# Posts from Monday, July 31, 2023 14 posts on 2023-07-31. ## Day analysis Day analysis page: https://trump.fm/date/2023-07-31/analysis _Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-04-13T04:12:44.980Z (UTC): a model's reading of the day's posts, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._ **Bracing for the Storm: A Day of Preemptive Legal Defense and Rival Demolition on the Eve of Indictment** Trump spent the day in a defensive crouch, cycling between attacks on Special Counsel Jack Smith and attempts to reassert dominance over his Republican rivals. The looming January 6 indictment -- which would land the very next day -- cast a shadow over everything, with two posts explicitly pre-framing it as a Biden cover-up before charges were even filed. Between legal salvos, he dismissed the upcoming Republican debate as a VP audition and attacked Fox News for giving airtime to candidates he considers already defeated. The mood was combative but controlled, more strategic siege preparation than spontaneous rage. - Posts analyzed: 9 - Dominant state: mixed - Narrative arc: contamination - Aggregate rage level: 0.55 - Max danger level: elevated - Theme obsession: Legal persecution by Special Counsel Jack Smith and DOJ - Claims: 27 (13 false) - Era: Indictments Period # Daily Digest: July 31, 2023 ## Location & Timezone Context Trump was most likely at his Bedminster, NJ golf club during this period (his primary summer 2023 residence). All analysis uses EDT (UTC−4). Local posting times range from 9:52 PM EDT on July 30 to 7:39 PM EDT on July 31. **Local time breakdown:** - 9:52 PM (Jul 30): ts_110806194546571173 ("AWKWARD!") - 10:17 PM (Jul 30): ts_110806291489560931 (Levin "hit man" link) - 9:34 AM: ts_110808954749475880 (Superseding indictment rage) - 10:29 AM: ts_110809170025358618 (VP debate reframe) - 11:39 AM: ts_110809446741507066 (Preemptive Jan 6 inoculation) - 1:32 PM: ts_110809890698463044 (NYT poll link) - 1:33 PM: ts_110809893889686732 (Sununu attack) - 7:23 PM: ts_110811271903254412 (Fox News rivals attack) - 7:39 PM: ts_110811335581113974 (Biden DARVO / preemptive defense) --- ## I. Psychological State Tracking ### Dominant State: Mixed (Grandiose/Vulnerable) The day's psychological architecture is defined by a dual-front legal siege: the July 27 superseding indictment in the classified documents case (40 counts) providing the rearward injury, and the anticipated January 6 indictment (filed August 1) providing the forward threat. This pincer configuration produces a characteristically mixed narcissistic state — simultaneous victimhood positioning and grandiose self-assertion — across the majority of the day's output. ### State Transitions | Time (EDT) | Post | State | Trigger | |---|---|---|---| | 9:52 PM (Jul 30) | ts_110806194546571173 | Grandiose | Light mockery, supply-seeking | | 10:17 PM (Jul 30) | ts_110806291489560931 | Mixed | Levin "hit man" link — displaced rage via proxy | | 9:34 AM | ts_110808954749475880 | Mixed (rage peak) | Direct response to superseding indictment | | 10:29 AM | ts_110809170025358618 | Grandiose | Compensatory VP debate reframe | | 11:39 AM | ts_110809446741507066 | Mixed | Preemptive Jan 6 indictment framing | | 1:32-1:33 PM | ts_110809890698463044 / ts_110809893889686732 | Grandiose → Mixed | Poll validation → Sununu injury-response | | 7:23 PM | ts_110811271903254412 | Grandiose | Fox News rival devaluation | | 7:39 PM | ts_110811335581113974 | Mixed | Final preemptive DARVO | The most clinically notable transition occurs between 9:34 AM and 10:29 AM: within 55 minutes, Trump moves from an extended, high-intensity rage discharge about the superseding indictment (ts_110808954749475880, intensity 0.82) to a casual, almost playful grandiose reframe of the Republican debate as a VP audition (ts_110809170025358618, intensity 0.42). This rapid oscillation — rage expulsion followed by immediate grandiose equilibrium restoration — is a signature pattern. The VP post functions as a psychological palate cleanser, resetting the self-representation from persecuted defendant to magnanimous kingmaker. --- ## II. Escalation Analysis **Escalation detected: No.** The day does not exhibit a classic rage spiral (monotonically increasing intensity). Instead, it follows a **pulsatile pattern** — rage discharge → grandiose recovery → rage discharge — cycling through three distinct rage episodes: 1. **Evening pulse (Jul 30):** Levin link (rage 0.62, intensity 0.63) — subdued, proxy-mediated 2. **Morning pulse:** Superseding indictment response (rage 0.78, intensity 0.82) followed by preemptive Jan 6 framing (rage 0.72, intensity 0.82) — the day's peak intensity 3. **Evening pulse:** Fox News rivals (rage 0.55, intensity 0.52) → Biden DARVO (rage 0.65, intensity 0.76) — moderate, strategically directed The morning pulse represents peak activation, with the two highest-intensity posts occurring within two hours. The evening posts, while still rageful, are lower in intensity, suggesting partial emotional discharge rather than escalation. The interposed grandiose posts (VP debate, poll link) function as affective circuit breakers. **Peak rage post:** ts_110808954749475880 (rage 0.78, intensity 0.82) — the direct response to the superseding indictment. --- ## III. Theme Analysis ### Dominant Themes 1. **Legal persecution / prosecution defense** (4 posts: ts_110806291489560931, ts_110808954749475880, ts_110809446741507066, ts_110811335581113974) — The throughline of the day. Every major rage post is organized around the legal threat, whether reacting to the superseding indictment or preemptively framing the anticipated Jan 6 charges. 