# Post ts_111052464839900063

- Post ID: `ts_111052464839900063`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2023-09-12T13:42:15.867Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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- Audio narration: https://static.trump.fm/audio/ts_111052464839900063.mp3 (a synthesized voice reading the post text, not a recording)

## Post text

> David Schoen: “This is the ‘ultimate’ weaponization of the Justice System!”

## What the media says

**Video transcript** (5:01), transcribed automatically, so names and numbers may be wrong. Speakers aren't identified, so a voice in it may not be his:

> - Welcome back America, David Schoen. A lot of, in my view, very unethical conduct going down there in the Georgia case. First of all, the indictment. In Georgia you can indict, prosecutor can indict, or the grand jury can indict, but if you pick the grand jury, you gotta follow certain rules. So they published the indictment against Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants in the morning before the grand jury even shows up. Then the grand jury works into the night and they indict these 19 defendants on exactly what was in the official court clerk's computer that morning. So the question is, to me, whether that grand jury actually met as a grand jury, or this was really a prosecutor using the grand jury's dressing. And since they don't have secrecy rules there, it would be very easy for any defense counsel to question some of these grand jurors as to what took place to address what took place right out of the box, no? - I think there ought to be a full investigation of what happened. You know, we heard two or three different excuses on how on earth the indictment appeared and was publicly posted on the docket before the grand jury concluded their deliberations. I've never heard of that in my life. There has to be an investigation, otherwise the grand jury process is meaningless. It's a constitutional process, so I don't think it should be meaningless. No, it's outrageous. There's so many issues that have to be raised there. - And what did we also learn this report was released and they recommended indicting three United States senators? - Yeah, well, they finally released the rest of the report. Now remember, this report is from this investigative grand jury, an unusual phenomenon that they have in Georgia. This is the grand jury in which the foreperson afterwards, you know, reported how unprofessional, frankly, her conduct and the others were during the course of it. It was a circus, but in any event, the report that was released on Friday actually recommended indicting a number of other people who were indicted, and those include Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Perdue, Senator Loeffler, Boris Epstein, and others. And so a decision was made, perhaps on a political level, not to indict them, but it's outrageous. I think that it speaks volumes about exactly what the agenda was. The agenda was if someone comes in and associated with the Republican Party or Donald Trump, indict them. Doesn't matter what the evidence was necessarily, to suggest that Lindsey Graham, for example, committed some criminal act in Georgia strikes me as outrageous, but the other United States senators too, this was a way to use, again, the ultimate weaponization of the criminal justice process for partisan political purposes. - Isn't the issue here, David, shown that if you're gonna criminalize politics, then you are going to be indicting senators and congressmen and governors and state legislators and anybody else you can get your hand on. If you're the prosecutor of the opposite party, because now if you're lobbying, if you're speaking, if you're claiming there's false elections, if you want a separate sect of electors sent just so you can preserve your rights when it comes to the electoral college, which we've done throughout American history, if you're gonna turn all the politics, the rough and tumble into a crime that an elected Democrat DA in a city that is heavily Democrat can use the criminal justice system, then you're gonna be indicting 20 people, maybe all the Republicans who vote, maybe they're part of RICO too, you never know. This is a real scam, isn't it? - Yeah, and it's a complete abuse of our system and it's very dangerous for the future, but I think the ultimate point that supports your thesis, and you've made this point as effectively as anybody, is the current move around several states, not coincidentally which states, use the 14th to try to use section three of the 14th Amendment to bar President Trump from the ballot. That's the ultimate use of state by state, partisan by partisan, abuse of our electoral system and what the court in Reynolds versus Sims says, the essence of democratic society. - Well, it's pretty funny at a base level, section three of the 14th Amendment, the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868. The Congresses after the Civil War didn't even believe in states rights after that point. They still, the North still had military presence, the army and states, unless those states capitulated to the North. And the idea that they would have said, you know what, boys? We want to allow every single state the power to keep anyone off the ballot if according to that one person in the state or that state legislature says they committed acts of insurrection or sedition. They would never have handed power like that to the states. That's number one. Number two, we know what they meant by insurrection and sedition. They meant anyone who helped the Confederacy, period. That part of the 14th Amendment died when the last Confederate died. That's the bottom line. David Shone, I want to thank you, my man. You're the best. Appreciate it. - Thank you so much. Brilliant.

