Trump supporters behaving like the bags of ass that they are
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Ohio sheriff asks residents to 'write down' Harris supporter addresses for migrant housing
Portage County Sheriff Bruce Zuchowski shared a social post asking residents to write down the addresses of anyone displaying Kamala Harris signs.
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U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves says that Jan. 6 has "probably the most recorded crimes in all of our history"
"The career prosecutors quickly realized that you needed guidelines in place, determinations about who was gonna be charged, who wasn't gonna be charged, and what they would be charged with," Graves said. "That process started in January 7th, 2021, during the prior administration. To this day, we continue to use guidelines that the career prosecutors put in place during the prior administration."
By Scott Pelley, Aliza Chasan, Aaron Weisz, Ian Flickinger
September 15, 2024
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U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves
"The career prosecutors quickly realized that you needed guidelines in place, determinations about who was gonna be charged, who wasn't gonna be charged, and what they would be charged with," Graves said. "That process started in January 7th, 2021, during the prior administration. To this day, we continue to use guidelines that the career prosecutors put in place during the prior administration."
By Scott Pelley, Aliza Chasan, Aaron Weisz, Ian Flickinger
September 15, 2024
U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves says that Jan. 6 has "probably the most recorded crimes in all of our history"
The crimes of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot are some of the most recorded in history, top prosecutor Matthew Graves says. He explains what went into the more than 1,000 convictions.
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U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves
Judge denies Mark Meadows' effort to move 2020 election case in Arizona to federal court
The federal judge said Trump’s former White House chief of staff missed a deadline to file the request to move his state-level case.
By Zoë Richards
Sep. 16, 2024
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Mark Meadows at the White House on Oct. 21, 2020.
The federal judge said Trump’s former White House chief of staff missed a deadline to file the request to move his state-level case.
By Zoë Richards
Sep. 16, 2024
Judge denies Mark Meadows' effort to move Arizona case to federal court
The federal judge said Trump’s former White House chief of staff missed a deadline to file the request to move his state-level case.
Mark Meadows at the White House on Oct. 21, 2020.
Army soldier charged with assaulting police officer with a flagpole during Capitol riot
Alexander Cain Poplin was arrested on Tuesday at Schofield Barracks, an Army installation near Honolulu. Poplin, 31, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, was scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court on Wednesday.
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September 11, 2024
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Alexander Poplin (yellow circle) seen at U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021
Kentucky Man Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Luke Hoffman, 40, of Dover, was sentenced to 20 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss. Hoffman pleaded guilty to two felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers on April 4, 2024.
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September 13, 2024
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Luke Hoffman (circled) at U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2024
Virginia Man Sentenced on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Antonio Lamotta, 64, of Chesapeake, Virginia, was sentenced to six months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb. Judge Cobb found Lamotta guilty of civil disorder, a felony, and two misdemeanor offenses of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building following a March 2024 bench trial in the District of Columbia.
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September 11, 2024
Antonio Lamotto
Alexander Cain Poplin was arrested on Tuesday at Schofield Barracks, an Army installation near Honolulu. Poplin, 31, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, was scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court on Wednesday.
ByMICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press
September 11, 2024
Army soldier charged with assaulting police officer with a flagpole during Capitol riot
A U.S. Army soldier has been arrested in Hawaii on charges that he repeatedly struck a police officer with a flagpole during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol more than three years ago
Alexander Poplin (yellow circle) seen at U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021
Kentucky Man Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Luke Hoffman, 40, of Dover, was sentenced to 20 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss. Hoffman pleaded guilty to two felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers on April 4, 2024.
U.S. Department of Justice
September 13, 2024
Kentucky Man Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
A Kentucky man was sentenced to prison today after he previously pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral...
Luke Hoffman (circled) at U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2024
Virginia Man Sentenced on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Antonio Lamotta, 64, of Chesapeake, Virginia, was sentenced to six months in prison, 24 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution by U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb. Judge Cobb found Lamotta guilty of civil disorder, a felony, and two misdemeanor offenses of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building following a March 2024 bench trial in the District of Columbia.