2. **Rival devaluation / dominance assertion** (3 posts: ts_110809170025358618, ts_110809893889686732, ts_110811271903254412) — Primary competitors (Sununu, Hutchinson, Christie) are collectively nullified. The VP debate reframe is the most efficient dominance maneuver, subordinating the entire rival field in a single sentence. 3. **Biden corruption counternarrative** (2 posts: ts_110809446741507066, ts_110811335581113974) — Devon Archer's congressional testimony (same day) is weaponized to construct a mirror-image corruption narrative. This serves dual function: offensive attack on Biden and defensive whataboutism shielding Trump's own legal exposure. 4. **Media loyalty enforcement** (1 post: ts_110811271903254412) — Fox News criticized for featuring rivals. This early signal of Fox-Trump tension would intensify through the 2024 cycle. ### Theme Obsession **Yes.** Legal persecution dominates 4 of 9 posts and implicitly shapes at least 2 others (the rival devaluation posts function as displacement from legal anxiety). The preemptive framing posts (ts_110809446741507066, ts_110811335581113974) are particularly notable — Trump is not merely reacting to existing charges but proactively constructing interpretive frameworks for charges that haven't been filed yet. This forward-looking defensive posture suggests the legal threat has colonized his cognitive landscape. --- ## IV. Contradiction Detection ### Internal Contradictions 1. **Self-undermining admission (ts_110809893889686732):** Trump states of Sununu: "I never liked him, but always did whatever he asked." This simultaneously devalues Sununu while inadvertently undermining Trump's own judgment — if he never liked Sununu, why did he comply with his requests? The transactional relational schema is exposed. **Severity: minor** — the contradiction is more revealing than logically damaging to his argument. 2. **Structural contradiction across posts:** Trump frames the Republican debate as a VP audition beneath his attention (ts_110809170025358618) while also attacking three specific rivals with detailed epithets across multiple posts (ts_110809893889686732, ts_110811271903254412). If the competition is truly concluded, the intensity of devaluation is psychologically unnecessary. The contradiction reveals that the grandiose dismissal is a defense against perceived competitive threat, not genuine disinterest. **Severity: moderate.** --- ## V. Hypomanic Episode Assessment **Sleep deprivation likely: No.** The overnight gap from 10:17 PM EDT (Jul 30) to 9:34 AM EDT (Jul 31) — approximately 11 hours — is consistent with normal sleep patterns. No posts appear during typical sleeping hours (midnight–6 AM EDT). **Post frequency:** 9 posts across a roughly 22-hour UTC window, or approximately 10 hours of active posting in local time. This represents a moderately elevated but not extraordinary volume. Posts are distributed in three clusters (evening Jul 30, morning Jul 31, evening Jul 31) with reasonable gaps between them. **Hypomanic episode: No.** While the day's output is thematically driven and shows sustained high-intensity engagement with legal threats, the posting pattern does not meet criteria for hypomanic activation. Post volume is within a high-normal range, temporal distribution is clustered rather than continuous, and there is no evidence of pressured or disorganized output. --- ## VI. Narrative Arc: Contamination The day follows a **contamination** narrative arc — attempts at grandiose self-restoration are repeatedly contaminated by the intrusion of legal threat material. The structure unfolds as: 1. **Evening prelude (Jul 30):** Light mockery, then passive-aggressive rage channeled through Levin proxy 2. **Morning siege:** Extended rage discharge about superseding indictment → brief grandiose recovery (VP debate) → preemptive Jan 6 framing 3. **Afternoon respite:** Poll validation (brief narcissistic supply) → Sununu displacement attack 4. **Evening contamination:** Fox News rival attack → final preemptive DARVO that ends the day in mixed defensive/aggressive posture The contamination pattern is evident in the inability to sustain grandiose states. Each grandiose post (VP debate, poll link, Fox rivals attack) is followed within 1-2 posts by a return to legal persecution content. The legal threat functions as a psychological attractor that pulls the narrative back regardless of attempted topic changes. The day ends not with resolution or recovery but with anticipatory defense against tomorrow's indictment — the contamination is forward-projecting, creating a cliffhanger of dread beneath the combative surface. --- ## VII. Event Correlation ### Primary Triggering Events 1. **Superseding Indictment, Classified Documents Case (Jul 27):** The expansion to 40 counts, including new obstruction charges, is the primary wound animating the morning posts. Posts ts_110806291489560931 (Levin link), ts_110808954749475880 (direct rage), and partially ts_110809446741507066 respond to this injury. **Reaction type: defensive** — the posts delegitimize the prosecution rather than address the charges' substance. 