JAN 6 COMMITTEE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING MONDAY 12/19- They're making a list & Liz is checking it twice, criminal referrals on the way, MERRY XMAS BITCHES

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Jan. 6 panel promises 'previously unseen material' in prime-time hearing on June 9

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., will lead the public hearings for the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol released an official notice that it will hold the first hearing on what it has found so far about the deadly siege on Thursday, June 9 in prime time at 8 p.m. ET.

In the notice made late on Thursday, the panel also said witnesses for the hearing would be announced next week.

At the hearing, the panel will "present previously unseen material documenting January 6th, receive witness testimony, preview additional hearings, and provide the American people a summary of its findings about the coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power," it said.

This will be the first public hearing held by the committee in nearly a year. During the last hearing, in July, four police officers gave graphic accounts of the physical and verbal assaults they endured while protecting the Capitol and the lawmakers who had gathered on Jan. 6, 2021, to count and certify states' electoral votes from the 2020 election. Over 100 law enforcement officers were injured and several people died after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol to overturn the election results.

Altogether, the panel is expected to hold about a half dozen public hearings in June and release a report on its findings in September. Committee members say the hearings will provide a narrative for what led up to the attack, who helped organize and fund some of the outside groups promoting false claims that Joe Biden did not rightfully win the election, and what then President Trump was doing behind the scenes around the time of the violent insurrection.

In recent months, the committee has held several business meetings to approve contempt charges against a handful of former Trump administration officials who refused to cooperate with the investigation.

Former White House chief of Staff Mark Meadows initially cooperated with a subpoena and turned over text messages and emails, but then reversed course and declined to appear or provide additional documents. Former aides Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino also defied subpoenas from the panel. The full House approved contempt charges for all four and referred them to the Justice Department. So far, DOJ has indicted Bannon for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena and his trial is set for this summer.

The committee has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses, publicly subpoenaed about 100 individuals, and received tens of thousands of pages in documents since it was created roughly a year ago.

Initially top leaders from both parties pushed for an outside, independent commission to probe the riot, but Republican members decided to oppose that effort and also voted against setting up the select committee. Once the committee was approved, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., then tapped five members from his party to serve on it. But after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rejected three of them, McCarthy boycotted the panel. Pelosi tapped Republicans Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois to serve on the committee.

Five House Republicans, including McCarthy, have received committee subpoenas that focused on their communications with Trump and others around the attack, but have so far declined to appear before the committee.

The panel does not have the authority to bring any criminal charges against the former president or any of those involved in the events leading up to or on the day of the attack, but several panel members maintain the Justice Department could take action even without the committee's report.




Jan. 6 committee promises primetime hearing with previously unseen material : NPR

 

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They arrested this buffoon at the airport..... departure.... DENIED

"They arrested me as I was getting on the plane and put me in handcuffs.... then they brought me here and put me in shackles."



Peter Navarro, former Trump aide, charged with contempt of Congress for defying Jan. 6 subpoena

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced Friday the indictment of Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to former President Donald Trump, for two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied a House committee investigating the Capitol attack Jan. 6, 2021.

The charges represent the second criminal case against a Trump aide for defying the committee. Political strategist Steve Bannon faces trial July 18.

Navarro has refused to testify by citing executive privilege to keep communications with Trump confidential. Navarro filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the subpoena by arguing the committee is illegitimate and partisan.

During his initial court appearance Friday, Navarro didn't enter a formal plea to the charges and asked to delay his next hearing scheduled for June 17. He argued the criminal case should be heard after the civil case is resolved and that the civil case could go to the Supreme Court.

"There are bigger things at play than whether I go to prison," said Navarro, who is representing himself in the lawsuit. Prosecutors opposed his request to delay the trial until after the civil case is heard.

Navarro also accused prosecutors of misconduct for arresting him Friday morning at the airport and detaining him before a planned trip to Nashville, Tennessee.

"The behavior of these people is unconscionable. No American should be treated the way these people treated me," Navarro said. "They've basically weaponized their investigative power."

Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui allowed Navarro's supervised release pending trial. Farugui ordered Navarro to check in weekly with authorities by phone, notify authorities about domestic travel, request permission for international travel, and not possess a firearm. But Faruqui rejected the prosecutor's request to make Navarro surrender his passport.

Navarro said he saw no need for punitive restrictions.

"I'm no threat to anybody," Navarro said. "I'm not a flight risk."

The Jan. 6 committee sought to question him because in his 2021 book “In Trump Time,” Navarro described the scheme to delay certification of the 2020 election of President Joe Biden as the “Green Bay Sweep” and said it was the “last, best chance to snatch a stolen election from the Democrats’ jaws of deceit.”

Navarro said in a later interview that Trump was “on board with the strategy,” according to the committee. The panel seeks documents about the plan and testimony.



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Peter Navarro, ex-Trump aide, charged with contempt of Congress (usatoday.com)

 

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DOJ declines to charge Meadows, Scavino with contempt of Congress for defying Jan. 6 committee
Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro was arrested on charges of contempt of Congress earlier Friday.

The Justice Department has declined to prosecute two of Donald Trump’s closest White House advisers — former chief of staff Mark Meadows and social media director Dan Scavino — for refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 select committee, rejecting the House’s recommendation that the pair be charged with contempt of Congress.

Matthew Graves, the U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C., delivered the news to House Counsel Douglas Letter earlier Friday, according to a person familiar with the correspondence.

The news came despite the Justice Department’s decision earlier in the day to unseal charges against former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro with contempt of Congress for similarly defying the select committee’s demands. DOJ charged Trump ally Steve Bannon with contempt last year for refusing to engage with the select committee.

