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

3y ago Feb 3, 2023 at 11:38 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

Elevated

Narcissistic State

Mixed

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

65%

This post demonstrates a sophisticated reality inversion: Trump reframes Mark Pomerantz's book — which argued the Manhattan DA *should* have prosecuted Trump — as evidence the case is fatally flawed. The key distortion concerns prosecutor resignations: Pomerantz and Dunne quit because DA Bragg initially *stopped* the investigation, not because they considered it weak. Trump inverts their protest 180 degrees. The selective quotation marks create false authority, and the "IN OTHER WORDS" bridge explicitly instructs followers how to misread the evidence. The escalation from pseudo-scholarly citation to "SleazeBag disbarred Lawyer From Hell" to "A LOSER!" reveals the emotional substrate beneath the strategic framing. The Cohen attack follows a witness intimidation pattern — publicly degrading a cooperating witness during an active grand jury investigation. This post exemplifies the intersection of narcissistic defense (distortion, splitting) with deliberate propaganda technique (cherry-picking, testimonial manipulation), making it difficult to disentangle genuine belief from strategic manipulation — a characteristic ambiguity in Trump's communications.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

ALL CAPS emotional finale
characteristic epithets (Crooked Hillary, SleazeBag)
escalating emotional intensity
stream-of-consciousness structure
evening posting time at Mar-a-Lago

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Mixed State

Trigger: Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Manhattan DA investigation / grand jury)

Rage: Intensity 60% targeting Michael Cohen, Manhattan DA

Proportionality

40%

Sentiment

-0.50

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

70%

Antisocial

40%

Paranoid

50%

Sadism

30%

Defense Mechanisms:

distortionprojectionsplittingdevaluation

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

55%

Parasocial Techniques:

selective quotation to manufacture authorityIN OTHER WORDS translation creates false consensus

Danger Assessment

Elevated

Indicators:

Witness intimidation pattern toward Michael Cohen
Delegitimizing legal proceedings

Gaslighting Detected:

Inverts meaning of prosecutor resignations (they quit wanting TO prosecute, reframed as quitting because case was weak)
Selective quotation creates false narrative

Reality Distortions:

Prosecutors quit because they thought the case was irresponsible (they actually quit because Bragg STOPPED the case)
Pomerantz book framed as attacking the case when it argued for prosecution

Fact Checks (3)

"Pomerantz was Crooked Hillary Clinton's attorney"

Mostly False

Pomerantz was a former federal prosecutor who joined the Manhattan DA's office as a special assistant. His prior legal career included various clients but he is not primarily known as Clinton's attorney. This is guilt-by-association framing.

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

Half True

Pomerantz and colleague Carey Dunne resigned in February 2022 when DA Bragg initially paused the investigation, but they quit because they wanted to PROCEED with prosecution, not because they thought the case was weak.

"Michael Cohen is a disbarred lawyer"

True

Cohen was disbarred in February 2019 after pleading guilty to federal charges.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: Post ts_109803437564351118

Context

Trump responds to Mark Pomerantz's book about the Manhattan DA's case against him. Pomerantz, a former special assistant DA, published a book critical of DA Alvin Bragg's initial hesitation to prosecute. Trump selectively reads the book as vindicating him.

Authorship

Posted at 6:38 PM ET (Trump likely at Mar-a-Lago). Business hours, but the stream-of-consciousness style, emotional escalation, ALL CAPS finale, and characteristic epithets ("Crooked Hillary," "SleazeBag disbarred Lawyer From Hell") are strongly authentic Trump.

Psychological Dynamics

The post is driven by narcissistic injury from the ongoing Manhattan grand jury investigation. Trump employs a sophisticated (for him) rhetorical strategy: weaponizing a prosecutor's own book against the case. The selective quotation marks around "weak," "fatal flaws," "irresponsible," "unfair," and "President Trump" create an appearance of authoritative sourcing while likely decontextualizing the quotes.

The escalation pattern is characteristic: measured paraphrasing → emotional epithets → ALL CAPS declaration. The final "A LOSER!" is pure projection of his core fear onto the case itself.

Defense Mechanisms

Distortion: Reshaping Pomerantz's book (which actually argued FOR prosecution) into evidence against the case
Projection: "SleazeBag" and "LOSER" — projecting feared self-attributes
Splitting: Prosecutors who quit = good (validates him); DA pursuing case = bad

Rhetorical Techniques

The strategic use of quotation marks creates false authority. The Michael Cohen attack serves dual purpose: discrediting a key witness and punishing a former loyalist who defected.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"Pomerantz was Crooked Hillary Clinton's attorney"	Mostly False	Pomerantz was a former federal prosecutor who joined the Manhattan DA's office as a special assistant. His prior legal career included various clients but he is not primarily known as Clinton's attorney. This is guilt-by-association framing.
"Prosecutors in the DA's Office quit in protest over the case"	Half True	Pomerantz and colleague Carey Dunne resigned in February 2022 when DA Bragg initially paused the investigation, but they quit because they wanted to PROCEED with prosecution, not because they thought the case was weak.
"Michael Cohen is a disbarred lawyer"	True	Cohen was disbarred in February 2019 after pleading guilty to federal charges.

Overall Veracity: 57%