2. **Anticipated January 6 Indictment (filed Aug 1):** Posts ts_110809446741507066 and ts_110811335581113974 are preemptive responses to charges that hadn't been filed yet. This is the most strategically significant dynamic of the day. **Reaction type: offensive** — rather than waiting to react, Trump pre-frames the narrative to ensure followers will dismiss the indictment's content upon arrival. 3. **Devon Archer Congressional Testimony (Jul 31):** Archer's testimony about Biden's involvement in Hunter's business dealings was weaponized in ts_110811335581113974 as counternarrative ammunition. **Reaction type: amplifying** — Trump seizes on the testimony's implications and escalates them beyond their evidentiary basis. 4. **Chris Sununu's Statement:** Sununu's declaration that "beating Trump is more important" than running himself triggered ts_110809893889686732. **Reaction type: dismissive** — reframed as polling failure rather than strategic choice. --- ## VIII. Danger Assessment **Maximum danger level: Elevated** (4 posts) No single post reaches "high" or "critical" danger, but the sustained elevated pattern across the day warrants attention. The danger-contributing elements include: - **Dehumanization of federal officials:** "Thugs" applied to prosecutors (ts_110808954749475880, ts_110809446741507066), "gang of Thugs" (ts_110809446741507066), endorsement of "hit man" characterization of Jack Smith (ts_110806291489560931) - **Named targeting:** Jack Smith is personally identified in 3 posts - **Delegitimization of legal proceedings:** Prosecution framed as "Election Interference" and "Prosecutorial Misconduct," DOJ cast as instrument of political persecution - **Preemptive rejection of judicial outcomes:** By framing the Jan 6 indictment as a cover-up before it exists, Trump constructs an epistemic framework in which no legal outcome can be accepted as legitimate **Stochastic terrorism pattern: Yes.** While no single post contains explicit incitement, the day's aggregate output meets the structural criteria: (1) specific named target (Jack Smith), (2) clearly articulated grievance (political persecution), (3) violent metaphor deployed (endorsement of "hit man" characterization), (4) dehumanization language ("Thugs," "gang"), and (5) audience with documented history of translating such messaging into physical threats against named officials. The pattern is distributed across multiple posts rather than concentrated in one, which makes it less immediately detectable but potentially more effective as a sustained messaging environment. --- ## IX. Cognitive Assessment **Complexity trend: Stable.** No significant cognitive deviation from established baseline is observed across the day's output. **Notable markers:** - **"Aida" for "Asa" Hutchinson (ts_110811271903254412):** The commentary notes this is most parsimoniously interpreted as deliberate mockery given the scare quotes around the name, but the phonemic substitution warrants longitudinal tracking as a data point. This is not assessed as a cognitive concern in isolation. - **"dozen's" (ts_110811335581113974):** Erroneous apostrophe, but this is within Trump's established stylistic range and is not indicative of cognitive change. - **Logical coherence:** The preemptive framing strategy (predicting and pre-delegitimizing the Jan 6 indictment) demonstrates sophisticated — if paranoid — narrative management. The causal architecture is internally consistent, suggesting intact executive function. **Cognitive concerns:** Minimal. The day's output shows sustained capacity for strategic communication, multi-target devaluation, and anticipatory narrative construction. No word-finding difficulties, tangential thinking, or disorganized output beyond characteristic baseline patterns. ### Narrative Attempts at grandiose self-restoration are repeatedly contaminated by the intrusion of legal threat material. Each grandiose post is followed within 1-2 posts by a return to persecution content. The legal threat functions as a psychological attractor that pulls the narrative back regardless of attempted topic changes. The day ends not with resolution but with anticipatory defense against tomorrow's indictment — the contamination is forward-projecting. ### Dominant themes - Legal persecution and prosecution defense (1 post) - Rival devaluation and dominance assertion (1 post) - Biden