilty!” Roberts: “Clarence, we haven’t even decidedContinue reading “SCOTUS FUCTUS”

By BRUCE LOWITT At 4:29 p.m. Tuesday in the well of the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced he will step down in November as Republican leader “because I have decided …” At 9:53 a.m. Wednesday, after a 17-hour, 24-minute pause, during which he stared blankly at a mostly empty chamber, McConnell completed his statement:Continue reading “Mitch ditches the bitches”

By BRUCE LOWITT Morally and potentially financially bankrupt former president Donald Trump, with legal judgments of $542-million (and growing), is seeking $2-billion from Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in exchange for his daughter, Ivanka.“Moe – that’s what I call him; we’re very close – told me he’s very interestedContinue reading “The Crown Prince: “Here’s lookin’ at you, kid””

By BRUCE LOWITT The Enhanced Games have shifted into high gear now that the world has begun paying attention to those other Olympics, the competition in which athletes will be forced to rely only on their determination, their endurance, their skill.You know, the boring ones. Unlike the Summer Games scheduled for July 26-August 11 inContinue reading “The High & the Mighty”

By BRUCE LOWITT As a three-judge federal appeals court announced Tuesday that Donald Trump “could have immunity …” the former president bolted from the courtroom to claim victory, not waiting to hear the rest of their ruling: “… from rabies, measles, chicken pox, a relapse of syphilis or various other diseases, but not from prosecution.”Continue reading “Immunity? Sure, but from what?”