Trump's Demands for Extreme Loyalty Are Starting to Backfire

[FakeNoose]

Rolling Stone link: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-loyalty-demands-backfire-plea-deals-criminal-cases-1234867565/

THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL investigations of Donald Trump, the former president has expected his co-defendants, alleged co-conspirators, and potential witnesses for the prosecution to stay fiercely loyal to him. This has included — according to people who’ve discussed the matter with him — his belief that some of his former lieutenants should risk jail time rather than turn on him.

As he’s faced an array of criminal charges, Trump’s demands for aides and lawyers to martyr themselves for him hasn’t saved him. If anything, it’s done the opposite, driving several possible key witnesses to consider throwing Trump under the bus before he gets the chance to do it to them.

That’s because, as is often the case with the former president, the notion of extreme loyalty only goes one way. Rolling Stone spoke to seven potential witnesses, former Trump confidants ensnared in the Fulton County, Georgia, and federal criminal probes, their legal advisers, and other sources familiar with the situation. All of them say that Trump’s willingness to hang them out to dry has fueled legal strategies focused on self-preservation.

Three of these sources say that Team Trump’s comically unsubtle search for patsies and fall guys — MAGA die-hards who would take the blame and possible prison sentences in lieu of Trump — drove a larger wedge between the ex-president and many of his former fellow travelers.

“If I went to jail for Donald Trump, if I did that, what would that do for me and my family?” says a former Trump administration official who has been interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith’s office. “I don’t think he would even give us lifetime Mar-a-Lago memberships if I did that for him.”

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Is anyone surprised to learn this? I'm certainly not. We've been predicting this all along and so has Michael Cohen. Chump has no friends, only people who are dumb enough to allow themselves be used by him.

[captain queeg]

1. " I went to jail for Donal Trump" would make a great shirt.

If we could get a bunch of Jan 6 patsies together for a group photo, that would be classic. And have it shown to witnesses pretrial.

[multigraincracker]

2. One word "Cheap".

His money is for himself and so is your money.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Frankie Five Angels

[usonian]

4. The power he promised was an illusion. The consequences of their vile actions are real.

Writing posts about cults, based on my amateur research, I found that one of the reasons people leave cults is a sense of betrayal.

This guy showed them in all his past actions and actions in office that a person who has zero value for life other than his own also has zero value for the suckers he plays.

Of course, they would still vote for him, because the benefit he gives them, the ONLY benefit, is to personify their hate and glorify their violence.

There’s a very dark movie called “House of Games” that shows how con men work, and what the consequences can include. It opens with a riff on Bach, which is pretty cool.

No spoilers given.

[Tom of Temecula]

5. Good Lord

You would have to be out of your mind to put yourself in legal harm's way for this guy.

No wonder he doesn't pay his lawyers, they're all fools.

[eppur_se_muova]

6. "Lifetime membership" ?? HA !! Not even a one-time free pass. nt