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   I moved to Mastodon.social (teri_kanefield@law-and-politics.online)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 18:32:58 JST I moved to Mastodon.social

   I just read several responses from lawyers with experience in criminal law, and the best response came from Elizabeth de la Vega.

   See the screenshot for her response.

   My view: calm, restrained understatement is most effective.

   Responding to Trump's fist-shaking with more fist-shaking elevates Trump.

   Smith has the power. Trump has none.
   Smith doesn't need to threaten or bluster.

   Trump's post doesn't name anyone. He's a mobster. He knows how to give himself deniability.

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     Madeleine Morris (remittancegirl@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 18:32:59 JST Madeleine Morris

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     @Teri_Kanefield To say that Trump has no power is to whistle past a graveyard.

     He has no legal power. He had no legal power on Jan 6 and still managed to do a great deal of damage.

     One of the two major parties in the US has publicly opted to side with him, in lawlessness, instead of with the law they used claim as their most sacred tenets.

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     I moved to Mastodon.social (teri_kanefield@law-and-politics.online)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 18:33:00 JST I moved to Mastodon.social

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     Notice: Trump's post doesn't name anyone.

     He's a mobster. He knows how to give himself deniability.

     He's testing the waters. The response will baffle him because he doesn't understand restrained subtlety.

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     Should Be Writing (dontmindme@zirk.us)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 18:33:02 JST Should Be Writing

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     @Teri_Kanefield

     Also called "giving enough rope."

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     Gail Parenti (gparenti@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 18:33:03 JST Gail Parenti

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     @Teri_Kanefield As a young lawyer, I found that my super power was restraint and understatement. The blowhards just didn't know how to deal with that and it drove them crazy, especially coming from a woman.