Alexander Smirnof, the absolutely irrefutable, impeccable, perfect, and oh-so-honest FBI witness the cons built their entire trumped up impeachment of Biden around, lied. Yeah, we know that. Joe and Hunter did NOT take $5 million dollar payments from Burisma – or anybody else. (You’re thinking of Jared, who accepted $2 BILLION from the Saudis.) An obvious question? Why did Smirnof lie? Turns out, he was paid to tell the story he told. $600,000! By an American company, Economic Transformation Technologies (ETT), a shadowy, Texas-based company. ETT is owned by some business associates of – wait for it – Donald Trump. ETT investments, the arm that delivered the actual cash was dissolved shortly after the cash was delivered. What a remarkable coincidence.

All we really know is that Smirnof was paid by ETT in 2020, exactly when he started weaving his tale of bribery for the FBI using “information” from his Russian sources. Does that mean Donny is behind it? No. But it’s stronger evidence than anything the GOP had while trying to impeach Biden so I guess the impeachment wheels will be turning again, this time against Donny, right? Because the cons are so interested in doing the right thing? Right?

(Crickets.) Yeah. The world knows who you are, MAGA.

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A bad day for Donny. Aileen “Loose” Cannon rejected the Dumbass’ request to toss the stolen documents case. Surprised? Not really. Jack Smith had given her a brief that was quite clear. She really couldn’t do anything else without being reversed, again, by a higher court. If she keeps getting reversed, she runs the risk of involuntary recusal. Then she couldn’t help Donny at all, so she’s playing it a bit safe, here. She DID give Donny an entire day to try to make his case. But, as always, his case was stupid and even a desperately sycophantic Cannon couldn’t help him this time. Next time, maybe, but not now…

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Donny’s bad day got worse when the judge in the Willis/Wade “scandal” decided to let Fani continue as the prosecutor. By now, MAGA media has created hundreds of articles claiming that the court got it wrong and that Fani should have been removed from the case in Georgia. No, tossed in jail. No, shot at dawn. After all, Fani and Nathan had sex! What more evidence do you need that they hated Donald Trump? Or something.

I’m pretty sure the only person on the planet thinking about Donald Trump during sex is Donald Trump. But, that was the charge. Oh, to be sure, Ashleigh Merchant, the lawyer who brought the charge claimed it was about money, somehow. An already successful lawyer with a thriving practice got a side gig helping to prosecute trumpery just so Willis could funnel money to Wade so Wade could take Willis on better dates? Yeah, dumb enough. But then the trial focused mostly on who touched what and when. (Hubba-hubba. Ain’t they dirty?)

The judge overseeing the trial, Scott McAfee, said there WAS an appearance of impropriety. (If you stand on your head, close one eye, and look at it from exactly a 36.2 degree angle with the sun behind your left, no, right shoulder at exactly 3:17 in the afternoon, Central Standard Time, you can juuust make it out.) Of course, he also said there was no actual impropriety – as Merchant’s own team acknowledged – and the appearance problem could be remedied with a resignation, which Wade offered up, directly, and Willis accepted. So, Wade’s out, Willis is back, and Donny’s looking for yet another stall. (He’s got a million of ’em…)

I was worried about this case. I still am. Because the Supremely Kangaroo Court has made clear they’ve joined Donny’s legal defense team, this state case is the best chance America has of punishing a traitor for traitorous behavior. (You know, instead of putting him in the most powerful office in the world.) The GOP in Georgia has aligned against Willis (and against justice) and taken positions supporting Donny (and injustice) and they have a LOT of evil tricks up their sleeves.

At this point, I’m convinced that everybody on the planet – everybody, MAGA or rational – believes Donald J. Trump is guilty of the crimes with which he’s charged. They KNOW he can’t even get to trial because if he goes to trial, he loses. Period. Just like he has, so far, lost nearly EVERY other trial he’s been in since he decided to host a coup in the first place. (Full disclosure, he DID win one case where people watching vote counters got to stand a little closer. BFD.)

I wish Willis could start her trial first thing Monday morning. She can’t, of course. Merchant will appeal McAfee’s ruling, knowing he’s right but ALSO knowing she’s stalling successfully, the primary goal. Besides, Willis has to provide trump with time to prepare his case, which he COULD have been doing all along, just in case. But he didn’t, likely because he doesn’t have any real defense. So he’ll get a little extra time.

McAfee’s ruling was a win (so far) for the rule of law and for justice and for America. The GOP HATES those things, though, and just because there was this little, initial setback doesn’t mean they can’t subvert justice some other new and clever way. All you gotta do is hate America. And they do that in spades…