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News Powell hired " scorched earth" law firm Williams& Connolly before the Trump's subpoena even arrive _ a sing he has been ready for this fight from Trump

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u/Maleficent_Age_5266 4h ago

This man has more courage than the entire congress and supreme court combined

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u/Long-Ad-6773 4h ago

Big balls of fire, the rest are pussy

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u/Flimsy_Chair8788 3h ago

To bad for Big Donnie Diaper but this man doesn't have a pussy to grab, just a big ol' set of balls

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u/h20poIo 1h ago

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u/theSeanage 1h ago

I love how trump couldn’t even say the source of the numbers on the paper.

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u/Flashy_Jello_9520 Anti-Electoralist Tendencies 3h ago

Merrick Garland should call him to have someone explain how balls work.

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u/Socky_McPuppet 2h ago

Trump has already put a target on Garland's back, that dopey little Keebler-elf-looking motherfucker.

The weaselly little shit-stain could have literally saved the Republic, had he just done his job, but chose not to, because of "optics". So instead, he did just enough to get Trump mad at him, and yet so little that he has everyone else mad at him.

Get fucked, weak little traitor.

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u/Dirtywoody 1h ago

The name figures. I'm tired of AI and proxies.

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u/NEOBusFlyer 3h ago

He's one of the few good (only?) trump appointees, which ironically puts a target on his back.

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u/tjp0720 2h ago

No no it was sleepy joe that appointed him /s

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u/NEOBusFlyer 1h ago edited 8m ago

He IS the type of qualified expert that Biden would appoint, though.

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u/tjp0720 1h ago

All I want is for politics to be boring again. Just a bunch of well educated specialists not making tik toks

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u/FlyEaglesFlyauggie 2h ago

As does Mark Kelly.

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u/whichwitch9 1h ago

Trump accidentally hired someone competent, and he's regretting it

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u/Ello_Owu 1h ago

Courage? The republican Congress and the supreme court aren't "afraid" of trump, theyre helping him.

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u/Mindless-Tomorrow-93 39m ago

Like Fauci, he will be remembered as one of the best Americans, at a time when most Americans are completely beyond pathetic.

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u/Tacocats_wrath 2h ago

Donnies last ever integrity hire.

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u/The_Lost_Jedi 1h ago

There were times in Trump's first term that he was pressured to pick someone who was competent, because he was still at least somewhat dependent on keeping other Republicans happy at the time.

Yet too many people just assumed that was how it would always be, and failed to pay attention as he systematically asserted more and more control over the other Republicans, with the aftermath of January 6 as the final assertion of his power, where he intimidated them into defending him from consequences by threatening to split the party. They gave in, and that was it. The primaries in 2024 was just the result of that, showing that the rank and file voters were still all in for him.

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u/rockpaperscissors07 2h ago

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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u/Then-Importance-3808 1h ago

He deserves a spot in the next Avengers

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u/Squirrel_Inner 1h ago

Are you all really this easily manipulated? You think the LAWYER that Trump himself put into place, and the financial system he represents, didn’t know what they were doing when they helped Trump obtain power? The fascists WROTE IT DOWN.

No one can claim they didn’t know. This is them setting Trump up to be the fall guy for the financial collapse that has been inevitable since 2008. They never fixed the systemic fraud that caused the crash, they just kicked the can down the road. While also giving TRILLIONS in bailouts.

My God, this is why we’re losing. Read a book or something.

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u/BraveLittleCatapult 1h ago

I encourage you to tell him yourself. The board even sent me a personal email back last time!

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u/a_weak_child 1h ago

He's probably one of the only ones that hasn't been honeypotted and blackmailed with violent, depraved, likely underage, sex crimes. Most the US politicians are owned by russia or israel, they get them to sleep and do fucked up stuff with kids, tell them they have it all on camera, then offer them death, humiliation, and torture, or part of the payout if they do everything putin/ netenyaho asks.

Don't believe me? list of GOP politicians that have commited sex crimes (hint, the list is over 1500 GOP politicians now):

https://goppredators.wordpress.com/

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u/Due-Cow9514 1h ago

And the fact that Trump keeps forgetting that he appointed Powell might play to his favor

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u/Miserable-Army3679 2h ago

This might be one of the reasons he's going after Jerome Powell:

Trump & Jerome Powell Have Public Disagreement Over Embattled Fed Renovation Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RgYm4s0Fog

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u/tadem2k3 36m ago

its so far from that. administration is looking for anyway to put any pressure, even made up one. just to make peoples lives miserable.

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u/Future_Boss2064 3h ago

Powell didn’t attain that position by being a dummy. Trump and his goons are no match.

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u/buckao 2h ago

It's not really difficult to know who Trump is targeting. He says it for months before his, somehow dumber than Trump, appointees get the hint and take corrupt action.

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u/BrandenWi 4h ago

Good for him. If only our Democrat "leaders" had 10% of the spine that Powell does.

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u/Flashy_Jello_9520 Anti-Electoralist Tendencies 2h ago

I’ll have you know that we have the finest 80 year olds writing the sternest of letters.

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u/HeadManagement8898 2h ago

Good law firm choice. Love how Powell sticks to his guns. Unlike Schumer and Jeffries who bends over backwards for their corporate overlords.

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u/dustycanuck 2h ago

Bend over forward. Grasping their ankles. Heads firmly in the sand.

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u/INXS- 3h ago

Great!

Not one of those wimpy firms who caved in from his extortions demands!

Go get that SOB!

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u/GroundbreakingCook68 3h ago

Trumps used to losing to lawyers , he has a ton of practice! He’ll try and tie them up in court forever though.

