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Thank you for this fantastic analysis. Trump is cunning and exceptionally sinister -- he's always been. Through the power of the Presidency, he was able to elevate those traits to new heights. What he's done is highly disturbing and upsetting and must not go unpunished.

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The $300m raked in by the Save America PAC would go a long way towards paying off Trump’s reputed $400m debt. Does Trump have direct and unfettered access to these monies, or are there any legal constraints that would prevent him from making off with the loot in its entirety?

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Adding this new piece to further support your excellent analysis:

"Fight for Trump": Video Evidence of Incitement at the Capitol, Ryan Goodman and Justin Hendrix, Just Security, January 25, 2021

https://www.justsecurity.org/74335/fight-for-trump-video-evidence-of-incitement-at-the-capitol/

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“We have someone in there who should not be in there and our country will be destroyed and we’re not going to stand for that.”

Trump probably means for his audience to fill in the name of whatever person they believe is a bad actor; Pelosi, AOC, Ilian...

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What is Event Strategies? Who the fuck is hiring Manafort the Kremlin agent? ES can’t not be shady.

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Event Strategies is the company that does all trump’s rally sound and stage set-ups. I suspect it’s also another way for trump to reward manafort monetarily for his silence as they typically overcharge by several times for their services.

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