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September 11, 2024
Antonio Lamotto
Trump fan featured in Biden ad admits to assaulting officers with bear spray on Jan. 6
WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who bear-sprayed officers during the Jan. 6 attack, and whose photo was featured in a Joe Biden ad in early 2024, has pleaded guilty, admitting that he hit at least three officers during the attack, temporarily blinding at least two of them.
Andy Steven Oliva-Lopez — whom online sleuths had dubbed "Blue Plaid Sprayer" because he was wearing a blue plaid shirt along with a helmet and a gas mask when he unleashed chemical spray on officers protecting the Capitol — pleaded guilty on Wednesday. His sentencing was set for Jan. 17, 2025, just days before the next president of the United States will be inaugurated at the U.S. Capitol.
In early 2024, before he was arrested, a photo of Oliva-Lopez pepper-spraying officers was featured in both a Joe Biden campaign and a presentation on the Capitol attack caseload by U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves. NBC News reported on Jan. 6, 2024, that online sleuths had identified him about two years earlier and turned that information over to law enforcement. Weeks later, the FBI arrested Oliva-Lopez in Oregon, confirming the sleuths' identification.
Tim Pool To Be Sued For False Arrest Of Congressional Candidate.
Former West Virginia Congressional Candidate, and quasi Cannabis culture celebrity, Craig Roberts AKA Craig Rubin or Craig X, is preparing to file a lawsuit against Tim Pool and the Washington Coun…
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Tim Pool To Be Sued For False Arrest Of Congressional Candidate.
Sep 20, 2024In the Video, which Roberts said began after he was already in the house for a couple of minutes, Roberts is approached by two men, one filming and one wearing a blue sweatshirt asking Roberts “Hey What’s up? Who are you here with?” Roberts replied “Myself”.
When the other man asks him “What for?”, Roberts returns “Because I’m running for Congress.”
Roberts goes on the say “I’m running for congress in the second district in West Virginia, I’ve been trying to email you guys”. The other man replied “Well you can’t just walk into the house”, and Roberts replied “I know I knocked. Obviously I didn’t just walk in”.
Tim Pool says Democrats won’t go on his show because Harris shared clip of him calling for Democrats to be jailed
The remark was made in a lawsuit filed by Pool against the Harris presidential campaign.
In the short clip, Pool argues that Trump should pack the government with loyalists willing to investigate and jail Democrats for unspecified crimes. Conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, a guest on Pool’s show at the time, follows up by stating that those found guilty should be put to death.
Pool later said that he was opposed to the death penalty and accused the Harris campaign of removing the end of the clip where he allegedly pushed back on Loomer’s suggestion. Pool’s attorneys deny he scrubbed the video over the content of the remarks, but to not run afoul of YouTube moderation.
Tim Pool says Democrats won't go on his show because Harris shared clip of him calling for Democrats to be jailed
The remark was made in a lawsuit filed by Pool against the Harris presidential campaign.
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Washington man sentenced for joining violent attack on Capitol police line
A Washington State man was sentenced to four months in prison for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, according to the Department of Justice. Benjamin John Silva, 37, of Yacolt, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras after pleading guilty to a felony charge of obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder.
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September 17, 2024
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Wyoming Man Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement and Other Charges During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
August Garcia, 30, of Laramie, Wyoming, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder.
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September 18, 2024
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August Garcia, 30, was arrested by the FBI for his conduct in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capital. Capitol CCTV shows Garcia shoving an officer.
August Garcia, 30, of Laramie was arrested by the FBI for his conduct in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. An Open Source video shows him kicking a door in the Capitol.
August Garcia
A Washington State man was sentenced to four months in prison for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, according to the Department of Justice. Benjamin John Silva, 37, of Yacolt, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras after pleading guilty to a felony charge of obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder.
By KIRO 7 News Staff
September 17, 2024
Washington man sentenced for joining violent attack on Capitol police line
Silva entered the Tunnel twice and joined other rioters in pushing against the police line in a coordinated effort to break through.
Wyoming Man Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement and Other Charges During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
August Garcia, 30, of Laramie, Wyoming, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers and obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder.
U.S. Department of Justice
September 18, 2024
Wyoming Man Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement and Other Charges During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
A Wyoming man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His alleged actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the...
