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submitted 6 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

Donald Trump‘s inner circle doesn’t expect the Supreme Court to go along with his extreme arguments about executive power in the immunity case before the justices. But what the high court does now is almost beside the point: Trump already won.

Three people with direct knowledge of the matter tell Rolling Stone that many of the former president’s lawyers and political advisers have already accepted that the justices will likely rule against him, and reject his claims to expansive presidential immunity in perpetuity. Bringing the case before the court — after a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., shut down their arguments on executive power — was a delaying tactic designed to push Trump’s criminal election subversion trial past Election Day this fall. The strategy paid off so much more than MAGAworld anticipated.

“We already pulled off the heist,” says a source close to Trump, noting it doesn’t matter to them what the Supreme Court decides now.

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[-] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 57 points 6 months ago

Yes, and the celebration over a court delay for this team expecting judicial loss - a familiar occurrence for them - will have been worthwhile...

... strictly provided that Don Snorleone wins in November.

[-] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

Don Snorleone

Hadn't heard that one yet- lol.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

I'm guessing it's one of the huge number of insulting nicknames Kimmel has used pretty much every night he's been on the air.

Surprisingly, I'm not finding a list or supercut of them.

[-] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I'm partial to "Stinky" at the moment.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

I'm using orange asshole atm 'cause when he purses those lips it's exactly what he looks like.

[-] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I still use agent orange that spike Lee called him. I love a classic.

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