Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Oh, Rats

Of course there had to be those who would use Trump as a role model.

Students for Trump co-founder and pugnacious MAGA Twitter star Ryan Fournier allegedly helped his friend create a fake law firm to bilk innocent clients, only to turn against his one-time partner to help federal law enforcement, according to records and statements made Tuesday by a lawyer involved in the case.

The new revelations about Fournier’s alleged involvement in the fake law firm came after a Tuesday sentencing hearing where a federal judge sentenced Fournier’s Students for Trump co-founder, 25-year-old John Lambert, to 13 months in jail for operating a fake law practice.

Court records have long suggested that Fournier was the unnamed “Co-Conspirator 1” named in Lambert’s 2019 indictment. On Tuesday, Lambert’s defense attorney said that Fournier was the co-conspirator in an interview with the New York Daily News.

Lambert’s attorney confirmed Fournier’s involvement in an email to The Daily Beast.

Fournier didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Fournier will not face prosecution himself, according to a document filed by federal prosecutors. In a federal court filing, the man now identified as Fournier is described as “providing information to the government since in or about April 2018 in the hope of not being charged for his role in the wire-fraud conspiracy.”

Of course Fournier turned on his buddy. That’s what rats do when they’re cornered and are staring down the possibility of becoming the Bitch of Cellblock D.

Once upon a time kids who aspired to go into public service did it out of a sense of duty to their fellow citizens. I’m sure there are some who still do and welcome. But there’s always gonna be those like these tinhorn grifters who see scams to run and pigeons to pluck. And all they have to do is look at the legacy of TFG roaming the halls of his retirement asylum and model their life on his legacy.

As for Fournier, does he feel any remorse about his tiny little contribution to the legacy, or vow to set a better example for those who might aspire to serve the greater good? Let his words speak for themselves and his posterity:

While Fournier’s star on the right has been somewhat diminished since the first days of Students for Trump, he has a prominent platform in Trumpworld, including more than 950,000 Twitter followers.

Fournier has kept up a trash-talking attitude in the Biden administration, even to some of his critics on the right. Earlier this week, Fournier made waves on right-wing social media circles with a bellicose Instagram Live in which Fournier addressed his opponents within the GOP.

“If you don’t support me and you’ve supported Trump since Day 1, go fuck yourself, I really do not give a shit about you, because you are a peasant motherfucker,” Fournier said, raising a middle finger to the camera. “Because guess what? Fuck you.”

Churchill couldn’t have said it better.