Trump supporters and conspiracy theory - Part 2

[Rick Plant]

‘Bad news for super MAGA’: Morning Joe says Jan. 6 probe is about to blow up Trump’s allies

The Jan. 6 select committee will start publicly revealing their findings this week, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said those will blow up the political ambitions of Donald Trump's allies in Washington, D.C.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, in particular, has hitched her political fortunes to the twice-impeached former president, and the "Morning Joe" host said the upcoming hearings would deal her a harsh blow.

"Elise Stefanik, again, you talk about just a complete joke of a pose," Scarborough said. "Look how she was when she first came out. It's been obvious she wants to be the next Speaker, she wants Donald Trump to support her to be the next Speaker. I expect Kevin McCarthy to be pushed out of the way. You don't have to have spent time in Washington to understand what's going on."

"So she pushes the front of the line, but bad news for her, bad news for a lot of the super MAGA people or whatever, or bad news for the freaks and wingnuts and wackos, extremists," Scarborough continued. "The Jan. 6 committee has received worse news, and you can tell us about this, those receipts come from Donald Trump's chief of staff. Those receipts come from other members of the Trump team. They have so much information that there is no hoax here, just like there was, again, you're talking about the Russia hoax. This is what -- just for people to understand, you know, don't get distracted by -- the idiots use the word 'hoax,' but you can look at Marco Rubio's Senate Intelligence Committee report when Republicans ran it. they said Trump's connections with Russia was a national security threat. no hoax there -- no hoax here."

"It seems there are even more receipts showing that this was, in fact, a plan by Donald Trump to overturn a democratic election," he added.

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Impeachment lawyer tells Michael Cohen: Trump will be indicted by the DOJ



Michael Cohen spoke with former impeachment lawyer Norm Eisen on his "Mea Culpa" podcast this week about some of the findings in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the attempt to overthrow the election.

Cohen began by saying that for years Donald Trump has gotten away with everything and without consequences. The first on the list of campaign law-breaking was him paying off Stormy Daniels under the table.

He also recalled the plot by Trump and the Justice Department to silence Cohen if they let him out of prison on house arrest during the pandemic. Cohen was told that he couldn't give interviews or publish a book, which a judge ultimately agreed was a violation of his First Amendment rights.

Cohen and his lawyers filed a Freedom of Information Act request asking for information involving this decision in the Trump administration. Trump then tried to stop the publishing of Cohen's book.

In 2018, American Oversight, filed their own FOIA request asking about details involving Cohen. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) also sent a letter to the Office of the Inspector General on July 24, 2020, asking for information on the decision to try and restrict Cohen's movements.

Two years after that letter, and nearly a year since Cohen's FOIA request, the former Trump lawyer said that he got a letter saying that there are no documents.

Raw Story reached out to Reps. Lieu and Jeffries in Dec. 2021, to ask if there was any movement on their 2020 letter. Jeffries' office never responded where Lieu's office said they'd look into it and then didn't give any information after that.

Eisen said that it's not possible that there were no documents about the administration's plot to silence Cohen. One of his FOIA requests was answered by saying that he can only get 500 documents per month from the request. That would mean it would take 92 years to get all of the documents requested.

"You can't make this stuff up," said Cohen.

When it came to the Jan. 6 committee, both men speculated on whether Trump will ultimately be held accountable.

"I do think that Merrick Garland is going to — well there's already signs that they're working their way up the ladder," said Eisen, citing the indictment of Peter Navarro for refusing to comply with a subpoena.

Cohen asked why they even need Navarro after they were able to collect over 2,300 text messages exchanged with Mark Meadows on Jan. 6 and the lead up to it.

"What more do you need?" asked Cohen. "I don't think the DOJ is any better now than under Trump."

Eisen said that he doesn't agree and that one can't judge the DOJ by looking at the FOIA case for Cohen.

"Garland is a man of integrity," Eisen said. "I believe that the career prosecutors are investigating these cases are going to take a hard look because the evidence substantiates the existence of federal crimes against Trump or those around him. And if it does, they're going to make a recommendation. He's not going to play politics."

Cohen appeared in the documentary about Watergate on CNN and explained that to fully understand the egregious nature of Donald Trump's behavior people should also look back at Watergate and the scandal that happened there.

