this sounds like Michael Scott’s deposition.
And you were directly under her the entire time?
Don’t eat Arby’s while reviewing this transcript.
That deposition would have been a good time to just start entering Nihlist Arby's tweets into the record because why not?
Loomer: YOU'RE GOD DAMN RIGHT I CALLED IT AN INFESTED...!
100% LOL on that one 😂
why does our great nation need to experience trash like this?
Because we didn't execute enough Nazis or Confederates after their respective wars
Cheering for Mr. Klayman and laughing inappropriately long on this one. Thank you.
This would be too stupid a scene for Idiocracy.
Thanks republicans for making that part of the Court system.
Clown parade.
Literally LOL
“You told me to stop talking.” “You wrote Stop Talking.” My 🧠 hurts but I cannot look away.
Loomer is an asshole
she is somehow deeper and lower than an asshole.
she's cray.... trust me, i'd know.
Loomer's lawyer.
Can the "I'm rubber, you're glue" defense be far off?
Our rerouted cancer research money (probably) at work.
No words.
Unidentified Speaker: 🤔🍿 35
Klayman? As in Larry Klayman? The litigious nuisance from Judicial Watch? The guy who filed many frivolous suits against the Clinton Administration? That same nutjob?
That poor court reporter in that depo should get hazard pay.
Or at least a raise for not laughing out loud. 🤣
"The record is suffering" bsky.app/profile/clap...
I loved that!
I really wish I had thought to say that a time or two back in my court reporting days.
Oh my god
I’m wheezing
Definitely going to tell all my witnesses that they can’t be coerced to answer questions when under subpoena
Klayman: "Well, you know what....?".
The real follow up: Will they subpoena MTG to ask if she regularly carried Arby’s roast beef in her pants? Will Laura Loomer be charged with lying under oath? I can not believe these are the people directly influencing the president of the United States.
Loomer completely destroyed her own credibility with that testimony. After hearing that, no judge or jury can ever take her seriously or give her testimony any weight.
I don’t know that she had any credibility to begin with but yeaaaaa that was so bad
"[I]nfested"? Counsel may have misconstrued her post.
In case you were wondering what topic they moved on to following the “Arby’s in her pants” discussion
Heavens! Don't frighten the ladybugs!
Can you object if there’s no question to object to? Isn’t he effectively objecting to his own client’s unprompted utterances?
IANAL but I can't tell *what* is happening there. It seems like the other lawyer (understandably, but still) is just basically bitchslapping Loomer over and over, while Klayman is sort of jumping around excitedly and occasionally remembering his job, sort of?
Maybe Loomer is unaware of what comes out of her mouth. Maybe she doesn't understand the meaning of "in confidence." Lindsey is the most protected, closeted gay man in Washington. I lost count of the number of my comments deleted by WaPo moderators for anything related to his "bachelor-hood". 😄
Yeah, there’s no question Lindsey Graham is gay
We’ve found some of that Lawfare porn @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org was talking about on #DogShirtTV the other day.
I swear this part reads like Klayman is objecting to his own client volunteering information no one asked for
wondering what happens if we all start calling her “Meats Taylor Greene”
How were those two not found in immediate contempt?
This is a deposition. No judge in the room; no contempt. Just the two attorneys, a witness, and a stenographer.
Fair to say she ain't winning?
There's certainly enough in there to make Loomer look pretty bad. But it's also bad for Maher's attorney, Ms. Bolger, that she lost her temper in a few places. That's potentially sanctionable.
Bolger might draw a saction. Loomer, on the other hand, has put exactly how huge a piece of shit she is directly into the public record.
Oh wow, that makes it especially egregious that they're harassing the stenographer when they ask for an end to the cross-talk! The whole purpose of being there is to get the testimony on record, & it's a bear to read like this, surely worse to be trying to type that all down in real time!
🤭🤣
Holy shit that is funny.
Wouldn't I be in jail.if I responded like loomer
we'd all be
Noooooo. Holy sht. 😆 🤣 😂
See if it was me complaining that jokes about a widely shared rumor that I was sleeping with someone were defamatory, I’d try not to volunteer things like “everybody knows Lindsey Graham is gay” in my deposition.
Do we think it actually happened? I am going to guess yes just because she seems to be treated with kid gloves all the time.
