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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 3, 2022 5:11:01 GMT -5
i never dreamed in my life that GINGRICH would be party to this. Why not? Can you name a single person anywhere who is more responsible for the division, negativity, and vileness that is now endemic in right-wing politics than that little f***? not really, but he also worked WITHIN government. it is, lacking a better term, insane for him to take this stance.
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Post by tallguy on Sept 3, 2022 10:19:50 GMT -5
Why not? Can you name a single person anywhere who is more responsible for the division, negativity, and vileness that is now endemic in right-wing politics than that little f***? not really, but he also worked WITHIN government. it is, lacking a better term, insane for him to take this stance. Perhaps once, but to "borrow" a quote.... "Some are born insane, some achieve insanity, and others have insanity thrust upon them." I would suggest that for anyone who is still part of right-wing politics, the insanity of Trumpism has at the very least been thrust upon them.
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Prosecutor: Trump ally arranged meeting with poll workerATLANTA (AP) — After the 2020 election, a Georgia poll worker who was falsely accused of voting fraud by former President Donald Trump was pressured and threatened with imprisonment during a meeting arranged with the help of an ally of the Trump campaign, a prosecutor said in a court filing Friday. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is investigating whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. As part of the probe, Willis filed court documents on Friday seeking testimony from Willie Lewis Floyd, a director of Black Voices for Trump, a group aimed at increasing the former president's support among Black voters. In December 2021, Floyd was asked to arrange a meeting to discuss an “immunity deal” with Ruby Freeman, a Fulton County election worker whom Trump and his allies falsely accused of pulling fraudulent ballots from a suitcase, according to Willis. Willis said Floyd arranged for Trevian Kutti — whom Willis described as a “purported publicist” based in Chicago — to meet with Freeman. The prosecutor has previously sought Kutti's testimony. Kutti told Freeman that “an armed squad" of federal officers would approach her and her family within 48 hours and that Kutti had access to “very high-profile people that can make particular things happen in order to defend yourself and your family," according to Willis' court filing. The district attorney cited video footage as evidence of those statements. Kutti did not immediately respond to an email message seeking comment Friday. A message to Floyd's Instagram account was also not immediately returned. Freeman and Kutti met at the Cobb County Police Department, where Kutti told Freeman that “freedom and the freedom of one or more of your family members” would be disrupted if Freeman declined her assistance. Kutti said Freeman was “a loose end for a party that needs to tidy up,” according to Willis. The meeting was captured in part by a body camera, Willis said. Kutti also said she wanted to connect Freeman to Floyd, whom she described as a “Black progressive crisis manager, very high level, with authoritative powers to get you protection that you need," Willis said. During a subsequent phone call with Kutti and Floyd, Freeman was pressured to reveal information under threat of imprisonment, Willis said. Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, appeared in June before the House Jan. 6 committee and have told lawmakers how the lies about election fraud upended their lives. Moss was also a poll worker in Fulton County. Willis has sought testimony from numerous witnesses with ties to Trump as part of her investigation, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham. Giuliani, who’s been told he’s a target of the investigation, testified before the special grand jury last month. A federal judge on Thursday ruled that constitutional protections don’t shield Graham from testifying. Trump has blamed voter fraud for his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden. State officials and federal investigators, including Trump’s own attorney general, have said there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 contest. Prosecutor: Trump ally arranged meeting with poll worker
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 6, 2022 9:08:26 GMT -5
Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach
