While awaiting my prediction #3 of 3 to fully blossom (talk of Trump pleading not guilty by reason of mental terrific-ness)...
I just hit upon a complete guess but envision (IMM) a probable situation behind today's legal shocker in D.C. (as NY hit "pause")
Context: Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran has now been ordered to "pierce" normal client-attorney privacy protections, under the "crime/fraud" exception, as a judge reviewed evidence, 'in camera' (non-publicly) and came out giving Corcoran until midnight today with a reaction to the request to pierce the privilege, given what must be a compelling appearance of serious criminality.
The appeal judge gave Jack Smith / DOJ, until 6AM today to rebut/review the order and evidence.
The judge has now decided the attorney MUST testify. [CNN Story]
What was so powerful, shocking, compelling, etc that Jack Smith had to do an all-nighter and have a statement by 6AM. (He did.)
I'm getting a strong 'feeling' based on the human reaction to content we'll likely never see - but it seems likely, #TrumpVirus being so consistent, that Trump went on a tirade or two to his lawyer, like
"I don't give a F--- how you do it, but you tell them there aren't any more documents here, F them.... They're MY f'n gifts and souvenirs. And you know, I'm not making anything from schlepping this s-tt to Mar-a-lago. I'll bet I could sell some of this for a fortune... And I told Vladimir I'd give him a copy of that deal we worked on.... Oh, and Kim, we had a real love affair. So I kept a few things. I'm the F'n President, how the F are they going to pursue me? F'n witch hunt! Nobody's ever been treated so unfairly."
The preceding is a fantasy based on actual facts. What strikes me is if he ranted about the docs and foreign actors, that's #treason.
So I still think we're close to seeing mental condition as the last way out, and I believe that judge has heard some ghastly damning and scary stuff, to the point of giving urgent orders to get to some #truth iness.
Shared public, and to #Muskville too, where I made my first Trump predictions. I do believe, 'here comes the judge'[ment]
