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Shameful Philanderers of Any Era
Sometimes even the ex- (and possible future) president of the United States must lie naked
The first week of Donald Trump’s federal criminal hush-money jury trial, in which he’s accused of falsifying business records to keep an adult film star quiet running up to the 2016 election, just concluded. It’s clear that in all of the cases currently pending against the former president his defense lawyers spin variations of their client claiming:
- “I don’t know what you’re talking about; it didn’t happen.”
- “Even if I did it, it wasn’t illegal.”
- “I’m immune from prosecution because I’m the president.”
We‘ll soon see if the U.S. Supreme Court agrees on the latter, giving him carte blanche to do whatever he wants if he ends up back in the White House, such as avenging political enemies the likes of “Crooked Joe.”
(Note re: the headline’s subtitle: it’s a variation of a lyric from Bob Dylan’s 1965 “It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding),” while the image is part of the that emerged following Trump’s ascendancy in 2016 from political longshot to GOP savior.)
Judge Juan Merchan hoped the trial — the only one that has a chance for a ruling perhaps before the conventions…
