Analysis: Wow, the book just put out by Crooked Hillary Clinton’s atto...

3y ago Feb 3, 2023 at 11:36 PM

Wow, the book just put out by Crooked Hillary Clinton’s attorney, Mark Pomerantz, is turning out to be a hit on the District Attorney and the “weak” case “with many fatal flaws.” Prosecutors in the D.A.’s Office actually quit in protest in that they thought it was “irresponsible” and very “unfair” to “President Trump.”They also felt they didn’t want to rely on a SleazeBag disbarred Lawyer From Hell like Michael Cohen as a witness. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY THOUGHT THE CASE WAS TERRIBLE - A LOSER!

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-20. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

65%

Trump selectively distorts Mark Pomerantz's book to construct a narrative of prosecutorial weakness, when the book actually argued the Manhattan DA should have been more aggressive in pursuing charges. This represents a sophisticated reality distortion: prosecutors who resigned did so because the case *wasn't* being brought, yet Trump frames their departure as validating his claim the case was meritless. The attack on Michael Cohen as "SleazeBag disbarred Lawyer From Hell" is psychologically notable given Cohen was disbarred for crimes committed at Trump's direction—a textbook projection pattern. The emotional architecture of the post is revealing: measured pseudo-quotation builds apparent credibility before the ALL CAPS climax ("THEY THOUGHT THE CASE WAS TERRIBLE - A LOSER!") reveals the underlying anxiety. "LOSER" functions as Trump's core feared identity projected outward. The gaslighting is deliberate and systematic—inverting a hostile source's thesis to serve as apparent vindication requires conscious manipulation rather than cognitive confusion. This post demonstrates the intersection of legal threat response and narcissistic defense: converting exposure-based injury into grandiose supply through strategic distortion of public record.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

ALL CAPS climax
characteristic nicknames (Crooked Hillary, SleazeBag)
emotional escalation pattern
stream-of-consciousness quality
evening posting time

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan DA investigation / Pomerantz book)

Rage: Intensity 60% targeting Michael Cohen, Manhattan DA

Proportionality

40%

Sentiment

-0.50

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

70%

Antisocial

40%

Paranoid

40%

Sadism

30%

Defense Mechanisms:

distortionprojectionsplitting

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

60%

Parasocial Techniques:

interpretive framingpseudo-quotation authorityALL CAPS directive

Danger Assessment

None

Gaslighting Detected:

Inverts prosecutors' actual position—they quit because case WASN'T being brought, not because it was weak
Frames Pomerantz's book as critical of the case when it argued the opposite

Reality Distortions:

Prosecutors quit because case was too weak (they quit because it wasn't being pursued aggressively enough)
Pomerantz book reveals case has 'fatal flaws' (book argues case should have been brought)

Fact Checks (3)

"Mark Pomerantz was Crooked Hillary Clinton's attorney"

Mostly False

Pomerantz was a former federal prosecutor who joined the Manhattan DA's office as special assistant DA to investigate Trump. He was not Hillary Clinton's personal attorney. He worked at Paul Weiss and had various clients but this framing is misleading guilt-by-association.

"Prosecutors in the DA's Office quit in protest over the weak case"

Half True

Pomerantz and another prosecutor resigned when DA Bragg initially paused the investigation, but they resigned because they believed the case SHOULD be brought, not because it was weak. Trump inverts their actual position.

"Michael Cohen is a disbarred lawyer"

True

Cohen was disbarred in February 2019 after pleading guilty to federal charges including campaign finance violations related to hush money payments made on Trump's behalf.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109803431467323052

Context

Trump responds to Mark Pomerantz's book about the Manhattan DA's investigation. Pomerantz, a former special assistant DA, resigned and wrote a book critical of DA Bragg's initial hesitancy to prosecute. Trump selectively cites the book's criticism of the case to frame the prosecution as illegitimate.

Authorship

Posted at 6:36 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). Business hours, but the post has strong authentic markers: stream-of-consciousness, escalating emotional intensity, ALL CAPS climax, characteristic nicknames ("Crooked Hillary," "SleazeBag"), and the rhetorical flourish "Lawyer From Hell." Mixed signals but leans authentic—likely Trump dictating or posting with awareness of the book's content from cable news coverage.

Psychological Dynamics

This is a narcissistic injury response to the ongoing Manhattan DA investigation. Trump weaponizes a critic's own critique—Pomerantz wrote the book to argue the case should have been brought sooner, but Trump cherry-picks elements suggesting prosecutorial weakness. This is sophisticated distortion: reshaping a hostile source into apparent vindication.

The escalation from quoted paraphrases to ALL CAPS ("IN OTHER WORDS, THEY THOUGHT THE CASE WAS TERRIBLE - A LOSER!") reveals the emotional core. "LOSER" is Trump's ultimate term of contempt—projection of his deepest fear onto the case itself.

Defense Mechanisms

Distortion: Selectively reframing a hostile book as supportive
Projection: Calling Cohen a "SleazeBag"—Cohen was Trump's personal attorney
Splitting: Case is entirely bad, prosecutors who left were entirely right

Rhetorical Analysis

The post uses a pseudo-journalistic framing ("turning out to be") to give subjective interpretation the appearance of emergent consensus. Strategic use of quotation marks around "weak," "fatal flaws," "irresponsible," "unfair," and "President Trump" creates an illusion of direct citation while likely paraphrasing loosely. The ALL CAPS summary functions as interpretive override—telling the audience what to conclude.

Notable dehumanizing language toward Cohen: "SleazeBag disbarred Lawyer From Hell" stacks three pejoratives. Cohen's disbarment resulted from crimes committed on Trump's behalf, making this attack particularly psychologically revealing—destroying the instrument of one's own past behavior.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Mark Pomerantz was Crooked Hillary Clinton's attorney"	Mostly False	Pomerantz was a former federal prosecutor who joined the Manhattan DA's office as special assistant DA to investigate Trump. He was not Hillary Clinton's personal attorney. He worked at Paul Weiss and had various clients but this framing is misleading guilt-by-association.
"Prosecutors in the DA's Office quit in protest over the weak case"	Half True	Pomerantz and another prosecutor resigned when DA Bragg initially paused the investigation, but they resigned because they believed the case SHOULD be brought, not because it was weak. Trump inverts their actual position.
"Michael Cohen is a disbarred lawyer"	True	Cohen was disbarred in February 2019 after pleading guilty to federal charges including campaign finance violations related to hush money payments made on Trump's behalf.

Overall Veracity: 57%