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October Surprise 2016

Countdown With Keith Olbermann, S2E168: Jail Trump for Violating D.C. Gag Order And Bail Terms!

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  • SPECIAL COMMENT: Enough excuses. In a speech in Wisconsin yesterday, Trump talked about, attacked, and attacked the accuracy of, Cassidy Hutchinson — a probable witness against him in the Election Subversion trial in Washington. He has thus violated both the terms of his release on bail, and the gag order long ago imposed upon him. Judge Tanya Chutkan must now jail him.
  • There is no evading this. While under threat of imprisonment if he violates the gag order in the Hush Money Election Interference case in New York, he has violated the gag order in the Election Subversion case in Washington. Judge Chutkan has no excuse this time. Revoke his bail. Somebody, for once, for God’s sake, for America’s preservation — draw the line in the sand.
  • And just for added insolence, in attacking Hutchinson he confirmed the gist of her testimony, that he tried to talk his Secret Service detail into taking him to the Capitol on January 6th so he could watch his scum try to overthrow American democracy. He’s been lying about this for three years.
  • In his speech Trump also insisted he was President three years ago (he wasn’t),

The Republican Mis-Math Flu must be spreading.

Of course, this wouldn’t be the first time that Trump couldn’t do math.

  • butchered the word “infrastructure,” and of particular relevance to the moment, reminded the current protestors that he would prohibit refugees from Gaza and re-institute his ban on Muslims.
  • PLUS a small slip in that extraordinary Time magazine interview suggests that his extensive, inappropriate, and entirely corrupt shadow diplomacy with other nations may have included some kind of arrangement with Putin by which Russia continues to hold Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich hostage, until and unless Trump regains power.

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Did they switch to “Heidi”? (I couldn’t find a recording of just that moment.)

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  • GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK.

It’s “Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and good luck,” Keith.