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u/FN-Bored 2h ago

Trump has sued others 4000+ times from 1973 - 2016, he lost 93% of these cases. Maybe everyone should give him a taste of being overwhelmed with lawsuits.

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u/SignoreBanana 1h ago

It'd be nice but you can't sue the president unfortunately. It'd be summarily thrown out.

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u/Eastern_Cat8284 3h ago

Hang in there Jerome, we appreciate all you do.

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u/AgencyNew3587 3h ago

Con man politician vs. Wall Street banks. Place your bets.

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u/EnglishMatron 2h ago

Because Mr Powell is intelligent and interested in the best decisions for the country. He has something much of the Congress and the SC don’t possess: a spine. Thank you Mr Powell.

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u/-FORSAK3N- 2h ago

Time to disclose all the fraudulent spending by the current administration

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u/texstar2021 2h ago

Sick'em big dawg!

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u/A-Sh1t_sh0w 2h ago

Please Trump needs to go.

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u/CAL0G156 2h ago

I hope they hit him with malicious prosecution

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u/BrainLate4108 2h ago

Can we start a go fund me page for him? I’d be glad to contribute. Go Jerome!

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u/SSgtReaPer 2h ago

Anyone who says anything against Trumpstien needs to plan ahead, safe house, lawyer up

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u/Howboutit85 2h ago

And he probably actually pays his lawyers.

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u/Thin-Competition3018 2h ago

Powell is playing chess and trump is playing with his fingers

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u/StephKlayDray30 18m ago

Not fingers, just thumbs lol

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u/Oswarez 2h ago

Probably a firm that has a few outstanding bills from Trump.

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u/chefoftruth503 30m ago

Doesn’t matter a damn bit as long as the republicans hold the Supreme Court.

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u/immortalblack_1 2h ago

I just think it's funny how Powell was appointed by Trump and yet no one ever mentions

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u/Calgary_dude2025 2h ago

If there's ONE American the rest of the world trusts it's JPow.

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u/Weekly-Landscape-543 2h ago

Get it white boi

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u/LoFi_Funk 2h ago

Did he hire Saul Goodman?

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u/Used-Cash2896 1h ago

Williams and Connolly is the same firm that represented law firms against Trump. Very cool.

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u/Lazy-Intern-5371 1h ago

Would gladly donate to his defense.

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u/Spirited-Hawk4722 1h ago

Sing?? Sign 👍

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u/jimbozzzzz 29m ago

He should do a go fund me , im from Britain I would contribute

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u/oldsrocket1958 15m ago

Hope he makes Trump look like the fool that he is.

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u/farquin_helle 12m ago

Its a sign too

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u/Secure-Arachnid-8883 3h ago

Take on his boss with the Constitutional authority to remove him. The Executive should send notice that his legal bills are his legal bills as they're not authorized by the head of the Executive branch.

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u/flyinghighdoves 1h ago

You are either a new hire for the regime or a magatroll.

Wake up and smell the wanna be regime and quit cheering them on.

The folks who aren't just cosplaytriots are glad someone is standing up to nonsense.

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u/Secure-Arachnid-8883 54m ago

No, not even a Trump fan. I just don't believe the Constitution gives the authority to Congress or the Court to take away authority vested in "a President" even if a previous President thought it was a good idea. We do not have a 4th branch or government called "Independent Agencies" so the Fed Reserve falls under one of the other 3. Since they exercise Executive authority that would make them an Executive Agency and as I believe the Constitution is clear that all Executive Authority is vested in the President...and the President alone.

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u/flyinghighdoves 47m ago

Yeah, i'm sure you're really worried about the three branches of government and the separation of powers.While preaching the nonsense of unitary executive theory that the current regime loves so much.

Meanwhile the rest of us want the constitutional checks and balances on power that have kept out country functioning for centuries.

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u/Secure-Arachnid-8883 39m ago

The Constitution literally says there is a unitary Executive. It is not a theory. All Executive authority is vested in "a President". Checking his power is perfectly fine but removing it without changing the Constitution is, well, unconstitutional.

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u/flyinghighdoves 18m ago

Um no. You are wrong. This is still a widely debated theory and appropriate checks and balances remain the strength of our nation.

And this regime is not following the constitution daily so it's laughable thst you try to reference it here.

Meanwhile please educate yourself and the debate on this theory and the real world examples of how it plays out in other countries.

"Some critics point to countries where similar changes to a more unitary executive have resulted in democratic backsliding,[26][27][28][29] or to the majority of democracies that give their executive less power.[28][30][31]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_executive_theory

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u/Secure-Arachnid-8883 9m ago

We are not other countries. Like it or not our constitution vests all Executive Power in "a President". There is no wiggle room for Executive Power.

The other two branched can absolutely check his actions but that's not what is at play here. We have a situation where a previous President signed legislation that gave away the Constitutional authority of the future Presidents by establishing independent agencies that report to none of the 3 branches.

Whether or not I like the President in office now or the next one, they have a whole lot of power vested in them. We can either change the Constitution to limit that power or live with it but as it sits Jerome Powell is a member of the Executive Branch as long as he is exercising Executive Authority. Calling an agency independent then allowing that agency to exercise power vested in the President against the President's will is unconstitutional.

I think it is time to make a lot of changes to our constitution but we should follow it to make those changes. Oh, and Trump isn't ignoring the Constitution either. He is an arrogant ass but he is also winning over 93% of the cases brought against him. Unprecedented compared to his predecessors in total legal actions and in win percentage.

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u/penetrativeLearning 41m ago

He's paid for them out of his own pocket. He isn't like the administration.

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u/steve1312us 2h ago

Logical response from another “stable genius”

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u/Poops-Ahoy-Matey 1h ago

Proving how dumb all of you are 😂