You can listen to the full podcast here:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-the-gop-plans-to-sow-chaos-in-the-2020/id1530639447?i=1000565319161

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Reporter predicts 'bombshell' Jan. 6 committee hearing will show a split-screen of Trump vs. attackers



Speaking to MSNBC on Monday, Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig explained the main ways the House Select Committee will do to show the alleged conspiracy and corruption of Donald Trump and his allies. Officials intend to show side-by-side examples of the violence at the U.S. Capitol and what was happening at the White House at the same time.

"I think, Nicolle, you are going to see some bombshells that day," Leonnig said. "I applaud my colleagues who have been reporting on this curtain-raiser for the hearings to come. The one that will be led and focused on Donald Trump, I understand, will have a lot of Donald Trump's own words as relayed by witnesses, as relayed by Donald Trump himself, people who were at his shoulder. And, so, you will see a kind of a split-screen. What was happening on the capitol at the same moment as what was happening inside the White House with Donald Trump."

She cited one of the scenes in her book co-written with Phil Rucker, when Trump felt "giddy" when he saw his supporters committing multiple felonies and trumping up the side of the hill with weaponry, flag poles, fire extinguishers, bear spray, and two-way radios as if they were in a paramilitary event.

"So, you will see this split screen of what was Donald Trump doing, what was he saying," Leonnig continued. "And then what was actually happening on the capitol. The violence and the mayhem and the terror that he could have stopped and chose not to. This goes to the heart of what Liz Cheney warned early on, the dereliction of duty. She has brought that up over and over again and I think that will be a big subtheme of that hearing."

Wallace agreed, recalling how Cheney has outlined where the dereliction of duty occurred.

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Fulton County grand jury investigating Donald Trump in session

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Despicable Trump stooge Elise Stefanik is parroting the same bogus right wing talking points that every right winger is currently pushing. It's the same script they all use. They are terrified of the televised January 6th Committee Hearing on Thursday June 9th at 8pm Eastern Time. 

She calls a legitimate House investigation into the Capitol attack insurrection a "sham" and a "witch hunt" using the same words of Criminal Donald.

The fact is Criminal Donald, his administration, members of the Republican party, his supporters, and the right wing media all participated in a coup to steal the election from the American people. They attempted to overturn an election they lost fair and square because they did not like the results. After they lost in court over 60 times to overturn the election results, they tried to seize control of the government by violent force with their violent insurrection attack on the Capitol where 5 people died. Not only that, Trump and his cohorts tried to intimidate former Vice President Mike Pence into not certifying legitimate Electoral votes won by Joe Biden. From then on, Republicans have lied about "voter fraud" trying to delegitimize President Biden and our voting process. So, that is why Republicans are freaking out over the hearings because MANY of them are complicit in this coup.

Elise is lying because President Biden and Democrats have already addressed these issues.

Baby formula is now on the shelves thanks to President Biden invoking the Defense Production Act and also by importing baby formula from other countries.

Inflation and gas prices are sky high all around the world due to a global pandemic, Big Oil Price Gouging, and Putin's war in Ukraine.

President Biden is working on bringing inflation down.

Democrats put the "Big Oil and Gas Price Gouging Bill" on the House floor and Elise Stefanik and her right wing House Republicans voted against the bill. The bill passed because the House is controlled by Democrats. The bill is now sitting in the Senate currently being blocked by Republicans and they refuse to even vote on the bill for debate. Republicans want gas prices to stay high so they can keep falsely attacking Biden each day for political points. Gas prices would drop immediately if the Senate passed this bill because it will stop Big Oil from purposely gouging consumers at the pump. But Republicans would rather let you pay high gas prices because they think it will help them politically. Remember that in November. Republicans couldn't care less about high gas prices just the same way as they don't care about mass shootings since they still refuse to pass common sense gun reform. 

The GOP is despicable, the same treasonous traitors that tried to steal the election and install an orange lunatic as their wannabe dictator.

You can see the House vote on the "Big Oil and Gas Price Gouging Bill" under Stefanik's scripted talking points.                     
   




So, you can see with your own eyes that not one single Republican in the House voted to lower gas prices for American consumers just a couple of weeks ago. Republicans had a chance to lower gas prices, and they refused to help you, but they can't wait to go on Twitter and television to attack President Biden for high gas prices that he has no control over.

