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Jul 3, 2018 12 tweets 7 min read Read on X
It's been 15 months and change since I wrote this piece @theweeklings on The Six Emerging Villains of Trump/Russia.

Let's check back in with our Seditious Sextet...a lot has changed in the last 15 months, none of it good for Trump.

[THREAD]

theweeklings.com/golear/2017/05…
1/ The first Villain: PAUL MANAFORT, Trump's campaign chair from May-Aug 2016.

Paulie's currently in prison in Warsaw, Va., awaiting trial on a bevy of charges, including Conspiracy Against the United States. He will likely die there.

#winning
2/ Villain #2: MIKE FLYNN.

Celebrated by some @GOP who are cool w/treason, the disgraced former general & DIA head pleaded guilty to lying to FBI—although he's guilty of a lot more. He's cooperating w/Mueller & will be sentenced at summer's end. I'm hearing 3-5.

#flynning
3/ The Third Man: our AG, one Jefferson Beauregard Sessions.

Because he recused himself and is likely Mueller's mole, he's "only" guilty of Logan Act violations. Oh, and perjury.

#winning
4/ Villain #4: Michael Cohen. You know, the Russian mobster w/a JD whose offices, home, & hotel room were raided.

His entire defense strategy involves Trump ramming home a new justice who won't let NY state try him after a presidential pardon (!).

GUILTY. A. F.

#winning
5/ No. 5 is Jared Kushner. Why are his indictments still under seal?

It occurs to me: b/c he's still grifting, and every day he grifts is another year or two in the clink. His own petard, he's hoisted by. When they come for him, the earth will SHAKE.

#winning
6/ For Number Six, I had Trump himself. REAL Donald Trump.

Spiler alert: he remains mobbed up and guilty.

#somuchwinning #cantstandthewinning
7/ In my piece, I don't mention Roger Stone, who the tea leaves suggest is probably the next Trumpist to get busted.

#winning
8/ I also didn't bother with Junior, because my take was that he's a complete moron. Which may be true, but he's also the most obviously guilty of the lot, thanks to the Trump Tower meeting w/the Russians.

#winning #MAGA
9/ So that's the Hateful Eight: Manafort, Flynn, Sessions, Cohen, Kushner, Stone, and Donald Trump pere et fils.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM is in MORE legal trouble now than they were. One's in the hoosegow, one will be by the fall.
10/ Remember where this began, and take note of where we are now. Russian ties CONFESSED TO. Key players INDICTED, JAILED, PLEADING GUILTY.

I know there are times when stuff is bleak, but WE ARE WINNING.

And we WILL prevail.
Come out tonight, if you're in Woodstock.

Thanks, and KEEP THE FAITH!

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More from @gregolear

Oct 8, 2018
Let’s talk about the House of Kavanaugh—specifically, the hefty mortgage on said house.

[THREAD]
1/ In 2006, Brett & Ashley Kavanaugh bought a house for $1.22m. They put $245k down, a number that does not appear on his financial disclosures of 2005, which show net worth of $91k.
2/ The mortgage payments ($4600/mo.) alone were more than what Brett Kavanaugh took home in 2006 after taxes. His wife did not add enough to the mix to make up the difference.
Read 24 tweets
Oct 3, 2018
In light of the epic (in every sense of the word) NYT story on Trump's tax fraud, let's have a quick review of all the legal troubles these traitors are now in:

[THREAD]
1/ PAUL MANAFORT, Trump’s campaign chair (May-Aug 2016): found guilty on eight counts, pleaded guilty on a bunch more as part of a plea deal in which he must cooperate with Mueller. Met w/Mueller this week, in fact.
2/ MIKE FLYNN, deputy chair of Trump Transition Team, natsec adviser: pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. Awaiting sentencing. Will one day get out of prison. Will always be an ugly, ugly man.
Read 19 tweets
Oct 3, 2018
Pleased to announce a slate of #DirtyRubles Trump/Russia events, on three of the next five Sundays:
The event in Madison, my hometown, is taking place at an undisclosed secret location [insert Dick Cheney joke here]. If you'd like to come, you need to RSVP:
facebook.com/events/6757800…

cc: @reallymdp @Post_Truth_Era @CodyStumpo
The Woodstock event is at one of my favorite bookstores in all the world, The Golden Notebook @we_love_books.

Last time I was there, I bought FANTASYLAND by @KBAndersen, one of the best books I've read in recent memory.
Read 4 tweets
Oct 1, 2018
Let's talk about the Putin/Alt-Right/GOP propaganda machine—the REAL Devil's Triangle—as it relates to Brett #Kavanaugh:

[THREAD]
1/ This cozy little messaging arrangement, which operates happily in the dark most of the time, is now being exposed because of the fatally flawed candidate Donald Trump has nominated to the Supreme Court.
2/ The problem with Kavanaugh is manifold: first, that he had six-figure credit card debts paid off by creditors whose identity we still don’t know; second, that he lied during his initial testimony...
Read 37 tweets
Sep 22, 2018
Things might feel a bit bleak. Kavanaugh might be in, Rosenstein might be out, and both would be horrible outcomes for democracy.

So let’s put things into perspective.

[THREAD]
1/ The Kavanaugh fight is not over. Even if he gets CONFIRMED, the fight is not over. He stands credibly accused of sexual assault, and he owes lots and lots of money to…we don’t know who.

There’s also this business of HIS (maybe) stolen emails:
2/ Dr. Ford will likely appear before Congress…and the GOP may bring in outside counsel (note spelling) because THERE ARE NO WOMEN REPUBLICANS ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. This is HORRIBLE optics. It will cost them in November. Bigly.
Read 21 tweets
Sep 17, 2018
Let’s talk about #Kavanaugh. This is why he should not be confirmed. And it has nothing to do with his political beliefs.

[THREAD]
1/ #Kavanaugh was not on the list of judges given to Trump by Judicial Watch, but he was tapped anyway. This was after Trump said he’d “study” (hahaha) judicial positions on various things—namely whether or not a POTUS can be indicted.
2/ When @ChuckGrassley says he didn't know about Christine Blasey Ford, he may well be telling the truth. The letter from those 65 women was likely produced ahead of time to defend #Kavanaugh against a DIFFERENT accuser(s) we don't yet know about.
Read 9 tweets

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