A few more tiles fall off
Sir, sir, just a moment sir, not so fast sir, we have some questions for you sir, we have a subpoena for your records sir.
New York state’s attorney general has filed a new lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump’s company and several other defendants, according to court records.
The complaint against the Trump Organization and the other defendants was filed with a New York state court in Manhattan, the court records show.
Trump is at the Republican convention at this very moment, telling the assembled worshipers how awesome he is. Law-abiding no, but awesome yes.
A copy of the complaint was not immediately available, and its subject matter could not immediately be determined. A letter filed with the court indicates that Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, is among the defendants.
You know what else Eric Trump is among? Speakers at Daddy’s convention.
Also! In other news! Other but related – Kellyanne Conway is quitting.
In a statement on Sunday, she cited a need to “devote more time to family matters.”
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Her time in the White House was not without controversy. Two days after the inauguration, Conway coined the term “alternative facts” during an interview on NBC’s Meet The Press. She was also cited for violating the law against political activity by government employees multiple times, and the government office investigating those activities recommended her dismissal in 2019.
Her time in the White House was not without controversy i.e. she showed herself to be a sleazy lying hack who defended everything Trump did and said no matter what. Good riddance. Whoever replaces her will be just as bad but good riddance anyway.
Ah, yes, spending more time with family. The standard cliche of resigning politicians. At least she didn’t get a tweet firing her while she was on the toilet (though I can think of few who deserve it more).
Well to be fair in this case it follows the 15-year-old daughter airing family issues on social media over the weekend so KA probably does really mean it, i.e. she needs to quit so that daughter won’t continue to embarrass her.
Or so that KA won’t continue to traumatize and embarrass her daughter.
Wait, what am I saying? I’m suggesting KA cares about another human being? Preposterous. Never mind.
Yeah. I put it that way because KA is who she is and has been doing what she’s been doing, so it didn’t seem at all likely that she was quitting to help her daughter rather than for the self-protective reason. Props to the daughter by the way; well played. Late, but well.
Her husband, George Conway, has announced that he’s stepping back from his duties with the Lincoln Project for similar reasons.
I don’t understand that family at all.
Kellyanne’s daughter has been doing some interesting twittering. >> @claudiamconwayy Lots of followers too.
Screechy Monkey#5: I suspect that there was an agreement between them that if KA left her post, GC would step out of the Lincoln Project and other of his political activities. Good for the daughter for making it clear that the situation made her feel ill.
I often wonder about such as KA, Sean Spicer and a number of others: it is as if their most important ‘moral’ concern is to do the jobs they have been asked to do as ‘competently’ as possible (that is the measure for being a ‘successful person’, and ‘success’ is the great measure of our days), even if it means lying through their teeth, saying what they do not in their hearts believe, spreading lies, etc. I simply could not do such things (I think & hope!) without feeling huge contempt for myself. But they seem to be immune to even casually entertaining such a feeling.