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Judge orders Trump to cough up cash to assault victim
Trump’s Immunity Theater Hits a WallThe Real Power Was the CourtThe source is about a judge ordering money disbursement after the Supreme Court declined to intervene, but the deeper fact is simpler: the power to force consequences sat with the judiciary, not with Trump’s publicity machine. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan did not ask whether Trump wanted the judgment to exist. He ordered it paid out, with interest.That matters because Trump’s whole political style depends on converting accountability into performance. He loses in court, then tries to turn the loss into another round of grievance…
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