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Rhiannon12866

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Tue Dec 31, 2024, 05:31 AM Dec 31

Trump's WILD TikTok Ban Delay EXPOSES His Hidden Agenda! - Talking Feds



Trump filed an amicus brief asking SCOTUS to block the law for TikTok to be sold or banned by Jan 19. - 12/30/2024.
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Trump's WILD TikTok Ban Delay EXPOSES His Hidden Agenda! - Talking Feds (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Dec 31 OP
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LetMyPeopleVote

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1. 'I don't know what this is': Prosecutor buries Trump's new 'Legally Blonde' court filing
Tue Dec 31, 2024, 03:17 PM
Dec 31

This filing made no sense to me



https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tiktok-2670695256/

A baffled MSNBC host and an amused Florida prosecutor attempted to make sense of a brief submitted by Donald Trump's lawyers to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a possible ban of the popular TikTok app.

With the court poised to rule on the ban, an attorney for the president-elect -submitted a brief on Friday asking the judges to hold off on hearing the case until the president-elect is sworn in so he can attempt to negotiate a compromise......

Speaking with State Attorney for Palm Beach County Dave Aronberg, MSNBC host Christina Ruffini professed, "Does the president even have standing to do this? And what kind of a motion is this? Is this an amicus brief, a writ? I don't know what this is. Can he just involve himself in a case that he is not, you know, a party to? "

The laughing Aronberg replied, "These are all great questions; I had the same questions, too, because normally, Supreme Court? You've got this very buttoned-up group of lawyers who argue specific legal issues, and here's Trump, coming in like a bull in a china shop."

"It's like the movie 'Legally Blonde' when he comes in and just starts spouting off, like 'I have a huge electoral mandate, I'm the smartest and the best, and I can negotiate, so just pause everything, let me step in and let me handle this!'" he joked.

"There's nothing in the law that says he can do that, but he's Donald Trump," the prosecutor explained. "He appointed three out of these nine justices, so he thinks he can do it. I don't know if the Supreme Court is going to go along with it, but it is really interesting that Trump, who often thinks he's above the law, is now doing something I've never seen before in front of the Supreme Court."

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