(CNN)A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county's election offices on the same day a voting system there was breached, newly obtained video shows. The breach is now under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and is of interest to the Fulton County District Attorney, who is conducting a wider criminal probe of interference in the 2020 election. The video sheds more light on how an effort spearheaded by lawyers and others around Trump to seek evidence of voter fraud was executed on the ground from Georgia to Michigan to Colorado, often with the assistance of sympathetic local officials. In the surveillance video, which was obtained by CNN, Cathy Latham, a former GOP chairwoman of Coffee County who is under criminal investigation for posing as a fake elector in 2020, escorts a team of pro-Trump operatives to the county's elections office on January 7, 2021, the same day a voting system there is known to have been breached. The two men seen in the video with Latham, Scott Hall and Paul Maggio, have acknowledged that they successfully gained access to a voting machine in Coffee County at the behest of Trump lawyer Sidney Powell. Text messages, emails and witness testimony filed as part of a long-running civil suit into the security of Georgia's voting systems show Latham communicated directly with the then-Coffee County elections supervisor about getting access to the office, both before and after the breach. One text message, according to the court document, shows Latham coordinating the arrival and whereabouts of a team "led by Paul Maggio" that traveled to Coffee County at the direction of Powell. Three days after the breach, Latham texted the Coffee County elections supervisor, "Did you all finish with the scanner?" According to court documents, Latham testified she did not know what Hall was doing in Coffee County. But when confronted with her texts about the scanner, she asserted her Fifth Amendment rights. Rest of article and video here: Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 6, 2022 10:19:07 GMT -5
you mind adding that to the cases against trump thread, Tenn? /\
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Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach
(CNN)A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county's election offices on the same day a voting system there was breached, newly obtained video shows. The breach is now under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and is of interest to the Fulton County District Attorney, who is conducting a wider criminal probe of interference in the 2020 election. The video sheds more light on how an effort spearheaded by lawyers and others around Trump to seek evidence of voter fraud was executed on the ground from Georgia to Michigan to Colorado, often with the assistance of sympathetic local officials. In the surveillance video, which was obtained by CNN, Cathy Latham, a former GOP chairwoman of Coffee County who is under criminal investigation for posing as a fake elector in 2020, escorts a team of pro-Trump operatives to the county's elections office on January 7, 2021, the same day a voting system there is known to have been breached. The two men seen in the video with Latham, Scott Hall and Paul Maggio, have acknowledged that they successfully gained access to a voting machine in Coffee County at the behest of Trump lawyer Sidney Powell. Text messages, emails and witness testimony filed as part of a long-running civil suit into the security of Georgia's voting systems show Latham communicated directly with the then-Coffee County elections supervisor about getting access to the office, both before and after the breach. One text message, according to the court document, shows Latham coordinating the arrival and whereabouts of a team "led by Paul Maggio" that traveled to Coffee County at the direction of Powell. Three days after the breach, Latham texted the Coffee County elections supervisor, "Did you all finish with the scanner?" According to court documents, Latham testified she did not know what Hall was doing in Coffee County. But when confronted with her texts about the scanner, she asserted her Fifth Amendment rights. Rest of article and video here: Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach So essentially the only proof that anyone breached the GA voting system shows MAGA people doing the breach?
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Post by Tiny on Sept 6, 2022 10:41:06 GMT -5
So essentially the only proof that anyone breached the GA voting system shows MAGA people doing the breach? and I add - that they were encouraged to do it by trump himself - a "fight fire with fire" kind of thing. but there was no fire to fight. Does this indicate that when someone believes "everyone else is doing it!" they can convince themselves to also do it? Even when it goes against their "personal integrity"? I assume that not cheating is a component of "personal integrity". And what does that say about power of trump's media machine feeding bad info to anyone who will listen to him? That kind of manipulation on that level is scary...
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 6, 2022 10:43:44 GMT -5
you mind adding that to the cases against trump thread, Tenn? /\ Done.
