1/6 House Select Committee Hearings and Aftermath

[Amy L]

Oh, I think Eastman got his share of the heat. Guiliani & Ellis got some today also.

I do kind of enjoy all the floundering of those that were named, but I'm a petty bitch. Ron Johnson has gone from "I didn't know what they wanted me to deliver to Pence, I was just asked to give him something." Which makes him seem like an idiot, like what if it was a package bomb? and now he's saying his staffer did everything and he never knew anything like that happened. Which also makes him look not only stupid, but a straight up asshole trying to throw everything on to either an underpaid staffer or a unpaid intern.

Apparently in TrumpWorld the plan is to blame everything on Eastman and just wash their hands of him. I don't see how Guiliani can get out of this, he seems just as invested or even more-so than Eastman.

 

[Sparks]

Witnesses for tomorrow’s House Jan 6 Committee hearing on Trump’s 11th hour interactions with US Justice Dept: Jeffrey Rosen, Former Acting Atty General Richard Donoghue, Former Acting Deputy Atty Gen. Steven Engel, Former Asst Atty Gen for Office of Legal Counsel

 

[Cachoo]

Damn these idiots who made these people suffer for doing the right thing:

https://wapo.st/3OcYoQh

https://wapo.st/3QFmfK1

 

[Amy L]

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1539644114014072833?s=20&t=jjhC5_2KAPnj71wFQ7DVAw

NEWS: Bennie Thompson tells us that after Thursday, the select committee will resume hearings in July. The panel is reassessing its schedule after significant new tranches of evidence have arrived — including documentary footage, NARA productions and new tips.

 

[Vash01]

Witnesses for tomorrow’s House Jan 6 Committee hearing on Trump’s 11th hour interactions with US Justice Dept: Jeffrey Rosen, Former Acting Atty General Richard Donoghue, Former Acting Deputy Atty Gen. Steven Engel, Former Asst Atty Gen for Office of Legal Counsel

I am not sure how these 'former's can be useful witnesses. Shouldn't they be people who were directly involved?

 

[overedge]

I am not sure how these 'former's can be useful witnesses. Shouldn't they be people who were directly involved?

IIRC they were all in their "former" roles at the time of the intimidation and interference they are going to talk about.

 

[Sparks]

Jamie Raskin told us there has been a "deluge of new evidence" since Jan. 6 hearings began, forcing them to plan for future hearings in July rather than the last week of June "We just need to catch our breath, go through the new evidence and then incorporate it into the hearings"

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1539693939166531585

 

[sk9tingfan]

If this doesn't incriminate Chuck Grassley in conspiracy and prior knowledge, I don't know what does.

https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1539693063597166592

 

[Dobre]

Apparently in TrumpWorld the plan is to blame everything on Eastman and just wash their hands of him. I don't see how Guiliani can get out of this, he seems just as invested or even more-so than Eastman.

Hard for Trump to get away with blaming it on Eastman, presuming Trump's attorney general (and probably Cipollone & various other well-placed legal experts) were telling Trump that Eastman's scheme was B.S.

Guilliani & Eastman need to plead guilty and barter for leniency by giving DOJ everything they have on the bigger fish. Geeze, they were/are lawyers. You would think they would have the evidence necessary for this type of insurance.

Trump does not have a bigger fish to blame it on.

 

[Aussie Willy]

Jamie Raskin told us there has been a "deluge of new evidence" since Jan. 6 hearings began, forcing them to plan for future hearings in July rather than the last week of June "We just need to catch our breath, go through the new evidence and then incorporate it into the hearings"

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1539693939166531585

I would say the competency of the handling of the hearings might be giving some reluctant people who were afraid of coming forward the courage to now do so.

 

[overedge]

Agreed @Aussie Willy they have been extremely well organized and presented. The committee is striking the right balance of presenting a strong case without being sensationalist about the evidence.

 

[ballettmaus]

Hard for Trump to get away with blaming it on Eastman, presuming Trump's attorney general (and probably Cipollone & various other well-placed legal experts) were telling Trump that Eastman's scheme was B.S.

I don't remember if witnesses testified that they told Trump that Eastman's scheme was BS specifically but there are too many who testified that they told Trump that something was illegal to blame it all on Eastman.

 

[sk9tingfan]

Agreed @Aussie Willy they have been extremely well organized and presented. The committee is striking the right balance of presenting a strong case without being sensationalist about the evidence.

They are using, almost exclusively, Republicans, many of whom are insiders.

 

[Sparks]

I don't remember if witnesses testified that they told Trump that Eastman's scheme was BS specifically but there are too many who testified that they told Trump that something was illegal to blame it all on Eastman.

Witnesses have testified both Trump and Eastman the scheme was illegal. They decided to try it anyway

 

[Reuven]

I am not sure how these 'former's can be useful witnesses. Shouldn't they be people who were directly involved?

