Ben Wittes and Anna Bower: Trump's Reparations Demand
Oct 23, 07:20 PM
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The convicted felon was legitimately prosecuted for hoarding classified docs. And he was justifiably investigated over the numerous contacts he and his associates had with Russian nationals during 2016. But Trump feels he has endured so much pain and suffering from all the probing that he's owed a quarter of a billion dollars in damages from hard-working American taxpayers
The convicted felon was legitimately prosecuted for hoarding classified docs at Mar-a-Lago. And he was justifiably investigated over the numerous contacts he and his associates had with Russian nationals during 2016. But Trump feels he has endured so much pain and suffering from all the probing that he's owed a quarter of a billion dollars in damages from hard-working American taxpayers. Meanwhile, his hired tool of revenge, Lindsey Halligan, is hard at work pursuing really weak cases against Comey and Tish James when she's not sending mean girl texts.
Lawfare's Anna Bower and Ben Wittes join Tim Miller.
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Lawfare's Anna Bower and Ben Wittes join Tim Miller.
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- Anna on her Signal chat with Lindsey Halligan
- Lawfare's Molly Roberts on the weak case against James
- Ben's Substack