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The real meaning of a striking new letter from former military officialsEight former secretaries of defense and five former chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff published an open letter Tuesday intended to “review” the best practices for maintaining “healthy” American civil-military relations. The letter listed what experts considered to be a basic and outwardly uncontroversial set of principles to ensure civilian control and the rule of law in the American political system. But what stood out about the missive was that the officials felt compelled to write it. The real inspiration for the letter, which was signed by former officials from both Republican and Democratic administrations, can be found in a line in the introduction. The signers express concern about “polarization that culminated in the first election in over a century when the peaceful transfer of political power was disrupted and in doubt.” The clear subtext, experts say, is that these former officials were shocked by Donald Trump’s attempt to subvert American democracy — and his efforts to use the military to do it. By writing the letter, they were emphasizing that Trump’s attitude toward the military was unacceptable — and signaling that any future attempts by politicians to follow in his footsteps should face resistance from the defense establishment. Trump’s attempts to overturn the election included multiple efforts to use the military as a personal security force and tool of authoritarian rule. Trump asked the nation’s highest-ranking military officer to shoot antiracist protesters “in the legs.” Trump considered invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy troops in the streets to put down protests before the election, and his allies suggested using it to help him stay in office after the election. He also contemplated directing his defense secretary to seize voting machines after the election, according to an executive order that was never issued. On the fateful day of Jan. 6, 2021, he wanted the National Guard deployed to protect sympathetic protesters who were there to aid his attempt to thwart the certification of the 2020 election. The letter’s reassertion of civil-military norms is meant to be a rejection of Trump’s transgressions — as well as those who abetted him. The former officials noted that “it is the responsibility of senior military and civilian leaders to ensure that any order they receive from the president is legal” and argued that “military and civilian leaders must be diligent about keeping the military separate from partisan political activity.” “This list is clearly a condemnation of Trump and his acolytes, which includes many GOP Senators,” Stephen M. Saideman, a political scientist at Carleton University in Canada, wrote on his blog. Other experts in civil-military relations hailed the letter as a solid start to reviving norms. Part of the likely reason the letter is being written now is that these former defense officials believe — as many political analysts also do — that Trump still poses a threat to the democratic project, most tangibly through a third presidential run. Maintaining a democratic government requires civilian and military leaders to be “vigilant and mindful,” they write. Rest of article here: The real meaning of a striking new letter from former military officialsLink to the open letter here: TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND: PRINCIPLES OF CIVILIAN CONTROL AND BEST PRACTICES OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 14, 2022 10:56:42 GMT -5
He deserves to spend decades in prison (as the article states). Man who crushed officer in door frame during Jan. 6 riot convicted of 7 feloniesA man who was seen crushing a Metropolitan Police Department officer in a door frame during the January 6 Capitol riot has been convicted of nine offenses, seven of them felonies, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Patrick McCaughey III, 25, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, and two others were convicted on multiple charges in a bench trial by U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, an appointee of former President Trump. Tristan Chandler Stevens, 26, of Pensacola, Florida, and David Mehaffie, 63, of Kettering, Ohio, were found guilty of five felony charges and two felony charges, respectively. On Jan. 6, 2021, "the three defendants attempted to break into the building by directing other rioters, participating in heave-hos against the police line, using riot shields stolen from the Capitol Police, and assaulting three specific officers," the Justice Department said. "Mehaffie hung from an archway and shouted direction from above, and McCaughey and Stevens were key players in the melee below. McCaughey grabbed a riot shield and used it as a weapon. Even after officers finally cleared the tunnel area, the three defendants illegally remained on Capitol grounds." All three men were convicted of assault charges, however, McFadden only agreed to add a dangerous weapon enhancement, which could increase the eventual prison sentence, to McCaughey's convictions, according to CBS affiliate WUSA-TV. McFadden ruled that the riot shields the three men stole were not inherently dangerous weapons, but that it become one the way McCaughey used it, WUSA-TV reports. McCaughey was captured on video using a riot shield to pin MPD officer Daniel Hodges in a doorway during the riot. Hodges could be seen screaming out in pain as he was being crushed in the doorway as rioters attempted to enter the Capitol building. In an interview with CBS News, Hodges said that in videos, you can see McCaughey grabbing his gas mask, beating his head against the door, and ripping it away. "I definitely considered that that might be it," Hodges said. "I might not be able to make it out of there." Hodges, along with several other law enforcement officers, also testified before the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot in 2021. He repeatedly called the rioters "terrorists" throughout his opening statement. He said that as his head was being "bashed" by a rioter, he feared that "at best" he might collapse and become a liability to his colleagues. "At worst," he added, "be dragged down into the crowd and lynched." He said, "I did the only thing I could do and screamed for help." The seven felonies McCaughey was convicted of are: three counts of aiding or abetting or assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers, including one involving a dangerous weapon; one count of obstruction of an official proceeding; one count of interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder; one count of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon, and one count of engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon. He faces decades in prison. Stevens and Mehaffie were each acquitted of obstruction charges. McCaughey, who was 23 at the time, was arrested Jan. 19, 2021 in South Salem, New York, according to The Associated Press. McCaughey, who has both U.S. and German citizenship, was unemployed and lived with his mother in Ridgefield, an affluent town along the New York border, public defender Jason Ser said at the time. He was arrested at his father's second home, where he was quarantining, the AP reported. McCaughey will be sentenced on Jan. 26, 2023, according to the Justice Department. Man who crushed officer in door frame during Jan. 6 riot convicted of 7 felonies
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 14, 2022 11:02:13 GMT -5
considering he is a dual citizen, it might be best to hold him for sentencing.
