Since people seem to have missed this one, unsealed in the Smith filing:

-Trump used a burner phone, routed through a foreign country to contact Michigan house speaker.

-He tried to pressure the speaker in this off book call.

-Speaker McCarthy knew about the burner phone line.

-The phone showed up as “Spam Risk Egypt” on caller ID.

    • UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      98
      arrow-down
      7
      ·
      27 days ago

      Regardless of how crooked and obvious of a big deal this is, absolutely nothing will be done about it. The time for consequence in America for politicians has passed.

      • foggy@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        44
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        27 days ago

        It’s maddeningly clear that there are powers in place green lighting a criminal enterprise.

        If they succeed the future will ask “how the fuck did 320 million people stand by and let it happen?”

        We didn’t.

        • Shanedino@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          27 days ago

          Aren’t we kind of not doing anything though? Looking at somewhat recent events, the trump cult attempted an insurrection when things didn’t go their way. I can’t think of anything to that level on the opposite side.

          • foggy@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            10
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            27 days ago

            There’s nothing we can do.

            Those looking at it will say “he was a criminal why wasn’t he behind bars?!”

            Yeah, we all have been wondering the same thing. Protests, grassroots campaigns, and the SCOTUS is still green lighting fascism.

        • DogWater@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          26 days ago

          Because the people getting fucked aren’t the gun lovers.

          Shout out liberal gun owners and socialistRA.

      • saddlebag@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        27 days ago

        This is like sandy hook. When America let all those kids die without flinching, the moment had passed

    • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      47
      ·
      26 days ago

      It better show how un-fucking-official of an act it was and prevent that bullshit president king immunity pass the scrotus gave him.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    71
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    27 days ago

    Oh, please. We all use burner phones routed through Egypt to call Michigan state legislators. It’s as American as Mexican food.

  • 4am@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    42
    ·
    26 days ago

    If he bounced it through a foreign telecom/IP network, the NSA has tapes. Lordy.

    • NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      20
      ·
      26 days ago

      Even if he didn’t route it through a foreign country, I’m sure they have it. I’m sure they have tons of intel on him. Why they stand by and do nothing with it? We may never know.

        • NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          26 days ago

          I’m sure of it. Yet he remains a free man, openly conspiring against the country, committing crimes and plotting treason. But anyone who’s capable of doing something about is either in on it, or seemingly unconcerned.

          • DancingBear@midwest.social
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            26 days ago

            We know the nsa basically has the whole internet downloaded from Snowden leaks. We know they have all the metadata. I assume they also have transcripts if not actual recordings of every call made anywhere starting from the time they had data centers capable of holding that much storage

  • Hylactor
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    26
    ·
    27 days ago

    I’m waiting with bated breath for this to be picked up by a more neutral source so I can boost the shit out of this without being dismissible.

    • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      edit-2
      26 days ago

      Or you could, you know, look directly at the primary source material helpfully excerpted and screen capped for you right in the Tweet…

      Meh. Too much work, hopefully someone else has 15 seconds and enough energy to do it so you can “boost” it.

      If this isn’t an emblem for the state of society right now, I don’t know what is.

  • dhork@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    24
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    27 days ago

    Plot twist: his phone died and he and to borrow Bob Menendez’s phone

    • Rhaedas@fedia.io
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      27 days ago

      Exactly. A burner phone for him is someone else’s, and they never get it back.

  • VerPoilu
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    27 days ago

    How did he prove he was actually himself? Seems like anyone could have done it with a bit of AI.

      • VerPoilu
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        26 days ago

        Fair enough, but a decent actor could probably work as well.

        • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          26 days ago

          Or a third grade actor like Trump?

          There is, after all, all the witness testimony from his side of the call.

          • VerPoilu
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            26 days ago

            I understand we have all the proof now, but back then, how can someone get intimidated by a call that could easily be fake.

  • Media Bias Fact Checker@lemmy.worldB
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    arrow-down
    20
    ·
    27 days ago
    Daily Kos - News Source Context (Click to view Full Report)

    Information for Daily Kos:

    Wiki: unreliable - There is consensus that Daily Kos should generally be avoided as a source, especially for controversial political topics where better sources are available. As an activism blog that publishes user-generated content with a progressive point of view, many editors consider Daily Kos to inappropriately blur news reporting and opinion.


    MBFC: Left - Credibility: Medium - Factual Reporting: Mixed - United States of America


    Search topics on Ground.News

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/27/2280028/-Trump-Allegedly-Used-Burner-Phone-Routed-Through-Egypt-To-Illegally-Pressure-Michigan-House-Speaker

    Media Bias Fact Check | bot support

    • nepenthes@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      26 days ago

      Lol, WTF? Why is this bot’s font getting bigger/bolder?

      Poor wee robot-- yelling won’t make your comments more visible through all the downvotes.

      Edit: two days ago you were more polite: