Trump Lawyer Suggested ‘Conspiratorial’ Action by Clarence Thomas—Attorney

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-lawyer-john-lauro-suggested-conspiratorial-action-clarence-thomas-glenn-kirschner-1950270

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  1. “Lauro cited the same reasoning as Cannon at the hearing on Thursday, saying that the court must decide on the issue of the special counsel’s authority “in light of Justice Thomas’ interest” in it.

    Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the federal election case, told Lauro that she didn’t find Cannon’s decision very persuasive, to which the defense replied that Thomas had “directed” him to raise the issue.

    “He directed you to do it?” Chutkan asked to which Lauro quickly clarified, “Well, he didn’t direct us to.””

    Foot meet mouth.

  2. All you had to do is read Thomas’s opinions related to Trumps cases.

  3. It’s almost as if Clarence Thomas is an entirely corrupt figure. Weird.

  4. Thomass is conspiring with Trump and has been in 2020 he just put his wife front a center so he couldn’t be implicated

  5. At the very least it is grounds for Thomas’ recusal on all things related to these cases.

  8. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-lawyer-john-lauro-suggested-conspiratorial-action-clarence-thomas-glenn-kirschner-1950270) reduced by 85%. (I’m a bot)
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    > Former President Donald Trump's lawyer suggested a "Conspiratorial" action by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarance Thomas in his federal election subversion case, according to attorney and legal analyst Glenn Kirschner on Friday.

    > Kirschner, a former assistant U.S. attorney and frequent Trump critic who has been closely watching and commenting on the federal case, said in a Friday YouTube video that if Thomas did direct Trump's team to challenge Smith's authority "That would be improper, unethical, conspiratorial even.”

    > The articles for Thomas cover a wide range of behavior, from reportedly taking gifts from his billionaire friend and Republican megadonor, Harlan Crow, to not recusing himself from cases in which his wife, Virginia, "Ginni" Thomas, "Had an interest.”

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  9. What difference does it make? The Supremes are untouchable royalty thanks to unscrupulous Republicans and a vague Constitution.

  10. Always been a joke to the judiciary in other rule of law countries that a lightweight like Thomas is even on the bench, much less SCOTUS.

  11. Oh you mean the conspiracy that’s widely out in the open?

  12. >Lauro told Newsweek via email on Saturday morning: “Once again the far left media is making up false issues: During oral argument, I specifically referred to Justice Thomas’ concurring opinion and the suggestion that we should file the motion to disqualify Jack Smith promptly. ”

    You specifically said Clarence Thomas directed you. Specifically.

  13. If Russia is willing to pay influencers to provide content that is proMAGA then why wouldn’t they pay a Supreme Court justice who is obviously open to the idea of accepting money from individuals who want things to go their way.

  14. He is definitely one of them. He is a truly sad actor in this country.

  15. How did we get here, where idiots, assholes, and grifters have infested the highest levels of government?

  16. Clarence Thomas needs impeached and removed and every decision he was a part of should be reconsidered.

  17. Oh sure. We’re seeing ALL the communication. going between the Maga judges and Maga criminals.
    Absolutely.
    Of course.
    Probably.
    Maybe.
    Probably not.
    Not a chance in hell

  18. Thomas is an abomination, but there’s no secret conspiracy here. It’s clear that Lauro was just referring to the Thomas concurrence, which did provide a clear roadmap for his argument. We can hate these people without becoming left-wing conspiracy theorists.

  19. Totally normal in America for a supreme court justice to actively work on the defense of a Putin funded fascist.

  20. I’m sure Clarence Thomas will face the appropriate consequences, especially since he’s above the law

  22. Another big story that will be ignored.

    **Journalism Keeps Failing.**

  24. C’mon. The Trump lawyer was referring to the message sent by Thomas’s concurring opinion in the immunity case (in which no other justice joined, btw). As long as we’ve had a Supreme Court, justices have used concurring and dissenting opinions to state what they think the law should be.

    Sometimes, but not often, those outlier opinions work their way into a future majority ruling, wholly or in part. Lawyers who think the views stated in a concurrence or dissent are helpful to their clients rely on those opinions as a road map guiding them on a course which already has at least some support at the court.

    To make this into any more than that may have some political power but astute legal observers don’t buy it and to me it kind of lessens my estimation of Kirschner because he certainly knows what I just told you.

  26. does anyone expect merrick garland to get off his ass and do something about it? I sure don’t.

  29. The Trump lawyer could have said ” these are the exact words Clarence Thomas would like us to say, here’s the argument he’s having us present to you” and Judge Chuktan would nod and thank them and move on. It wouldn’t even be a blip.

  30. He didn’t “suggest” anything. Trump’s stripmall lawyer stepped on his own dick and spilled the beans….bigly.

  31. Trump V US proves these Justices are a clear and present danger to our Constitution and should be removed by Joe Biden immediately.

  32. Can we call thomas by his real name? he’s stephen. It’s as plain as day.

  33. Must be convenient when your “lawyer” sits on the United States Supreme Court.

  36. The fact that his wife was involved with the fake electors too and this. In a normal world where dems actually realized they were running against bad faith people they would do something about it but nope just play politics as usual

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