August Garcia, 30, was arrested by the FBI for his conduct in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capital. Capitol CCTV shows Garcia shoving an officer.
August Garcia, 30, of Laramie was arrested by the FBI for his conduct in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. An Open Source video shows him kicking a door in the Capitol.
August Garcia
Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted police gets weekends in jail for a year
Paul Russell Johnson, 38, of Lanexa, Va., was one of five men who grabbed the bicycle racks being used as barricades by U.S. Capitol Police, lifted them into the air and smashed them into several officers, clearing a path from the Peace Circle to the Capitol for the thousands of Donald Trump supporters marching from the Ellipsis. The five men didn’t know one another, but they went on trial together before U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb in October and November, with Cobb convicting them of civil disorder and assault with a deadly weapon — the bike racks.
By Tom Jackman
September 19, 2024
Paul Russell Johnson (R)
He ran for Congress calling J6ers 'political prisoners.' Now the DOJ wants the max possible sentence
Ryan Zink, 35, was convicted by a jury in September 2023 of a felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding and two misdemeanors for joining the mob on the east side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The Justice Department agreed to dismiss the obstruction charge in August following the Supreme Court’s ruling narrowing its use.
Author: Jordan Fischer
September 18, 2024
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Ryan Zink
Paul Russell Johnson, 38, of Lanexa, Va., was one of five men who grabbed the bicycle racks being used as barricades by U.S. Capitol Police, lifted them into the air and smashed them into several officers, clearing a path from the Peace Circle to the Capitol for the thousands of Donald Trump supporters marching from the Ellipsis. The five men didn’t know one another, but they went on trial together before U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb in October and November, with Cobb convicting them of civil disorder and assault with a deadly weapon — the bike racks.
By Tom Jackman
September 19, 2024
Paul Russell Johnson (R)
He ran for Congress calling J6ers 'political prisoners.' Now the DOJ wants the max possible sentence
Ryan Zink, 35, was convicted by a jury in September 2023 of a felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding and two misdemeanors for joining the mob on the east side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The Justice Department agreed to dismiss the obstruction charge in August following the Supreme Court’s ruling narrowing its use.
Author: Jordan Fischer
September 18, 2024
He ran for Congress calling J6ers 'political prisoners.' Now the DOJ wants the max possible sentence
Ryan Zink, of Texas, was convicted of two misdemeanor counts for joining the mob on the east side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Ryan Zink
Special counsel's filing could contain new evidence in Jan. 6 case, following judge's ruling
Jack Smith faces a Thursday deadline to file his brief on presidential immunity.
ByKatherine Faulders andPeter Charalambous
September 24, 2024
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Judge Chutkan rebuffs Trump effort to upend Jan. 6 case schedule
“For the second time in a week, Defendant urges reconsideration of the current pretrial schedule in a brief intended to respond to a separate issue, and without actually filing a motion to that effect,” she wrote. “The court has already addressed the scheduling objections Defendant raised when he was given an opportunity to do so.”
BY REBECCA BEITSCH
09/24/24
Jack Smith faces a Thursday deadline to file his brief on presidential immunity.
ByKatherine Faulders andPeter Charalambous
September 24, 2024
Special counsel's filing could contain new evidence in Jan. 6 case, following judge's ruling
The judge in Donald Trump's federal election interference case has granted the special counsel's request to file an oversized brief, including potential new evidence.
Judge Chutkan rebuffs Trump effort to upend Jan. 6 case schedule
“For the second time in a week, Defendant urges reconsideration of the current pretrial schedule in a brief intended to respond to a separate issue, and without actually filing a motion to that effect,” she wrote. “The court has already addressed the scheduling objections Defendant raised when he was given an opportunity to do so.”
BY REBECCA BEITSCH
09/24/24
Chutkan rebuffs Trump effort to upend Jan. 6 case schedule
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday rebuffed a request from former President Trump asking her to upend previously set deadlines and bar a lengthy filing from special counsel Jack Smith. Th…
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Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing
Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing | CNN Politics
A federal judge in Washington, DC, has released the most comprehensive narrative to date of the 2020 election conspiracy case against Donald Trump, outlining what special counsel Jack Smith describes as the former president’s “private criminal conduct.”