Navarro was still in the White House when Trump tried to overturn the election results, but Bannon was fired from Trump’s White House in August 2017, although he remained in contact with Trump in subsequent years.
Unlike Bannon and Navarro, Meadows and Scavino engaged in months-long negotiations with the select committee, haggling over the terms of potential testimony and the bounds of executive privilege. Meadows also turned over thousands of text messages and communications he had with members of Congress and other White House advisers.
The select committee opted to pursue contempt charges against Meadows and Scavino, however, after the negotiations failed to result in plans for either of them to testify. Meadows had been scheduled for a December deposition but withdrew at the last moment.
Committee chair Rep Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called decision “puzzling” in a statement.
“Mr. Meadows and Mr. Scavino unquestionably have relevant knowledge about President Trump’s role in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the events of January 6th. We hope the Department provides greater clarity on this matter,” the statement said.

Meadows’ attorney George Terwillger III did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Scavino’s attorney Stan Brand did not immediately comment on the news. The U.S. Attorney’s office for Washington D.C. declined to comment.

Though House Democrats welcomed the decision to charge Bannon and Navarro, both were somewhat ancillary figures in Trump’s orbit during the former president’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Meadows and Scavino, however, played central roles and were at Trump’s side as a mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in support of his effort to prevent the transfer of power.

The New York Times first reported the Justice’s Department’s decision not to charge Meadows and Scavino with contempt of Congress.


DOJ declines to charge Meadows, Scavino with contempt of Congress for defying Jan. 6 committee - POLITICO


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DOJ declines to charge Meadows, Scavino with contempt of Congress for defying Jan. 6 committee
Former Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro was arrested on charges of contempt of Congress earlier Friday.

The Justice Department has declined to prosecute two of Donald Trump’s closest White House advisers — former chief of staff Mark Meadows and social media director Dan Scavino — for refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 select committee, rejecting the House’s recommendation that the pair be charged with contempt of Congress.

Matthew Graves, the U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C., delivered the news to House Counsel Douglas Letter earlier Friday, according to a person familiar with the correspondence.

The news came despite the Justice Department’s decision earlier in the day to unseal charges against former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro with contempt of Congress for similarly defying the select committee’s demands. DOJ charged Trump ally Steve Bannon with contempt last year for refusing to engage with the select committee.

Navarro was still in the White House when Trump tried to overturn the election results, but Bannon was fired from Trump’s White House in August 2017, although he remained in contact with Trump in subsequent years.
Unlike Bannon and Navarro, Meadows and Scavino engaged in months-long negotiations with the select committee, haggling over the terms of potential testimony and the bounds of executive privilege. Meadows also turned over thousands of text messages and communications he had with members of Congress and other White House advisers.
The select committee opted to pursue contempt charges against Meadows and Scavino, however, after the negotiations failed to result in plans for either of them to testify. Meadows had been scheduled for a December deposition but withdrew at the last moment.
Committee chair Rep Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called decision “puzzling” in a statement.
“Mr. Meadows and Mr. Scavino unquestionably have relevant knowledge about President Trump’s role in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the events of January 6th. We hope the Department provides greater clarity on this matter,” the statement said.

Meadows’ attorney George Terwillger III did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Scavino’s attorney Stan Brand did not immediately comment on the news. The U.S. Attorney’s office for Washington D.C. declined to comment.

Though House Democrats welcomed the decision to charge Bannon and Navarro, both were somewhat ancillary figures in Trump’s orbit during the former president’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Meadows and Scavino, however, played central roles and were at Trump’s side as a mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in support of his effort to prevent the transfer of power.

The New York Times first reported the Justice’s Department’s decision not to charge Meadows and Scavino with contempt of Congress.


DOJ declines to charge Meadows, Scavino with contempt of Congress for defying Jan. 6 committee - POLITICO


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He sang his way out of trouble….. Mark Meadows better go into hiding right now. If you know this on Twitter and other social media outlet a lot of Trump Republicans are nervous as hell right now for a reason.

 

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They arrested this buffoon at the airport..... departure.... DENIED

"They arrested me as I was getting on the plane and put me in handcuffs.... then they brought me here and put me in shackles."



Peter Navarro, former Trump aide, charged with contempt of Congress for defying Jan. 6 subpoena

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced Friday the indictment of Peter Navarro, a trade adviser to former President Donald Trump, for two counts of contempt of Congress after he defied a House committee investigating the Capitol attack Jan. 6, 2021.

The charges represent the second criminal case against a Trump aide for defying the committee. Political strategist Steve Bannon faces trial July 18.

Navarro has refused to testify by citing executive privilege to keep communications with Trump confidential. Navarro filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the subpoena by arguing the committee is illegitimate and partisan.

During his initial court appearance Friday, Navarro didn't enter a formal plea to the charges and asked to delay his next hearing scheduled for June 17. He argued the criminal case should be heard after the civil case is resolved and that the civil case could go to the Supreme Court.

"There are bigger things at play than whether I go to prison," said Navarro, who is representing himself in the lawsuit. Prosecutors opposed his request to delay the trial until after the civil case is heard.

Navarro also accused prosecutors of misconduct for arresting him Friday morning at the airport and detaining him before a planned trip to Nashville, Tennessee.

"The behavior of these people is unconscionable. No American should be treated the way these people treated me," Navarro said. "They've basically weaponized their investigative power."

Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui allowed Navarro's supervised release pending trial. Farugui ordered Navarro to check in weekly with authorities by phone, notify authorities about domestic travel, request permission for international travel, and not possess a firearm. But Faruqui rejected the prosecutor's request to make Navarro surrender his passport.

Navarro said he saw no need for punitive restrictions.

"I'm no threat to anybody," Navarro said. "I'm not a flight risk."

The Jan. 6 committee sought to question him because in his 2021 book “In Trump Time,” Navarro described the scheme to delay certification of the 2020 election of President Joe Biden as the “Green Bay Sweep” and said it was the “last, best chance to snatch a stolen election from the Democrats’ jaws of deceit.”

Navarro said in a later interview that Trump was “on board with the strategy,” according to the committee. The panel seeks documents about the plan and testimony.



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Peter Navarro, ex-Trump aide, charged with contempt of Congress (usatoday.com)

Man I was this years old when I found out this babbling CAC loved him some Bill Clinton back in the day. Lost every congressional race he ever ran in then he turned into a Retrumplican.

Boy they say in Politics theres no such thing as permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interest. lol

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

 

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Man I was this years old when I found out this babbling CAC loved him some Bill Clinton back in the day. Lost every congressional race he ever ran in then he turned into a Retrumplican.

Boy they say in Politics theres no such thing as permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interest. lol

Oh how the mighty have fallen.

One of the MSNBC shows was showing old ass clips of him saying... you know who this is.... you know him... c'mon.... and when they said who he was I almost died laughing

 

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Never before had a U.S. president pushed to overturn an election. The Select Committee hearings into the violent attack on Congress by Trump supporters, which begin this week, will highlight the ongoing struggle between institutions of democracy and election deniers, and may help determine whether our Union prevails over forces of chaos. CBS News' John Dickerson reports.

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Trump mobilizing his MAGA allies to defend him ahead of January 6 hearings

(CNN)Former President Donald Trump has made it clear he is looking for cover from his closest allies around the upcoming public hearings by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection -- and some prominent names in Congress and the Republican Party are answering the call.
Trump's team has communicated to some of his most loyal acolytes on Capitol Hill that the former President wants people vigorously defending him and pushing back on the select committee while the public hearings play out, according to GOP sources familiar with the request.
Committee members have teased that the hearings could be focused on Trump's direct role in undermining the election results. The committee has been working toward a thesis that Trump's obsession with losing the election and his peddling of false claims about the results is what laid the groundwork for the violent and deadly riot at the Capitol.
Trump's insistence that his allies defend his honor has mobilized Republicans both on and off the Hill into action, with a broad range of plans to protect him. This despite the belief by some Republicans that they should draw attention away from January 6 and instead continue to beat the drum of the present day economic and cultural issues that have resonated with voters.
In Congress, the targeted response to the hearings will be overseen by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, who has been coordinating the response effort with GOP members.
The California Republican is facing added pressure to show his support for Trump after he was caught on tape earlier this year criticizing the former President and some of his GOP colleagues in the immediate aftermath of the Capitol attack.
The main player in keeping Republicans on message will be House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik of New York, who emerged as one of Trump's loudest defenders during his first impeachment and replaced Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney in Republican leadership. Sources say Stefanik will be tasked with coordinating the party's messaging response and ensuring key allies and surrogates have talking points.
"Just like impeachment, at the urging of President Trump and his team, Stefanik is going to play an outsized role defending President Trump and House Republicans on the issue of election integrity," said a senior GOP source.
Two members whom House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected from serving on the select committee will also play a key part on the messaging front: Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana, who chairs the conservative Republican Study Committee; and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who had a hand in the effort to overturn the 2020 election results.
"We're going to push back," Banks told CNN. "There were serious failures that occurred on January 6 that have got to be fixed. This sham committee hasn't done anything to address them."
Banks and other Republicans, including Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois, the top Republican on the House Administration Committee, have also been working on their own counter investigation into January 6 that focuses squarely on the security failures from that day. Banks said they are putting the "finishing touches" on a report outlining their findings and expect it to be released in "a matter of weeks," which could coincide with the tail end of the select committee hearings.
Part of the challenge for Republicans — especially after they decided to boycott the select committee — is that they have little insight into what the investigation has uncovered and what might be revealed in the public hearings, making it harder for them to settle on a precise strategy.
Another is the prospect that the committee will lean heavily on testimony from former aides of Vice President Mike Pence to help make their case -- a scenario that could force Republicans to choose sides in a more public way than they have done so previously.
Trump allies and some Republican operatives are already expecting testimony from Pence's former aides to be featured prominently in the hearings -- only adding to the already simmering animosity between the two camps.



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Trump mobilizing his MAGA allies to defend him ahead of January 6 hearings - CNNPolitics

 

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Scoop: Jan. 6 committee's secret adviser

James Goldston.

The House's Jan. 6 committee has turned to a renowned former network news executive to hone a mountain of explosive material into a captivating multimedia presentation for a prime-time hearing Thursday.

• James Goldston — former president of ABC News, and a master documentary storyteller who ran "Good Morning America" and "Nightline" — has joined the committee as an unannounced adviser, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: I'm told Goldston is busily producing Thursday's 8 p.m. ET hearing as if it were a blockbuster investigative special.

• He plans to make it raw enough so that skeptical journalists will find the material fresh, and chew over the disclosures in future coverage.
• And he wants it to draw the eyeballs of Americans who haven't followed the ins and outs of the Capitol riot probe.

