* The Mazars USA accounting firm says it will no longer do any work for the Trump Organization—or Trump personally. Something about financial documents between 2011 and 2020 that can “no longer be relied upon.” Ouch. Mazars baled amid criminal and civil investigations into Trump and family over inflating the value of Trump Organization properties.
* A judge has ruled that Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump must answer questions under oath in New York State’s civil investigation into Trump’s business practices. So the three Trumps will have to sit for depositions. One caveat: The Fifth Amendment, the one once denigrated by Trump, is still available. See below.
* “Somebody should read (Trump) his Miranda rights. He has the right to remain silent.”–Attorney George Conway, a founding member of the Lincoln Project, the conservative Super PAC. Anyone representing Trump knows he cannot be allowed to say much under oath. He becomes his own worst rhetorical enemy.
* A federal judge rejected efforts by Trump to get conspiracy lawsuits—filed by lawmakers and two Capitol police officers—tossed out. Trump’s words—during a Jan. 6, pre-insurrection rally—were likely “words of incitement not protected by the First Amendment,” according to U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta in his ruling. Words of “incitement” before an insurrection. Sounds sort of seditious.
* On sale at Trump speaking events is his coffee-table (picture) book. Signed copies sell for $230. You have to know your market.
* “After sacrificing considerably to lead our nation, there continues to be unprecedented demand for President Trump, his thoughts and his products, unlike anything politics has ever seen.”–Trump spokesman-flack Taylor Budowich.
* Donald Trump Jr. has his own online store and sells, among other provocative items, shirts that say: “Guns Don’t Kill People/Alec Baldwin Kills People.”
* “We Shall Overcomb.” A possible ‘24 campaign sticker to complement MAGA?