# Post ts_109538025801155666

- Post ID: `ts_109538025801155666`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2022-12-19T02:40:30.029Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> The highly partisan Unselect Committee is illegally leaking confidential info to anyone that will listen. Adam “Shifty” Schiff is all over T.V. talking about Criminal Referrals, just like he was on the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, which turned out to be the con of the century. How much longer are Republicans, and American Patriots in general, going to allow this to happen. These are the Criminals who spied on my campaign, cheated on the Election, lied to FISA Court & Congress. They are SICK!

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.425Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:08:08.787Z (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 is a concentrated defensive response to the Jan. 6 Committee's unprecedented criminal referral of a former president to the DOJ. It deploys a textbook DARVO pattern: denying the committee's legitimacy ("Unselect," "illegally leaking"), attacking key figures (Schiff as "Shifty"), and reversing victim-offender roles by labeling investigators as "the Criminals" who "spied," "cheated," and "lied." The narcissistic injury is severe — criminal referral combines exposure, criticism, and existential legal threat — producing high-intensity rage disproportionate to the stated provocations. The rhetorical question "How much longer are Republicans, and American Patriots in general, going to allow this to happen" functions as an implicit mobilization call, framing passive observation while inviting action. This pattern — named targets + grievance articulation + implied call to response — meets criteria for elevated concern, particularly given the post-January 6 context. The projection is notable: every accusation maps onto documented conduct being investigated (obstruction, conspiracy, false statements). The closing dehumanization ("They are SICK!") condenses complex legal proceedings into moral disgust, reinforcing epistemic closure among followers. Cognitively, the post is coherent and structurally organized despite its emotional intensity, showing no deviation from baseline.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109538025801155666

### Context
This post directly responds to the Jan. 6 Committee's historic criminal referral of Trump to the DOJ — the first time Congress criminally referred a former president. Posted at 9:40 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago), this is a reactive post to a major narcissistic injury.

### Authorship
Late evening timing (9:40 PM ET), emotional reactivity, ALL CAPS passages, stream-of-consciousness quality, run-on structure, and the characteristic nickname "Shifty Schiff" all point to authentic Trump authorship. The rhetorical coherence is notable — this is angry but organized rage.

### Psychological Dynamics
The post is a textbook response to narcissistic injury. The Jan. 6 referral represents simultaneous criticism, exposure, and potential defeat. Trump's response deploys a dense cluster of defenses: **projection** (calling the committee "criminals"), **DARVO** (reversing victim and offender — they spied, they cheated, they are the criminals), and **denial** (delegitimizing the committee as "Unselect" and "illegally leaking").

The closing "They are SICK!" is characteristic narcissistic rage — disproportionate, dehumanizing, and aimed at psychological annihilation of the threat source.

### Rhetorical Analysis
The "Russia, Russia, Russia" repetition is perseverative branding — reducing a complex investigation to a dismissible catchphrase. The pivot from defense to counterattack ("These are the Criminals") is classic DARVO. The rhetorical question "How much longer are Republicans...going to allow this to happen" is a mobilization call framed as passive observation.

### Danger Assessment
The mobilization framing ("How much longer...going to allow this") combined with labeling investigators as criminals creates a stochastic terrorism pattern: identified targets + articulated grievance + implied call to action. This is elevated but not explicit.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "The committee is illegally leaking confidential info" | **Mostly False** | The committee's final report and referrals were public proceedings. Congressional committees have broad authority over their own materials. |
| "The Russia investigation was 'the con of the century'" | **False** | The Mueller investigation resulted in 34 indictments, 8 guilty pleas/convictions, and documented extensive Russian interference and campaign contacts, though it did not establish criminal conspiracy. |
| "They spied on my campaign" | **Half True** | The FBI conducted surveillance on Carter Page via FISA warrant. The Horowitz report found the investigation was properly predicated but identified significant FISA application errors. |
| "They cheated on the Election" | **False** | No evidence of systematic election fraud was found by courts, DOJ, or state officials in the 2020 election. Over 60 legal challenges were dismissed. |
| "They lied to FISA Court" | **Mostly True** | The DOJ Inspector General found 17 significant errors/omissions in FISA applications for Carter Page surveillance, including an FBI lawyer altering an email. |