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 14, 2022 11:13:29 GMT -5
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 14, 2022 17:19:20 GMT -5
Just saw on Twitter that it looks like the SS has given up the missing J6 texts. Haven’t verified it anywhere yet though.
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Post by Opti on Sept 14, 2022 17:25:10 GMT -5
I hope he gets more than the minimum 5 years. He was unnecessarily cruel.
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 14, 2022 18:02:00 GMT -5
I hope he gets more than the minimum 5 years. He was unnecessarily cruel. I agree. I wanted to reach into the tv with a hammer and hit the guy hard in the head.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 14, 2022 19:15:29 GMT -5
Just saw on Twitter that it looks like the SS has given up the missing J6 texts. Haven’t verified it anywhere yet though. Well, I found this now. I’m pretty much on a news blackout here, anything from the networks?
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 16, 2022 8:32:47 GMT -5
yeah, i think these hearings are having an impact on the rational middle.
unfortunately, i think the crazy right is about the same number of people. and they will NEVER be convinced. they will follow Trump to the grave, and if possible, America, as well. they have allegiance not to the flag, not to the nation, not to the constitution, but to one rather horrendous person.
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Post by teen persuasion on Sept 16, 2022 8:49:47 GMT -5
yeah, i think these hearings are having an impact on the rational middle. unfortunately, i think the crazy right is about the same number of people. and they will NEVER be convinced. they will follow Trump to the grave, and if possible, America, as well. they have allegiance not to the flag, not to the nation, not to the constitution, but to one rather horrendous person. When I look at polls and the breakdown of responses against political leanings, it does seem to be roughly thirds: left/D, middle/Independent, right/R. And the middle third can swing back and forth between the poles depending on current events and topics. So I see the middle third shifting away from Trump as promising.
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 16, 2022 8:54:49 GMT -5
yeah, i think these hearings are having an impact on the rational middle. unfortunately, i think the crazy right is about the same number of people. and they will NEVER be convinced. they will follow Trump to the grave, and if possible, America, as well. they have allegiance not to the flag, not to the nation, not to the constitution, but to one rather horrendous person. When I look at polls and the breakdown of responses against political leanings, it does seem to be roughly thirds: left/D, middle/Independent, right/R. And the middle third can swing back and forth between the poles depending on current events and topics. So I see the middle third shifting away from Trump as promising. yes, and make no mistake about it- they are the ones that got Trump elected. they were on the fence in late 2016, giving Clinton the benefit of the doubt (even though most disliked and distrusted her, even Democrats), but when Comey came out and said he was putting her back on the burner, that tipped the undecided independents over to Trump by something like a 3:1 margin, securing his victory in the purple states. now they have serious doubts about Trump, and there is literally NOTHING that is even close to exonerating for him, of late.
