The Proceedings, Day Two

In the olden days there’d be a full spittoon on the floor right next to the sociopath/germophobe/defendant, and the attorneys reeking of whiskey and cigar smoke; the musty smell of old mushrooms and cologne, pervasive.

Every time someone sat a chair would creak, or a warped floorboard, and doors would actually slam, in the slammer.

I hope the defendant’s seat is solid wood and not ergonomic!

In a century of malfeasance nothing much has changed.

After decades of stealth trials against Clinton, a la’ Paula Jones, now the entire Republican Party is haplessly defending Trump from his mistresses.

You need the love of the serfs as well as the loyalty of the nobility and the generals to be a going concern as an autocrat. This courtroom is just one step on the path to greatness.

Someone open a window. It smells like a rat died in a patch of rotting pumpkins somewhere near the front row, and no-I would not like to be a fly on the wall for the opening statement of the Defense.

The echoes of a hundred corruption trials are summed up in a quote from the previous judge:

“Mr Trump, sit down!”

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The Proceedings, Day Two

What Is That Smell, Your Honor? Should we clear the Court?

After years of Paula Jones stealth cases against Clinton we have the entire Republican Party trying to defend Trump from his many mistresses. Someone crack a window. It’s really stuffy in here.

It’s like old mushrooms and cologne.

I hope that Trump’s chair in the courtroom is made of wood and not ergonomic.

In the olden days there’d be a full spittoon on the floor right next to the sociopath/germophobe/defendant, and the attorneys be reeking of whiskey and cigar smoke.

In a century of malfeasance nothing much has changed.

You need the love of the serfs as well as the loyalty of the nobility and the generals to be a going concern as an autocrat. This courtroom is just one step on the path to greatness.

Someone open a window. It smells like a rat died in a patch of rotting pumpkins somewhere near the front row, and no-I would not like to be a fly on the wall for the opening statement of the Defense.