corruption counternarrative (1 post) - Media loyalty enforcement (1 post) ### Contradictions that day - [ts_110809170025358618](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110809170025358618): The Republican debate is merely a VP audition beneath Trump's attention — the competition is already over vs. [ts_110811271903254412](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110811271903254412): Fox News must stop featuring rivals Hutchinson, Sununu, and Christie — their coverage is a threatening irritant requiring active response - [ts_110809893889686732](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110809893889686732): I never liked Sununu vs. [ts_110809893889686732](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110809893889686732): I always did whatever he asked ### Cognitive concerns - Phonemic substitution 'Aida' for 'Asa' Hutchinson — most likely deliberate mockery given scare quotes, but phonemic error pattern warrants longitudinal tracking - Erroneous apostrophe in 'dozen's' — within established stylistic baseline, not indicative of cognitive change ## Posts ### [ts_110811335581113974](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110811335581113974) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T23:39:55.379Z (UTC) > Wow! “Crooked Joe Biden was on dozen’s of calls with Hunter’s Business Associates. He lied, said he didn’t know anything about his son’s business. Demanded the Ukrainian prosecutor be fired, immediately.” Laura Ingraham, FoxNews. “This is AMAZINGLY CORRUPT BEHAVIOR,” Mollie Hemingway. This is really bad news for Biden, which means I will probably be Indicted again, soon, in order to kill the News Cycle!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN 36,412 likes · 10,986 reposts · 2,827 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110811335581113974.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110811335581113974/analysis --- ### [ts_110811271903254412](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110811271903254412) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T23:23:43.723Z (UTC) > Why does FoxNews keep featuring “losers” like failed Presidential candidates “Aida” Hutchinson, Crybaby Chris Sununu, who was ready to “run” when he realized he was polling at ZERO, and Sloppy Chris Christie? Doesn’t make sense, nobody wants to watch them! 18,820 likes · 4,446 reposts · 1,749 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110811271903254412.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110811271903254412/analysis --- ### [ts_110809893889686732](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110809893889686732) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T17:33:16.944Z (UTC) > RINO Chris Sununu recently stated that, “I’m not running for president in 2024. Beating Trump is more important.” No, he’s not running for President because he’s polling at Zero, and has no chance of winning. The people of New Hampshire have gotten wise to Chris Sununu, and they no longer like or respect him. I never liked him, but always did whatever he asked for the State, because I wanted to help New Hampshire, and I did! 21,615 likes · 5,328 reposts · 1,340 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110809893889686732.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110809893889686732/analysis --- ### [ts_110809890698463044](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110809890698463044) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T17:32:28.202Z (UTC) > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/us/politics/2024-poll-nyt-siena-trump-republicans.html 14,761 likes · 3,783 reposts · 591 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110809890698463044/analysis --- ### [ts_110809446741507066](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110809446741507066) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T15:39:33.961Z (UTC) > I assume that an Indictment from Deranged Jack Smith and his highly partisan gang of Thugs, pertaining to my “PEACEFULLY & PATRIOTICALLY Speech, will be coming out any day now, as yet another attempt to cover up all of the bad news about bribes, payoffs, and extortion, coming from the Biden “camp.” This seems to be the way they do it. ELECTION INTERFERENCE! PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT! 31,991 likes · 9,950 reposts · 2,585 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110809446741507066.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110809446741507066/analysis --- ### [ts_110809170025358618](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110809170025358618) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T14:29:11.621Z (UTC) > Let them debate so I can see who I MIGHT consider for Vice President! 28,236 likes · 7,373 reposts · 3,772 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110809170025358618.