A federal judge in Washington, DC, has released the most comprehensive narrative to date of the 2020 election conspiracy case against Donald Trump, outlining what special counsel Jack Smith describes as the former president’s “private criminal conduct.”
The 165-page document comes from Smith’s office and is the fullest accounting yet of evidence in the election subversion case against Trump.
Throughout the document, Smith argues that the actions Trump took to overturn the election were in his private capacity – as a candidate – rather than in his official capacity, as a president. That argument flows from the Supreme Court’s decision in July, which granted the former president sweeping immunity for official actions but left the door open for prosecutors to pursue Trump for unofficial steps he took.
”At its core, the defendant’s scheme was a private one,” prosecutors wrote in the motion. “He extensively used private actors and his campaign infrastructure to attempt to overturn the election results and operated in a private capacity as a candidate for office.”
The filing weaves together what prominent witnesses told a federal grand jury and the FBI about Trump, along with other never-before-disclosed evidence investigators gathered about the former president’s actions leading up to and on January 6, 2021.
Releasing the motion, which was previously filed under seal, is the latest major development in Smith’s longstanding effort to prosecute Trump for actions he took to overturn the 2020 election, even as the former president is seeking a second term in a tight race with Vice President Kamala Harris. The case, which has already reached the Supreme Court once, has repeatedly been delayed as Trump has attempted to push off the prosecution until after the next month’s election.
The document is broken into four sections. The first section lays out the case prosecutors said they would attempt to prove at trial, including a summary of evidence; the second section gives US District Judge Tanya Chutkan a roadmap for how to assess which actions are official – and therefore potentially covered by immunity – and which are not; the third section walks through how the principles should apply in Trump’s case; the fourth is a brief conclusion that asks Chutkan to rule that the actions described are not protected by immunity and that Trump “is subject to trial on the superseding indictment.”
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung called Smith’s narrative “falsehood-ridden” and “unconstitutional” in a statement provided to CNN after the former president’s team had fought the unsealing of the document.
“Deranged Jack Smith and Washington DC Radical Democrats are hell-bent on weaponizing the Justice Department in an attempt to cling to power. President Trump is dominating, and the Radical Democrats throughout the Deep State are freaking out. This entire case is a partisan, Unconstitutional Witch Hunt that should be dismissed entirely, together with ALL of the remaining Democrat hoaxes,” Cheung said.
Campaign operative said ‘Make them riot’
Prosecutors describe an effort by Trump operatives to “create chaos” in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election when the voting looked to be going for Joe Biden.In Philadelphia, prosecutors allege campaign operatives sought to create confrontations at polling places and then “falsely claim that his election observers were being denied proper access” as a predicate to claim fraud.
Prosecutors also raised the fracas at the Detroit Counting Center, pointing to evidence that a campaign staffer, upon learning a heavy incoming batch of votes leaned Biden, asked for “options to file litigation” even if (it) was “itbis[sic}.”
The same campaign operative said “make them riot” when told that protests at the counting center were heading in the direction of the so-called Brooks Brothers Riot that disrupted the 2000 Florida count between Al Gore and George W. Bush.
Prosecutors frame Trump conversations with Pence as ‘running mates’
Even as they face a high bar for introducing evidence from former Vice President Mike Pence, Smith’s team sought to do so by framing a series of interactions between the two as conversations between “running mates,” where Pence tried to convince Trump he needed to accept his electoral defeat.They include a November 7, 2020, conversation where Pence allegedly told Trump that he should focus on how he revived the Republican Party, as well as Pence’s recollection of a Trump meeting with campaign staff, during which Trump was told the prospects of his election challenges looked bleak.
At a November 12 lunch, Pence told Trump that he didn’t have to concede but he could “recognize process is over,” prosecutors said, and during a November 23 phone call, Trump allegedly told Pence that one of his private attorneys were skeptical about the election challenges.
As part of those private conversations, prosecutors say, Pence “tried to encourage” Trump “as a friend” after news networks called the election for Biden. In other interactions, Pence encouraged Trump to consider running for reelection in 2024. Those interactions, prosecutors argued, were not at all related to Trump’s official duties as president.