It's in the official deposition, so as far as anyone who wasn't in the room can assume, it happened.
🤣 Klayman badly need to call for a break so he could, in legal jargon, take Loomer "to the wood shed."
He probably knew that it would be pointless, and that he had no control over his client.
There's no question.
Omfg. We are waaaaaaay off the rails here.
Klayman: "where's the meat" conflating "where's the beef" with "we have the meats" DISBARRED
Jumping straight to this post, not knowing the names, I'd like to picture it's her own lawyer that's doing the "objection: relevancy" bit.
It was her lawyer (Larry Klayman) who objected for relevancy.
Remarkable. I love this country.
😂
While I do understand the defense attorney's frustration with the witness and her lawyer, IMO both attorneys need to learn a few things. ;)
I want to see a reenactment of this in one of those AI baby videos.
Somebody’s going to have to make a movie of this someday and it’s going to be awesome.
Oh no: Anything related to the Trump administration deserves an opera. Wagner, when it involves Laura Loomer.
It ain’t over ‘til the deranged lady sings…
Thank you, random soul mate. I made a similar observation - there are parts that you can literally score as a good ole quarreling quartet.
I wanna play the Court Reporter! I can’t really sing, but there aren’t a lot of lines anyway.
Larry Klayman, Barrister
Picturing Bill Maher having Laura Loomer on Club Random a year from now. 🥃🥃🥃
From here on, Maher needs to be introduced on every show or video as "I said Bill Maher".
Are you sure this is the Loomer deposition and not a transcript of a recess for 3rd graders?
The mere thought of deposing this witness, defended by this lawyer, is physically exhausting.
well, maybe her Temu Versailles Jabba the Hutt could be deposed.
i don't understand what the fuck is happening here, but bless that court reporter regardless
maybe he's screaming because his fingers are on fire, klayman!
If ever a deposition transcript deserved to be performed on stage as a play, it is this one. If we can get these lunatics out of office, we will get to laugh about all of this one day. bsky.app/profile/anna...
It reads like a Monty Python skit
Take a minute to contemplate the fact that the current POTUS takes political advice from Lara Loomer. No words for it really.
A very thin skinned fellow is Klayman.
I love transcripts like these because they dispel the illusion of lawyers as these calm, intelligent professionals. Instead it's a bunch of "let the record reflect that you're a dumb bitch, legally speaking."
Dear Lord baby Jesus, you could turn this sideshow into a SNL skit by just reading the transcript--no rewrites or edits necessary.
You'd have to take out most of the funny lines. It's got a lot more of those than most SNL sketches.
Wasn’t it The Daily Show that would have transcripts like this read by fourth graders?
how is this Klayman dude certified by the bar
Loomer is a lying, insufferable raving lunatic witness. Loomer’s lawyer (Klayman) is a completely unprofessional, obnoxious creep. Maher’s lawyer (Bolger) starts out well but gets so frustrated that she also becomes unprofessional and badgers the witness.
I went to look up Klayman out of curiosity. Holy my goodness.
Ed Brayton used to call him “the dumbest lawyer in america not named Mat Staver”
Any little boy can grow up to be the pejorative of his profession?
This makes the Jerry Springer Show look like the MacNeil/Lehrer Report
💀
The thing that is bugging me - I’m feeling petty - is her misuse of ‘construe’. I’m sure she confuses imply and infer as well.
Omg. As hilariously ridiculous this is, as a lawyer I am cringing so hard because this disaster is such a nightmare
It an absurd, surreal play, "Waiting for Go-damn idiot"
ha!
Ed Brayton is dead so someone has to say it - Larry Klayman is the worst lawyer whose name isn't Mat Staver.
This just reaffirms my suspicions that our court legal system is basically a bunch of toddlers arguing. What a waste of time
I totally loved it when Bolger called Loomer a coward about eight times in less than a minute. I mean, it’s completely unprofessional and sanctionable conduct, but I almost gave her a standing ovation when I read that. Though it’s no less sanctionable than Klayman’s 837 “relevance” objections.
Can Bolger present the rest of the transcript as a defense if she is sanctioned? Because I'm honestly surprised she was able to remain professional through most of the answers she was given. She had to break at some point.