This bill will lower gas prices for American consumers which prevents Big Oil from artificially raising prices for big profit which they are currently doing. This bill passed only by Democrats in the House is currently sitting in the Senate being blocked by Republicans because they refuse to vote on it so gas prices can remain high. They want you to pay high gas prices because they think it will help then politically in November. Blocking, obstructing, and sabotage is all the GOP does. They do not care about you, if they did this bill would have passed unanimously in both chambers. Senate Republicans are blocking this bill because they don't want Biden to get credit for lowering gas prices for American consumers. So, they block the bill and gas prices remain high. The GOP has zero interest in helping Americans.           

[Rick Plant]

Former assistant contradicts Trump's sworn testimony in New York affidavit



On Monday, CBS News reported that a one-time executive assistant for former President Donald Trump has contradicted a key point he made in a sworn affidavit during his response to civil allegations in New York.

"Rhona Graff, who worked for years as executive assistant to Donald Trump, 'cast doubt on the completeness of' a sworn affidavit submitted by Trump in May in an effort to clear a judge's finding of contempt, according to a Monday filing by the New York Attorney General's Office," reported Graham Kates.

"Trump was held in contempt April 25 after claiming he had no documents demanded in a subpoena by investigators for New York Attorney General Letitia James. Her office sought records related to Trump's personal finances, as well as information related to the financing of several properties."

"As part of the former president's effort to clear the contempt ruling, Trump said in an affidavit that 'it has been my customary practice to delegate document handling and retention responsibilities to my executive assistants,'" the report continued. "But in her May 31 deposition, Graff, who worked for Trump for more than two decades, said that statement was 'very general. It doesn't mean (executive assistants) handled every document and maintained everything that came out of his office.' Trump 'had an inbox and an outbox,' Graff said. If material was sent to him in a folder, Graff 'didn't think it was my position to look inside,' she said, adding that Trump 'maybe on the outside would have said to return to so and so, whoever gave it to him.'"

Trump ultimately lost his bid to clear his contempt of court ruling, and at the end of last month, he paid $110,000 in fines to the court.

James is investigating whether the Trump organization lied about its finances by boosting the value of assets to qualify for loans while minimizing them to avoid paying taxes.

"Attorneys for James' office have repeatedly indicated recently that the investigation is nearing its conclusion, and that it may lead to an 'enforcement action in the near future.' They have not elaborated on what enforcement might be," the report noted. "But before that happens, a New York appeals court must decide if Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and his daughter Ivanka Trump must sit for depositions with James' investigations. The judge overseeing the investigation and a lower appeals court have both sided with James' office, ruling that a December subpoena seeking their testimony was valid."

Read more here:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-assistant-rhona-graff-deposition-new-york-attorney-general/

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Some Trump officials knew election scheme was 'improper if not illegal' -- and new emails prove it: CNN legal analyst

Reacting to a report from the Washington Post that a slate of fake electors in Georgia who were attempting to award the state's 16 Electoral College votes to Donald Trump were instructed to keep quiet about their work, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said it reeked of illegality.

According to the Post, an email went out to the conservatives hoping to assist Trump in his quest to win re-election that stated, "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. Please, at no point should you mention anything to do with Presidential Electors or speak to the media," with the secrecy portion bolded.

Speaking with "New Day" hosts Brianna Keilar and John Berman, political analyst Laura Jarrett prompted, "Georgia is the sleeper in this whole thing. It is because it's the -- it's where I think the most exposure is."

"It speaks to this whole issue of intent," she continued. "If this whole thing was on the up and up and you actually believed that Donald Trump was the rightful winner, why is all of this shrouded in secrecy? I think it speaks to the criminality of it, and it speaks to the potential criminal intent of the actors involved. Now what Trump knew, of course, all of that is going to remain to be seen. The fact that a member of the Trump campaign is on the record in an e-mail saying we have to do all this shrouded in secrecy is noteworthy."

"Criminal intent is always the hardest thing to prove in a white-collar case," Toobin offered. "Donald Trump will say, 'Look, I was doing this in the open, working with a lawyer, John Eastman, a Supreme Court law clerk, what -- where is the secrecy here?"

"That e-mail suggests that they were operating in secret which suggests that they knew they were doing something wrong," Toobin continued. "In fairness, we need to point out the person who sent that e-mail appears to be a fairly low-level person. Where he got the instruction to act in secrecy, that's something people want to know. But it's a suggestion that at least some people in the Trump orbit knew that this was an improper, if not an illegal, operation."

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