Goldston is shaping a massive trove:

• The hearing will be a mix of live witnesses and pre-produced video.
• I'm told the committee has gained access to official White House photographs from Jan. 6, 2021, that have never been seen publicly.
• Only a fraction of the surveillance footage from inside the Capitol — all kinds of angles were captured — has been shown.
• Many of the committee's depositions were videotaped. We'll see clips.

An aide says the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol ...

• Has conducted more than 1,000 depositions and interviews, with more scheduled.
• Received 140,000+ documents.
• And is following up on 472 tips received through the committee's online tip line.

The hearing — the first of a series by the committee (most will be during daytime) — has the makings of a national event:

• At least two of the broadcast networks will interrupt evening programming for live coverage anchored by ABC's David Muir and CBS' Norah O'Donnell. NBC will announce plans soon.

The other side: Republicans will argue that the 1/6 committee — which consists of seven Democrats plus Republicans Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois — is just out to get former President Trump.

• As part of a Republican counter-programming blitz, key members of Congress are already booked for cable interviews after the hearing.

Jan. 6 committee enlists ex-ABC News exec James Goldston for hearing (axios.com)

 

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The January 6 committee is about to show its work. Here's what you need to know.

Washington(CNN)More than 500 days removed from the violent attack on the US Capitol, the committee investigating it is ready to show its work.

The House select committee will hold its first public hearing this week, on June 9 at 8 p.m. ET. Sources told CNN this hearing will be a broad overview of the panel's 10-month investigation and set the stage for subsequent hearings, which are expected to cover certain topics or themes.

While the setup of the hearings has been a work in progress and evolving, sources note, the presentations will likely feature video clips from January 6, as well as some of the roughly 1,000 interviews the committee has conducted behind closed doors.

In recent days, new information about the insurrection has also emerged. The New York Times reported Friday that former Pence chief of staff Marc Short warned Pence's lead Secret Service agent the day before the attack that there could be a threat to the then-vice president. A source familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN that The New York Times' account of the conversation was accurate.

In the meantime, here's what we're expecting from the committee's hearings.

Will there be new information?

Yes, at least according to an advisory from the committee released last week.

"The committee will present previously unseen material documenting January 6th, receive witness testimony, preview additional hearings, and provide the American people a summary of its findings about the coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power," the panel said.

What can people expect?

Committee members have teased that the hearings could be focused on former President Donald Trump's direct role in undermining the election results.

Broadly, the panel has been working toward a thesis that Trump's obsession with the election loss and his peddling of false claims about the results is what laid the groundwork for the violent and deadly riot at the Capitol.

Ahead of the hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney, one of just two Republicans on the committee, has asserted that the attack was part of an "extremely well-organized" conspiracy.

"It is extremely broad. It's extremely well organized. It's really chilling," Cheney told CBS "Sunday Morning" when asked if the attack amounted to a conspiracy, adding: "I have not learned anything that has made me less concerned."

Democratic Rep. David Cicilline told CNN Saturday that "disturbing" new evidence would be presented at the upcoming hearings, stressing the significance of this process.

"There will be, I think, substantial evidence that really demonstrates the coordination and the planning and the effort, despite the fact that they understood that Donald Trump lost the election and even once the insurrection began and the violence began, there were ongoing efforts to persuade the former President to stop the violence and call on folks to go home, and he refused to do it," Cicilline told CNN.

The lawmaker added: "I think the American people are going to learn facts about the planning and execution of this that will be very disturbing."

Former Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman, who worked as a technical adviser for the House select committee, similarly said Sunday that people will be "absolutely surprised" by what will be presented.

What witnesses might appear?

CNN has learned that two people directly tied to former Vice President Mike Pence are among those who have received invitations to appear. Former Pence chief counsel Greg Jacob and former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig have received outreach from the committee about their possible testimony.

In addition to Luttig and Jacob, CNN has learned Short is expected to be called to testify.

All three men have already been interviewed privately by committee investigators. In some cases, their testimony has already been used by the committee as part of court filings and subpoena requests of other potential witnesses in their investigation.

How will the hearings compare to Trump's impeachment proceedings?

One source close to the committee told CNN that the panel has drawn on experiences from Trump's two impeachment proceedings. Those hearings have served as a model of both what to do and not to do.

A key difference to typical committee proceedings is that the January 6 hearings will not feature the voices of prominent Trump supporters in Congress.

The panel's only two Republican members, Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, are both outspoken critics of Trump.

How is Trump preparing?

The former President has made it clear he is looking for cover from his closest allies around the upcoming public hearings.

Read this report from CNN's Melanie Zanona, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles. Trump's team has communicated to some of his most loyal acolytes on Capitol Hill that the former President wants people vigorously defending him and pushing back on the select committee while the public hearings play out, according to GOP sources familiar with the request.

But part of the challenge for Republicans — especially after they decided to boycott the select committee — is that they have little insight into what the investigation has uncovered and what might be revealed in the public hearings, making it harder for them to settle on a precise strategy.

How should Americans approach these hearings?


With as little emotion as possible, journalist Bob Woodward told CNN.

"I think we need to say: 'This is what we know. This is what we don't know.' Be very, very careful and be as unemotional, frankly -- it's difficult, but be as unemotional as possible here," he said.


January 6 hearing: We're about to learn a lot more about the insurrection - CNNPolitics

 

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TRUMP ON TRIAL: A GUIDE TO THE JANUARY 6 HEARINGS AND THE QUESTION OF CRIMINALITY

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Trump on trial

President Joe Biden legitimately won a fair and secure 2020 presidential election—and Donald Trump lost. This historical fact has been uncontroverted by any evidence since at least November 7, 2020, when major news outlets projected Biden’s victory. But Trump never conceded. Instead, both before and after Election Day, he tried to delegitimize the election results by disseminating a series of far-fetched and evidence-free claims of fraud. Meanwhile, with a ring of close confidants, Trump conceived and implemented unprecedented schemes to—in his own words—“overturn” the election outcome. Among the results of this “Big Lie” campaign were the terrible events of January 6, 2021—an inflection point in what we now understand was nothing less than an attempted coup..

