Nassau County police on Thursday have responded to a bomb threat at the home of Judge Arthur Engoron, the judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told NBC News.

The threat comes hours before closing arguments in the trial are scheduled to begin, with those arguments still expected to proceed.

A bomb squad was called to Engoron’s home and was investigating Thursday morning; it is unclear whether Engoron was home at the time.

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    This doesn’t happen after a coup, does it?

    I’ve never lived in a place where the people in power took over in a coup. But, when I read about them, I never hear of the people who live there sending bomb threats to judges who are siding with the perpetrators of the coup. When a group takes power in a coup, they’re normally ruthless, they kill people who threaten them, and they make it clear that dissent won’t be tolerated.

    So, these MAGA / Q-Anon types believe that Biden took power in a coup by stealing the election. But, they also believe that it was such a soft coup that they didn’t bother to jail or kill Trump. It was such a gentle coup that the only “political prisoners” are the people who stormed the capitol, and then only after long investigations and public trials. It’s such a kind coup that they are happy to allow demonstrations, TV networks that oppose them, discussions on the Internet that they can’t control. These people also think that they can get away with sending bomb threats because the regime that took power in the coup is even softer on crime than the typical government, which would arrest people who sent bomb threats.

    How do you send a bomb threat to a judge without thinking are we the baddies? At some point you have to stop and think: our side is doing X, their side is doing Y.

    “our side” “their side”
    Sacking the capitol Stealing an election
    Sending bomb threats to judges Killing babies
    Abusing presidential power on day one as retribution against enemies, but only for one day Charging Trump in several open criminal and civil trials
    Paraphrasing Hitler Charging and trying people who rioted on Jan 6th in normal, open criminal trials

    Like, how do you make a list like that and never once consider whether your side might be the baddies?

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    8 months ago

    of course he faces threats of violence… any time a Trump supporter doesn’t get what they want, they threaten violence and anything else they can think of…

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    A great example of how his followers just want to blow up and maim anything and everything that gets in their way…

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        They have no intention of following through on any of them, it’s all theater for the base to distract from Trump’s legal troubles. What the GOP do when their anti-Christ is sentenced should be interesting, do they just drop and distance from him, or do they choose a “disciple” to carry on his evil deeds and speak for him?

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          They have no intention of following through on any of them, …

          That is probably true, but it’s elementary for them to say, “The rADiCaL LEfT has once again prevented us from rightfully removing these evil and corrupt officials from power!” (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, swatting and bomb threats at least)

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    Trump had asked to deliver part of the closing arguments himself, but Engoron rejected the request Wednesday in a contentious email exchange with Trump’s lawyers after the former president refused to commit to only speaking about the facts of the case and not engage in any attacks.

    The judge didn’t really reject their request, they simply ghosted him when he told them the terms under which he would accept their request, and after 2 or 3 deadline extensions their opportunity lapsed.

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      My little daydream is that thr judge’s terms were something simple like “I want your statement beforehand so I can review it. But, you have to write it yourself, by hand. Your own hand.” And he just couldn’t muster up the gumption to do his own work.

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    It’s only a matter of time before one of these fucks actually does something.

    Edit: They’ve already done plenty… I don’t know why I worded my original comment like that. I guess I’m just waiting for someone to do something that even the most head-in-the-sand people can’t ignore, as if J6 wasn’t enough.

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    r/conservative not caring, yet gaslighting with BLM name calling these days. They have no shame.

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    I almost want to see what these bozos would come up with if they tried to build a bomb. Not exactly the best and brightest America has to offer so I’d expect some duds and premature detonations from “Jim-Bob’s Truck Nuts and IED Emporium”.

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      Did everyone forget they did make two PBs for the insurrection, both of which failed. And the FBI is still just sitting around playing with their dicks saying “boy gosh we sure DO want to find that person”.