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20. Sorry, but what does "dead to rights" mean?

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:33 PM

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Trump admitted to insiders that Jack Smith had him 'dead to rights': report [View all] LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago OP

Thanks n/t Just_Vote_Dem 19 hrs ago #5

I'm disinclined to blame Jack Smith for anything. yardwork 19 hrs ago #7

I was assigning no "blame" Just_Vote_Dem 19 hrs ago #10

Thank you NameAlreadyTaken 17 hrs ago #21

Yep. Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #2

Makes me think popsdenver 19 hrs ago #8

TEN men struggled to lift the coffin of an old woman who was cremated. OMGWTF 18 hrs ago #16

BINGO popsdenver 18 hrs ago #17

I don't know why Trump was worried. BannonsLiver 20 hrs ago #3

Wonder who Rebl2 19 hrs ago #6

Buddy, alsoutherland 18 hrs ago #11

Don't forget Mueller popsdenver 19 hrs ago #9

and his shaky, wimpy voice when he testified. OhioBlue 13 hrs ago #26

Maybe the Democrats who are elected President should stop being nice MustLoveBeagles 18 hrs ago #12

LOL popsdenver 18 hrs ago #18

I hope not MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #25

That's JUSTICE Killjoy to you! YodaMom2 18 hrs ago #14

TRAITOR MLWR 18 hrs ago #15

On a scale of one to a million popsdenver 18 hrs ago #19

Sorry, but what does "dead to rights" mean? NameAlreadyTaken 17 hrs ago #20

It's an old fashioned expression. yardwork 17 hrs ago #23

Thank you NameAlreadyTaken 16 hrs ago #24

Of course he did D_Master81 17 hrs ago #22

Thomas oversees 11th Circuit duckworth969 13 hrs ago #27