She can submit the transcript and argue that she got frustrated by Loomer’s and Klayman’s conduct. And a judge might be sympathetic. But it’s not a good excuse — lawyers are supposed to keep their cool and follow the rules, even in the face of obstruction and obnoxious conduct by others.
I may have gotten confused, but was he objecting to his own witness at times?
Klayman was all over the place. He objected to almost every question (often on “relevancy” grounds, which is an improper objection), he objected when exhibits were introduced, and he objected when no question was pending but his client was babbling on anyway.
Well he's insane or greedy or both for taking this particular psychopath as a client. So it really isn't surprising. Ordinarily let them talk and dig their holes, but considering the significant use of a limited resource being consumed on this waste of space of a human, this trial is wasteful.
There's been evidence for decades of Klayman's insanity. But I think he's finally met his match in Laura Looneytoons.
Is this the WWE? What is going on?
The thing with this lot is that once the wires come loose, there's very little by way of remedy left. It's all runaway car headed downhill at breakneck speed. Unfortunately, that also means plenty of collateral damage caused by these cuckoobird types.
Is this a deposition or a commitment hearing?
🤣. Exactly!!
JFC…just shoot me! She is so exhausting.
Is this a joke or is it real testimony?
Real. There's a link earlier in the thread.
In fairness this is still far more respect than Larry Klayman deserves to be shown
This is such an amazing document. You see the attorney going through the normal stuff early and it just so quickly flies off the handle.
The handle never had a chance.
oh snap!
Reading the transcript is insightful 🤡
And exhausting! Geez, Loomer just won't shut her mouth. And her attorney doesn't seem to know that "damage to reputation" is an issue in the case.
I love this for Larry Klayman, honestly.
lol noo problem
LL sounds like she’s desperate to just talk to someone.
That's a good point. It actually makes me a bit sorry for her. I think she's profoundly lonely.
A therapist? A psychiatrist? Her late mother?
Thank goodness hearings are recorded. I can't imagine how long it took the CR to transcribe. Probably cost a fortune to purchase...
HEY HEY HEY! Bill… Maher…
3 times. Seems for those few moments, Loomer was the sanest person in the room.
An instant classic!
This deposition could be turned into a one-act play as it stands and it would kill. Maybe adapted by Tom Stoppard. Casting would be fun.
I feel like its well known that lawyers tell clients to to be as brief and direct as possible when answering and never give the other attorney anything you don't have to. Meanwhile Loomer won't shut up and Klayman insists on letting her bloviate right into a loss.
She is unhinged. I doubt anyone could silence here. “… but that could be Bill Maher’s account,” she says about an unrelated account at one point. 😂
Good. It all shows she's a fucking mess. Too bad no one who needs to see this will, or maybe can, read it.
I’m convinced at this point that Republicans are just the party of getting high on their own farts. 🤷🏻♀️
Publicly, while showing off that theyre doing it, South Park Prius owner style.
This deposition needs to be a radio show, with a proper cast reading the parts.
I can HEAR it
Fun day for the court reporter, for sure
By filing this motion, Klayman has revealed his client Laura Loomer's private email and phone number, and her boyfriend's full name, which the HBO lawyer had agreed to keep confidential.
Are they all drunk?
I need a list of characters to follow this. Or maybe tequila shots.
Choice number 2.
Yeah! I was thinking either that witness is stoned or I need to be! Wow. What an absolute lunatic. Does she know words are coming out of her mouth??!!
go for both.
i hope south park has a field day with this material! comedy gold!!!
MR. KLAYMAN: Where's the meat? MS. BOLGER: So Lindsey Graham also-- THE WITNESS: It's in her pants. What is happening
Fucking beautiful
Oh my!! 😆
I'd pay big money to see this live! OMG!
We need someone to act out both sides of the depo
We truly need the live reenactment treatment like they did for the photocopier depo. Omg.
Do you know any of the SNL writers? Are they on Bluesky? The should be right now, that's for sure. LMAO!
That would be awesome. I hope they see this!
Definitely needs to be a Boston Legal short.
@lastweektonight.com should do it
OHHHH NOOOO! I still can't believe this is real!
I’m crying laughing and so needed this today.
SAME! LMFAO!!!
I nominate @kathryntewson.bsky.social and whoever she chooses to join her in her merry troupe.
OH. MY. GOD! LMFAO!!!!