With Congress undertaking landmark hearings on all of that, our new Brookings report “Trump on Trial: A Guide to the January 6 Committee Hearings and the Question of Criminality” is a comprehensive guide to the proceedings. The report covers the Committee’s work to date, the key players in the attempt to overturn the election, the known facts regarding their conduct that are expected to be covered at the hearings, and the criminal law applicable to their actions.

The report goes beyond prior analyses to provide the first in-depth treatment of the voluminous publicly available evidence and the relevant law, including possible defenses. It reviews the evidence as to whether Trump as a matter of law conspired with his outside counsel John Eastman, administration lawyer Jeffrey Clark, and others to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 by scheming to block the electoral count on January 6, 2021 and to subvert the Department of Justice’s election enforcement work. The report similarly reviews the evidence as to whether Trump and Eastman violated 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) with their scheme to obstruct the congressional count.

While the report is primarily focused on possible federal offenses that the hearings are expected to illuminate, it also notes evidence potentially probative of state criminal violations that the hearings will consider. Fulton County, Georgia is one jurisdiction currently investigating such evidence, and the report addresses the factual and legal aspects of that investigation and how it will be advanced by the Congressional hearings. (The Georgia investigation is also the subject of a separate report by some of the publication’s authors.)

The report’s review of well-established law and public record evidence as it exists today leads the authors to believe that there is substantial evidence of all the essential elements of those federal and state offenses and suggests there is a substantial basis for prosecutors to go forward. Accordingly, the report considers whether the Committee will send prosecutors an evidentiary “road map” or even formal criminal referrals as among the possible legislative and other outcomes following the hearings. The decision whether to make such referrals rests with the January 6 Committee and the ultimate determination whether to prosecute must be made by the Department of Justice—and for Georgia state offenses, by the Fulton County District Attorney. But the issues bearing on those judgments are among the most important open questions as the Committee does its work and as prosecutors weigh next steps. Our report’s analysis is intended to help readers evaluate all those proceedings going forward.

Trump on Trial: A Guide to the January 6 Hearings and the Question of Criminality (brookings.edu)

 

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TRUMP ON TRIAL: A GUIDE TO THE JANUARY 6 HEARINGS AND THE QUESTION OF CRIMINALITY

DOWNLOAD AND READ THE FULL REPORT
Trump on trial

President Joe Biden legitimately won a fair and secure 2020 presidential election—and Donald Trump lost. This historical fact has been uncontroverted by any evidence since at least November 7, 2020, when major news outlets projected Biden’s victory. But Trump never conceded. Instead, both before and after Election Day, he tried to delegitimize the election results by disseminating a series of far-fetched and evidence-free claims of fraud. Meanwhile, with a ring of close confidants, Trump conceived and implemented unprecedented schemes to—in his own words—“overturn” the election outcome. Among the results of this “Big Lie” campaign were the terrible events of January 6, 2021—an inflection point in what we now understand was nothing less than an attempted coup..

With Congress undertaking landmark hearings on all of that, our new Brookings report “Trump on Trial: A Guide to the January 6 Committee Hearings and the Question of Criminality” is a comprehensive guide to the proceedings. The report covers the Committee’s work to date, the key players in the attempt to overturn the election, the known facts regarding their conduct that are expected to be covered at the hearings, and the criminal law applicable to their actions.

The report goes beyond prior analyses to provide the first in-depth treatment of the voluminous publicly available evidence and the relevant law, including possible defenses. It reviews the evidence as to whether Trump as a matter of law conspired with his outside counsel John Eastman, administration lawyer Jeffrey Clark, and others to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 by scheming to block the electoral count on January 6, 2021 and to subvert the Department of Justice’s election enforcement work. The report similarly reviews the evidence as to whether Trump and Eastman violated 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c) with their scheme to obstruct the congressional count.

While the report is primarily focused on possible federal offenses that the hearings are expected to illuminate, it also notes evidence potentially probative of state criminal violations that the hearings will consider. Fulton County, Georgia is one jurisdiction currently investigating such evidence, and the report addresses the factual and legal aspects of that investigation and how it will be advanced by the Congressional hearings. (The Georgia investigation is also the subject of a separate report by some of the publication’s authors.)

The report’s review of well-established law and public record evidence as it exists today leads the authors to believe that there is substantial evidence of all the essential elements of those federal and state offenses and suggests there is a substantial basis for prosecutors to go forward. Accordingly, the report considers whether the Committee will send prosecutors an evidentiary “road map” or even formal criminal referrals as among the possible legislative and other outcomes following the hearings. The decision whether to make such referrals rests with the January 6 Committee and the ultimate determination whether to prosecute must be made by the Department of Justice—and for Georgia state offenses, by the Fulton County District Attorney. But the issues bearing on those judgments are among the most important open questions as the Committee does its work and as prosecutors weigh next steps. Our report’s analysis is intended to help readers evaluate all those proceedings going forward.

Trump on Trial: A Guide to the January 6 Hearings and the Question of Criminality (brookings.edu)

 

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Email shows fake Trump electors in Georgia told to conduct plan in ‘secrecy’

A Trump campaign staffer instructed a group of Republicans in Georgia who were planning to cast Electoral College votes for former President Trump to conduct the plan in “complete secrecy,” according to an email obtained by media outlets.

