DONARUDO
WEEK 453 / 583 — Half a Billion
Vol. 7 ·  Chapter 48 — Half a Billion · Feb 13 – Feb 19, 2024
Manga panel 1 of 5, Week 453 “Half a Billion”: Leaving the Manhattan courthouse with a sidelong glance: the first criminal trial of a former president now has a date — March 25.
THURSDAY: THE FIRST CRIMINAL TRIAL OF A FORMER PRESIDENT IS SET — MARCH 25.
Just left the Courthouse in Manhattan. Biden’s DOJ people have taken control of the case. There was NO CRIME, and almost all legal scholars are saying that. It’s Election Interference, the Dems 2024 way of cheating!
Manga panel 2 of 5, Week 453 “Half a Billion”: Fists on the desk as the ledger case lands its number: $355 million — $454 million with interest, climbing by the day.
“A Crooked New York State Judge, working with a totally Corrupt Attorney General who ran on the basis of “I will get Trump,” before knowing anything about me or my company, has just fined me $355 Million…”
Manga panel 3 of 5, Week 453 “Half a Billion”: A gleaming high-top balanced on an open palm before a convention crowd: the day after the half-billion judgment, he is in Philadelphia selling sneakers.
SATURDAY, PHILADELPHIA: THE DAY AFTER HALF A BILLION, HE IS SELLING SNEAKERS.
Crowds lining up at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia. Will be fun!
Manga panel 4 of 5, Week 453 “Half a Billion”: Forearms crossed in a curtained study: the dissident's death in an Arctic prison turns his mind, as ever, to his own prosecutions.
MONDAY: A DISSIDENT IS DEAD IN AN ARCTIC PRISON. HIS MIND GOES TO HIS OWN COURTS.
The sudden death of Alexei Navalny has made me more and more aware of what is happening in our Country.…
Manga panel 5 of 5, Week 453 “Half a Billion”: Shot from below against a storm sky, the demand in capitals: all the prosecutions must stop — while the interest climbs by the day.
THE INTEREST RUNS TO $454 MILLION — $112,000 A DAY. THE EMPIRE GOES BOND-SHOPPING. THE CAPITALS DEMAND:
“ALL POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS OF YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT, ME, MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY.…”
TO BE CONTINUED →

This week in the saga

Thursday he sits in a Manhattan courtroom and hears the first criminal trial of a former president set for March 25. Friday the ledger case lands its number: $355 million — $454 million with the interest already run, climbing by $112,000 a day, and three years barred from running his own New York companies. Saturday he is in Philadelphia selling sneakers to a convention crowd. Monday a dissident dies in an Arctic prison and his mind goes, as ever, to his own courts — the prosecutions must stop, the capitals demand, while the empire goes bond-shopping.

Readers' Corner

Letters from the readership on Week 453. Pick a pen name — no account needed.

Opening the mailbag…