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  Oops!  At the very least, two personality traits are necessary to be a consistently competent liar. One trait is having slightly higher than average intellegence, the other is a iron clad memory.
context: This is the real reason lawyers consider him radioactive, btw. 
  The lack of paying anyone definitely doesn't help him, but Trump cannot be truthful to save his life.  Literally.  He doesn't lie strategically.  He lies impulsively, and he has no memory of what he's already lied about in the past.
  If he were anyone else other than a wealthy white asshole with a giant silver spoon up his asshole and political power thanks to his remarkable ability to rouse the most simple and gullible people in the country, he'd be in jail on so many different charges that he'd never see the light of day even if he were immortal. >
  
  At one point his lawyers at the time said that they had to meet with him in pairs because the man is incapable of telling the truth. >
  
  Yeah and they mean literally incapable. 
  All politicians lie, obviously, but usually they do it strategically.  They do it towards a goal.  They do a risk calculation before telling a lie to figure out if the risk is worth the reward.  This is, if not ethical, very normal behavior. 
  That's not Trump.  He lies impulsively, he lies in a manner that routinely creates far more problems for him than it solves, and he cannot control or stop himself.
  Usually one of the criteria you use to determine compulsivity is whether someone does it even at times that is clearly inconvenient and destructive.  
  That's Trump and lying.
  Meanwhile, even if we believe the wildest conspiracy theories that Clinton was lying about every detail of Benghazi, she got in front of a panel of seasoned prosecutors who wanted to crucify her, and she testified, under oath, for ten straight hours, and they didn't get shit on her. 
  Meanwhile, armies of lawyers have moved heaven and Earth to prevent Trump from entering a similar situation because he's just too colossally stupid to last five minutes. >
  
  No, all politicians do not lie. That is such a pernicious and lazy thing to write. It may be true that it is increasingly difficult to find a politician who doesn't lie but that simply does not justify the statement. We live in a representative democracy. We Constitutionally rely on politicians to make decisions that impact our lives. The continued acceptance that "all politicians lie" as some obvious truth is a big part of what is destroying this country. It is a huge part of why Trump was elected President. >
  
  Agreed.  While it's technically true, it's only true in the same vain that all humans lie.  Everyone tells white lies and is expected to at many points in their lives, because it's for the greater good that your target audience is kept out of the loop at that particular point in time.  
  But to resign to the idea that "all politicians lie" is defeatist and sows more doubt and distrust than is necessary to the political climate.  Of course they "lie" - they have to keep things secret... which is itself "lying", technically, and sometimes they just don't know enough to divulge the "truth" about something.  Every type of management does this.  It's not really considered lying, it just how business operates since they can't possibly divulge every possible data point and strategy required to succeed.  It's for the public's own protection and a punt while negotiations and business decisions are conducted to a conclusion. >
  
  
  That is such a pernicious and lazy thing to write.
  
  I'm getting real tired of people using "technically" to side track the conversation, while pretending to ignore the information that was being conveyed just to have an easy way to boost their ego.
  I don't know if there's an influx of lawyers with nothing to do or a bunch of 6th graders trying out new concepts they just learned but it's annoying. >
  
  I wasn't using "technically" to side track the conversation.  I was only backing the poster above me's sidenote observation that the poster before them seems to be demonstrating a reason why the political climate is in such disarray.  Just repeating a solely technically true point of view that "all politicians lie" is being disingenuous and following a [common right-wing] trend, which, as I stated, sows doubt and mistrust in the climate and doesn't help matters.  We know they "lie", but to repeat it in that manner discredits those who "lie" for good reason and infrequently, and levels them with others who have [mostly] nefarious intents by it and do nothing but lie. >
  
  I was talking about the commenter that called you out for not being technically correct. Not you. Just wanted to vent as I'm not a big fan of painting the bicycle shed. 
  If someone says "all politicians lie" no one, I mean no one, takes that to mean you have talked to every single politician that is dead, alive, or hasn't even been born yet and that only you has this unassailable proof. No one. >
  
  There are consistent themes in the article that have held up over the years. 
  1) Trump’s lawyers never want him deposed or testifying because he will always perjure himself. 
  2) Trump’s lawyers presenting shabby legal briefings or arguments that are often characterized by legal experts as “jokes”. >
  
  
  fined him $10,000 a day
  
  Did he ever show up, or is the rounding error still increasing for the "billionaire"? >
  
  IIRC, he finally showed up and the judge dismissed the fines. >
  
  Really showed him.
  Delay, delay, delay, judge gets angry and imposes fines, you show up, all is forgiven. Rinse. Repeat. >
  
  Is it justice if a criminal is allowed to live his entire life without consequence? >
  
  It’s affluenza. Rich ppl don’t understand right from wrong so they shouldn’t be punished. Such claims have already succeeded in court. In Texas >
  
  “Former President Donald Trump appears to have lied in sworn court records, opening him up to severe sanctions by a New York judge …”
  Hasn’t he lied in sworn testimony before?  It appears the glacial pace of the DOJ investigation is for one of two or three reasons?  DOJ is hoping the Georgia DA beats them to the punch so she can take on the responsibility for prosecuting him. Or DOJ is being overly meticulous in their investigation before indicting a former president. Or DOJ is planning on pushing the goal post to the next election and then holding off.  
  Justice delayed is Justice denied.  Any other American would’ve been in jail years ago. If the DOJ fails to hold Trump accountable, it will have a devastating impact on our democracy going forward. It will send a message to future presidents and the world that our democracy is up for grabs. >
  
  When you're famous you can grab the country by the pussy.  They let you do it >
  
  Not famous, although it helps, just who has money and was born into money. They have their own special rules hell they live in a world completely detached from our own. Old gilded age barons have nothing on these new breeds. >
  
  
  Trump claimed he wasn’t the president of the Trump Organization during his four years at the White House, despite previously testifying that he was an “inactive president.” And he claimed that he didn’t have a financial stake in a partnership with the real estate company Vornado, even though he previously testified that he did.
  On Tuesday, the New York Attorney General’s Office asked Justice Arthur F. Engoron to intervene quickly to ensure that the former president still faces a trial later this year that could bankrupt his company. >
  
  He also said the trump organization doesn’t exist
  “The result was a legal document that read like a joke, with Trump attorney Alina Habba going as far as claiming there is formally no such thing as the “Trump Organization’—a ridiculous position, given that it’s a billion-dollar company Trump used to build his reputation over decades.
  On Tuesday, the AG’s office called her out on that too, noting that in November she began a court hearing before this very judge by introducing herself as an attorney for that company.
  “Good morning, Your Honor. Alina Habba for Trump Organization, Donald Trump, et cetera,” she said on Nov. 22 in a New York City courtroom.” >
  
  The only person dumber in this story than Trump is Alina Habba, literally one of the dumbest lawyers in the country. >
  
  How does he keep finding these people? >
  
  At some point, some judge is going to say, "Enough is enough." >
  
  Please let it be any FUCKING day now >
  
  I'd just be happy with any 'fucking year' by this point.  I have about 9 years left (according to the SS mortality tables) and I'd like to see the Orange Shitgibbon behind bars before I shuffle off my mortal coil. >
  
  I fear we may see him die before him seeing genuine consequences, honestly. >
  
  I have a nice bottle of wine set aside for the day he sheds his mortal coil. Gives me a lot of motivation to eat right and exercise. >
  
  Covid really let me down… >
  
  So, is he going to be found in contempt and jailed until the court is satisfied of his regret?  Y'know, like the rest of us ordinary humans everywhere?