'Horton Hears a Coup': Former prosecutor slams Trump's 'clownish' Dr. Seuss motion

'Horton Hears a Coup': Former prosecutor slams Trump's 'clownish' Dr. Seuss motion
Former President Donald Trump (image via Nicholas Kamm/AFP).

Donald Trump's legal team is embarrassing itself with a recent filing in the D.C. criminal case the former president is facing, a former prosecutor said.

Team Trump compared Special Counsel Jack Smith to the "Grinch" in a recent filing in the case, which is being overseen by Judge Chutkan, because the prosecutor sought an expedited schedule the defense said that would make them work through Christmas. Smith filed a reply, saying that he's no Grinch and that, "If the Court today enters a briefing order consistent with the Government’s request, the defendant’s brief would be due no later than December 23."

Now, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner is tearing Trump's grinchy filing apart.

Kirschner calls the motion "clownish," and says, "If they felt compelled to cite Dr. Seuss, they should have chosen one that more accurately describes the state of affairs. Perhaps: Horton Hears a Coup."

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"In the event you thought Donald Trump's defense attorneys couldn't get any more inappropriate, outrageous, absurd? Hang on, here is some new reporting," Kirschner says before reading a news report from NBC about the motion citing the Grinch.

"No, Jack Smith is not trying to stop Christmas from coming. Jack Smith is trying to hold Donald Trump accountable for the most egregious democracy-busting crimes by a president in our nation's history," the ex-prosecutor said in a video posted to social media on Friday. "Because even during the holiday season, justice matters."

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Roberto's Taco Shop confronted a social media firestorm after TikTok creator @harrie385 exposed CEO Reynaldo Robledo's pro-Trump posts, accumulating over 76,000 views.

The viral video highlighted accusations of hypocrisy, questioning how a CEO of a Mexican food chain could support Trump given immigration policy positions, as reported by SFGATE.

The 80-location chain, credited with inventing the California burrito, faced organized boycott calls from Facebook group "A Strong Nevada," labeling Robledo a "huge MAGA supporter" and ICE backer. A 2020 transcript revealed Robledo met Trump at a "Latinos for Trump" roundtable, praising his work.

The company attempted damage control, claiming franchisee independence and that personal beliefs don't reflect company values. But customers rejected the explanation, with Instagram comments vowing to spend elsewhere, "We vote with our wallets."

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A former GOP operative said on Monday that he was in awe watching President Donald Trump get booed when he attended a UFC fight in Miami last week.

Trump was booed at the event on Saturday night while his family walked behind him as they entered the area. The event occurred as reports emerged that peace talks between the U.S. and Iran were falling apart.

Steve Schmidt, author of "The Warning" on Substack, said in a new video that the video of the event shows MAGA is getting sick of Trump.

"Can you hear the sound? The sound of the booing," Schmidt said. "This is a UFC match. This is Donald Trump's base in Miami. And it seems that if you listen to the crowd, they're getting sick of him."

Schmidt pointed to Trump's handling of the war in Iran as part of the reason why his fans were booing him.

"The war has traveled in unexpected directions," he said. "Who would have guessed at the beginning, when Donald Trump was saying the Iranians would soon make an unconditional surrender to him, that within 45 days' time the American position and the Iranian position would be the same."

A liberal political analyst snapped at a GOP pundit on CNN on Monday over his defense of President Donald Trump's decision to blockade the Strait of Hormuz.

Last week, Trump announced a retaliatory blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway near Iran that accounts for 20% of global shipping, as a result of failed negotiations to end the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran. GOP pundit Hal Lambert, CEO of Point Bridge Capital, argued during a panel on CNN's "NewsNight" that Trump instituted the blockade because Iran is "stalling" the negotiations.

Leigh McGowan, host of the "Politics Girl" podcast, was having none of it and offered up a blistering takedown.

"It's not just oil coming out of the Strait of Hormuz, it's fertilizer, helium, and things that change the entire world economic order," McGowan said. "I think we have to be really serious."

"There's a reason ... that the world is turning its back on us right now," she added. "We're saying, 'We need the help,' and they're like, 'No, this is a problem you made on your own.'"

Lambert cut in and argued that applying economic pressure to Iran "has been the policy of every Democrat for years."

"I'm not talking about Democrats!" McGowan shot back. "I'm talking about what's going on in Iran right now, man. Listen!"

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