Best post I've seen on Nunberg so far

[NewJeffCT]

Link to tweet

Sam Nunberg just fucked Donald Trump so badly, that Michael Cohen just wrote him a check for $130,000.

[malaise]

1. Perfect

[Gabi Hayes]

7. Is this too late for Colbert tunite?

Can’t wait for the shows to have at this

If only he could have lived thru his own bad craziness:



Just imagine what he’d have to say about Nunbo

Wonder if Steadman will draw something

[malaise]

9. Hehehe

[NurseJackie]

2. Ha!

[NewJeffCT]

4. I laughed so hard

I had tears coming out of my eyes. My cat must think I'm crazy

[TheDebbieDee]

3. It's all a ruse, a distraction from the 2nd Steele Dossier...

Nunberg's been sent out to make a fool of himself... I'm sure that Trump has promised him a Presidential Pardon from his contempt of court sentence if doesn't show up for his subpoenaed appearance on Friday...

[unblock]

8. Im actually not sure if a pardon works in this case

If it’s all in the past and the contempt offense is a done deal, then sure, it can be pardoned.

But if it’s an ongoing thing, like you’re in contempt until you produce the document or until you answer all the questions, I’m not sure a pardon really works.

You can’t pardon future or ongoing crimes.

Unless Donnie wants to keep pardoning him every day....

[flibbitygiblets]

11. Not to mention, a pardon strips him of 5A rights. Has to tell all or be prosecuted.

Also don't forget Donnie has incredibly thin skin. After all the shit Numbnutsberg said about him, he'll go to prison himself before pardoning someone so "disloyal"

[unblock]

13. well not really.

first, he only waives his fifth amendment rights if and when he formally accepts a pardon in court. it can't be forced on him.
in practice, a prosecutor may not bother building a case if he knows the accused has a pardon in hand and then the person pardoned never needs to formally use it.

on the other hand, if the prosecutor might start to try the case just to make him use the pardon to avoid this problem.


second, a pardon from donnie would only removes jeopardy for specific federal crimes in the past. it wouldn't protect him from state level crimes or from future or ongoing federal crimes. that means that he may still have some fifth amendment rights.

for instance, say donnie pardons him for any federal income tax evasion he might have done. well he could still avoid testifying about anything about the tax evasion scheme if that might violate state income tax laws as well.

[NewJeffCT]

15. Yes - big news with the new Dossier today

I thought this was a key there - see the blue highlighted text:

Link to tweet

[SusanaMontana41]

19. Lordy, lordy!

[Cha]

5. Yes!

[Different Drummer]

6. ...

[ProudLib72]

10. Stormy's taking notes

[calimary]

12. OUCH!!!

[Wwcd]

14. Can't wait for tomorrow morning's Trump tweet.

The relentless embarrassment of our great nation seems to have no end

[NewJeffCT]

18. If he hasn't rage tweeted yet

May be it was a setup

[Wwcd]

21. Thats an interesting way to look at it. I feel this whole Trump "thing" is all about

..entertainment anyway.
Shock, sensationalism, to dominate the news as distraction for the real horror show occurring away from the eyes of American citizens.

That's the part we should be watching.

😐

[NewJeffCT]

22. However

after i posted that lats night, I thought about it a bit more. If Nunberg was sent out as a distraction, he succeeded in getting the news coverage. However, he also admitted on air that Trump knew about the Trump Tower meeting at least a week in advance. Everybody has been saying all along that Trump knew nothing about the meeting and wasn't involved. The only one that said otherwise was Bannon in the Fire & Fury book. That's not exactly how I'd want things blown up if I were Trump.

[TalenaGor]

16. hahaha!!!!!

Omg

[DoctorJoJo]

17. Love It! Maybe "Goodly" instead of "Badly!"

[WheelWalker]

20. Mueller is in full combat mode. The tip of the sword. Death by 10,000 cuts.

[PatSeg]

23. Perfect!

[PJMcK]

24. Did he have to sign an NDA? (n/t)