“The content of the conversations at issue – the defendant and Pence’s joint electoral fate and how to accept the election results – have no bearing on any function of the Executive Branch,” they wrote in the filing.
Trump told family ‘it doesn’t matter if you won or lost the election’
Prosecutors allege they have a witness who will testify that Trump told family members “it doesn’t matter if you won or lost the election. You still have to fight like hell.”The witness, Smith’s team said in the filing, will testify that he was aboard Marine One when then-President Trump made the statement to his wife Melania Trump, his daughter Ivanka Trump, and his son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Prosecutors did not name the official in the filing, but they said he was the director of Oval Office operations. “He witnessed an unprompted comment that the defendant made to his family members in which the defendant suggested that he would fight to remain in power regardless of whether he had won the election,” prosecutors wrote.
At the time, Ivanka and Jared were White House employees, serving as advisers to the president; and Melania was first lady.
However, prosecutors claim that the conversation aboard Marine One was “plainly private” and had nothing to do with the Trump family’s official government responsibilities.
“The defendant made the comment to his family members, who campaigned on his behalf and served as private advisors (in addition to any official role they may have played),” prosecutors wrote.
Trump told advisers he would declare victory
Prosecutors say that Trump was told by advisers that the 2020 vote likely would not be finalized on Election Day and that he could misleadingly look ahead in the ballot count on election night only to fall behind once all of the ballots were counted. Nonetheless, Trump told his advisers that he would claim victory before the ballots were fully counted, prosecutors say.One private political adviser, three days before Election Day 2020, described Trump’s plan as: “He’s going to declare victory. That doesn’t mean he’s the winner, he’s just going to say he’s the winner,” according to the filing.
That adviser, not identified by name by prosecutors, also described the Democratic lean of the mail ballot vote “a natural disadvantage” and said “Trump’s going to take advantage of it. That’s our strategy.”
Trump sought to ‘perpetuate himself in power’
Smith’s office stressed the private and political nature of Trump’s actions around the 2020 election.“The executive branch,” prosecutors wrote, “has no authority or function to choose the next president.”
That argument appeared designed for federal appeals courts, including the Supreme Court, that have placed a heavy emphasis in recent years on the historical understanding of the separation of powers.
In other words, Smith is arguing that Trump’s effort to overturn the election was necessarily private because the Constitution gives a president no official authority for choosing his successor.
“The defendant’s charged conduct directly contravenes these foundational principles,” the motion reads. “He sought to encroach on powers specifically assigned by the Constitution to other branches, to advance his own self-interest and perpetuate himself in power, contrary to the will of the people.”
White House staffer ‘P9’ details planning meetings
Prosecutors focus in particular in the filing on what Trump learned from a White House staffer referred to in the filings as “P9,” as they try to show that Trump was well aware he had lost the election as he pressed on with the reversal schemes.The person, identified only as “P9,” appears to have personally had discussions over the phone about the fake electors strategy with Trump, and had repeated text conversations with other people in the campaign about how the strategy was “crazy” or “illegal,” according to the filing.
When Trump told the staffer he would not pay the private lawyer spearheading his legal challenges unless the challenges were successful, the staffer told Trump that the private attorney would never be paid. That prompted a laugh and a “we’ll see” from Trump, the filings said. (The private attorney is identified by prosecutors as co-conspirator 1, who CNN has previously identified as Rudy Giuliani.)
In a follow up conversation, the White House official told Trump that Giuliani would not be able to prove his false claims in a court and Trump told the staffer, “The details don’t matter.”
The brief lays out several other interactions between the White House staffer and Trump in which Trump was told that the election fraud claims wouldn’t hold up in court.
Prosecutors say they would call election officials in battleground states at Trump trial
In the filing released Wednesday, prosecutors identify witnesses they hope to call at a trial to testify against Trump – including election officials in battleground states and his White House deputy chief of staff.The prosecutors say they also want to show a jury at trial Trump’s campaign speech on January 4, 2021, in Georgia, and his campaign speech on the Ellipse on January 6, 2021, just before the riot at the US Capitol.
And, they’d like to show the jury tweets that they say can prove Trump was driving the public campaign of fraud in the election, as he knew there was none that was widespread enough to overturn his loss. They argue those tweets weren’t part of Trump’s official work as president.
