Adams’s lawsuit said she “swore an oath to ‘prevent fraud, deceit, & abuse’ in Fulton County elections”—duties she says aren’t possible w/o examining the recs she demanded. Her detractors say she is seeking the #power to block a victory for Pres #Biden. #Democrats asked to intervene in the suit, claiming Adams’s actions are part of a coordinated effort by #Trump & the #GOP to sow the same kind of doubt in this year’s #election that led to the #Jan6#insurrection.
June 24, 2024
112 days ago, on March 04, 2024, SCOTUS ruled that States cannot remove Trump from the ballot under the 14th amendment.
134 days until 2024 election. #Trump, #Insurrection#Fascism#2024Election
June 23, 2024
304 days ago, on August 24, 2023, Donald Trump was arrested in Georgia for election interference.
135 days until 2024 election. #Trump, #Insurrection#Fascism#2024Election
June 20, 2024
580 days ago, on November 18, 2022, special counsel Jack Smith was appointed by AG Garland.
138 days until 2024 election. #Trump, #Insurrection#Fascism#2024Election
My name is Denver Riggleman, former Rep and senior technical advisor to the J6 committee. Anyone who states the J6 investigation was a sham is a conspiracy theorist, stupid, a liar or a spineless sycophant— maybe all of the above. J6 was an investigation into the sacking of the Capitol and efforts by #Trump and those around him to overturn an election through coordinated disinformation, legal maneuvering, financial flows, #radicalization and #violence — Denver Riggleman #quotes#quote#Jan6th#Insurrection#Criminal
#BorisEpshteyn routinely surfaces as a lesser character in Trump-related indictments, court records show. Election cases in #Georgia & #Wisconsin identify him as “Individual 3” & “Individual A.” In one federal case pending against #Trump, he appears as “Person 5.” In another, his email traffic matches that of “Co-conspirator 6.”
But in #Arizona, #BorisEpshteyn is getting a featured role. His #indictment there stems from work he did behind the scenes to try to keep #Trump in power after his #2020election loss. Shepherding a small group of advisers, he helped oversee a plan to deploy #FakeElectors in 7 battleground states lost by Trump, documents show.
“Boris does two things,” said Timothy Parlatore, a lawyer who once represented #Trump but departed largely because of clashes w/ #BorisEpshteyn. “He coordinates the legal teams & he acts as an emotional support animal to the president. He’s Mr. Good News. He loves telling the president what he wants to hear. And he does that in a way so that he can maintain control over the legal teams — to the president’s detriment, in my opinion.”
#House Speaker #MikeJohnson has a tendency to think that when things go bad for his party, it’s the product of gross legislative mismanagement, judicial #weaponization, & a vast executive #conspiracy. But when his party wants to do something, it’s because #justice is swift & everything is proceeding according to plan. #HouseRepublicans’ efforts to hold AG #MerrickGarland are no exception to this trend.
#Trump, seeking to show unity, to meet w/ #GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill
Trump plans to return to Washington on Thurs to meet w/congressional #Republicans near the #US Capitol, as the GOP tries to present a united front & coalesce around a #policy agenda [ha!] heading into the Nov #elections.
The trip will be #Trump’s 1st meeting w/ #GOP lawmakers since a jury found him #guilty on all 34 #felony counts of falsifying business records in his #NewYork#ElectionInterference case, making him the 1st fmr #POTUS convicted of a #crime. Since the historic guilty verdict, however, #Republicans have largely fallen in line behind Trump, as he & President #Biden continue to be locked in a tight race.
It will also be Trump’s 1st public visit to Capitol Hill since the #Jan6, 2021, #insurrection…
#Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, including his actions leading up to & during the #Jan6#insurrection, are at the heart of federal charges against him.
Asked Wed if he had spoken to Trump about committing to a peaceful transfer of power, #House Speaker #MikeJohnson (R-LA) said “of course [Trump] respects that, & we all do.” 🤦🏼♀️
4 Jan, 2021 memo from #ChrisMiller, then acting #DefSec requiring “personal authorization” for DC #NationalGuard to employ riot control agents & other tactics on #Jan6. Then he was MIA for hours while the Capitol was under siege.
"Republicans jeered [and booed] at former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and former U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, who were introduced by state House Speaker Joanna McClinton on Wednesday as part of their tour across Pennsylvania to discuss the threat they say former President Donald Trump poses to democracy."
"Steve Bannon, onetime Breitbart honcho, onetime Trump campaign manager, onetime White House aide, current operator of a right-wing conspiracy podcast lie factory, has been ordered to jail by the judge in his contempt of Congress case. Bannon must report to an as yet unnamed federal lockup by July 1st to begin serving a four-month sentence."
Judge rules #SteveBannon must go to #prison by July 1 while appealing #contempt case
The former #Trump adviser is challenging a 4-month prison term for contempt of Congress after failing to appear before a House panel investigating the #Jan6, 2021, riot.
U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols agreed after a nearly hour-long hearing. “I don’t believe that the original basis for my stay of Mr. #Bannon’s sentence exists any longer. I no longer consider that his appeal raises substantial questions of #law of a kind likely to reverse his #conviction,” Nichols said, citing that panel’s ruling.
2 fmr law enforcement officers who defended the #US Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, #insurrection were jeered by state #GOPlawmakers as they visited PA’s House of Representatives on Wed, acc/to several Democratic lawmakers present.
Fmr #US Capitol #Police officer #HarryDunn & fmr sgt #AquilinoGonell were introduced on the floor Wed as “heroes” by House Speaker Joanna McClinton (D) for having “bravely defended #democracy in the #UnitedStates Capitol against rioters & #insurrection on Jan6.”
As the 2 men — both of whom were injured by rioters on #Jan6 — were introduced, the House descended into chaos. …several #GOP lawmakers hissed & booed, w/a number of #Republicans walking out of the chamber in protest.
"TO PROTECT DONALD TRUMP, the Republican party has turned against every institution that stood in his way: the press ('the enemy of the people'), the civil service ('the Deep State'), presidential elections ('rigged,' 'stolen'), courts (for refusing to overturn the 2020 election),"
"the House January 6th Committee (Democrats and 'RINOs'), independent counsels (Robert Mueller, Robert Hur, Jack Smith), and law enforcement (for prosecuting the insurrectionists). …
Republicans are inventing reasons to reject any verdict against Trump. It’s an extension of what they’ve done since 2020: inventing reasons to reject any election Trump loses. Respecting juries, like respecting elections, is just another obsolete norm."
"Disturbing — and, frankly, unAmerican — calls for Donald Trump to warp the justice system and weaponize it to target members of the media and Democratic Party continue to grow in right-wing media. …
This repeated rhetoric, which has now been coursing through right-wing media for months, is working to normalize the potential weaponization of government and convince Republicans that it is actually necessary."