Former President Donald Trump is being mocked and attacked online after issuing a 12-page statement that is partly a typical Trump rant but follows with a case his campaign has made that questions nebulous things like "ballot stuff" and alleges that because ballots were counted after midnight they're fraudulent.
As Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias noted, Trump's lawyers should let him know that statements like these can be used against him in any forthcoming legal proceedings. Typically, lawyers advise their clients to stay quiet and refrain from speaking out.
Someone should let him know that this statement is admissible in any future trial under Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2). https://t.co/RTorQ8TAig
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) June 13, 2022
Former Trump biographer Tim O'Brien pointed out that the statement is perpetuating the "big lie."
Trump just released a 12-page “statement” full of the usual hokum that the election was fraudulent, his critics are shifty, Congress is corrupt, etc, etc.
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) June 13, 2022
In other words, the big lie lives on. He’s *still doing it.* https://t.co/yeFzCBPWSB
But it was Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who responded in real-time as the statement came in. According to the fellow Jan. 6 committee member, Trump's claims about the committee, in particular, are "silly" because the courts have upheld the legitimacy of the committee and its existence.
CNN host Erin Burnett noted that many of the claims cited by Trump are obviously false that even Fox News won't repeat them.
You can see other comments below:
Trump is sweating 😥 https://t.co/HrZy8aiyFs
— Katie S. Phang (@KatiePhang) June 14, 2022
Trump seems super UNBOTHERED by the Jan 6 hearings. Which is why he released a 12 PAGE STATEMENT. And included FOOTNOTES. But they’re all from Peter Navarro’s UNHINGED diatribe about fictional mules stealing his election by ripping ballots out of boxes.
— Amalie Flynn (@amalieflynn) June 13, 2022
Don’t retweet his 12 page statement. It’s a bunch of gibberish wrapped up in a nonsense blanket. pic.twitter.com/p3vxSUaEEW
— Sir Bryan Lee (@FamousBL3) June 13, 2022
A certain son-in-law might consider Trump’s twelve-page rebuttal to be “whining."
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 13, 2022
He couldn’t write 12 words correctly but sure he wrote a 12 page statement with footnotes hahahahaha https://t.co/7MPlv4b8ug
— Dave Maud☮️ (@DaveDavidmaud11) June 13, 2022
I attempted to read Trump's 12 page manifesto but I couldn't get past the 3rd paragraph. Same old played out song and moronic dance. The One Hit Wonder knows it too. Trump knew he lost and tried to overthrow the Constitution to stay in power.
— Lynnez ❤️ Rib Gone Rogue (@Lynnenallo) June 14, 2022
#Trump knows that defense to prosecution for fraud is showing that he believes his own bullshit. He figured out long ago that the more he plays crazy, the less likely he is to be convicted; perversely, the law protects self-deluding psychopaths. Thus, today’s 12-page letter.
— howardfineman (@howardfineman) June 14, 2022
If this 12 page dribble has footnotes you know he didn’t write it. https://t.co/zOH9YWZs6p
— Robbin ¯\(ツ) ⁄ ¯ 💉💉💉💉 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🌻🌻🌻 (@RaeMargaret61) June 14, 2022