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QAnon fans celebrate Trump’s latest embrace of the conspiracySupporters of QAnon on former President Donald Trump’s social media platform have celebrated what they see as his renewed embrace of the conspiracy theory over the past week after he shared a meme that was viewed as one of his most brazen nods to QAnon yet. The meme Trump shared on Truth Social included an illustration of him wearing a “Q” on his lapel and two QAnon slogans – “The storm is coming” and “WWG1WGA” (Where we go one, we go all). A few days later, he held a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, where he delivered some of his speech to music that sounded almost exactly like a song associated with QAnon. As he did that, a group of his supporters in the crowd began pointing in unison toward the sky. “Once we saw that, we realized we might have a problem,” a Trump aide told CNN. The former President’s team spent hours online after the rally trying to understand what the salute meant and where it might have come from, sources said. Some thought the crowd pointing one finger (their index finger) toward the sky was in reference to Trump’s “America First” platform, said one Trump aide who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity. Another said they believed it referred to “God first,” while others thought it might be an allusion to the QAnon slogan, “where we go one, we go all.” Even among academics and experts who track QAnon and other disinformation online, the answer to what this all means remains unclear; they had not seen this one-finger salute before. But the post was welcomed on Truth Social by followers of the conspiracy theory, who believe in the existence of an evil cabal and view Trump as their hero. “At this point, anyone denying that Q was a legit operation affiliated with the Trump administration is in major denial,” read a post on one QAnon-supporting Truth Social account that has 120,000 followers. Trump has appeared to associate with QAnon themes in the past. However some aides, who were not authorized to speak publicly, have dismissed concerns about their boss’ behavior, chalking it up to the mindless social media re-posts of a “boomer.” His team has also continued to use a song at recent rallies after some of his aides became aware it had QAnon connections in early August. Trump aides believe the former President had re-posted the meme not because it referenced QAnon, but because it was fashioned like a “Game of Thrones” poster, pointing out it resembled a poster Trump had brought to a Cabinet meeting as president. Mindless or not, some experts say what Trump is doing is dangerous. “What we have is a former President, a potential candidate for the presidency of the United States, legitimizing what is in essence a cult,” Greg Ehrie, a former FBI special agent who now works with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), told CNN Tuesday. The FBI warned last year of the potential for QAnon to stoke violence, and some people who took part in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol were wearing or carrying QAnon paraphernalia. Trump has previously shared QAnon-adjacent memes – often retweeting conspiracy theorists while president before he was removed from Twitter. Asked about QAnon in 2020, Trump responded, “Well I don’t know much about the movement, other than they like me very much.” The former President has been known to rapid-fire post to his Truth Social account, often without looking closely at the accounts he’s elevating or the content, according to a person close to Trump. “The QAnon stuff is way over his head,” claimed one Trump adviser describing a generally held view in his orbit. Another person who spoke to Trump recently told CNN, “I’ve never heard him speak of Q and I can’t imagine he’s an adherent or even knows much about it.” Nevertheless, the person said, Trump’s aides have “nudged him away from that kind of stuff.” Trump’s team has a policy of asking supporters at his rallies to remove QAnon-themed shirts and posters once they are inside the venue. Still, Trump has refused to outright disavow the movement that the FBI has warned is dangerous. And while major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have had policies in place since 2020 that prohibit explicit QAnon content, the Trump-era conspiracy theory is thriving on Truth Social. “I think the onus is on him to avoid this kind of crap,” said another Trump ally. A song with echoes of QAnonAs for the song Trump played at his rally last Saturday night that has been linked to QAnon, Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich publicly dismissed concerns about the music as “a pathetic attempt to create controversy and divide America.” But privately over the weekend Trump’s team wanted to know its origin. There appears to be two versions online of all but identical songs. One, named after the QAnon slogan “WWG1WGA” and available on Spotify, is by an artist named Richard Feelgood. Another, entitled “Mirrors,” is by a reputable composer. Trump’s team says they sourced the song from the latter, using a stock music software. The song was first used by the Trump team in a walkup video at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas in early August. The video’s score had been lifted from a music service called Storyblocks by an aide looking for “dark” and “epic” tunes, a person familiar with the music choice told CNN. Another source said it was chosen after hours of listening to