At trial, prosecutors say they would like to call the only other adviser to Trump who had access to his Twitter account to testify that Trump was sending tweets on January 6, 2021, that would put pressure on then-Vice President Mike Pence to stop the counting of the electoral votes at the Capitol. The person is described as White House deputy chief of staff.
“The Government will elicit from Person 45 at trial that he was the only person other than the defendant with the ability to post to the defendant’s Twitter account, that he sent tweets only at the defendant’s express direction, and that person 45 did not send certain specific Tweets” – specifically a tweet Trump sent that said Pence didn’t have the courage to block the certification of the vote.
That type of testimony would allow prosecutors to assert in court they have evidence of a moment like this:
“At 2:24 p.m., Trump was alone in his dining room,” prosecutors write in the filing, “when he issued a Tweet attacking Pence and fueling the ongoing riot: ‘Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!’”
FBI experts can testify about how Trump used his phone on January 6, prosecutors say
FBI experts have mapped out what Trump was doing on his phone while the US Capitol riot unfolded, Smith said.An FBI Computer Analysis Response Team forensic examiner can testify about “the news and social media applications” on Trump’s phone, Smith wrote in the filing, “and can describe the activity occurring on the phone throughout the afternoon of January 6.”
Those logs show that Trump “was using his phone, and in particular, was using the Twitter application, consistently throughout the day after he returned from the Ellipse speech.”
Smith said that three unidentified witnesses are also prepared to testify that on the afternoon of January 6, the television in the White House dining room where Trump spent much of the day was “on and tuned into news programs that were covering in real time the ongoing events in the Capitol.”
That testimony would allow prosecutors to show a future jury what Trump saw unfolding on TV while he made comments and posted online that afternoon.
Prosecutors lean on Hatch Act to bolster Trump charges
Smith is again using the Hatch Act – which limits the political activities of federal employees – to bolster their 2020 election subversion charges against former President Donald Trump.Prosecutors said in a new filing that the Hatch Act allows White House staffers to “wear two hats,” separating out their official conduct to serve the public from their political conduct to help a candidate.
Therefore, even if some of Trump’s alleged wrongdoing occurred on White House grounds and in front of White House staff, he doesn’t have immunity because that fell under the “political” umbrella, Smith’s team wrote.
“When the defendant’s White House staff participated in political activity on his behalf as a candidate, they were not exercising their official authority or carrying out official responsibilities,” prosecutors wrote. “And when the President, acting as a candidate, engaged in Campaign-related activities with these officials or in their presence, he too was not engaging in official presidential conduct.”
Bill Barr decided to speak out against Trump’s election lies after seeing him on Fox News
Then-Attorney General Bill Barr decided in 2020 to publicly rebut Trump’s false claims that the election was rigged after watching Trump spread these lies on Fox News, prosecutors say.“On November 29, [Barr] saw the defendant appear on the Maria Bartiromo Show and claim, among other false things, that the Justice Department was ‘missing in action’ and had ignored evidence of fraud,” prosecutors wrote.
They continued, “[Barr] decided it was time to speak publicly in contravention of the defendant’s false claims, set up a lunch with a reporter for the Associated Press, and made his statement.”
This was the December 1, 2020, statement in which Barr infamously said the Justice Department had looked into potential election irregularities but didn’t find any widespread fraud that could’ve tipped the results. This was a major move by Barr, a lifelong Republican who at the time was a staunch Trump ally.
Barr’s name is redacted in the filing, and he is referred to as “P52.” But P52 is described as the “attorney general,” and Barr was the attorney general at that time.
Barr resigned just before Christmas 2020.
New Jersey Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Assaulting Law Enforcement and Other Charges During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
A New Jersey man was sentenced to prison today after he was previously convicted of felony and misdemeanor charges, including for assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
I'm not surprised at the behavior of MAGA. I worked and lived with them for 20 years. I knew what they were. There's always been a disconnect between the Republican party and their voting base. The party wanted limited government and the base thought that meant white supremacy.Statue being erected in Butler, Pennsylvania today. Totally normal behavior, not a cult.
What I am surprised at is the idolatry of such an obviously weak and flawed man like Donald Trump.