## Media

- video: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/111/052/463/567/516/083/original/5e9fe0e55d5f5ccd.mp4

## Engagement

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- Metrics collected: 2026-02-01T01:19:51.398Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-03-20T08:31:35.889Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Post Analysis: ts_111052464839900063 (2023-09-12, 13:42 UTC)

### Authorship Attribution

UTC 13:42 converts to **9:42 AM EDT** (Trump's most probable location on September 12, 2023 was Mar-a-Lago or the New York area — either way, Eastern Daylight Time). Business hours. The post is a clean, structured quote-relay with correct punctuation, proper attribution formatting, and zero typos. It contains no emotional raw texture, no ALL CAPS, no ellipses. This is almost certainly aide-drafted or Scavino-assisted content — a deliberate media amplification unit rather than an impulsive authentic post.

The nested quotation marks around "ultimate" (quotes within quotes) are slightly unusual but reflect accurate transcription of spoken emphasis rather than Trumpian affectation.

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### Contextual Pattern (Day-Level)

This post is part of a coordinated same-day content cluster:
1. Hannity link (9/11 anniversary messaging)
2. Loomered link (anti-DeSantis via Melania attack)
3. Empty/image post
4. Rumble link ("radical left" destroying Trump)
5. Schoen quote #1: Jan. 6 case framing
6. **This post** — Schoen quote #2: "ultimate weaponization"

The sequencing reveals a communications strategy, not organic expression. Two Schoen quotes in close proximity suggest a coordinated media push following a TV appearance, likely timed to the same-day McCarthy impeachment inquiry announcement (September 12) and the ongoing post-Georgia-arraignment legal news cycle. The Loomered DeSantis/Melania attack breaks from legal defense framing and points to active opposition research amplification — a separate political operation running in parallel.

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### Psychological Analysis

**Trigger:** The Georgia arraignment (August 24) and active Jan. 6 federal case provide the underlying narcissistic injury. This post, however, is not raw reaction — it is delayed, mediated, and managed. The use of an attorney as the speaking voice signals **displacement**: the grievance is real, but it is being channeled through a legitimate professional proxy to gain institutional credibility.

**Narcissistic State:** Primarily **vulnerable** — the "weaponization" frame constructs Trump as victim of an illegitimate, politically motivated system. This is the classic vulnerable narcissistic stance: I am special, therefore my persecution is unprecedented ("ultimate"). The word "ultimate" functions as a superlative claim about the severity of his victimhood.

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- **Projection** (immature): Attributing political motivation and bad faith to the Justice Department — displacing his own documented political use of legal levers onto opponents.
- **Displacement** (neurotic): Using Schoen's voice rather than speaking directly, creating plausible distance from the most inflammatory framing.
- **Rationalization** (neurotic): Framing criminal prosecution as systemic weaponization converts legal accountability into ideological persecution, making non-compliance with legal process feel principled.

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### Level 1: Dispositional Traits (Indirect Signals)

Post is too brief for robust trait inference. What is visible: low agreeableness (adversarial framing of legitimate institutions), high neuroticism facet of **angry hostility** (mediated through proxy), low openness in the sense of value rigidity (the legal system is delegitimized wholesale rather than engaged on its merits).