royalty-free songs for the right fit, adding that the song never went through any sort of vetting process before being used in the video. Some Trump aides became aware of the QAnon connection in early August, after seeing an article by The Daily Beast that identified the connection to Feelgood’s version. Still, they kept using it. Trump shared a video to Truth Social where the music accompanied campaign-style footage, and then played it at a Pennsylvania rally earlier this month for dramatic emphasis during his final remarks. While one aide noted that a small group of supporters raised their fingers during that Pennsylvania rally, the team did not think much of it. Trump was enthusiastic about the effect of the music under his speech and the song made its next appearance in Ohio, where the crowd reaction went viral last Saturday. QAnon fans celebrate Trump’s latest embrace of the conspiracy
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 21, 2022 21:13:41 GMT -5
Virginia Thomas Agrees to Interview With Jan. 6 PanelThe committee has sought for months to interview Ms. Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, about her involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. WASHINGTON — Virginia Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas and a conservative activist who pushed to overturn the 2020 election, has agreed to sit for an interview with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The development could represent a breakthrough for the committee, which for months has sought to interview Ms. Thomas, who goes by Ginni, about her communications with a conservative lawyer in close contact with former President Donald J. Trump. “I can confirm that Ginni Thomas has agreed to participate in a voluntary interview with the committee,” her lawyer, Mark Paoletta, said in a statement. “As she has said from the outset, Mrs. Thomas is eager to answer the committee’s questions to clear up any misconceptions about her work relating to the 2020 election. She looks forward to that opportunity.” Her cooperation was reported earlier by CNN. A spokesman for the committee declined to comment. The committee requested an interview with Ms. Thomas in June, after it emerged that she had exchanged text messages with Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, in which she urged on efforts to challenge Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory in the 2020 election. She also pressed lawmakers in several states to fight the results of the election. Rest of article here: Virginia Thomas Agrees to Interview With Jan. 6 Panel
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 21, 2022 21:47:25 GMT -5
the death spiral continues.....
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Link to "23 different "Properties and other asset values and associated descriptions presented in the Statements of Financial Condition were fraudulent and misleading." Examples include:" in the àrticle below. Attorney General James Sues Donald Trump for Years of Financial FraudDonald Trump Falsely Inflated His Net Worth by Billions of Dollars to Further Enrich Himself and Cheat the System
Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump Used Fraudulent Statements of Financial Condition to Obtain Millions in Economic Benefits
Lawsuit Seeks to Remove Trump and His Children from Their Roles at the Trump Organization; Ban Them from Future Leadership Roles in New York; Repay $250 Million They Illegally Obtained
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, senior management, and involved entities for engaging in years of financial fraud to obtain a host of economic benefits. The lawsuit alleges that Donald Trump, with the help of his children Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump, and senior executives at the Trump Organization, falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to induce banks to lend money to the Trump Organization on more favorable terms than would otherwise have been available to the company, to satisfy continuing loan covenants, to induce insurers to provide insurance coverage for higher limits and at lower premiums, and to gain tax benefits, among other things. From 2011-2021, Mr. Trump and the Trump Organization knowingly and intentionally created more than 200 false and misleading valuations of assets on his annual Statements of Financial Condition to defraud financial institutions. This conduct was in violation of New York Executive Law 63(12), which gives the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) special and broad powers to go after persistent and repeated fraud and illegality, which in this case includes violating other state laws prohibiting the submission of false financial statements, the falsification of business records, and the commission of insurance fraud. Full article here: Attorney General James Sues Donald Trump for Years of Financial Fraud
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 21, 2022 23:15:55 GMT -5
is weisselberg on the hook for misstating assets held by Trump Corp?
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 21, 2022 23:22:39 GMT -5
is weisselberg on the hook for misstating assets held by Trump Corp? Allen Weisselberg
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Post by djAdvocate on Sept 21, 2022 23:36:12 GMT -5
it sounds separate enough to create liability for him.
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Post by happyhoix on Sept 24, 2022 12:34:20 GMT -5
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