Lindsey Graham is gay?????
As the day is longgggg
Just wait until you hear about the pope
Shits in the woods, I know.
I think Anna Bower is just being catty because she opted to have a grill-girlie summer instead of a roast-meats summer.
rofl. You are a superwoman, you can do both.
Wait, no, really? Lindsay Graham is GAY? this is a shock to everyone and must be investigated
The only thing we need to know about “Arby’s in her pants” is that Donald Trump is all over the Epstein files
I can't breathe bsky.app/profile/nihi...
OMG 😆
Mr Klayman, don't you point at the court reporter. I couldn't tell who was more erativ of these two. She sure got herself the most perfect for her lawyer.
lol lol lol
lol, lmao even
This is spectacular. I've had depositions go out of control before. In the one I'm thinking of, the witness pretty clearly had a psychotic break under the stress; after, opposing counsel and I agreed his testimony was of "limited utility." But with Loomer across the table, how could you even tell?
Really glad I was eating Steak-Umms in lieu of Arby's when I read this
Steak-umm bless.
Lindsey all, "Why am I in it?"
Yeah, I was surprised to see, right off the bat, Lindsay catching strays. But then I read excerpts of the rest and I was like "Ohhhhh, we're doing 'Oops! All Strays', I guess..."
I am so confused. I thought the Arby’s in her pants was about MTG. And now it is about the VP? This person needs a psychiatric exam
“Where’s the meat” “it’s in her pants”
Now I want Sorkin to write this up as a screenplay and have Soderbergh produce it...
I KNOW!!! that had me laughing my ass off, WITNESS: It's in her pants.
If you’re British that means knickers and I keep having to remind myself it doesn’t quite mean that in the US.
"There's no question." "I know, I just wanted to say he's gay."
"where's the meat?" "It's in her pants" Is objectively fucking hilarious. Kill me now.
Relevance is not a proper deposition. It’s bush league and performative.
You're the best, Anna. We've known for a long time that Laura is loony tunes, but seeing her deposition is priceless. And I'm a 40+ yr court reporter and officer of the court and would have difficulty keeping a straight face for this one.
We're going to find out that she's a wizened Andy Kaufman under all the makeup, aren't we?
I mean, he couldn't have pulled it off more absurdly than this.
I love the irony of the testimony of the PLAINTIFF in a defamation lawsuit confidently stating a US Senator is gay and giving reasons why a US Rep got divorced. It just strays so far away from why they're there...to sue a comedian for saying something no one took seriously.
Am… Am I hallucinating or did this guy just object to his own client volunteering statements?
Since there is no question, is he objecting to the relevance of his own client's spontaneously offered testimony?
L Graham is gay follows roast beef in her pants. Priceless!
Lindsey Graham gay? What? Next you’re going to tell me Liberace was gay. C’mon!
Presumably Klayman will call for mistrial on an unfavorable verdict? Unless he and Loomer are totally irrational that's the only reason I think could be behind this charade
It’s a deposition. There’s no verdict to call.
Ah yes, thank you
Literally everyone has had it with these people. No one is even trying to maintain professionalism & I don’t really blame them. They are fucking exhausting
I was hoping she was talking about JD Vance.
She may well be talking about Vance. Arby's in his pants or an infected vaginas. It could be either one
Unfortunately no, I read the transcript :(
He’s not picky about his couches.
Maybe one day...
Is JD secretly trans?
SAME!
So good
Even her lawyer has a damn victim complex. They’re pathetic.
Coward and creep
I'm with Klayman on this specific objection about badgering. But it had to be *so much* fun to say.
Holy shit the deposing lawyer is losing it too. This is possibly sanctionable conduct you can't just insult a deponent! (Not that I care for loomer, but I would call a recess and take 5 if I had just repeatedly called someone a coward)
This doesn’t seem helpful to the lawyer’s cause
Yeah, I was wondering. I mean, cheering her on and all because it's a fucking reality show now, but looking at that whole room and like www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uoV...
It's not ideal, but having Larry Klayman across the table is a mitigating factor.
She is unwell. I'm also shocked she's only 32!
😮
Dwt partners earning their ridiculous paychecks… 🙄
It's the Jerry Springer version of that "puppet" "not a puppet" snipe session between HRC & drumpf during their 2016 debate.
how is all of this real, jesus christ
Bolger reached her breaking point, very understandably.
