# Post ts_109758210693479772

- Post ID: `ts_109758210693479772`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-01-26T23:56:24.855Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_109758210693479772/analysis
- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_109758210693479772.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> So Crooked HILLARY Clinton’s lawyer, from the biggest of all Democrat law firms, and which is headed up by Chuck Schumer’s brother, is put into the Manhattan District Attorneys Office in order to dredge up bull…. to PROSECUTE “TRUMP.” A TOTALLY CORRUPT WEAPONIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BY THE DEMOCRATS, RUN DIRECTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE (D.C.), WHO HAVE IMPLANTED THEIR OWN PEOPLE INTO THAT OFFICE. In the meantime, record breaking murders and violent crime are not even being looked at!

## Engagement

- Likes: 29,749
- Reposts: 8,568
- Replies: 1,152
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.422Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T01:56:58.162Z (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 characteristic response to legal threat: construction of an elaborate conspiracy narrative that reframes lawful investigation as coordinated political persecution. The conspiracy chain (Clinton's lawyer → Democratic law firm → Schumer's brother → DA → DOJ) reveals paranoid cognitive patterns where disparate actors are woven into a unified plot. The DARVO pattern is prominent — while under investigation for potential fraud, Trump positions himself as the victim of "TOTALLY CORRUPT WEAPONIZATION." The "DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE" coinage delegitimizes the institution itself, not merely its actions. The closing whataboutism about "record breaking murders" (factually inaccurate — NYC murders were declining) serves as displacement and attempts to delegitimize the DA's priorities. Clinically significant for the paranoid ideation intensity and the systematic institutional delegitimization pattern, which at scale erodes public trust in legal institutions and primes followers to view future legal outcomes as illegitimate. The elevated danger rating reflects not violent rhetoric but the sustained campaign to delegitimize law enforcement institutions investigating the subject.

## Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109758210693479772

### Context
This post responds to reports that a lawyer from a Democratic-aligned law firm was embedded in the Manhattan DA's office investigating Trump. By January 2023, multiple legal threats were converging on Trump — the NY AG civil fraud case, the Manhattan DA criminal probe, and the DOJ special counsel investigation.

### Timing & Authorship
Posted at 6:56 PM ET (Trump was based at Mar-a-Lago in this period). The post has hallmark authentic Trump features: stream-of-consciousness structure, ALL CAPS emphasis, ellipsis ("bull…."), the self-referential quotation marks around "TRUMP," and escalating emotional intensity. The "DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE" coinage is a recurring Trumpism.

### Psychological Analysis
This is a textbook narcissistic injury response to legal threat. The post constructs an elaborate conspiracy framework: Hillary Clinton's lawyer → Democrat law firm → Chuck Schumer's brother → Manhattan DA → Department of Justice. This chain of associations serves to reframe a legal investigation as political persecution — a classic DARVO pattern.

The final sentence pivots to whataboutism ("record breaking murders") — displacement from the threatening topic to attack the DA's priorities.

### Defense Mechanisms
- **Distortion**: Reframes criminal investigation as "weaponization"
- **Projection**: Accuses prosecutors of corruption while facing fraud allegations
- **Displacement**: Redirects to unrelated crime statistics

### Rhetorical Techniques
The conspiracy chain (Clinton → Schumer → DA → DOJ) is a classic firehose technique — overwhelming with interconnected claims that are difficult to individually refute. "DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE" is a dehumanizing renaming technique that delegitimizes institutions.

### Cognitive Notes
The syntax is relatively coherent for Trump — long compound sentence but maintains logical thread. The ellipsis censoring ("bull….") shows some self-editing awareness. No notable cognitive markers beyond baseline.

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Hillary Clinton's lawyer was placed in the Manhattan DA's office" | **Mostly True** | Mark Pomerantz, who had represented Clinton-connected entities, joined the Manhattan DA's office as a special assistant DA to work on the Trump investigation. The framing as a deliberate 'plant' is editorialized. |
| "The firm is headed by Chuck Schumer's brother" | **Mostly True** | Mark Pomerantz was a partner at Paul Weiss, where Robert Schumer (Chuck Schumer's brother) was also a partner, though not the firm's sole head. |
| "Record breaking murders and violent crime are not even being looked at" | **Mostly False** | NYC murders actually declined in 2022. The Manhattan DA's office continued prosecuting violent crime. The claim that crime was 'not being looked at' is false. |

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Authorship Analysis

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

### Indicators

- ALL CAPS passages
- ellipsis self-censoring (bull....)
- quotation marks around own name
- stream-of-consciousness conspiracy chain
- DEPARTMENT OF INJUSTICE coinage

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan DA investigation / lawyer placement)

**Rage:** Intensity 75% targeting Manhattan DA, DOJ, Democrats
- Proportionality: 30%

Sentiment: -0.85

**Mildly Hypomanic**
- rapid-fire posting throughout the day
- escalating emotional intensity

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 70%
- Antisocial: 40%
- Paranoid: 80%
- Sadism: 10%

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

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

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- shared persecution narrative
- us-vs-them framing

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- delegitimization of law enforcement institutions
- framing lawful prosecution as political persecution
- conspiracy framing could motivate followers to view legal system as enemy

### Gaslighting

- reframing lawful investigation as 'weaponization'
- DARVO: portrays himself as victim of the justice system he may have defrauded
- attacks institutional credibility to undermine future legal outcomes

## Fact Checks (3)

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

> Hillary Clinton's lawyer was placed in the Manhattan DA's office

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Mark Pomerantz, who had represented Clinton-connected entities, joined the Manhattan DA's office as a special assistant DA to work on the Trump investigation. The framing as a deliberate 'plant' is editorialized.

Sources: public reporting on Pomerantz role

> The firm is headed by Chuck Schumer's brother

**MOSTLY TRUE**

Mark Pomerantz was a partner at Paul Weiss, where Robert Schumer (Chuck Schumer's brother) was also a partner, though not the firm's sole head.

Sources: Paul Weiss partner listings

> Record breaking murders and violent crime are not even being looked at

**MOSTLY FALSE**

NYC murders actually declined in 2022. The Manhattan DA's office continued prosecuting violent crime. The claim that crime was 'not being looked at' is false.

Sources: NYPD crime statistics 2022

Overall Veracity: 60%

## Tags

- legal_threat_response (90%)
- conspiracy_construction (80%)
- institutional_delegitimization (85%)
- DARVO (75%)
- paranoid_ideation (70%)

## That day

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

**Media Rage Spiral Over Newsmax Deplatforming Dominates Day, Ends in Legal Persecution Fears**

Trump spent much of the day fixated on AT&T's DirecTV dropping Newsmax, returning to the topic five times with escalating fury -- at one point demanding CNN and MSNBC be cancelled in retaliation while defending Newsmax from the same treatment. An early-morning post on Ukraine tank deliveries claimed the war could easily be ended, framing Western aid as a path to nuclear war. The evening closed with a burst of nine posts in thirty minutes, mixing self-congratulatory poll and Facebook reinstatement links with a final angry post alleging a coordinated legal conspiracy involving Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer's brother, and the Manhattan DA's office.

Full digest for 2023-01-26: https://trump.fm/date/2023-01-26/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, January 26). So Crooked HILLARY Clinton’s lawyer, from the... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_109758210693479772
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "So Crooked HILLARY Clinton’s lawyer, from the biggest of..." Truth Social, 26 Jan. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109758210693479772. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "So Crooked HILLARY Clinton’s lawyer, from the biggest of...," Truth Social, January 26, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_109758210693479772.

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