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110809170025358618/analysis --- ### [ts_110808954749475880](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110808954749475880) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T13:34:26.759Z (UTC) > The Radical Left Democrat Thugs shouldn’t be allowed to investigate me during, and in the middle of, my campaign for President. Why didn’t they file these ridiculous charges 2.5 years ago? They waited because they wanted to illegally and negatively influence the 2024 Presidential Election, arguably the most important Election in the history of the USA. We are going to take our now Third World Nation (Airports, Elections, Roads/Highways, Borders, etc.) and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. BE STRONG! 27,276 likes · 7,866 reposts · 1,789 replies · unknown views Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_110808954749475880.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording) Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110808954749475880/analysis --- ### [ts_110806291489560931](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806291489560931) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T02:17:08.632Z (UTC) > https://www.foxnews.com/video/6332154292112 18,929 likes · 5,533 reposts · 890 replies · unknown views Analysis: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806291489560931/analysis --- ### [ts_110806289758800477](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806289758800477) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T02:16:42.224Z (UTC) · repost > RT @marklevinshowMy opening statement on tonight's Life, Liberty & Levinhttps://www.foxnews.com/video/6332154292112 Reposted from @marklevinshow (Mark Levin), 2023-07-31T01:27:42.993Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@marklevinshow/110806097126716784) > My opening statement on tonight's Life, Liberty & Levin > https://www.foxnews.com/video/6332154292112 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110806286306868411](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806286306868411) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T02:15:49.551Z (UTC) · repost > RT @KarliBonneThe Lawyers Reposted from @KarliBonne (Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸), 2023-07-31T00:25:40.590Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@KarliBonne/110805853179161374) > The Lawyers - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/805/852/588/508/189/original/6f466b6d8879e53b.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 9:34), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > indictments have been brought against President Trump, a superseding list of indictments. And I want to get into this so-called superseding list a little bit later. But that said, what everybody's missing here is President Trump didn't delete a single video. How do I know that? I read this indictment. He is charged with trying to get employees to delete videos, attempted to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage sought by the grand jury investigating the mishandling of government records. So these records were not deleted. They have all the video, over nine months worth of video. So what they're doing here is piling on with a he-said-he-said. They're trying to get somebody to flip one of these individuals, a maintenance man, an IT person, you know, the little people they're going after. Because the truth is the rest of their case is very, very vulnerable. This is vulnerable, too, in my view. But it's very, very vulnerable. I want to get into that in a second. But before I do, I want you to look at this chart to demonstrate to you that when Merrick Garland said we're going to have a special counsel, the purpose of a special counsel is to have a prosecutor who's outside main justice to b… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806286306868411) 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110806286103130764](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806286103130764) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T02:15:46.526Z (UTC) · repost > RT @KarliBonneThe Judges Reposted from @KarliBonne (Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸), 2023-07-31T00:27:39.210Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@KarliBonne/110805860955935754) > The Judges - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/805/860/567/934/755/original/bd45b9b47d6e4dd3.