Don't badger, Bolger!
Coward, coward, coward! Not normally good lawyering, but it has its place.
Ok, but for once wossface is right, no? Isn't it badgering the witness? I love that her name is Bolger though. "Don't badger, Bolger!"
Oh, yes, this is badgering!
This is an all-timer in the annals of unhinged depositions. “Sir, the question was ‘Is this your handwriting?’” is getting a run for its money.
had to scroll way too far to get to this!
@bencollins.bsky.social already posted that exact comparison 🤣
This cannot be real! SNL-material. Holy 🐄!
This is the kind of deposition TV show lawyers have.
This transcript makes both Loomer and the deposing attorney look like a joke. If you can't depose a crazy person and maintain control over the situation, then it's probably not a good idea to do the deposition in the first place.
Like a grifty right-wing influencer, she's using the lawsuit to generate publicity and spew MAGA nonsense. The Court should toss her and her MAGA attorney out on their butts for abusing the legal system.
Klayman objecting to "relevancy" and saying you need an entirely separate deposition for her confidential questions (instead of just designating that portion confidential). And then you google him and dear lord, he's as bad as they come ethically as well.
I don’t understand why Maher’s lawyer didn’t tell Klayman to stop the “relevancy” objections. They’re so clearly improper and caused a lot of disruption to the depo.
IMO when the other side is not following the rules you have to pick your battles because he is just trying to get in the way and/or coach his client. So you often let the record show for itself what they are doing—alt is to stop the dep to call the judge’s chambers, bleeding time in the day
I hear you. But I would have at least said something the first time he did it (“Larry, you’re an experienced attorney. You know that relevancy objections are improper. Under the FRCP, objections to relevance are preserved for trial, so you shouldn’t be making them here.”). Make a record.
Given that we both noticed that he is a total dope for his objections, it looks like the record was made. Hahaha.
100% a coward.
All I can think of www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vN_...
This is extra funny for us Brits because 'pants' in English English means underwear.
oh no. not great
Hahahahahaha WHAT EXHIBIT ARE WE AT????
This would be amazing on Reb Masel's TikTok/YouTube reading iconic court transcripts.
Is it normal to call them a coward during whatever this is? 😂
Kafkaesquer and Kafkaesquer.
Oh man I don't know if this is good or bad, but we need more of this regularly for these people. Just complete and utter impatience with their bullshit act.
Well, I thought this had ended and yet… a new gem drops and well, lol…. This is just incredible
she is getting sooooooooooooooooo much attention
What grade are these kids in and why is it transcribed?
Another tweet: "Go find a chair to hump like the dog in heat you’ve always been,” Loomer added.
What is happening
How is this possibly a thing that is actually happening?
😂
🤪
I need context
It’s 2025
This is amazing
The coward exchange has the same rhythm as “not a puppet not a puppet you’re a puppet”
Hot damn. That’s some good depo work right there.
Is this real? I honestly can't tell because everything in these deposition documents is so insane
Oh it’s real. Check docket # 100 www.courtlistener.com/docket/69387...
Could have sworn it's bad AI slop. Yeesh.
I hope they somehow both lose. Both are fucking assholes.
I don't want to read it but I can't look away
This is batshit insane. 😆
Her name must be Laura Looner. She changed it, must be.
Has a real likeness to trump's incessant crasp and incoherent ramblings.
It's real, and it's how a narcissist testifies under oath.
She posted a link above. Arby’s is first mentioned on page 152. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I think South Park has the next episode writing itself.
South Park could never.
South Park just needs to animate this transcript verbatim with a THIS IS WHAT THEY REALLY SAID chyron blinking at the bottom of the screen
It’s real, I only got through a small portion of it yesterday. Her lawyer is something else. In the small portion I read yesterday her lawyer kept saying he needed a break to go to the bathroom when things got tough, like Jim Carrey in the ‘Liar, Liar’ movie. 😂
You know it’s real from deposing counsel asking “what exhibit are we on” at the end.
🥴
This rules let’s fucking go
That's phenomenal.
I can't wait til Melania sues Hunter Biden!
I thought you were joking and quoting something this vaguely reminded you of, from Veep or something. But, nope.
The worst timeline.