The Washington Post and CNN reported Monday evening that the email, written by Trump campaign Georgia operations director Robert Sinners, instructed the fake electors to tell security at the state capitol that they had appointments with two state senators.

“I must ask for your complete discretion in this process,” Sinners wrote.

“Your duties are imperative to ensure the end result — a win in Georgia for President Trump — but will be hampered unless we have complete secrecy and discretion,” Sinners wrote.

The Post reported that the email was sent on Dec. 13, 2020 and instructed the electors not to “mention anything to do with Presidential Electors or speak to the media.”

The Hill has reached out to a representative for Trump and to the former president’s campaign for comment.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in January that the Department of Justice was investigating fake electors that supported Trump.

Fake documents were sent to the National Archives in December alleging electors for the Electoral College supported Trump in seven states President Biden had won.

People from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have since been subpoenaed to appear before the House Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol attack for their involvement with the alleged scheme.

The Jan. 6 committee is likely to highlight the newly uncovered email by a former Trump campaign staffer to fake electors during a primetime hearing on Thursday, the Post noted.

Sinners said in a statement that he was working on behalf of senior campaign officials and senior Republicans in the state where he was “advised by attorneys that this was necessary in order to preserve the pending legal challenge,” according to the Post.

Attorneys for Trump had for months after the 2020 election embarked on an ineffective legal campaign across the country in an attempt to overturn Biden’s victory, which ultimately failed.

Sinners, who now works for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger who fended off a Trump-backed primary challenger after Raffensperger refused to take up Trump’s effort to overturn the election in the state, added that his “views on the matter have changed significantly from where they were on December 13th.”



Email shows fake Trump electors in Georgia told to conduct plan in ‘secrecy’ | The Hill

 

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Proud Boys were ten times worse than the dolts and buffoons that video tape their crimes for World Star....


Documentarian who filmed Proud Boys to testify at first Jan. 6 committee hearing
British filmmaker Nick Quested, who captured extensive footage of the Proud Boys in the days around the Capitol riot, will testify at Thursday's prime-time hearing.

Filmmaker Nick Quested accepts the Courage Under Fire Award at the IDA Documentary Awards at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles on Dec. 9, 2017.

WASHINGTON — A British documentary filmmaker who followed the Proud Boys as the Capitol riot unfolded will appear as a key witness when the House committee investigating Jan. 6 holds its first public hearing Thursday, NBC News has confirmed.

A source familiar with the matter said Nick Quested, the owner of Goldcrest Films, will testify during the panel's prime-time hearing. The House committee has promised to reveal stunning new details about the attack when the first of at least a half-dozen hearings kicks off this week.


The New York Times first reported Quested's planned appearance.

The Jan. 6 committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Some of the footage gathered by Quested includes a meeting with Enrique Tarrio of the Proud Boys and Stewart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers on Jan. 5, 2021. The leaders of the two far-right militia groups met at a parking garage just blocks from the Capitol.
Much of Quested’s footage from Jan. 6 has not been seen by the public.

A federal grand jury indicted Tarrio and four other members of the Proud Boys on Monday on new seditious conspiracy charges related to the riot. According to the allegations, Tarrio was aware of discussions around a plan to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6 and was involved in discussions about occupying buildings, including some in the Capitol complex.

At an arraignment in April, Tarrio pleaded not guilty to early charges related to Jan. 6.




Documentarian who filmed Proud Boys to testify at first Jan. 6 committee hearing (nbcnews.com)

 

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[Drayonis]

Fox News announced they aren't covering it
Gotta keep em dumb

 

[forcesteeler]

Fox News announced they aren't covering it
Gotta keep em dumb

Ha ha but to be fair I don’t think the average American care anymore.

Remember the Jan 6 anniversary? When every network covered it except fox?

Guess who got the most ratings that day? It was fox.

So it’s more about dollars and cent.

CNN and MSNBC has to realize that the average person does not give a fuck about Donald Trump anymore. I know he made you guys a lot of money but your going to have to find another hustle.

 

[Drayonis]

Ha ha but to be fair I don’t think the average American care anymore.

Remember the Jan 6 anniversary? When every network covered it except fox?

Guess who got the most ratings that day? It was fox.

So it’s more about dollars and cent.

CNN and MSNBC has to realize that the average person does not give a fuck about Donald Trump anymore. I know he made you guys a lot of money but your going to have to find another hustle.

Forced Squeeler back just in time to coon over Fox n Friends.

 

[forcesteeler]

Forced Squeeler back just in time to coon over Fox n Friends.

Just speaking truth that nobody wants to hear.

Nobody cares about Trump anymore that’s why CNN and MSNBC ratings are in the gutter. They are hoping Jan 6 will help them with there ratings but nobody gives a fuck anymore.

 

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Second House Jan. 6 hearing scheduled for the morning of June 13

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol announced Monday that its second public hearing will take place on the morning of June 13

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol announced on Monday its second hearing will take place the morning of June 13.

This hearing will take place just days after the first one scheduled for Thursday, which will be in prime time at 8pm EDT. Witnesses for either hearing have not yet been announced.

About a half a dozen public hearings regarding investigations into the insurrection are planned throughout June. The committee said it will release its findings in a report in September.

At Thursday's hearing, the committee says it will "present previously unseen material" regarding Jan. 6 and will preview additional hearings to come.