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Authorship Analysis

**Self-Written** (score: 90%)

### Indicators

- Late evening posting (9:40 PM ET)
- Emotional reactivity and ALL CAPS
- Characteristic nickname 'Shifty Schiff'
- Stream-of-consciousness run-on structure
- Russia Russia Russia repetition pattern

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Jan. 6 Committee criminal referral to DOJ)

**Rage:** Intensity 80% targeting Jan. 6 Committee, Adam Schiff, unnamed 'criminals'
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.85

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 80%
- Antisocial: 50%
- Paranoid: 70%
- Sadism: 30%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- denial (pathological)
- splitting (immature)
- devaluation (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 55%

Cognitive Markers:
- perseveration

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- In-group solidarity appeal to Republicans and Patriots
- Shared victimhood narrative
- Mobilization through rhetorical question

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Rhetorical question implying supporters should take action ('How much longer...going to allow this')
- Named target (Adam Schiff) combined with criminal accusation
- Labeling investigators as criminals delegitimizes legal process
- Appeal to 'American Patriots' to not 'allow this to happen'

### Gaslighting

- Reframing criminal referral as 'illegal leaking'
- Dismissing documented Russia investigation as 'con of the century'
- Reversing who is criminal — investigators become the accused
- Delegitimizing committee as 'Unselect'

**Dehumanizing Language Present**

## Fact Checks (5)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-03-20._

> The committee is illegally leaking confidential info

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The committee's final report and referrals were public proceedings. Congressional committees have broad authority over their own materials.

> The Russia investigation was 'the con of the century'

**FALSE**

The Mueller investigation resulted in 34 indictments, 8 guilty pleas/convictions, and documented extensive Russian interference and campaign contacts, though it did not establish criminal conspiracy.

> They spied on my campaign

**HALF TRUE**

The FBI conducted surveillance on Carter Page via FISA warrant. The Horowitz report found the investigation was properly predicated but identified significant FISA application errors.

> They cheated on the Election

**FALSE**

No evidence of systematic election fraud was found by courts, DOJ, or state officials in the 2020 election. Over 60 legal challenges were dismissed.

> They lied to FISA Court

**MOSTLY TRUE**

The DOJ Inspector General found 17 significant errors/omissions in FISA applications for Carter Page surveillance, including an FBI lawyer altering an email.

Overall Veracity: 30%

## Tags

- jan6_committee (100%)
- criminal_referral (90%)
- DARVO (90%)
- projection (85%)
- narcissistic_injury (90%)
- mobilization_rhetoric (60%)
- reality_distortion (80%)

## That day

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

**Historic Criminal Referral Triggers Sustained Multi-Front Defensive Campaign**

Trump spent the day responding to the Jan. 6 Committee's unprecedented vote to criminally refer him to the Justice Department on four charges. The evening before and the evening of saw the most intense posting clusters, with sharp attacks on the committee, the FBI, and individual members like Adam Schiff and Liz Cheney. He also mounted a preemptive defense of his tax returns ahead of their expected release by Congress. Late-night posts after 2 AM suggest disrupted sleep, and the day ended with a rapid-fire burst of six posts in just over an hour that grew increasingly agitated.

Full digest for 2022-12-19: https://trump.fm/date/2022-12-19/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2022, December 19). The highly partisan Unselect Committee is... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109538025801155666
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "The highly partisan Unselect Committee is illegally leaking..." Truth Social, 19 Dec. 2022. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109538025801155666. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "The highly partisan Unselect Committee is illegally leaking...," Truth Social, December 19, 2022, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109538025801155666.

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