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### Level 3: Narrative Identity

- **Protagonist role:** Martyr-victim undergoing the "ultimate" persecution
- **Contamination sequence:** The justice system (nominally ordered, legitimate) has been weaponized (corrupted, illegitimate) — a classic contamination narrative applied to institutions
- **Contrasting other:** An unnamed politicized DOJ/prosecution apparatus
- **Identity claim (implicit):** So important and threatening to power that the entire justice system must be deployed against him — martyrdom as proof of significance

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### Rhetorical Techniques

- **Appeal to authority:** An attorney — a legal professional with standing in the cases — validates the persecution narrative, lending it institutional credibility
- **Proxy/surrogate technique:** The most inflammatory claim is attributed to someone else, reducing Trump's direct accountability while ensuring the message lands
- **Superlative amplification:** "Ultimate" positions this not merely as bad but as historically unprecedented — consistent with the Trump rhetorical universe where everything is the biggest/best/worst ever
- **Delegitimization framing:** "Weaponization of the Justice System" is a pre-packaged meme that attacks the legitimacy of legal proceedings wholesale, preemptively poisoning jury pools and public opinion

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### Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "This is the 'ultimate' weaponization of the Justice System" | **Unverifiable** | Opinion/framing assertion not susceptible to true/false adjudication. The underlying claim that prosecutions are politically motivated is contested: indictments were returned by grand juries with presented evidence. Whether that constitutes 'weaponization' is a political characterization, not a verifiable fact. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 20%)

### Indicators

- 9:42 AM EDT - business hours posting
- Clean structured quote-relay format
- Zero typos or misspellings
- No emotional texture, ALL CAPS, or ellipses
- Paired with earlier Schoen quote suggesting coordinated TV clip amplification

## Psychological Profile

### State

**Vulnerable State**

**Trigger:** Narcissistic Injury — Exposure (Ongoing criminal prosecutions — Georgia arraignment (Aug 24) and Jan. 6 federal case)

Sentiment: -0.70

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 55%
- Antisocial: 30%
- Paranoid: 65%
- Sadism: 5%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- projection (immature)
- displacement (neurotic)
- rationalization (neurotic)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 10%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Surrogate validation — using attorney credibility to authenticate persecution narrative
- Grievance amplification through repeated same-day thematic reinforcement

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Sustained delegitimization of judiciary erodes institutional trust over time
- Part of coordinated same-day content cluster reinforcing persecution narrative
- No acute markers present; cumulative delegitimization effect is the concern

### Gaslighting

- 'Weaponization' framing attacks the legitimacy of criminal proceedings with documented evidentiary basis
- Delegitimization of judicial process as a whole preemptively dismisses any verdict

## Fact Checks (1)

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

> This is the 'ultimate' weaponization of the Justice System

**UNVERIFIABLE**

Opinion/framing assertion not susceptible to true/false adjudication. The underlying claim that prosecutions are politically motivated is contested: indictments were returned by grand juries with presented evidence. Whether that constitutes 'weaponization' is a political characterization, not a verifiable fact.

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- weaponization-rhetoric (90%)
- proxy-messaging (85%)
- legal-persecution-narrative (85%)
- institutional-delegitimization (80%)
- vulnerable-narcissism (65%)
- aide-authored (80%)
- coordinated-media-push (75%)

## That day

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

**Multi-Front Legal Siege Drives Pre-Dawn Grievance Spiral as McCarthy Impeachment Delivers Evening Vindication**

Trump started the day with a burst of pre-dawn posting focused on defending himself against the looming New York civil fraud trial, arguing at length that banks were happy and no one was harmed. As the morning progressed, he pivoted to attacking Biden over the Iran hostage deal and a false 9/11 claim, with his sharpest language reserved for accusing Biden of receiving "kickbacks." The middle of the day was dominated by aide-posted link shares reinforcing legal persecution and polling strength narratives. The mood shifted noticeably toward triumphant grandiosity by evening, likely buoyed by Kevin McCarthy's announcement of a formal Biden impeachment inquiry, culminating in a three-word victory lap: "TRUMP WAS RIGHT."

Full digest for 2023-09-12: https://trump.fm/date/2023-09-12/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2023, September 12). David Schoen: “This is the ‘ultimate’... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_111052464839900063
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "David Schoen: “This is the ‘ultimate’ weaponization of the..." Truth Social, 12 Sep. 2023. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111052464839900063. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "David Schoen: “This is the ‘ultimate’ weaponization of the...," Truth Social, September 12, 2023, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_111052464839900063.

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