Committee plans to include multimedia presentations
As committee members gear up for a month of hearings, they are also conscious of how best to capture Americans' attention to rehash the insurrection that took place well over a year ago.

California Rep. Adam Schiff, who is a member of the select committee, told NPR he was thinking of the upcoming hearings as somewhat similar to the hearings that took place when former President Trump was impeached.

"My thought is much what we tried to do in the impeachment trial... is to make it a multimedia presentation, to integrate witness testimony with video footage with documentary evidence with audio tapes to make it very engaging," Schiff told NPR.

Schiff said simplicity during the hearings is key in order to communicate what happened on Jan. 6. He said focusing on the story of Jan. 6 in chronological order is a logical way to tell the narrative.

"I think we're going to use whatever resources we can to make the presentations as compelling as possible," Schiff told NPR. "We need to get across the danger to our democracy, how close we came to losing it, how many multiple lines of effort there were to overturn the election, how close they came to succeeding."

"It's a pretty dramatic story and it has to be told in a dramatic way," he said.




Second House hearing on Jan. 6 scheduled for morning of June 13 : NPR

 

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Fox News announced they aren't covering it
Gotta keep em dumb

With the TV season basically over and the summer repeats on, I'm surprised that ABC. CBS & NBC aren't at least showing the first night on their regular TV channels also

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[lightbright]

Just speaking truth that nobody wants to hear.

Nobody cares about Trump anymore that’s why CNN and MSNBC ratings are in the gutter. They are hoping Jan 6 will help them with there ratings but nobody gives a fuck anymore.

Mindless FOX lemmings that will believe that Hannity saw a Chupacabra on their front lawn are who watch FOX news...... you could show them live open heart surgery of their mothers.... see her recover and come home.... then believe that it was all fake... after witnessing her almost die in front of them and be taken to a hospital... go crawl back under Tucker's sweaty sack foolsteeler..... I bet you get all tickled pink when he puts that stupid ass confused look on his cracker face as he laffs all the way to the bank


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CBS Has A New Smash Hit Sitcom: The Insurrectionists

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[phanatic]

Ha ha but to be fair I don’t think the average American care anymore.

Remember the Jan 6 anniversary? When every network covered it except fox?

Guess who got the most ratings that day? It was fox.

So it’s more about dollars and cent.

CNN and MSNBC has to realize that the average person does not give a fuck about Donald Trump anymore. I know he made you guys a lot of money but your going to have to find another hustle.

You can't be a voter and not care about a sitting president and his allies trying to install himself illegitimately. This is an excuse that is used by someone that doesn't want to incriminate themselves. We've all seen the text messages from Fox hosts to Mark Meadows. They're all complicit in January 6th, up to and including that day.

 

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You can't be a voter and not care about a sitting president and his allies trying to install himself illegitimately. This is an excuse that is used by someone that doesn't want to incriminate themselves. We've all seen the text messages from Fox hosts to Mark Meadows. They're all complicit in January 6th, up to and including that day.

We've only seen the top of the iceberg...... I'm sure that there's loads more to come..... You can bet that Hannity and Ingram know a lot more of what went down too.... they were both probably in a Zoom meeting with Rupert Murdoch saying "I don't think you want to cover this my man!!!"


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[phanatic]

We've only seen the top of the iceberg...... I'm sure that there's loads more to come..... You can bet that Hannity and Ingram know a lot more of what went down too.... they were both probably in a Zoom meeting with Rupert Murdoch saying "I don't think you want to cover this my man!!!"


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None of it matters if no one is held accountable. Right now, it's all theater. It seems that the DOJ isn't prosecuting Meadows, so that must mean he snitched on everyone.

 

[forcesteeler]

You can't be a voter and not care about a sitting president and his allies trying to install himself illegitimately. This is an excuse that is used by someone that doesn't want to incriminate themselves. We've all seen the text messages from Fox hosts to Mark Meadows. They're all complicit in January 6th, up to and including that day.

Trust me this whole Jan 6 is all smoke and mirrors. It’s now Wednesday and if they had any bombshell information on trump. It would have been leaked already.

This is just the mainstream media dying for hits and clicks because without trump there empire is dying because independent media and podcast are taking over.

They sell you the same shit for 6 years and guess what nothing happens. This is just a scam for attention and clicks for ad revenue.

 

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Trust me this whole Jan 6 is all smoke and mirrors. It’s now Wednesday and if they had any bombshell information on trump. It would have been leaked already.

This is just the mainstream media dying for hits and clicks because without trump there empire is dying because independent media and podcast are taking over.

They sell you the same shit for 6 years and guess what nothing happens. This is just a scam for attention and clicks for ad revenue.

You're stupid as fuck..... the reason shit ain't been leaking is cause Jim Jordan and other BS Republicacs aren't on the committee... which is exactly why those sideshow idiots weren't wanted on it... it's why FOX won't even show it

 

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Judge orders John Eastman to send more emails to Jan. 6 committee
Eastman, the lawyer who wrote memos arguing then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the 2020 election, was directed to turn over about 170 documents to the panel.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered John Eastman, the Trump lawyer who wrote memos arguing then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the 2020 election, to turn over about 170 documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

U.S. District Judge David Carter said in a filing Tuesday that while 440 documents are privileged, Eastman has to give the committee 159 other documents by Wednesday afternoon, which include communications from former President Donald Trump about state electors in swing states and the size of his campaign rallies.


The judge pointed to one email from Dec. 20, 2020, that he said included evidence of a potential crime.