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 6:15), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Democrats have worked very, very hard, Obama, Biden especially, to appoint activists, left-wing Democrat judges in these district court level, trial level, judgeships. First we had Judge Howe, who has since retired. Before she retired, the day she retired, she issued a very controversial decision because Jack Smith wanted to get the information and notes of Donald Trump's lawyer involved in the documents case. Any kind of privilege exists to protect your due process rights. If you can't consult with your lawyer, that's fine. Well, there's a crime fraud exception. We have no idea how she ruled. We don't have the order. We don't know a damn thing about what she did. But we do know that she's ruled against Trump every step of the way and ruled for Smith and his predecessor every step of the way. She's since retired. She was replaced with Chief Judge James Boseburg, who appointed him, Obama. Used to work in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, too. There's another judge, Judge Rudolph Contreras, Obama appointee. He worked in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., at one point. Judge Christopher Cooper, Obama judge. He worked in the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806286103130764) 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110806284011885815](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806284011885815) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T02:15:14.532Z (UTC) · repost > RT @KarliBonneBob McDonnell victim of Jack Smith’s BS part 1 Reposted from @KarliBonne (Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸), 2023-07-31T00:36:39.321Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@KarliBonne/110805896351710665) > Bob McDonnell victim of Jack Smith’s BS part 1 - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/805/895/840/413/881/original/6078e45c1d6c2509.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 5:23), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > public integrity section, David Harbaugh, right hand man to Jack Smith, he was really one of the guys that focused on you. You had to go through this, you're convicted on appeal, they uphold it, and then the Supreme Court says, wait a minute, you can't define bribery the way that Jack Smith and the boys have defined bribery. In fact, they said in their case, John Roberts wrote the opinion, the government has made a boundless interpretation of the federal bribery statute. It was so broad, it could catch almost anybody, but they indicted not just you, but your wife. Can you tell us about this? Well first, Mark, thanks for having me on, and that stretch was exceptionally painful, three and a half years from the investigation until we got the unanimous vindication by the U.S. Supreme Court. You know, I knew in my heart from the very beginning, I'm a lawyer, obviously, looking at the law and the facts, that these charges were completely wrong. You know, at the time David Harbaugh was the lead, one of the lead prosecutors in the case, actually did the closing argument, Jack Smith was at a public integrity during that five year stretch from 2010 to '15, and you know, we, our lawyers, I ha… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806284011885815) 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110806283820299158](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806283820299158) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T02:15:11.609Z (UTC) · repost > RT @KarliBonneBob McDonnell victim of Jack Smith’s BS part 2 Reposted from @KarliBonne (Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸), 2023-07-31T00:40:48.854Z (UTC) (https://truthsocial.com/@KarliBonne/110805912705974064) > Bob McDonnell victim of Jack Smith’s BS part 2 - video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/110/805/912/180/137/742/original/1685cca81a7c49d1.mp4 **Video transcript** (reposted clip, 4:34), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his: > Supreme Court, three and a half years later, eight to zero, to exonerate Governor Bob McDonald, who went through hell and so did his family, Governor McDonald. What did they do to your wife? Well, Mark, they charged her, too. She's a volunteer. She's not a government employee. They charged her with all of the same charges and a few more. And then, of course, during the process of the investigation, tried to get her to testify against me, and they would drop all the charge. And, of course, there was nothing she could say. And to her credit, full credit, we both said, "We're not going to plead to anything. We'll see you in court." And they did the same thing with the businessman that was involved. They gave him two transactional immunities, full immunities, ten statements, and he went from saying there was nothing that happened here to testifying against me. And I feel like the leverage that they used was highly destructive to me and my family. But thank God for redemption and restoration. You know, the other thing, Mark, that's important is we had 13 amicus briefs in this case. We had the five previous White House counsel from every president, from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama, 83… (full transcript: https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806283820299158) 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies · unknown views --- ### [ts_110806194546571173](https://trump.fm/post/ts_110806194546571173) Truth Social · 2023-07-31T01:52:29.448Z (UTC) · 1 media attachment > AWKWARD! **Video transcript** (0:32), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. 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