#Republicans are assholes. All of them have lost their fucking minds since the vindictive vulgarian descended the escalator. We have been living in this nightmare for far too long.
but, sometimes the Democrat wears a tan suit
Bolger just isn’t the right lawyer for this fight. I know she’s sick of a bad-faith asshole refusing to answer, and she’s trying to bait Jigsaw into saying something stupid, but this isn’t how to deploy that strategy.
This is truly horrifying.
So, these lawyers are… professionals? Like, the white collar kind? Greater maturity has been expected of those aged 9, typically.
alabnews.com/attorney-kla...
Oh, how that tracks. Learned nothing at all from it, I see.
Yeah, they are all cowards.
What is happening here? 🤯
Coward! Not a Coward!
The first thing I saw when I clicked on that photo was “Mr. Klayman.” That pretty much says it all.
Maher can give his writers a vacation and just share the court transcripts for the next few weeks.
Deposition transcript. 😉
I mean, really burying the lede by not telling us this depo was conducted by LARRY KLAYMAN.
Well, Klayman technically didn’t conduct the depo, he’s repping Loomer!
I'm not a CivPro person, So I need to ask. Klayman's law license was suspended for 18 months by DC. Can he continue to practice despite his appeal? (Which seems to have dropped on 8/7 where they upheld his suspension)
I dunno, but the suspension was in Sept. 2022 (was it tolled? delayed? did the reciprocal discipline run differently?) so it could easily be over by the time of the June 2025 deposition.
The suspension order I saw was dated June 30, 2024. But i dont know about CivPro and Local Rules and the whatnbot
It looks like the 2024 was the DC BPR, which was then appealed, and the appeal opinion issued Aug. 7, 2025 (last week!). It seems that the suspension was tolled until then, as there was a pending stay motion. (This is also well outside the realm of what most would call "civpro.")
Which should mean that his representation of Ms. Loomer would be within bounds as this Deposition was prior to the 8/7 ruling?
That seems a reasonable interpretation, but really I don't know. And it's unclear how instantly such things take effect. Both the DC BPR and the DC federal District Court show him as currently suspended right now, idk. But there's no chance that opposing counsel in the Florida action is unaware!
Oh, gosh I missed the BY MS. BOLGER Yikes. Anyhow, this seems like sanctionable deposition conduct, but I suppose that's the least of anyone's worries? I dunno. (not even sure why this depo was filed though, so…maybe. *starts to read p.1 — OH NO I CAN'T GO DOWN THIS RABBIT HOLE.)
But you caaaaaaaaaaan...
Loomer'a team filed it in the public docket. When Maher moved to have it sealed, Loomer's crazy ass went on a victory lap claiming Maher's team is so scared they're begging the judge to silence Loomer. This isn't a real lawsuit. It's a transparent SLAPP and Loomer isn't even pretending otherwise.
Link is broken, but also leaving a drive-by appreciation for the summary.
That wasn't supposed to be a link. I just fat fingered Loomer and initially hit . Instead of m. I didn't realize it still tried to populate the link. 😂
Ah, gotcha. I can never be sure with the different URL shortening services out there (only one I recognize on sight is TinyURL).
Bill Maher thoroughly deserves Loomer.
Agreed. I wish there was a way they could both lose.
Thanks for summarizing, that was helpful.
Klayman sounded dangerously like the reasonable lawyer in that room.
I am sure it was just for a moment .....
Unrelated, Loomer seems to be presenting herself as a kind of MAGA nun, having taken an oath of celibacy to serve her leader. Trump, of course, is not reciprocating.
I read this out of context and thought Loomer was talking about Vance.
"This isn't an argument! It's just contradiction!" "No, it isn't!" "Yes it is!" "It is not!"
Holy fuckamoly this is some full trainwreck shit. What is the lawsuit even about? It's very hard to tell from this deposition 😆
Holy wut now? 😂🤣😂🤣
Defamation suit against Bill Maher. If I had to guess, it looks like Bolger is trying to establish that Loomer defames people regularly by the standard set forth in her own complaint.
Lmfao, one would imagine that's not gonna be very hard to prove 🤣
"bill maher defamed me by saying i was fucking trump"
Please let there be tapes
Video tape, probably.
"What exhibit are we at?"
Laura Loomer is a coward