"This email considers whether to bring a case that would decide the interpretation of the Electoral Count Act and potentially risk a court finding that the Act binds Vice President Pence," the judge wrote. "Because the attorney concluded that a negative court ruling would 'tank the January 6 strategy,' he encouraged the legal team to avoid the courts. This email cemented the direction of the January 6 plan."

Carter also instructed Eastman to also send 10 other documents to the committee that relate to three meetings in the first two weeks of December 2020 held by an unnamed group that backed Trump.

"Four documents pertain to a meeting on December 8, 2020: two emails are the group’s high-profile leader inviting Dr. Eastman to speak at the meeting, and two contain the meeting’s agenda," the judge said.

According to the meeting's agenda, Carter said that Eastman discussed "state legislative actions that can reverse the media-called election for Joe Biden." He said that another person gave an “update on [state] legislature actions regarding electoral votes."

Five other documents included the agenda for another meeting the next day, on December 9, 2020, which focused on a "GROUND GAME following Nov 4 Election Results" in which a sitting member of Congress discussed a plan "to challenge the electors in the House of Representatives." A similar meeting was held on December 16, 2020, and that meeting's agenda included a state elector analyzing "The Constitutional implications of the Electoral College Meeting and What Comes Next.”
The committee "has a substantial interest in these three meetings because the presentations furthered a critical objective of the January 6 plan: to have contested states certify alternate slates of electors for President Trump," Carter wrote. "The week before these meetings, Dr. Eastman sent memos to high-level White House staff explaining that the January 6 plan required legislators 'to determine the manner of choosing electors, even to the point of adopting a slate of electors themselves.'"

Eastman’s lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment.

Eastman has attempted to shield communications and information from the committee, arguing that that such documents are protected by privilege. Carter has been skeptical of many of Eastman's privilege claims and has already ordered him to turn over thousands of pages of documents to the committee.

Since it was formed last year, the committee has interviewed over a thousand witnesses, issued nearly 100 subpoenas, and obtained about 140,000 pages of documents related to its probe.







Judge orders John Eastman to send more emails to Jan. 6 committee (nbcnews.com)

 

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Judge orders John Eastman to send more emails to Jan. 6 committee
Eastman, the lawyer who wrote memos arguing then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the 2020 election, was directed to turn over about 170 documents to the panel.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered John Eastman, the Trump lawyer who wrote memos arguing then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the 2020 election, to turn over about 170 documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

U.S. District Judge David Carter said in a filing Tuesday that while 440 documents are privileged, Eastman has to give the committee 159 other documents by Wednesday afternoon, which include communications from former President Donald Trump about state electors in swing states and the size of his campaign rallies.


The judge pointed to one email from Dec. 20, 2020, that he said included evidence of a potential crime.

"This email considers whether to bring a case that would decide the interpretation of the Electoral Count Act and potentially risk a court finding that the Act binds Vice President Pence," the judge wrote. "Because the attorney concluded that a negative court ruling would 'tank the January 6 strategy,' he encouraged the legal team to avoid the courts. This email cemented the direction of the January 6 plan."

Carter also instructed Eastman to also send 10 other documents to the committee that relate to three meetings in the first two weeks of December 2020 held by an unnamed group that backed Trump.

"Four documents pertain to a meeting on December 8, 2020: two emails are the group’s high-profile leader inviting Dr. Eastman to speak at the meeting, and two contain the meeting’s agenda," the judge said.

According to the meeting's agenda, Carter said that Eastman discussed "state legislative actions that can reverse the media-called election for Joe Biden." He said that another person gave an “update on [state] legislature actions regarding electoral votes."

Five other documents included the agenda for another meeting the next day, on December 9, 2020, which focused on a "GROUND GAME following Nov 4 Election Results" in which a sitting member of Congress discussed a plan "to challenge the electors in the House of Representatives." A similar meeting was held on December 16, 2020, and that meeting's agenda included a state elector analyzing "The Constitutional implications of the Electoral College Meeting and What Comes Next.”
The committee "has a substantial interest in these three meetings because the presentations furthered a critical objective of the January 6 plan: to have contested states certify alternate slates of electors for President Trump," Carter wrote. "The week before these meetings, Dr. Eastman sent memos to high-level White House staff explaining that the January 6 plan required legislators 'to determine the manner of choosing electors, even to the point of adopting a slate of electors themselves.'"

Eastman’s lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment.

Eastman has attempted to shield communications and information from the committee, arguing that that such documents are protected by privilege. Carter has been skeptical of many of Eastman's privilege claims and has already ordered him to turn over thousands of pages of documents to the committee.

Since it was formed last year, the committee has interviewed over a thousand witnesses, issued nearly 100 subpoenas, and obtained about 140,000 pages of documents related to its probe.







Judge orders John Eastman to send more emails to Jan. 6 committee (nbcnews.com)

man i hope these criminals get convicted

 

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man i hope these criminals get convicted

I think that some shitz gonna pop off...... without Jim Jordan and the other sideshow clowns on the committee.... there weren't any leaks and they weren't given a chance to prepare their stupidity for what eventually is shown.... that's the main reason FOX won't show it



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[forcesteeler]

You're stupid as fuck..... the reason shit ain't been leaking is cause Jim Jordan and other BS Republicacs aren't on the committee... which is exactly why those sideshow idiots weren't wanted on it... it's why FOX won't even show it

My prediction for tommorrow hearings. They will be NO bombshell and the ratings will suck as most Americans won’t be watching.

Shit I can bet you Tucker Carlson show will beat the Jan 6 hearings in prime time. Which will be another blow to the media that can’t seem to move on and get off trumps old cock. Sick of hearing about that dude.