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Trump faces 'October surprise that will hit in September' and risks plunging the election into turmoil, warns ex-Bush lawyer John Yoo
Daily Mail ^ | August 15, 2024 | Mitchell Goodbar

Posted on 08/16/2024 10:35:15 AM PDT by Angelino97

Donald Trump could be blindsided by an 'October surprise' that would obliterate his chances at retaking the White House, a former Bush administration official has said.

Legal scholar John Yoo sounded the alarm that the former president could wind up in prison - as soon as next month.

Trump has been desperately seeking to hold off his sentencing hearing until after the election, following his conviction by a Manhattan jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

But the controversial Judge Juan Merchan has consistently denied his appeals.

While speaking to Fox News host Bill Hemmer on Thursday, Yoo said Merchan wields the power to 'order Donald Trump...to jail immediately.'

Hemmer called Trump's possible sentencing as 'the story nobody's talking about.'

Yoo agreed, explaining that a possible jail sentence is 'the October surprise that'll hit in September.'

'Five weeks from yesterday, Judge Merchan will sentence Donald Trump,' Hemmer said.

The former Bush official acknowledged that 'the calendar is working this way,' and much to the former president's disadvantage.

Trump's legal team has unsuccessfully tried to get Merchan to recuse himself from the trial on three separate occasions.

Merchan has been slammed for a possible conflict of interest due to the fact that his daughter has worked at a political consultant for Democrats.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bidensfault; bushbots; getoutdabushes; gopestablishment; johnyoo; kamalasfault; merchan; obamasfault; octobersurprise; stayoutdabushes; tds; trump; usebetterkeywords; yoo
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1 posted on 08/16/2024 10:35:15 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

Leave it to a Bushite to give an idea to democrats.


2 posted on 08/16/2024 10:38:13 AM PDT by DPMD (.)
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To: Angelino97

What the hell is a foreign citizen from Columbia doing interfering in an American election and attempting to railroad an American President into prison. We have been conquered and our country stolen. If there was ever a time for revolution it would be when this cartel judge goes full totalitarian.


3 posted on 08/16/2024 10:38:38 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Angelino97

Go ahead and do what you gotta do… the American people will do likewise.


4 posted on 08/16/2024 10:38:48 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: DPMD

Well, their guy in Pennsylvania missed. On to Plan B.


5 posted on 08/16/2024 10:39:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Angelino97

Its not really an October Surprise when EVERYONE knows that Merchan is going to sentence Trump to jail..so why even call it a surprise..a surprise is something you dont see coming. My 4 yr old nephew can see this coming


6 posted on 08/16/2024 10:39:23 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Persecution helps his polling.


7 posted on 08/16/2024 10:39:55 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Angelino97

Why should anyone elieve a Bushie


8 posted on 08/16/2024 10:40:02 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: DesertRhino

Go ahead and do what you gotta do… the American people will do likewise.


[mic drop]

Close down the thread. We have our winner.


9 posted on 08/16/2024 10:40:40 AM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
SCOTUS needs to step in like they did in Bush v. Gore ... ASAP!
10 posted on 08/16/2024 10:42:48 AM PDT by bassmaner (He y commies: I'm a white male, and guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere!)
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To: Angelino97

Won’t be a surprise when Biden resigns so Kamala can run as the incumbent either.


11 posted on 08/16/2024 10:43:37 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The only possible thing that could be more Twilight Zone would be if Biden pardoned him for all this lawfare phone convictions.


12 posted on 08/16/2024 10:44:04 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: Angelino97

You guys don’t think they are going to sentence Trump to jail?

The entire fake charges and kangaroo court were set up for this purpose.


13 posted on 08/16/2024 10:44:52 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: DesertRhino

They will do nothing but whimper.


14 posted on 08/16/2024 10:45:14 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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To: Angelino97

“Donald Trump could be ...”

or not ...


15 posted on 08/16/2024 10:46:00 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Angelino97

I totally expect an October surprise. But not from a New York judge.

I expect some woman to come forward and falsely accuse Trump of vile things. The mainstream media will put a spotlight on it. The charges will be proven false. But not until after the election. πŸ™

Side note: A have an older relative who just doesn’t vote. But she’s so upset about the way Trump was treated by New York that she WILL vote this November. Hopefully any attempt to jail Trump will backfire that way.


16 posted on 08/16/2024 10:46:36 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Angelino97

I’ll still vote for him.


17 posted on 08/16/2024 10:46:50 AM PDT by null and void (Don’t hallucinate and legislate)
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To: Angelino97

Let me tell you Mr. Goodbar, there will be another assassination attempt on president Trump in October. That will be the surprise.

This all could get outta control. Could even go hot.

Bloat and check stores.

5.56mm


18 posted on 08/16/2024 10:47:46 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go. )
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To: DPMD
It will be one dirty trick after another, possibly including more assassination attempts.
That includes after the election if it gets that far.

I will vote for Trump on general principles, but I don't expect it to matter.

19 posted on 08/16/2024 10:48:06 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Angelino97
Donald Trump could be blindsided by an 'October surprise' that would obliterate his chances at retaking the White HouseDonald Trump could be blindsided by an 'October surprise' that would obliterate his chances at retaking the White House...

That's similar to what FJBsaid just before the assassination attempt in Butler.

Sounds like they are going to truck bomb or maybe even nuke him.

20 posted on 08/16/2024 10:48:33 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ. FJB.)
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