# Post ts_108945987725221868

- Post ID: `ts_108945987725221868`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-09-05T13:17:25.979Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108945987725221868
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_108945987725221868/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_108945987725221868.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> Also Just Out: The Top Department of Justice lawyer was partners with Hunter’s attorney! The whole thing is one giant SCAM!!! Redo the Crooked Election!!!  Great work by Charlie Hurt.

## Engagement

- Likes: 57,380
- Reposts: 17,119
- Replies: 2,038
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.435Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-19T22:53:14.619Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

This post exemplifies Trump's perseverative fixation on the 2020 election nearly two years post-event, using a single alleged professional connection between a DOJ lawyer and Hunter Biden's attorney to demand the entire election be redone. The psychological pattern is consistent with sustained narcissistic injury response: the Mar-a-Lago search and Biden's "semi-fascist" speech have intensified a cycle of conspiratorial aggregation where discrete facts are distorted into proof of systemic persecution. The demand to "Redo the Crooked Election" represents ongoing democratic delegitimization. Defense mechanisms are predominantly pathological (distortion) and immature (projection), with the investigated party framing investigators as the true criminals. The post is part of a sustained Labor Day volley of at least five posts sharing common themes of institutional corruption, persecution, and national decline. The elevated danger rating reflects continued erosion of institutional legitimacy rather than any direct incitement.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_108945987725221868

### Context
Post from Labor Day 2022, part of a sustained volley attacking DOJ, FBI, and Biden family. References a report about a DOJ lawyer having a connection to Hunter Biden's attorney. Trump was likely at Mar-a-Lago (EDT, ~9:17 AM local).

### Authorship
Morning post, business hours. However, the emotional intensity ("giant SCAM!!!"), triple exclamation marks, imperative demand ("Redo the Crooked Election!!!"), and stream-of-consciousness opener ("Also Just Out:") suggest authentic Trump, possibly dictated or thumb-typed. The attribution to Charlie Hurt (Fox News contributor) is typical of Trump crediting friendly media figures.

### Psychological State
This post continues the narcissistic injury cycle visible across the day's posts. The trigger is the Mar-a-Lago search and Biden speech framing Trump as extremist. The post channels rage into a conspiratorial frame: the DOJ investigation is a "SCAM" because of an alleged conflict of interest. The demand to "Redo the Crooked Election" reveals the persistent fixation on the 2020 election nearly two years later.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Distortion**: A professional connection between lawyers is reframed as proof of a systemic conspiracy ("one giant SCAM")
- **Projection**: Accusations of corruption directed at the very institutions investigating him
- **Rationalization**: Citing a single alleged connection as grounds to invalidate an entire election

### Rhetorical Analysis
The "Also Just Out" framing creates urgency and novelty. The exclamation-heavy style and imperative demand ("Redo the Crooked Election!!!") function as mobilization rhetoric. Attributing to Charlie Hurt serves as appeal to authority within the conservative media ecosystem.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Top DOJ lawyer was partners with Hunter Biden's attorney" | **Half True** | Likely references reporting about connections between DOJ officials and attorneys in Biden orbit; such claims often exaggerate professional associations into conspiratorial partnerships |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 75%)

### Indicators

- Triple exclamation marks
- Also Just Out opener
- Emotional intensity
- Stream-of-consciousness quality
- Morning posting time suggests possible aide involvement but style is authentic

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (DOJ investigation / Mar-a-Lago search)

**Rage:** Intensity 70% targeting DOJ / Hunter Biden / election system
- Proportionality: 20%

Sentiment: -0.80

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- Rapid-fire posting throughout the day
- Elevated emotional intensity

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 10%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- distortion (pathological)
- projection (immature)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 30%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared outrage framing
- crediting in-group media figure

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Demand to overturn democratic election results
- Delegitimization of justice system as 'giant SCAM'

### Gaslighting

- Framing legitimate investigation as 'SCAM'
- Demanding election be redone based on conspiratorial logic

## Fact Checks (1)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-19._

> Top DOJ lawyer was partners with Hunter Biden's attorney

**HALF TRUE**

Likely references reporting about connections between DOJ officials and attorneys in Biden orbit; such claims often exaggerate professional associations into conspiratorial partnerships

Sources: Contemporary Fox News reporting; Charlie Hurt commentary

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- election denial (90%)
- DOJ attack (80%)
- conspiracy framing (70%)
- Hunter Biden (60%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**Labor Day Barrage: 18-Post Assault on Institutions Escalates from Family Victimhood to Election Reversal Demand**

Trump spent Labor Day in a sustained posting blitz, cycling between personal grievance over the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search and sweeping attacks on every major American institution. The morning began with emotional appeals about agents searching his family's living quarters, then shifted to rapid-fire conspiracy claims about election rigging and DOJ corruption. A midday lull gave way to an afternoon burst of self-validating article shares, followed by an evening spike in hostility targeting a former prosecutor by name and calling on supporters to "Fight back." The day's most striking moment was a repeated demand — posted twice — that the 2020 election results be reversed.

Full digest for 2022-09-05: https://trump.fm/date/2022-09-05/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, September 5). Also Just Out: The Top Department of Justice... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_108945987725221868
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "Also Just Out: The Top Department of Justice lawyer was..." Truth Social, 5 Sep. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108945987725221868. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "Also Just Out: The Top Department of Justice lawyer was...," Truth Social, September 5, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_108945987725221868.

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