Because being “former” means they were directly involved. Those folks were running DOJ at the time The Defeated/Disgraced Former Guy tried to get DOJ to lie and and say there was voter fraud.

 

[PRlady]

They’re now postponing any more hearings after tomorrow because they have a mountain of new evidence coming in. So a break til July.

This has to be good news.

 

[Vash01]

I find it confusing that good people like Raffensberger and Sterling still want to vote for a Republican candidate (Sterling had said so in an earlier interview). The Republican Party is no longer the party of Lincoln, Roosevelt, etc. It is Trump's party. How can they vote for Trump again? How can they vote for a Trump supporter in any election?

 

[Aussie Willy]

I find it confusing that good people like Raffensberger and Sterling still want to vote for a Republican candidate (Sterling had said so in an earlier interview). The Republican Party is no longer the party of Lincoln, Roosevelt, etc. It is Trump's party. How can they vote for Trump again? How can they vote for a Trump supporter in any election?

Many of them would still vote for him no matter who the Dem opponent is. They just won't vote for a Dem. Barr has said that too.

 

[Vash01]

Many of them would still vote for him no matter who the Dem opponent is. They just won't vote for a Dem. Barr has said that too.

It shows a sick mind.

 

[Susan1]

‘Can You Believe I Lost to This Guy?’ Trump Admitted He Lost Election, Former Aide Says

Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed that the former president acknowledged privately that Biden won, despite his public claims to the contrary

www.yahoo.com

 

[Aussie Willy]

Okay any sympathy you had for Mike Pence just got thrown out of the window. He has commented about Biden being the "most dishonest". A Meidas Touch clip.

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[Susan1]

Trump fumes as Republicans ignore Jan. 6 panel

Republicans in Washington are betting that the televised Jan. 6 hearings aren't breaking through, that voters are more worried about gas prices and inflation

www.yahoo.com

His own minions and employees and attorneys and family won't defend him. Oh my.

Former Trump DOJ officials to testify at 5th hearing of Jan. 6, 2021, committee

Thursday’s hearing, the fifth in an ongoing series, will feature in-person testimony from former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue and Steven Engel, who served as assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Office of Legal...

news.yahoo.com

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article262790843.html

“Some argued to the former president and public that the election was corrupt and stolen,” Rosen’s statement says. “That view was wrong then and it is wrong today, and I hope our presence here today helps reaffirm that fact.”

DOJ issues more subpoenas in probe of invalid Trump electors: reports

The Justice Department has issued more subpoenas in a probe tied to a fraudulent elector scheme aimed at rejecting President Biden’s 2020 presidential win, multiple news outlets reported. The Washi…

thehill.com

 

[caseyedwards]

They made a decision to support Desantis or any non trump they wouldn’t defend him. It is working like a dream. Desantis is crushing trump now in New Hampshire.

 

[jenny12]

It shows a sick mind.

Agreed, especially since their party doesn’t have a platform anymore aside from racism, controlling women’s bodies, and obstruction.

They are against Trump because at least they draw the line at treason and I think they know that ultimately, Trump is bad for the Republican brand, but they still have the backwards thinking of the current Republican Party.

 

[Vash01]

Okay any sympathy you had for Mike Pence just got thrown out of the window. He has commented about Biden being the "most dishonest". A Meidas Touch clip.

MeidasTouch - Twitter ERUPTS after Pence attacks Biden as... | By MeidasTouch | Twitter ERUPTS after Pence attacks Biden as ‘most dishonest’

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Mike Pence did just One good thing in his political life. It was on January 6th.

 

[Sparks]

Bennie Thompson says requests for presidential pardons by Republican members of Congress will be covered during today’s hearing. They’re gonna name names

https://twitter.com/SmnWeekly/status/1539951171787448322

 

[Vagabond]

G.O.P. Testimony at Jan. 6 Panel Exposes a Party Torn Between Truth and Trump https://nyti.ms/3ydXxJO

Ooh! That's a tough one!

 

[Sparks]

BREAKING - Federal agents searched the Virginia home of former Trump-era Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark on Wednesday morning, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the activity.

https://twitter.com/KFaulders/status/1540014972964667400

 

[Susan1]

BREAKING - Federal agents searched the Virginia home of former Trump-era Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark on Wednesday morning, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the activity.

https://twitter.com/KFaulders/status/1540014972964667400

I was just coming on here to post that. They just said this today? Right before the hearing? What if they say they are going to postpone another one because they have to look at the evidence? Geez.

 

[Sparks]

They won't. Clark already went before the committee and pleaded the 5th.

Clark is an environmental lawyer, not an election lawyer. No way he came up w/the plan he wanted to send out to GOP loyalists in key states on his own. A search could reveal electronic footprints showing his contacts. He was intro'd to Trump by Rep Perry.

https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1540027189994954752