Martin Gugino's attorney releases statement about Trump tweet linking Gugino w/ Antifa

[Mrs. Overall]

Link to tweet

[soothsayer]

1. Good

[soothsayer]

2. Happy he tagged trump's account too

[malaise]

3. Get thee to the greatest page

RFN!

That fucker is pure evil.

[Mrs. Overall]

6. Yes, that fucker IS pure evil!

[gratuitous]

4. Why would Trump make such accusations?

Because it deflects attention, like every one of his appalling statements or utterances. As usual, Trump couched it in the "just asking questions here" language that allows him to say that he didn't really say what he said.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. He's a stupid fuckhead

It's what they do

[Cha]

33. Concisely.

[Eyeball_Kid]

9. Boy-Trumpy is STILL killing people by ignoring the pandemic.

Now he's hell-bent on going into CAMPAIGN OVERDRIVE and leaving any semblance of leadership or management behind. He must because it's universally known that Boy-Trumpy has FAILED in confronting the pandemic. He's FAILED as well in maintaining the economy. He's also FAILED with his handling of the BLM movement. That's a trifecta of FAILURE. And then, as a bonus, he's earned the title of "Bunker Boy."

So NOW is the time to ignore the failures and move on to campaigning for re-election. And you know that he'll campaign on his record. How? He'll LIE about his record, then tell all of us that his LIES should be rewarded by giving him another four years in office.

[Kaiserguy]

12. That all Trump has ever had

is one lie after another. What is sad is how many people seem to believe his lies.

[wnylib]

37. They don't believe him. Their devotion

to him is emotional. They like the belligerence, ignorance, and hatred. He is one of them. They relate to him.

[Warpy]

11. He is a malignant narcissist, that explains everything

Anyone who is injured seriously enough by the cops during these protests to have his/her name published can expect the same treatment. Shithead is frightened, so Shithead makes ridiculous accusations and hopes his Beer Gut Brigade will take care of the problem.

One of these days, someone he accuses is going to have money in the bank and he's going to get sued over it.

That should have happened years ago. This is what he's always done, then pointed to his stable of overpaid mob lawyers and smirked "so sue me."

He is a horrible man who consistently does horrible things. He is incapable of doing otherwise because he is a malignant narcissist.

[SeattleVet]

27. He's spreading the far-right wingnut crap that popped up a couple of days ago.

Some conspiracy theorist decided that the victim was using a phone app that 'captured' the cops radio frequencies so they could broadcast a signal to block cop communications. This popped up on FR a few days ago, and has been getting 'push' from the usual nutty sources.

[SoonerPride]

5. People should be able to sue the fucker for libel

[struggle4progress]

13. +

[sheshe2]

8. Sue him.

Keep him tied up in court for the rest of his pitiful life.

[calimary]

10. Yep! That's what I thought, too, she.

Sue his ass.

Pelt him with so many lawsuits that he can’t grift fast enough to cover all the ensuing legal bills.

Bankrupt him with legal bills.

[sheshe2]

15. +++

👍

[wnylib]

38. Multiple class action lawsuits.

[Martin Eden]

14. What did Trump tweet?

I haven't been following closely.

[soothsayer]

18. That the 75 year old shoved by buffalo police

... and left bleeding on the ground might have been an “Antifa provocateur” who threw himself to the ground harder than he was pushed, while using technology to scan or block police comms.

[LymphocyteLover]

21. He called him Antifa and other lunacy

Link to tweet

?s=20

[LymphocyteLover]

22. "fell harder than was pushed"?

Dude, that's called gravity.

[NYC Liberal]

28. I wonder who wrote that tweet for him. He certainly didn't spell "provocateur" correctly on his own.

[LymphocyteLover]

32. Yeah, I've heard he has help with his tweets. Forget the guy's name

Some asshole communications director he has

[Grasswire2]

39. Many of his tweets are written by his former caddy.

Scavino is the name, I think.

[LymphocyteLover]

41. yes, thanks-- that's who I was trying to think of

[Mustellus]

16. if the President is Anti - Anti Fascist.....

does that make Donald Trump a Fascist?

[pwb]

17. Yes. He is Pro Fascism.

Trump is a Fascist and proud of it.

[LymphocyteLover]

23. Absolutely-- Trump is a fascist and his base loves it

[AntiFascist]

36. Trump continues to use 'Antifa' as a convenient dog whistle to his pro-fascist base n/t

[manhattan123]

19. By the way, the "reporter" who did the OANN piece...

Kristian Rouz used to work for Sputnik News, an outlet funded by the Kremlin.

It’s like Trump is not even bothering to hide the treason any more.

[skip fox]

20. I'll bet Trump picked this up from

Fox, Qanon, Miller, Bannon, or someone of a similar nature.

[Jim__]

25. Apparently it started with Conservative Treehouse.

From Intelligencer:

...

Trump’s theory is that the victim, elderly progressive activist Martin Gugino, set up the officers by deliberately taking a fall like he was a power forward for Duke. But the plot goes even deeper. Trump referred to a report from One American News, the station of choice for viewers who consider Fox News too sane. OAN based its report on a story broken by Conservative Treehouse.

The Conservative Treehouse theory of the case is that Gugino is secretly working either with, or somehow inspired by, antifa, despite no evidence linking him to the street-fighting cult composed largely of confused young men young enough to be his grandchildren. Conservative Treehouse breaks down video of Gungino’s fall, Jim Garrison–style, and tries to claim he was reaching for the belt of the officer who shoved him. It alleges the old guy was attempting to covertly carry out “a method of police tracking used by antifa to monitor the location of police. In some cases, the more high-tech capture software can even decipher communication encryption, allowing the professional agitators to block (black out), jam, or interfere with police communication.”

So obviously, the officer, attuned to the probability that the old man in front of him was executing a sophisticated espionage technique, had no choice but to shove him. At this point, Gungino exaggerated the fall and then started bleeding for some probably unrelated reason. And then the police had to walk past him, because if they stooped down to check on his health, he might have reached up and stolen their communications.

[Paladin]

24. Fuck you where you breathe, trump. (nt)

[BComplex]

26. Sounds like the perfect defamation lawsuit.

[BrightKnight]

29. Trump's Tooth Fairy logic might explain his pillow guy

fascination but it will not hold up in court.

[onetexan]

30. Mr. Gugino should sue the bastard for libel, in addition to suing the cops that pushed him & NYPD.

[Jarqui]

31. It's not just the defamation

Alex Jones type wackos will go after him and his family.

Trump should be getting his political head kicked in for this Antifa crap.
Trump doesn't even know what the big or semi complicated words mean.

[jeffreyi]

34. I soooo hope that vile toxic tweet is is legally actionable.

What's the most toxic place in the world? Right on the corium/lava in the core of reactor 4, Chernobyl. That's where the toxic carbuncle belongs. Now there's a bunker for you.

[Blue Owl]

35. Keep guns away from little trigger-finger Donny

He tweets first and asks questions later -- would behave the same way with a gun...

[Brother Mythos]

40. I'm happy to read that Mr. Gugino wasted no time retaining an attorney.

Now, I want to see Mr. Gurgino and his attorney hit Turd where it will hurt him the most: his wallet.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

42. KnR

Ever wonder what the devil does...teaches trump different tricks...

[bucolic_frolic]

43. Trump's brain thinks Gugino a stunt man in the Trump movie!

Bleeding pratfalls are de rigeur for talent in the stunt man union! They practice bleeds all the time! Many people are saying so!

[cabot]

44. Hope he sues for defamation

Bloody orange idiot ( dump, not this guy)